FinNano programme sends Finnish nanotechnology sector soaring
Triple-digit growth in just two years demonstrates trends providing fresh opportunities to numerous industries.
Posted: Feb 13th, 2007
Read moreScientific and technical measurement challenges key to sustaining U.S. innovation
A new report lists more than 700 scientific and technical measurement challenges facing U.S. industry today.
Posted: Feb 13th, 2007
Read moreAre you ready for your nanotechnology engineered wine?
Are you ready for your programmable wine - maybe a pico-pinot or a nano-nebbiolo?
Posted: Feb 12th, 2007
Read moreUsing nanoparticle to discover disease-causing proteins
A complex molecule and snake venom may provide researchers with a more reliable method of diagnosing human diseases and developing new drugs.
Posted: Feb 12th, 2007
Read moreGold unstable at high pressures
Gold is not as noble and stable as it has been previously thought.
Posted: Feb 12th, 2007
Read moreNanotechnology switch design combines the speed of RAM with the stability of a hard drive
Imagine a computer that boots up immediately on powering up, that writes data directly onto its hard drive making saving a thing of the past.
Posted: Feb 12th, 2007
Read moreNanotechnology pumpkins fitted for drug delivery
Chemists have created hollow molecular spheres by polymerising a simple, flat building block without the help of any scaffolding or template to create the three-dimensional shape.
Posted: Feb 12th, 2007
Read moreInstruction manual for creating a molecular nose
An artificial nose could be a real benefit at times: this kind of biosensor could sniff out poisons, explosives or drugs, for instance.
Posted: Feb 12th, 2007
Read moreNanoparticle boost for antitumor vaccines
Encapsulating synthetic DNAs in lipid-based nanoparticles greatly enhances their immunogenicity and.
Posted: Feb 12th, 2007
Read moreUse of nanotechnology may provide safer breast cancer imaging tools
Aggressive research currently underway brings hope of dramatic advances in breast cancer management, according to a new review.
Posted: Feb 12th, 2007
Read moreDrexler's controversial nanotechnology text as free e-book
Engines of Creation 2.0: The Coming Era of Nanotechnology is an updated and expanded ebook-only version of the 1986 original.
Posted: Feb 9th, 2007
Read moreCar companies like Ford increasingly getting on the nanotechnology bandwagon
Many components used by the car industry will benefit from nanotechnology.
Posted: Feb 9th, 2007
Read moreCarrot nanofibers to make snowboards and battleships
Making a 20 carrot fishing rod.
Posted: Feb 9th, 2007
Read moreNavigable nanotransport
A very simple novel approach for the direct production of polymeric nanocapsules.
Posted: Feb 9th, 2007
Read moreFinland boosts nanotechnology research links with China
Finland is intensifying its research links with China.
Posted: Feb 9th, 2007
Read moreEU and US agree to cooperate on environmental research of nanotechnology impacts
Under a new agreement concluded today by the EU and the US, scientists and researchers from both continents will be working closer together to more strategically address common environmental challenges.
Posted: Feb 9th, 2007
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