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Transforming nanowires into nano-tools using cation exchange reactions
Oct 23, 2009 |
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A team of engineers from the University of Pennsylvania has transformed simple nanowires into reconfigurable materials and circuits, demonstrating a novel, self-assembling method for chemically creating nanoscale ...
Researchers: Molecular forklifts overcome obstacle to 'smart dust'
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jan 18, 2009 |
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Algae is a livid green giveaway of nutrient pollution in a lake. Scientists would love to reproduce that action in tiny particles that would turn different colors if exposed to biological weapons, food spoilage or signs of ...
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Julius Springer Prize for Applied Physics 2006 goes to Viola Vogel for pioneering work in bionanotechnology
Apr 11, 2006 |
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This year's Julius Springer Prize for Applied Physics will be awarded to Dr. Viola Vogel for her creative and pioneering work on bionanotechnology exploring single molecule mechanics and nanomotors for technical applications. ...
Scientists overcome nanotech hurdle
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Aug 13, 2008 |
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When you make a new material on a nanoscale how can you see what you have made? A team lead by a Biotechnology and Biological Sciences research Council (BBSRC) fellow has made a significant step toward overcoming this major ...
Carbon nanostructures form the future of electronics and optoelectronics
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Sep 23, 2008 |
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This year's Julius Springer Prize for Applied Physics will be awarded to Phaedon Avouris and Tony Heinz for their pioneering work on the electrical and optical properties of nanoscale carbon materials including carbon nanotubes ...
Self-Assembled Materials Form Mini Stem Cell Lab
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Mar 27, 2008 |
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Imagine having one polymer and one small molecule that instantly assemble into a flexible but strong sac in which you can grow human stem cells, creating a sort of miniature laboratory. And that sac, if used ...
Big hit on a small scale for black-eyed peas
Mar 07, 2006 |
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What have Black-eyed peas got to do with nanotechnology? As well as sharing their name with a chart-topping U.S. band, Black-eyed peas (also known as Cowpeas) are being used by scientists at the John Innes Centre in Norwich ...
Promising new nanotechnology for spinal cord injury
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Apr 02, 2008 |
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A spinal cord injury often leads to permanent paralysis and loss of sensation below the site of the injury because the damaged nerve fibers can't regenerate. The nerve fibers or axons have the capacity to grow again, but ...
Zinc oxide gives green shine to new photoconductors
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Mar 18, 2009 |
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Photodetectors -- devices found in cell phones, digital cameras and other consumer gadgets that utilize photoconducting materials -- are a green technology in performance (converting light into electricity), but the manufacture ...
Nanotechnology offers hope for treating spinal cord injuries, diabetes, and Parkinson's disease
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Apr 23, 2007 |
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Imagine a world where damaged organs in your body—kidneys, liver, heart—can be stimulated to heal themselves. Envision people tragically paralyzed whose injured spinal cords can be repaired. Think about individuals suffering ...
Biologists are from Mars, chemists are from Venus?
May 01, 2008 |
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“Plays well with others.” That popular phrase on a T-shirt is being taken to a whole new level in higher education these days, as experts in a variety of fields increasingly must work together to address some ...
Researchers Create DNA Logic Circuits That Work in Test Tubes
Dec 08, 2006 |
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Computers and liquids are not very compatible, as many a careless coffee-drinking laptop owner has discovered. But a new breakthrough by researchers at the California Institute of Technology could result in future logic circuits ...
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