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Water flows like molasses on the nanoscale

Water exhibits very different properties when it is confined to channels less than two nanometers wide - behaving much like a viscous fluid with a viscosity approaching that of molasses.

April 25, 2007 Read more

Nanotechnology in British Columbia

Between November 2006 and February 2007 Nanotech BC undertook a survey of the academic and industrial landscape for nanotechnology in British Columbia. A preliminary report is now available.

April 24, 2007 Read more

New computer processor has the potential of reaching trillions of calculations per second

The prototype for a revolutionary new general-purpose computer processor, which has the potential of reaching trillions of calculations per second.

April 24, 2007 Read more

Berkeley issues nanotechnology material disclosure guidelines

The City of Berkeley has issued a 3-page Introduction to Manufactured Nanoscale Material Health & Safety Disclosure with reporting requirements for industry.

April 24, 2007 Read more

Is science engaging with the public on nanotechnology?

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.

April 24, 2007 Read more

Four universities collaborate to synthesize new nanotechnology materials, devices

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.

April 24, 2007 Read more

Everything starts with recognition

Scientists track at the atomic scale how individual molecules recognize each other.

April 24, 2007 Read more

Winners of the 'Art in Nanotechnology' competition announced

Nanotechnology Victoria officially announced the winners of its inaugural prizes for Art in Nanotechnology during the 5th World Conference of Science.

April 24, 2007 Read more

Nebraska nanotechnology at BIO 2007

In Nebraska, research on nanoparticle sensors with sensitivity rivaling human fingers could give robots a delicate sense of touch.

April 24, 2007 Read more

Nanotechnology wound care

Reports of a new nanotechnology-based wound care material were presented last week at the Society for Biomaterials annual meeting.

April 23, 2007 Read more

Quantum mechanics explains why green tea is good for you

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.

April 23, 2007 Read more

Bucky's brother: the boron buckyball makes its debut

A new study scientists predicts the existence and stability of another "buckyball" consisting entirely of boron atoms.

April 23, 2007 Read more

Nanotechnology offers hope for treating spinal cord injuries, diabetes, and Parkinson's disease

A new breed of scientists are combining nanotechnology and biology to enable the body to heal itself.

April 23, 2007 Read more

Gold nanoparticles can improve the efficiency of DNA sequencing

Not content with fluorescing and catalysing chemical reactions, gold nanoparticles have now demonstrated that they can also improve the efficiency of DNA sequencing.

April 23, 2007 Read more

Scientists create nanonose with aim of sniffing out sickly cells

Scientists have created a kind of molecular nose that uses nanoparticle-based sensors to sniff out and identify proteins.

April 22, 2007 Read more

Iranians enjoyed nanotechnology 3000 years ago...?

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...

April 22, 2007 Read more