http://nanoprobenetwork.org An interactive, international virtual community dedicated to the science and technology of nano and bio scanning probes Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:50:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://nanoprobenetwork.org/congratulations-to-the-nanoprobe-network http://nanoprobenetwork.org/congratulations-to-the-nanoprobe-network#comments Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:00:36 +0000 mroco http://nanoprobenetwork.org/?p=122 I would like to welcome Nanoprobe Network to the web to advance nano and nanobio instrumentation discovery and innovation around the world. Networking and developing a virtual community is essential for stimulating creativity in multidisciplinary and multi-sector groups. The increased benefits from interactions and better IT user interfaces help to promote a culture of participation. As nano and other emerging technologies yields more portable devices, remote collaboration and use of virtual reality are expected to flourish. This is especially the case in the multidisciplinary domain of this site. While the proportion of nanotechnology R&D government funding for nanobio-technology and nanobio-medicine has grown from roughly 10\% in 2000 to about 25\% in 2008, the tools for soft nanostructures and particularly for nanobiosystems are still in an earlier phase of development. I estimate that nanobio funding will be about one third of the government nanotechnology R&D funding by 2015. We need accurate tools with atomic precision and time resolution for chemical processes so we can understand and modify the complex nanobiosystems used in technology and medicine. The Nanoprobe Network will help advance this goal through global and multidisciplinary collaborations.

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