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Chemists measure chilli sauce hotness with nanotubes Nanotechnology / Materials May 07, 2008 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 19 vote(s) \| User comments: 5 Oxford chemists have found a way of using carbon nanotubes to judge the heat of chilli sauces. The technology might soon be available commercially as a cheap, disposable sensor for use in the food industry.

Researchers target tumors with tiny 'nanoworms' Nanotechnology / Materials May 07, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 25 vote(s) \| User comments: 2 Scientists at UC San Diego, UC Santa Barbara and MIT have developed nanometer-sized “nanoworms” that can cruise through the bloodstream without significant interference from the body’s immune defense system ...

Nanotube production leaps from sooty mess in test tube to ready formed chemical microsensors Nanotechnology / Materials May 06, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 19 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 Carbon nanotubes’ potential as a super material is blighted by the fact that when first made they often take the form of an unprepossessing pile of sooty black mess in the bottom of a test tube. Now researchers ...