Governments, academics and commercial bodies are all waiting to see if developments in nanotechnology will cause the same uproar as that generated by the biotech industry.
Apr 24th, 2007
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The Army Research Office has awarded a potentially $7.5 million Multi-University Research Initiative (MURI) grant to develop electromechanical devices and high-performance membranes using ionic liquids.
Apr 24th, 2007
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Scientists track at the atomic scale how individual molecules recognize each other.
Apr 24th, 2007
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Nanotechnology Victoria officially announced the winners of its inaugural prizes for Art in Nanotechnology during the 5th World Conference of Science.
Apr 24th, 2007
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In Nebraska, research on nanoparticle sensors with sensitivity rivaling human fingers could give robots a delicate sense of touch.
Apr 24th, 2007
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Reports of a new nanotechnology-based wound care material were presented last week at the Society for Biomaterials annual meeting.
Apr 23rd, 2007
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Scientists have used quantum mechanics to work out why green tea is good for you. The health benefits of the brew are all down to a quirk of the quantum world known as tunneling, they say.
Apr 23rd, 2007
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A new study scientists predicts the existence and stability of another "buckyball" consisting entirely of boron atoms.
Apr 23rd, 2007
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A new breed of scientists are combining nanotechnology and biology to enable the body to heal itself.
Apr 23rd, 2007
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Not content with fluorescing and catalysing chemical reactions, gold nanoparticles have now demonstrated that they can also improve the efficiency of DNA sequencing.
Apr 23rd, 2007
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Scientists have created a kind of molecular nose that uses nanoparticle-based sensors to sniff out and identify proteins.
Apr 22nd, 2007
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Something definitely doesn't read quite right in this press release by Iran's Cultural Heritage News Agency, like this sentence: We concluded that our ancestors were one of the pioneers of nanotechnology...
Apr 22nd, 2007
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University of Queensland researchers are using nanotechnology to revolutionize medical diagnostic testing of diseases such as cervical cancer.
Apr 21st, 2007
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A new, nanotechnology-enabled color barcode system developed by Microsoft will find its way onto DVDs later this year.
Apr 21st, 2007
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Researchers filmed a protein in action by freezing it at several states.
Apr 20th, 2007
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A domestic water filter that uses metal nanoparticles to remove dissolved pesticide residues is about to enter the Indian market.
Apr 20th, 2007
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