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CNI Podcast: nanoHUB.org: Future Cyberinfrastructure - An interview with George B. Adams III
Apr252008
EducaseConnect - This podcast features an interview with George B. Adams III, Associate Director for Programs, Network for Computational Nanotechnology at Purdue University. Our interview was recorded at the CNI 2008 Spring Task Force Meeting in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Modeling Technique Explains Why a Single Nanotube Performs Better than Sensors Containing Several Nanotube or Flat Planar Sensors
Feb062008
Azonano.com, the A to Z of Nanotechnology - A new modeling technique explains for the first time why a single nanotube performs better than sensors containing several nanotubes or flat planar sensors and refutes a popular explanation for why smaller sensors work better than larger ones.
Feature - United we compute: FermiGrid continues to yield results
Jan092008
International Science Grid This Week - Before FermiGrid, the computing resources at high energy physics laboratory Fermilab, in Illinois, U.S., were individually packaged for the dedicated use of particular experiments.
Also featured in Nanotechnology Now
Sensor design gets systematic
Jan042008
EETimes online - Sensor manufacturers have continued to improve the sensitivity of their designs through engineering innovations derived from trial-and-error experimentation. Electrical engineers have been guided by "black art" principles, which sensor-gurus claim in abundance. Unfortunately, no overarching framework has been available that incorporates these principles into a methodology for new sensor designs.
Model is first to compare performance of 'biosensors"
Jan022008
Purdue News - Researchers have developed a new modeling technique to study and design miniature "biosensors," a tool that could help industry perfect lab-on-a-chip technology for uses ranging from medical diagnostics to environmental monitoring.
HPC-Powered Science Gateways Open Doors to Discoveries
Nov282007
Campus Technology - New technologies in high-performance computing are having a direct effect on scientific research -- outside the traditional thinking of big iron supercomputers that run science jobs. The new technologies are approaching a kind of critical mass, and they are changing how science disciplines do their work. We expect these technologies to serve as science accelerators, and change the pace of new science discoveries in the near future.
Grid Computing, Computational Nanotechnology, and Moore's Law
Oct032007
Raffy's World: Random Notes, Random Thoughts (The Pisay '77 Blogger) - Researchers in this field are interested in geometries and properties of materials that vary on an atomic length scale; they study quantum states and the relationship between voltages and currents at these scales. But not all nano-device engineers are nuts for computers. Many prefer to let other people worry about the computational end of things. Since this research depends heavily on simulations of nano-device behavior under varying conditions, the door is wide open for the development of accessible and intuitive computational tools.Enter Gerhard Klimeck of Purdue University, technical director of the National Science Foundation Network for Computational Nanotechnology. Klimeck and his colleagues have developed the user-friendly NanoWire computational tool, accessible via the web-based nanoHUB. On nanoHUB, researchers set up a NanoWire simulation through a graphical interface that allows input of device parameters, ranges of voltages to test, and so forth.
nanoHUB does remote computing right
Oct022007
IBM.com - nanoHUB.org employs a unique middleware system that precisely balances security, performance, and convenience to support distributed public research on nanotechnology. Scientists who use this research gateway concentrate on their own studies rather than computing issues.
NSU researchers join five-year project
Oct022007
PilotOnline.com - Norfolk State University researchers will be among the partners in a five-year, $18.2 million research project led by Purdue University.
Nanotechnology 'Backbone of Development' Expands with Grant
Sep272007
midwestbusiness.com - WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The scientist regarded by his peers as the architect of the National Nanotechnology Initiative calls it “the front of the wave of scientific discovery” for nanotechnology.
Purdue-led network awarded $18.25 million NSF grant to grow users, translate nanoscience into nanotechnology
Sep202007
Purdue News - Purdue University's Network for Computational Nanotechnology has received a five-year, $18.25 million grant from the National Science Foundation to support the U.S. National Nanotechnology Initiative with expanded capabilities and services for computer simulations, NSF and Purdue officials announced Thursday (Sept. 20).
