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Nano Newsletter
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| Sun Sep 12 @08:00 - 05:00PM ANM 2010 |
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In this issue, NANO examines new technologies that are providing solutions to the problem of green energy production and changing the way we think about energy usage.
The population of the Earth is growing and with it an increasing demand for energy is set to grow by almost fifty per cent over the next twenty five years. If past and current trends in the use of dirty fossil fuels to meet these energy demands continue, the planet will suffer the consequences. In our need to power the planet we may end up destroying it.
The United States loves to lead the world, and science and technology are no exception. For decades, the US has invested heavily in research and development and pioneered new technologies and scientific advances that have had global impact. In nanotechnology, America continues to lead by example.
All revolutions have their heroes, and the nanotechnology revolution is no exception. One nano hero is Dr James Murday, an early anticipator of the importance of nanotechnology as a key technology of the future. Dr Murday talks to NANO magazine about what influences shaped and inspired him, and how he and other colleagues successfully brought nanoscale science to the forefront of US scientific research and development policy.
In the first part of this two-part article, Richard Moore describes some of the challenges faced in delivering the right quantity of a drug to its target site in the human body and some of the ingenious ways in which nanotechnology is being applied to provide new, patient-friendly solutions.
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