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Huge companies, like DELL, IBM and others have to put
some investments into NANO...they have the money and
want to be ready when the time comes.
Private investors, however, usually lack the 'air' needed
to hold stocks which might come to fruitation in 10-15
years time.

A few NANO mentions,

SCIENCE: NANOTUBES

Researchers at Rice University have found that water-soluble carbon nanotubes are significantly less toxic than those that are not soluble in water. Moreover, the research finds that nanotubes can be rendered nontoxic with minor chemical modifications. Nanotubes are long, hollow molecules of pure carbon with walls just one atom thick. They are related to buckyballs, tiny spheres of pure carbon that are about the same diameter.

http://nano.cancer.gov/news_center/nanotech_news_2005-11-07b.asp



COMPANIES: NANOSYS

Nanosys Inc., a nanotechnology startup which cancelled an initial public offering of shares in 2004, has raised approximately $40 million in a private equity financing round. In a statement announcing the investment Nanosys (Palo Alto, Calif.) did not discuss why it had opted for a venture capital round rather than a repeated attempt at an IPO, but said it would use the money raised to fund development and manufacturing scale-up of products that incorporate its proprietary, inorganic nanostructures.

http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=173601095



COMPANIES: A123SYSTEMS

A123Systems, developer of a new generation of Lithium-ion batteries, today unveiled its technology and announced that it is delivering batteries with unprecedented power, safety, and life as compared to conventional Lithium technology. A123Systems' first battery is now in production and being delivered to the Black & Decker Corporation. A123Systems' battery technology delivers up to 10X longer life, 5X power gains and dramatically faster charge time over conventional high power battery technology, as validated by independent testing at Motorola and government research labs. A123Systems' batteries use proprietary nanoscale electrode technology built on research at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and exclusively licensed from MIT.

http://www10.nanotechcafe.com/nbc/articles/view_article.php?section=CorpNews&articleid=219138



APPLICATIONS: CANCER

The National Cancer Institute, which recently announced two waves of funding for nanotech training and research, sees nanotechnology as vital to its stated goal of "eliminating suffering and death from cancer by 2015." To anyone familiar with the long, often fruitless search for cancer's cure, or the unfulfilled promise of nanotechnology, this may seem far-fetched. But in recent years, scientists have learned more about how cancer works at the cellular level. They have also learned to build molecules that could detect and destroy cancer cells, making today's painful and often-ineffective treatments a thing of the past.

http://www.wired.com/news/medtech/0,1286,69206,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_1



COMPANIES: NANODYNAMICS

Nanotechnology-based power sources are expected to emerge in the next two years that could dramatically reduce the weight that soldiers carry and boost how long satellite phones can last, experts told UPI's Nano World. Fuel cells generate electricity by reacting fuel with oxygen. NanoDynamics in Buffalo, N.Y., is developing fuel cells that employ nanotechnology to help supply power for longer times at less weight and size than batteries or conventional fuel cells. One 50-watt solid oxide fuel-cell prototype, roughly the size of a loaf of bread, is composed of roughly 20 percent nanomaterials and can generate some 3,000 watt-hours of electricity from just 5 pounds of propane. A conventional solid oxide fuel cell given that little propane would generate only one-half to one-third as many watt-hours.

http://www.upi.com/Hi-Tech/view.php?StoryID=20051108-025641-4486r



REGIONS: ASIA

Asian nations will come to dominate the global nanotechnology business, while Europe risks losing its early research advantage, a research report has predicted. During the next seven years, Taiwan and China look likely to join Korea, Japan, the US and Germany among the global leaders in nanotech, according to nanotech specialist, Lux Research.

http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2145667/asia-reap-nanotech-rewards

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