Nanoengineers mine tiny diamonds for drug delivery October 13, 2007 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 17 vote(s)
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Northwestern University researchers have shown that nanodiamonds -- much like the carbon structure as that of a sparkling 14 karat diamond but on a much smaller scale -- are very effective at delivering chemotherapy drugs ... | |
Nanowire battery holds 10 times the charge of existing ones December 18, 2007 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 185 vote(s)
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Stanford researchers have found a way to use silicon nanowires to reinvent the rechargeable lithium-ion batteries that power laptops, iPods, video cameras, cell phones, and countless other devices. | |
 Researchers mimic bacteria to produce magnetic nanoparticles April 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 22 vote(s)
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When it comes to designing something, it’s hard to find a better source of inspiration than Mother Nature. Using that principle, a diverse, interdisciplinary group of researchers at the U.S. Department of ... | |
 New technique captures chemical reactions in a single living cell at unprecedented resolution November 19, 2007 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 27 vote(s)
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Bioengineers at the University of California, Berkeley, have discovered a technique that for the first time enables the detection of biomolecules' dynamic reactions in a single living cell. | |
 Researchers Develop New Nanomaterials to Deliver Anticancer Drugs to Kill Cancer Cells June 07, 2007 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 21 vote(s)
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Researchers at UCLA have successfully manipulated nanomaterials to create a new drug-delivery system that promises to solve the challenge of the poor water solubility of today’s most promising anticancer drugs ... | |
 Graphene-based gadgets may be just years away April 30, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 61 vote(s)
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Researchers at The University of Manchester have produced tiny liquid crystal devices with electrodes made from graphene – an exciting development that could lead to computer and TV displays based on this ... | |
 Taking nature’s cue for cheaper solar power April 04, 2007 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 50 vote(s)
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Solar cell technology developed by the University’s Nanomaterials Research Centre will enable New Zealanders to generate electricity from sunlight at a 10th of the cost of current silicon-based photo-electric ... | |
 IBM Brings Single-Atom Data Storage, Molecular Computers Closer to Reality August 30, 2007 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 90 vote(s)
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IBM today announced two major scientific achievements in the field of nanotechnology that could one day lead to new kinds of devices and structures built from a few atoms or molecules. | |
 Make Way for the Real Nanopod: Researchers Create First Fully Functional Nanotube Radio October 31, 2007 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 83 vote(s)
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Make way for the real nanopod and make room in the Guinness World Records. A team of researchers with the US Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the University of California at ... | |
 New nanoparticle catalyst brings fuel-cell cars closer to showroom March 19, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 34 vote(s)
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A University of Wisconsin-Madison and University of Maryland (UM) team has developed a new nanotechnology-driven chemical catalyst that paves the way for more efficient hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles. | |
Nanowire generates its own electricity October 17, 2007 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 37 vote(s)
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Harvard chemists have built a new wire out of photosensitive materials that is hundreds of times smaller than a human hair. The wire not only carries electricity to be used in vanishingly small circuits, but generates power ... | |
Silicon nanoparticles enhance performance of solar cells August 20, 2007 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 32 vote(s)
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Placing a film of silicon nanoparticles onto a silicon solar cell can boost power, reduce heat and prolong the cell’s life, researchers now report. | |
Gold nanoparticle probes may allow earlier cancer detection December 23, 2007 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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Using tiny gold particles embedded with dyes, researchers have shown that they can identify tumors under the skin of a living animal. These tools may allow doctors to detect and diagnose cancer earlier and less invasively. | |
On a 'roll': Researchers devise new cell-sorting system March 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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Capitalizing on a cell’s ability to roll along a surface, MIT researchers have developed a simple, inexpensive system to sort different kinds of cells — a process that could result in low-cost tools to test for diseases such ... | |
 Trap and zap: Harnessing the power of light to pattern surfaces on the nanoscale June 18, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 27 vote(s)
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Princeton engineers have invented an affordable technique that uses lasers and plastic beads to create the ultrasmall features that are needed for new generations of microchips. | |
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