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Made in IBM Labs: Researchers Unveil Nanotechnology Circuits for Wireless Devices

By Guest PostJune 10, 2011Technology10 gigahertz, binnig and rohrer nanotechnology center, bio analytics, broadband frequency, building block, carbon electronics for rf applications, cell phone, cera, chemical vapor deposited grapheme, cvd, cvd grapheme, energy technology, eth zurich, fabrication of graphene circuits, grapheme based analog integrated circuit, graphene, honeycomb structure, ibm research, integrated circuit, nanoscale research, Nanotechnology, novel material, radiation, sic, silicon carbide wafer, single layer of carbon atoms, smart phones, solar energy, t c chen, thinnest electronic material, wafer size grapheme, water purification, wireless communications, wireless devices, x-rays

*Scientists Build the First Wafer-Scale Graphene Integrated Circuit Smaller than a Pinhead*

Yorktown Heights, NY – 10 Jun 2011: Today, IBM Research scientists announced that they have achieved a milestone in creating a building block for the future of wireless devices. In a paper published yesterday in the magazine Science, IBM researchers announced the first integrated circuit fabricated from wafer-size graphene, and demonstrated a broadband frequency mixer operating at frequencies up to 10 gigahertz (10 billion cycles/second).

Designed for wireless communications, this graphene-based analog integrated circuit could improve today’s wireless devices and points to the potential for a new set of appli-cations. At today’s conventional frequencies, cell phone and transceiver signals could be improved, potentially allowing phones to work where they can’t today while, at much higher frequencies, military and medical personnel could see concealed weapons or conduct medical imaging without the same radiation dangers of X-rays. (more…)

Study Finds Public Relatively Unconcerned About Nanotechnology Risks

By Guest PostApril 12, 20111 commentHealth, Sciencealcohol, andrew binder, blood transfusions, cell phone use, commercial air travel, david berube, environmental and health safety risks, general public, hazardous, medical x-rays, nanoparticle, Nanotechnology, nuclear energy, obesity, public health risk, smoking, suntan

A new study finds that the general public thinks getting a suntan poses a greater public health risk than nanotechnology or other nanoparticle applications. The study, from North Carolina State University, compared survey respondents’ perceived risk of nanoparticles with 23 other public-health risks.

The study is the first to compare the public’s perception of the risks associated with nanoparticles to other environmental and health safety risks. Researchers found that nanoparticles are perceived as being a relatively low risk. (more…)

NSF Renews Centers for Nanotechnology in Society

By Guest PostOctober 15, 2010Scienceanticipatory governance, arizona state university, atomic, barbara herr harthorn, center for nanotechnology, cns ucsb, david guston, molecular manipulation, molecular scale, myron gutmann, nano enterprise, Nanotechnology, national science foundation, nature-altering science, North America, nsf

*National Science Foundation awards more than $12.5M to study societal impacts of emerging technologies*

The National Science Foundation (NSF) recently renewed two important cooperative agreements totaling more than $12.5 million over five years. These awards leverage previous investments for studying the ethical, legal, economic and policy implications of the relatively new, nature-altering science called nanotechnology. (more…)

IBM Opens the First Multipurpose Cloud Computing Center in Poland

By Guest PostJuly 29, 20101 commentTechnologycloud computing, czeslaw smutnicki, ibm, information technology, it, Nanotechnology, pawel panecki, poland, robotic, Wroclaw, wroclaw university of technology

WARSAW, Poland & WROCLAW, Poland – 29 Jul 2010: IBM Poland (NYSE: IBM) and the Wroclaw University of Technology today announced an agreement to establish the first university cloud computing center in Poland. As part of the partnership, the Wroclaw University of Technology will create a new academic curriculum, making cloud-focused courses available to more than 1500 students.

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Nanotechnology – the ultimate quantum level??

By ShamsDecember 8, 2007ScienceHealth, nanometer, nanoproducts, Nanotechnology, sustainable energy technology

One nanometer equals one billionth or 10-9 of a meter. A very tiny unit of length. Nanotechnology is a multidisciplinary field of applied sciences where scientists are trying to understand matter on atomic or molecular scale, a very fine level. Most probably the ultimate quantum level. The aim is to develop devices within that tiny […]

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Made in IBM Labs: Researchers Unveil Nanotechnology Circuits for Wireless Devices

Study Finds Public Relatively Unconcerned About Nanotechnology Risks

NSF Renews Centers for Nanotechnology in Society

IBM Opens the First Multipurpose Cloud Computing Center in Poland

Nanotechnology – the ultimate quantum level??