Also featured in Semiconductor International 2007.09.20, Channel 13 Eyewitness News 2007.09.22, Indystar.com 2007.09.23, Diverse 2007.09.23, Chicago Tribune Web Edition 2007.09.24
Source: Purdue University News Service 2007.09.20
nanoHUB brings nanotechnology to the web
Sep142007
My Biotech Life - One of the most promising areas of modern science is nanotechnology, with penetration into fields ranging from medicine to material engineering. I recently found this site dedicated to nanoscience and nanotechnology called nanoHUB. bought to the web by the NCN (Network for Computational Nanotechnology) at Purdue University.
Scientists Connect at the NanoHUB
Aug282007
AppScout - Going beyond the traditional band and teen-centric focus of social networking sites, NanoHUB, created by Purdue University researchers and scientists studying nanotechnology, is an informative and well-designed site that's free to join for scientists, educators, and students alike.
Scientists create their own Web 2.0 network with nanoUB
Aug272007
GRID Today - nanoHUB.org, a so-called science gateway for nano-science and nanotechnology housed at Purdue University, is taking the tools of Web 2.0 and applying them, along with a few tricks of its own, to further nano-scholarly pursuits.
Also featured in Lafayette Online 2007.08.21, Supercomuting Online.com 2007.08.21, EnterTheGrid - PrimuerMonthly 2007.08.21, Nanowerk 2007.08.23, HPC Wire, 2007.08.24, Nanotechnology Now, 2007.08.22, Bill St. Arnaud Blog, 2007.08.27
Source: Purdue University News Service 2007.08.21
NanoHUB for Nano-Scientists and Engineers
Aug242007
Nanotech Buzz - A web 2.0 social networking and collaboration tool for nanoscientists and engineers, NanoHUB has more than 24,000 users and has been increasing in popularity in recent months. The site allows easy access to a number of scientific tools, such as simulations. It also includes learning modules and dynamic tagging for different topics. Created by the NSF-funded Network for Computational Nanotechnology, I suggest you check it out.
Social Site of the Very Small Makes It Very Big
Aug222007
The Wired Campus - You may be busy with Digg and Facebook. You may even be using them as learning tools. But scientists who focus on the tiniest parts of the universe have their own big Web 2.0 hit, called nanoHUB.
nanoHUB - An Authentic Learning Case Study
Aug092007
EducaseConnect - nanoHUB is an online portal for nanotechnology researchers, instructors, and students created by Purdue University and the National Science Foundation. It uses cyberinfrastructure to provide access to scientific tools for research, demonstration, and collaboration, as well as instructional materials. Users can run experiments, review research, or download lectures. nanoHUB is a virtual toolkit as well as a community where students and faculty contribute to the science of nanotechnology.
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Image of the Week: Close the cellular gates
Jul112007
International Science Grid This Week - How does a cell in osmotic shock protect itself from bursting? Studies suggest large membrane proteins may act as safety valves, shutting the gateways to the cell.
New tool helps scientists understand biological systems
Jun282007
UIUC ECE Headline News - A new computational tool in nanotechnology research has been developed at the University of Illinois for simulating ion transfers in artificial membranes, decreasing time requirements for certain computations from years, in some cases, to days..
Also featured in UIUC College of Engineering 2007.07.24
Link of the Week - nanoHUB.org
Feb282007
International Science Grid This Week - nanoHUB.org offers free online simulation tools and educational material for teaching and research in nanotechnology.
Discovery Park's nanoHUB site draws record simulation traffic, advances nanotech research
Feb232007
Purdue News - The Network for Computational Nanotechnology at Purdue's Discovery Park is adding Internet-based simulation tools and luring record numbers of users to its free nanoHUB research Web site, according to Purdue officials.
Also featured in Lafayette Online 2007.07.25
'Nanocantilevers' yield suprises critical for designing new detectors
Aug282006
Purdue News - Researchers at Purdue University have made a discovery about the behavior of tiny structures called nanocantilevers that could be crucial in designing a new class of ultra-small sensors for detecting viruses, bacteria and other pathogens.
Cyberinfrastructure-Enabled Educational Engineering
Jul 12 2006
Science Grid This Week - In the same way that cyberinfrastructure is revolutionizing the scientific landscape, it is also set to revolutionize learning in the information age.
BioMOCA: Ion Channel Simulations on the OSG
Jun 28 2006
Open Science Grid News - BioMOCA (Biology Monte Carlo) transport Monte Carlo tool is now running on several OSG sites through the nanoHUB.
