Monday, November 3, 2003

As Uses Grow, Tiny Materials' Safety Is Hard to Pin Down. Investors and policy makers are finding that pinpointing the potential environmental and health impacts of nanotechnology could take years. By Barnaby J. Feder. [New York Times: Technology] Name That Cancer in One Molecule. Intel and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center collaborate to develop a nanotechnology that, if it works, will be the most senstive cancer diagnostic tool ever invented. By Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired News] 5:34:55 AM

	Tuesday, March 18, 2003

Our Genetically Modified Future. In its 10th anniversary issue, Wired magazine takes a look at the potential for 'new and improved' humans, plants and even bacteria. By Charles C. Mann. [Wired News] 4:24:01 AM

	Saturday, February 15, 2003

Biology to make mini machines. Scientists look to the day when computer components are built not by factory machines but by living cells such as bacteria. [BBC News | Technology | UK Edition] They have described how wires can now be made by yeast organisms, and how solar panels could be built using substances produced by sea sponges. Researchers believe these kind of technologies will be essential if we are to continue to shrink the size of electronic devices. 5:05:11 AM

	Sunday, February 9, 2003

Scientists of Very Small Draw Disciplines Together. Nanotechnology, biotechnology, electronics and brain research are converging into a field of science vital to the nation's security. By Barnaby J. Feder. ...Nanoscale innovations include novelties like tubes of carbon that are far stronger and lighter than steel and tiny light-emitting structures, called quantum dots, that are being used as identification tags in biological research. But because all the activities of living cells are governed by nanoscale interactions of atoms and small molecules, nanotechnology researchers looking for new ways to make and use nanomaterials are increasingly finding their interests overlapping with experts in biotechnology. Similarly, electronics experts are looking to biotechnology and nanotechnology as they seek innovations that will allow them to construct far smaller and faster computers than today's silicon processors, and to create equally tiny data storage systems and communications devices.... [New York Times: Business] 5:32:09 PM

	Sunday, January 19, 2003

Researchers translate DNA code as music. [Adam Curry: Adam Curry's Weblog] "Imagine the human genome as music. Unravel DNA's double helix, picture its components lined up like piano keys and assign a note to each. Run your finger along the keys." 5:05:41 AM

	Tuesday, January 14, 2003

Ah, but is it a catchy tune Now playing: The human genome. Researcher downloads data to iPod [InfoWorld: Top News] 7:38:59 PM

	Tuesday, January 7, 2003

Insider: Biotech Can't Blame FDA. Former Food and Drug Administration commissioner David Kessler exhorts those in biotechnology to stop whining about the time-consuming U.S. drug-approval process and start investing in better research. Kristen Philipkoski reports from San Francisco. [Wired News] 4:54:22 AM

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