Cosmetics may contain harmful particles May 05, 2006 | User rating: 3.1 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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Researchers at the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies in Washington say tiny particles used in cosmetics and sunscreens may pose health concerns. | |
Scientist warns of nanotechnology dangers May 03, 2006 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 46 vote(s)
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A British scientist is warning that hundreds of nanotechnology products are about to go on sale despite a lack of biological safety testing. | |
Nano World: Water for denser nano-memory May 02, 2006 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 18 vote(s)
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Water and electronics ordinarily do not mix, but water fragments might help control memory bits in electronics only nanometers or billionths of a meter in size, potentially leading to simpler, incredibly dense computer data-storage ... | |
Nano World: Roadmap for nano-imprinting April 28, 2006 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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Scientists could soon easily fabricate electronics and other structures only nanometers or billionths of a meter in size by stamping them out, following a new strategy that could help guarantee results, experts tell UPI's ... | |
Nano World: Nanotubes may unfold proteins April 25, 2006 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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Bottling proteins in nanotubes may cause them to unfold, which may drive researchers exploring nanotubes as drug-delivery vehicles to rethink their strategies, experts told UPI's Nano World. | |
Nano World: Breath test for breast cancer April 21, 2006 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 23 vote(s)
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Breath tests for breast cancer might arise via pockets only square nanometers or billionths of a meter in size, experts told UPI's Nano World. | |
Nanochip lands $10M in financing April 19, 2006 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Nanochip Inc. announced Tuesday that it has secured $10 million of a $15 million Series C financing round, with funding led by Intel Capital. | |
Nano World: Nano-drugs cure mouse prostate April 11, 2006 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 38 vote(s)
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A single injection of nanoparticles loaded with drugs completely eliminated prostate tumors in mice, experts told UPI's Nano World. | |
Nano World: Nanoparticle toxicity tests April 05, 2006 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 32 vote(s)
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Scientists have for the first time compared how toxic several different kinds of nanoparticles are with known toxic and nontoxic items and found certain nanoparticles appeared surprisingly toxic, experts told UPI's Nano World. ... | |
Nanodevice size and surface change studied April 04, 2006 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Buffalo, N.Y., scientists say changing the size and surface charge of nanodevices alters the way they are taken up by body organs and tissues. | |
Nano World: Superconducting wires April 01, 2006 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 22 vote(s)
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Nanotechnology could help enable the next generation of superconducting wires for everything from new city power grids to levitating trains, experts told UPI's Nano World. | |
Nano World: New nanoelectronics roadmap March 28, 2006 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 21 vote(s)
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A new initiative will develop a roadmap for industry standards that will help get electronic nanotechnology from the laboratory to the marketplace, experts told UPI's Nano World. | |
Broadband in space thanks to new single-photon detector March 24, 2006 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 19 vote(s)
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Broadband might be entering into space thanks to a collective team of MIT researchers developing a tiny light detector that could help speed up data transmission from planetary probes to Earth. This is just the latest breakthrough ... | |
EPA wants nanotechnology studied March 16, 2006 | User rating: 3.4 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency awarded grants worth $5 billion Thursday for a study of the health and environmental effects of nanotechnology. | |
Yet another use found for nanoparticles March 14, 2006 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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University of Illinois scientists have found yet another use for nanoparticles -- use them to 'armor' lipid molecules. | |
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