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(PhysOrg.com) -- Engineering professor's nanorobot could be performing non-invasive surgical procedures on patients with tumors within the next decade. http://www.physorg.com/news180637694.html Nanotechnology Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:40:07 EST news180637694 (PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have used lasers to create the first practical macroscopic yarns from boron nitride fibers, opening the door for an array of applications, from radiation-shielded spacecraft to stronger body armor, according to a just-published study. http://www.physorg.com/news179001844.html Nanotechnology Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:20:06 EST news179001844 cylinders of carbon about a nanometer in diameter -- have been highly touted for potential applications such as ultrastrong fibers, electrical wires in molecular devices, or hydrogen storage components for fuel cells. Thanks to a new development by researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology and five partners, you can add one more application to the list: detection and destruction of an aggressive form of breast cancer. http://www.physorg.com/news178982129.html Medicine & Health Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:20:01 EST news178982129 (PhysOrg.com) -- First, it was the soccer-ball-shaped molecules dubbed buckyballs. Then it was the cylindrically shaped nanotubes. Now, the hottest new material in physics and nanotechnology is graphene: a remarkably flat molecule made of carbon atoms arranged in hexagonal rings much like molecular chicken wire. http://www.physorg.com/news177689867.html Nanotechnology Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:22:12 EST news177689867 (PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy`s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have refined a technique to manufacture solar cells by creating tubes of semiconducting material and then "growing" polymers directly inside them. The method has the potential to be significantly cheaper than the process used to make today`s commercial solar cells. http://www.physorg.com/news177092235.html Nanotechnology Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:17:54 EST news177092235 (PhysOrg.com) -- When we think of nanotubes, we often think of solar panels and physical science. However, it appears that nanotubes can also provide valuable help to plants as a fertilizer. Just add carbon nanotubes, say researchers at the University of Arkansas in Little Rock, and you can get plants that grow faster and bigger than their counterparts. http://www.physorg.com/news174066714.html Nanotechnology Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:52:18 EST news174066714 ANN ARBOR, Mich.---Brain implants that can more clearly record signals from surrounding neurons in rats have been created at the University of Michigan. The findings could eventually lead to more effective treatment of neurological disorders such as Parkinson's disease and paralysis. http://www.physorg.com/news173465029.html Nanotechnology Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:44:47 EST news173465029 (PhysOrg.com) -- A sensitive new Stanford-developed disposable chip detects low concentrations of the explosive trinitrotoluene (TNT) and a close chemical cousin of the dreaded toxic nerve agent sarin in water samples. The research appears online this week in the journal ACS Nano. http://www.physorg.com/news173035243.html Nanotechnology Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:10:01 EST news173035243 Advances by the Rice University lab of James Tour have brought graphite's potential as a mass data storage medium a step closer to reality and created the potential for reprogrammable gate arrays that could bring about a revolution in integrated circuit logic design. http://www.physorg.com/news171742062.html Nanotechnology Wed, 09 Sep 2009 19:08:29 EST news171742062 Members of a USC-led research team say they've made a big improvement in a new breed of electronic detectors for viruses and other biological materials - one that may be a valuable addition to the battle against epidemics. http://www.physorg.com/news162814488.html Nanotechnology Fri, 29 May 2009 11:15:18 EST news162814488 (PhysOrg.com) -- While many people think that Blu-ray will replace DVDs in the near future, a new study shows that DVDs may still have a lot to offer. Researchers have designed a five-dimensional DVD that can store 1.6 terabytes of data on a standard-size DVD, which is the equivalent of about 30 Blu-ray discs. The 5D DVDs could also be compatible with current DVD disc-drive technology. http://www.physorg.com/news162138048.html Physics Thu, 21 May 2009 15:21:30 EST news162138048 Researchers from the Kavli Institute of NanoScience in Delft are the first to have successfully captured a single electron in a highly tunable carbon nanotube double quantum dot. This was made possible by a new approach for producing ultraclean nanotubes. Moreover, the team of researchers, under the leadership of Spinoza winner Leo Kouwenhoven, discovered a new sort of tunneling as a result of which electrons can fly straight through obstacles. The results of the research were published by Nature Nanotechnology on April 5, 2009. http://www.physorg.com/news161521344.html Nanotechnology Thu, 14 May 2009 12:03:58 EST news161521344 A team of scientists from Virginia Commonwealth University, the University of Uppsala in Sweden, and the Savannah River National Laboratory have identified that carbon nanostructures can be used as catalysts to store and release hydrogen, a finding that may point researchers toward developing the right material for hydrogen storage for use in cars. http://www.physorg.com/news157127835.html Nanotechnology Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:37:54 EST news157127835 Chemists at the University of Connecticut have found a way to greatly increase the luminescence efficiency of single-walled carbon nanotubes, a discovery that