![]() Scientists build world's first single-molecule car October 20, 2005 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 131 vote(s)
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Rice University Scientists have done it. After BMW announced the possibility of producing a car that would utilize nanotechnology practically for all functions, Rice University scientists developed the world’s ... | |
![]() Motorola Debuts First Ever Nano Emissive Flat Screen Display Prototype May 09, 2005 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 32 vote(s)
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Building Upon Carbon Nanotube Technology, Motorola Prepares to Revolutionize the Flat Panel Display Industry
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Study Shows Silver Nanoparticles Attach to HIV-1 virus October 14, 2005 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 159 vote(s)
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In the first-ever study of metal nanoparticles' interaction with HIV-1, silver nanoparticles of sizes 1-10nm attached to HIV-1 and prevented the virus from bonding to host cells. The study, published in the Journal of ... | |
![]() New Nanocoating Is Virtual Black Hole for Reflections March 01, 2007 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 201 vote(s)
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A team of researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has created the world’s first material that reflects virtually no light. Reporting in the March issue of Nature Photonics, they describe an ... | |
![]() Gold Nanoparticles Prove to Be Hot Stuff August 31, 2006 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 19 vote(s)
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Gold nanoparticles are highly efficient and sensitive “handles” for biological molecules being manipulated and tracked by lasers, but they also can heat up fast—by tens of degrees in just a few nanoseconds—which ... | |
Researchers Suggest Quantum Dots as Media for Teleportation June 21, 2007 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 135 vote(s)
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According to recent research, tiny clusters of atoms known as quantum dots may be excellent media for quantum teleportation, a physics phenomenon in which information – in the form of a quantum state, a very specific mathematical ... | |
![]() Nano-Armor: Protecting the Soldiers of Tomorrow December 10, 2005 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 108 vote(s)
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An Israeli company has recently tested one of the most shock-resistant materials known to man. Five times stronger than steel and at least twice as strong as any impact-resistant material currently in use ... | |
![]() Designing for New Dimensions July 18, 2005 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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Rensselaer researchers reach for new heights with 3-D chip technology
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Nano silver fights infections August 01, 2005 | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 52 vote(s)
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Silver nanoparticles could help fight hospital-related infections that afflict 2 million patients and lead to 90,000 deaths in the United States each year, experts told UPI's Nano World. | |
Researchers produce strong, transparent carbon nanotube sheets August 18, 2005 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 36 vote(s)
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Numerous electronic, optical and structural uses demonstrated; Advance reported in Aug. 19 issue of journal Science
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Magnetic fields created using nanotechnology could make computers up to 500 times faster June 22, 2006 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 114 vote(s)
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Magnetic fields created using nanotechnology could make computers up to 500 times more powerful if new research is successful. | |
Nano-Grating DVDs could store 100 times more May 24, 2005 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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Iomega Corporation today announced that the United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) recently issued two highly notable patents to Iomega for its work with nano-technology and optical data storage, and external storage ... | |
Quantum information can be negative August 04, 2005 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Even the most ignorant cannot know less than nothing. After all, negative knowledge makes no sense. But, although this may be true in the everyday world we are accustomed to, it has been discovered that negative knowledge ... | |
Nano World: Carbon nanotube capacitors February 03, 2006 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 96 vote(s)
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Carbon nanotubes could help release and hold electrical energy, for potential use in everything from microchips to hybrid cars, experts told UPI's Nano World. | |
Breakthrough: Scientists used nanotubes to send signals to nerve cells May 08, 2006 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 95 vote(s)
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Texas scientists have added one more trick to the amazing repertoire of carbon nanotubes -- the ability to carry electrical signals to nerve cells. | |
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