Researchers use carbon nanotubes for molecular transport June 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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Molecular transport across cellular membranes is essential to many of life's processes, for example electrical signaling in nerves, muscles and synapses. | |
 Stripes key to nanoparticle drug delivery June 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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In work that could at the same time impact the delivery of drugs and explain a biological mystery, MIT engineers have created the first synthetic nanoparticles that can penetrate a cell without poking a hole ... | |
 'Super paper:' New nanopaper more break-resistant than cast iron June 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 43 vote(s)
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Researchers in Sweden and Japan report development of a new type of paper that resists breaking when pulled almost as well as cast iron. The new material, called "cellulose nanopaper," is made of sub-microscopic ... | |
 Microspheres to carry hydrogen, deliver drugs, filter gases and detect nuclear development June 06, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 20 vote(s)
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What looks like a fertilized egg, flows like water, gets stuffed with catalysts and exotic nanostructures and may have the potential of making the current retail gasoline infrastructure compatible with hydrogen-based ... | |
 New detector uses nanotubes to sense deadly gases June 06, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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Using carbon nanotubes, MIT chemical engineers have built the most sensitive electronic detector yet for sensing deadly gases such as the nerve agent sarin. | |
Argonne research unveiling the secrets of nanoparticle haloing June 05, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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A glass of milk, a gallon of paint, and a bottle of salad dressing all look to the naked eye like liquids. But when viewed under a microscope these everyday liquids, called "colloids," actually contain small globules or ... | |
Nanotech: Hot Technology Gets a Cool Down June 03, 2008 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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It’s the hottest technology – featherweight laptops that feature rapid response, crisp graphics and operate complex computer games; slim cell phones with Web-browsing capabilities, store high resolution photos and keep track ... | |
 Nanotech process produces plastics that are 10 times more stretchable June 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 21 vote(s)
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Move over, Rumplestiltskin. Researchers in China report the first successful “electrospinning” of a type of plastic widely used in automobiles and electronics. The high-tech process, which uses an electric ... | |
 Research measures movement of nanomaterials in simple model food chain May 31, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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New research in Nature Nanotechnology shows that while engineered nanomaterials can be transferred up the lowest levels of the food chain from single celled organisms to higher multicelled ones, the ... | |
Tiny Particles Solve Big Problems May 30, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 18 vote(s)
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Cutting edge nanotechnology research at North Carolina State University is leading to advances in everything from revitalizing HIV drugs to creating harder, stronger nanocrystalline iron that can really take the heat. | |
 Researchers develop nanowire 'paper towel' for oil spills May 30, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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A mat of nanowires with the touch and feel of paper could be an important new tool in the cleanup of oil and other organic pollutants, MIT researchers and colleagues report in the May 30 online issue of Nature ... | |
Nanoparticles assemble by millions to encase oil drops May 29, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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In a development that could lead to new technologies for cleaning up oil spills and polluted groundwater, scientists at Rice University have shown how tiny, stick-shaped particles of metal and carbon can trap oil droplets ... | |
Researchers make breakthrough in renewable energy materials May 29, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 73 vote(s)
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University of Queensland researchers have made a ground-breaking discovery that produces highly efficient miniature crystals which could revolutionise the way we harvest and use solar energy. | |
Moving molecules within molecules May 29, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Experts in the field of nanoscience have discovered a way of controlling the motion and detecting the forces that move molecules within molecules. | |
 Engineers whip up the first long-lived nanoscale bubbles May 29, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 18 vote(s)
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With the aid of kitchen mixers, engineers at Harvard’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have whipped up, for the first time, permanent nanoscale bubbles – bubbles that endure for more than ... | |
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