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Nanotech pioneer, buckyball discoverer, Nobel laureate Richard Smalley dead at 62
Oct 31, 2005 |
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Nobel laureate Richard Smalley, co-discoverer of the buckyball and one of the best-known and respected scientists in nanotechnology, died today in Houston after a long battle with cancer. He was 62.
Modifications render carbon nanotubes nontoxic
Oct 26, 2005 |
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In follow-on work to last year's groundbreaking toxicological study on water-soluble buckyballs, researchers at Rice University's Center for Biological and Environmental Nanotechnology (CBEN) find that water-soluble carbon ...
Scientists build world's first single-molecule car
Oct 20, 2005 |
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Rice University Scientists have done it. After BMW announced the possibility of producing a car that would utilize nanotechnology practically for all functions, Rice University scientists developed the world’s ...
'Buckypaper': stronger than steel, harder than diamonds
Oct 20, 2005 |
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Working with a material 10 times lighter than steel - but 250 times stronger - would be a dream come true for any engineer. If this material also had amazing properties that made it highly conductive of heat and electricity, ...
Nanoparticle created as diagnostic, therapeutic agent; brain tumors targeted
Oct 18, 2005 |
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Researchers working with a man-made, metal-filled nanoparticle are developing the material for use as a diagnostic and therapeutic agent that may boost the sensitivity of MRI techniques and improve the diagnosis and treatment ...
Nanotech solar breakthrough will help spur viability of alternative energy
Oct 07, 2005 |
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Researchers from New Mexico State University and Wake Forest University achieve 5.2 percent energy conversion with organic solar development. This means less expensive more durable solar panels available in four to five years.
Nanotech processing 'greener' than oil refining, study
Oct 05, 2005 |
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Using a method for assessing the premiums that companies pay for insurance, a team of scientists and insurance experts have concluded that the manufacturing processes for five, near-market nanomaterials -- including quantum ...
Researchers create DNA buckyballs for drug delivery
Aug 29, 2005 |
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DNA isn't just for storing genetic codes any more. Since DNA can polymerize -- linking many molecules together into larger structures -- scientists have been using it as a nanoscale building material, constructing ...
'Gadonanotubes' greatly outperform existing MRI contrast agents
Aug 11, 2005 |
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Researchers at Rice University, the Baylor College of Medicine, the University of Houston and the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland have created a new class of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast ...
Buckyball aggregates are soluble, antibacterial
Jun 22, 2005 |
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Research offers clues about C60 behavior in natural environments In some of the first research to probe how buckyballs will interact with natural ecosystems, Rice University's Center for Biological and Environmental Nanotechnol ...
New research raises questions about buckyballs and the environment
May 09, 2005 |
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In a challenge to conventional wisdom, scientists have found that buckyballs dissolve in water and could have a negative impact on soil bacteria. The findings raise new questions about how the nanoparticles might behave in ...
Nanotechnology's miniature answers to developing world's biggest problems
Apr 12, 2005 |
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In a study by the University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics, a panel of international experts ranks the 10 nanotechnology applications in development worldwide with the greatest potential to aid the poor. With a high ...
Scientists model 'Lord of the Nanorings'
Mar 22, 2005 |
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It's possible that no one gets more use out of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's PrairieFire supercomputer, than Xiao Cheng Zeng and his collaborators. In the past five years, they have used PrairieFire to model a lis ...
'Nanotechnology: small science‚ big deal'
Mar 09, 2005 |
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The University of Surrey’s world-class expertise in nanotechnology research is a key contributor to a new exhibition entitled ‘Nanotechnology: small science‚ big deal’, now showing at the Science Museum in London. Professor ...
Chemists create 'Superbowl' molecule; May lead to better health
Jan 31, 2005 |
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In a development that could one day score a touchdown for better health, chemists in Australia have created a 'superbowl' molecule that shows promise for precision drug delivery, according to a recent study ...