could have significant applications in medical imaging and other areas. http://www.physorg.com/news155557226.html Nanotechnology Fri, 06 Mar 2009 10:22:29 EST news155557226 MIT engineers are using carbon nanotubes only billionths of a meter thick to stitch together aerospace materials in work that could make airplane skins and other products some 10 times stronger at a nominal increase in cost. http://www.physorg.com/news155394540.html Nanotechnology Wed, 04 Mar 2009 13:09:29 EST news155394540 (PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at The Pennsylvania State University have determined a way to use arrays of nanotubes in a solar-based process to convert carbon dioxide and water into methane and other hydrocarbon fuels. Their method may provide a new way to reduce carbon-dioxide levels in the atmosphere -rising due to our planet's heavy use of fossil fuels -as well as produce alternative fuels. http://www.physorg.com/news154007555.html Nanotechnology Mon, 16 Feb 2009 11:53:07 EST news154007555 Researchers in the laboratory of Samuel I. Stupp at Northwestern University have an interesting approach for tackling some major health problems: gather raw materials and then let them self-assemble into structures that can address a multitude of medical needs. http://www.physorg.com/news153832994.html Nanotechnology Sat, 14 Feb 2009 11:23:55 EST news153832994 Need to store electricity more efficiently? Put it behind bars. That's essentially the finding of a team of Rice University researchers who have created hybrid carbon nanotube metal oxide arrays as electrode material that may improve the performance of lithium-ion batteries. http://www.physorg.com/news153404774.html Nanotechnology Mon, 09 Feb 2009 12:27:24 EST news153404774 Researchers in California are reporting an advance toward the long-sought goal of "invisible electronics" and transparent displays, which can be highly desirable for heads-up displays, wind-shield displays, and electronic paper. http://www.physorg.com/news153075395.html Nanotechnology Thu, 05 Feb 2009 16:59:06 EST news153075395 In the tiny world of amino acids and proteins and in the helical shape of DNA, a biological phenomenon abounds. http://www.physorg.com/news152796745.html Nanotechnology Mon, 02 Feb 2009 11:32:52 EST news152796745 Engineers at the University of California at San Diego have come up with a way to help accelerate bone growth through the use of nanotubes and stem cells. This new finding could lead to quicker and better recovery, for example, for patients who undergo orthopedic surgery. http://www.physorg.com/news152540774.html Nanotechnology Fri, 30 Jan 2009 12:28:29 EST news152540774 (PhysOrg.com) -- A multidisciplinary team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has developed carbon nanotubes that can be used as sensors for cancer drugs and other DNA-damaging agents inside living cells. The sensors, made of carbon nanotubes wrapped in DNA, can detect chemotherapy drugs such as cisplatin as well as environmental toxins and free radicals that damage DNA. http://www.physorg.com/news151345478.html Nanotechnology Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:24:38 EST news151345478 (PhysOrg.com) -- Dr. Tim Wilkinson from the Department's Photonics Research Group, University of Cambridge, has made an exciting breakthrough, he has combined liquid crystals with vertically grown carbon nanotubes to create a reconfigurable three-dimensional liquid crystal device structure. http://www.physorg.com/news151250341.html Physics Thu, 15 Jan 2009 13:59:01 EST news151250341 Nanotubes, the tiny honeycomb cylinders of carbon atoms only a few nanometers wide, are perhaps the signature material of modern engineering research, but actually trying to organize the atomic scale rods is notoriously like herding cats. A new study* from the National Institute of Standards and Technology and Rice University, however, offers an inexpensive process that gets nanotubes to obediently line themselves up -- that is, self-assemble -- in neat rows, more like ducks. http://www.physorg.com/news151090330.html Nanotechnology Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:32:10 EST news151090330 (PhysOrg.com) -- Electrical engineering researchers at the University of Arkansas have demonstrated that magnetic nanotubes combined with nerve growth factor can enable specific cells to differentiate into neurons. The results from in vitro studies show that magnetic nanotubes may be exploited to treat neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson`s disease and Alzheimer`s disease because they can be used as a delivery vehicle for nerve growth factor. http://www.physorg.com/news151077655.html Nanotechnology Tue, 13 Jan 2009 14:00:55 EST news151077655 (PhysOrg.com) -- Using a simple chemical process, scientists at Cornell and DuPont have invented a method of preparing carbon nanotubes for suspension in a semiconducting "ink," which can then be printed into such thin, flexible electronics as transistors and photovoltaic materials. http://www.physorg.com/news150650570.html Nanotechnology Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:22:50 EST news150650570 (PhysOrg.com) -- A compound synthesized for the first time by Berkeley Lab scientists could help to push nanotechnology out of the lab and into faster electronic devices, more powerful sensors, and other advanced technologies. The scientists developed a hoop-shaped chain of benzene molecules that had eluded synthesis, despite numerous efforts, since it was theorized more than 70 years ago. http://www.physorg.com/news150395925.html Nanotechnology Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:38:45 EST news150395925 Arizona State University researchers Hao Yan and Yan Liu imagine and assemble intricate structures on a scale almost unfathomably small. Their medium is the double-helical DNA molecule, a versatile building material offering near limitless construction potential. http://www.physorg.com/news150048949.html Nanotechnology Thu, 01 Jan 2009 16:15:49 EST news150048949