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Welcome, Guest. News at Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley is home to our club, and as such we've provided nanotechnology news that is relevant to the Berkeley area. Berkeley's New Nanofabrication Laboratory - UC Berkeley is currently constructing the new CITRIS (Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society) headquarters building which will house a new nanofabrication facility--The CITRIS Nanolab. Nanoscale Tubing Assembles Itself Instantly - BERKELEY, CA —Making tubes useful often means joining them to other tubes and linking them together in networks. Easy enough to do with standard water pipes — but on the nanoscale, joining nanotubes is hard to do. Efforts to link nanotubes have usually begun with the most familiar kind, cylinders whose structure is equivalent to one or more rolled-up sheets of a layered crystal like graphite. Now researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's National Center for Electron Microscopy (NCEM) and the Christian Albrechts University of Kiel, Germany, have found a completely new way to form complex networks of nanotubes. UC Berkeley, others, to establish Western Institute of Nanoelectronics - The University of California, Berkeley; UCLA's Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science; UC Santa Barbara; and Stanford University are teaming up to launch what will be one of the world's largest joint research programs focusing on the pioneering technology called "spintronics." Nanodevices That Assemble Themselves - Imagine unrolling an electronic newspaper that's automatically updated via the Internet. Or cheap roof shingles that double as solar panels. These are just two technologies that could become possible with the advent of plastic electronics made from tiny components that assemble themselves. Solar's Big Future with Small Tech - UC Berkeley graduate student Ilan Gur and his colleagues have a profound research goal. "In the long run, we'd like to power the world," he says. Add Some Atoms, Squeeze Some Buckyballs, Flip a Switch - The First Direct Observation of the Jahn-Teller Distortion in Single Molecules. Catalyzing Nanotechnology - UC Berkeley chemical engineer Alexander Katz is developing several techniques to fashion structures that spur specific chemical reactions but are as small as a single nanometer. Growing Nanoislands for Transistors - Nanotechnology promises to revolutionize computer technology, enabling the development of processors thousands of times faster than today's speediest chips. The key is replacing the basic building blocks of integrated circuits with nanoscale counterparts so that many more of the components can be packed onto the same size chip. A V6 Engine for the Nano-Age - The world of the very small is about to receive a very powerful engine. Berkeley Lab scientists have created the world's smallest electric motor that may someday power nanoscale devices that walk, crawl, swim, and fly. New superlens opens door to nanoscale optical imaging - A group of scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, is giving new relevance to the term "sharper image" by creating a superlens that can overcome a limitation in physics that has historically constrained the resolution of optical images. Cnet coverage of Berkeley Nano Forum 2005 - We are on Cnet. Read about the fantastic success of BNF 2005 here. Archived News Fujitsu Siemens eyes nanotech for chips - Microprocessors that use carbon nanotubes rather than copper wires to connect layers of transistors may be available in less than a decade, according to Fujitsu Siemens. Moore says nanoelectronics face tough challenges - Although many believe the future of the computing industry lies with building chips out of carbon nanotubes or other novel materials, Intel co-founder Gordon Moore predicts it won't be easy to replace silicon. Taking some initiatives in D.C. - A Small Times Q&A with Thomas Kalil - Interview with Tom Kalil, previously, President Clinton's deputy assistant for technology and economic policy, and now doing similar work at the University of California, Berkeley. Slugfest in nanotech trenches - Competitors in this young field, fearful of being elbowed aside, are going all out to establish themselves as the leaders. With the stakes so high, it's no wonder. New center to research nanostructures, design and build nanodevices - "A student group, the year-old Berkeley Nanotechnology Club, has even been brought into the center to provide an important point of contact between student entrepreneurs in science, engineering, business and law to encourage technology transfer to the marketplace." Nano Organizations  International Association of NanotechnologyContribute A News Article Do you have news related to nanotechnology and the University? Please share it with us! Use the form below to enter the title of the article (Link name), a web URL to where the article can be found (Link URL), and a small blurb about the content of the article (Brief description). |