NIH completes Nanomedicine Network October 30, 2006 | User rating: 2.1 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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U.S. National Institutes of Health officials have announced completion of a national network of eight nanomedicine development centers. | |
Plant virus used to create memory device October 05, 2006 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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A team of U.S. scientists says it has used a plant virus to construct a memory device. | |
Here come the nanoSQUIDs October 05, 2006 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 21 vote(s)
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A French scientific team says it has developed the first nanoSQUID -- or superconducting quantum interference device -- for measuring magnetic fields. | |
Nano World: Nano helps keep cells alive July 26, 2006 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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Encasing living cells in networks of silica and fatty layers only nanometers or billionths of a meter in size could help keep them alive longer for use in novel chemical factories or sensors, experts tell UPI's Nano World. | |
Nano World: Composites with nano-graphite July 24, 2006 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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Strong, lightweight plastic-like composites made with highly electrically conductive sheets of carbon just one atom thick could find use in electronics and protect aircraft from lightning strikes, experts told UPI's Nano ... | |
Nano World: Chemical sensing transistors July 22, 2006 | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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Hybrid transistors using stacks of organic molecules for wires and carbon nanotubes as electrodes could serve as ultrasensitive sensors for explosives and other compounds, experts told UPI's Nano World. | |
Nano World: Nano risk blueprint proposed July 19, 2006 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Instead of a general call for more federal research into the risks of nanotechnology, a new strategy proposes a move beyond to recommend how these investigations should get prioritized and implemented, experts tell UPI's ... | |
Nano World: Acid sensors for cells July 17, 2006 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Scientists have devised the first sensors only nanometers or billionths of a meter long that can detect how acidic the environment around them is, experts told UPI's Nano World. | |
Nano World: Nano replacement for petroleum July 10, 2006 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 27 vote(s)
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The petroleum used to make adhesives, coatings and in the future, inks and even plastics, could get replaced with nanoparticles of sugar and starch, experts told UPI's Nano World. | |
Nano World: Nanomagnets in chips, antenna July 05, 2006 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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Magnetic particles only nanometers or billionths of a meter wide promise to help electronics continue to pack ever closer together for more powerful microchips and other devices, experts told UPI's Nano World. | |
In Brief: Tiny particles can help find oral cancers July 04, 2006 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
An expert on oral cancers at the University of Illinois believes he has developed a means to diagnose them more precisely. | |
University of Missouri gets nano contract June 27, 2006 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
The University of Missouri-Columbia has been given a $4.79 million Army contract to develop nanotechnologies that will improve military capabilities. | |
Nano World: Stabilizing explosive elements June 26, 2006 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 46 vote(s)
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Capsules only nanometers or billionths of a meter wide that stabilize extremely dangerous compounds normally prone to igniting or exploding can safely generate more than enough hydrogen gas to beat U.S. Department of Energy ... | |
Nano World: Black silicon for solar power June 23, 2006 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 79 vote(s)
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Silicon surfaces rendered black by pits and bumps only nanometers or billionths of a meter large could in the future help make solar power cells more efficient. | |
Nano World: Self-powered hydrogen sensors June 20, 2006 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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Nanotechnological, inexpensive sensors that can detect invisible, odorless hydrogen leaks and sound the alarm wirelessly could help safeguard future vehicles and refueling stations based on the gas, experts told UPI's Nano ... | |
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