Acoustic Tweezers Can Position Tiny Objects

Manipulating tiny objects like single cells or nanosized beads often requires relatively large, unwieldy equipment, but now a system that uses sound as a tiny tweezers can be small enough to place on a chip, according to engineers.
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Nanotech could save lives by detecting lung cancer early (Haaretz Daily)

A sensor made with gold nanoparticles can detect lung cancer in a patient's breath and may offer a diagnosis before tumors show up on an x-ray, Israeli scientists said on Sunday.
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NanoTech Entertainment Signs German Distributor Wolfsoft (IGN Videogames)

Distributor stocking NanoTech arcade components in Europe.
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Tumors Feel The Deadly Sting Of Nanobees

When bees sting, they pump poison into their victims. Now the toxin in bee venom has been harnessed to kill tumor cells. Researchers attached the major component of bee venom to nano-sized spheres that they call nanobees.
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Claes Johnson on Mathematics and Science: Computational Theory of

So even if a GUT or TOE unifying quantum mechanics and gravitation in the form of one set of equations, e.g. in the form of string theory, the main task of computing and studying specific solutions would remain. ...
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World’s Smallest Semiconductor Laser Heralds New Era In Optical Science

Researchers have reached a new milestone in laser physics by creating the world's smallest semiconductor laser, capable of generating visible light in a space smaller than a single protein molecule.
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Shin-Etsu joins Sematech’s 22-nm resist program (EETimes)

Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. Ltd has joined SEMATECH's Resist Materials and Development Center (RMDC) at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering's (CNSE) Albany NanoTech Complex. Sponsored Topics: University at Albany SUNY - SEMATECH - Education - Colleges and Universities - United States
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Shin-Etsu joins Sematech’s 22-nm resist program (EETimes)

Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. Ltd has joined SEMATECH's Resist Materials and Development Center (RMDC) at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering's (CNSE) Albany NanoTech Complex.
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Can Subsidies Save T. Boone Pickens’ Plan? (Indie Research via Yahoo! Finance)

Subsidies are stimulating investment in wind energy - hopefully some dollars are directed to infrastructure.
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SEMATECH and Shin-Etsu Chemical Company Partner at the UAlbany NanoCollege to Develop Resist Materials for 22 nm … (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

ALBANY, N.Y.----SEMATECH, a global consortium of chipmakers, and Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd., one of the world’s largest suppliers of semiconductor materials, announced today that Shin-Etsu has joined SEMATECH’s Resist Materials and Development Center at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering’s Albany NanoTech Complex.
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