NSF Director Highlights CI's Role in Building 'Wise Crowd'
Jun 26 2006
GRID today - Bement cites the NanoHub at Purdue as an example of a Science Gateway in action, with more than 1,500 students and faculty who use this portal to access applications, databases and collaborative environments related to nanoscience and technology.
Birck nano exhibit provides learning opportunity for students, adults
Jun 23 2006
Purdue University News Service - Fresh from a stop at the Children's Museum of Oak Ridge in Tennessee, a Purdue University-created nanotechnology exhibit is now on display at the Birck Nanotechnology Center's atrium in Discovery Park.
Nanotech network aims for divere audience
Jun 08 2006
The Nanotechnology Group Inc.Research, education and nanoHUB, a worldwide nanotechnology network, were some topics discussed at Purdue's nanotechnology workshop Monday.
Birck Nanotechnology Center workshop focuses on nanoHUB
Jun 01 2006
Purdue University News Service - Researchers who operate the nanoHUB.org Web site at Purdue University will hold a free workshop on the computer simulation program.
Nano world offers big opportunities for Indiana's economy
May 22 2006
Lafayette Online - Nanotechnology promises to change the way Hoosiers live, introducing a vast assortment of innovations ranging from the miraculous to the mundane, the profound to the amusing.
NanoHUB: Gateway to Nanoscience
Mar 17 2006
HPC Wire - The nanoHUB is a Web-based initiative spearheaded by the NSF's Network for Computational Nanotechnology (NCN). Its purpose is to serve as a resource for research and education in the areas of nanoelectronics, nano-electromechanical systems (NEMS), and their application to nano-biosystems. The NCN has a mission to connect theory, experiment, and computation in a way that makes a difference to the future of nanotechnology. While addressing challenges in nanotechnology NCN researchers produce new algorithms, approaches, and software tools with capabilities not yet available commercially. As part of the NSF's infrastructure for the National Nanotechnology Initiative, the NCN engages the community through workshops and seminars and novel educational resources. The nanoHUB is a source of on-line resources including a unique web-based computational user facility that puts research-grade software in the hands users across the globe.
Nanoscientists at the Gates
Oct 25 2005
NCSA Access Online - Soon to become the nanoscience gateway to the TeraGrid, the nanoHUB is pioneering ways to make the Grid accessible to any user.
Quantum dot electronic states visualization from the NEMO3D simulator.
Oct 19 2005
Science Grid This Week - Nanotechnology researchers harness those behaviors to create new devices and materials, and use the nanoHUB to access simulation tools, educational materials and computing resources necessary to study matter at the nanometer scale.
Simulation Tool Shows How Current Flows
Sep 01 2005
Semiconductor International - "I believe we might be the first theorists who have created a tool to show how electricity is conducted between molecules and silicon at the atomic level," said Avik Ghosh, a research scientist in electrical and computer engineering...
Purdue simulation to help merge molecules with silicon electronics
Aug 16 2005
Nanotechnology Now - Engineers at Purdue University have created a nanotech simulation tool that shows how current flows between silicon atoms and individual molecules to help researchers design "molecular electronic" devices for future computers and advanced sensors.
nanoHUB Makes Nanotech Tools Easily Accessible
Aug 10 2005
Science Grid This Week - The Network for Computational Nanotechnology, which includes Purdue and six other universities, develops, operates and maintains the nanoHUB through a grant from the National Science Foundation. The simulation tools and applications created by NCN researchers and other groups are made available through the hub.
TeraGrid Science Gateways: NanoHUB
Jun 05 2005
TeraGrid.org - Science Gateways are an effort by TeraGrid to extend the use of TeraGrid resources to a much larger set of users than the traditional users of high performance computing.
A shining example of this is the NanoHub, developed by the NSF’s Network for Computational Nanotechnology based at Purdue University.
Plugging into the Grid
Jan 01 2005
Campus Technology - Purdue researchers are redefining how information is shared between scientists, professors, and students. Grid computing is more than a concept.
Nano World: Software to Speed Nanotech
Dec 03 2004
United Press International - New consortia of corporations, universities and federal agencies are seeking to accelerate the development in the wide-open field of nanotechnology software -- programs to create and enhance devices with features on the molecular scale. The potential benefits of nanotechnology software are dramatic for both research and development.