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Using nanopore channels to precisely detect DNA
Researchers have shown how nanopore channels can be used to rapidly and precisely detect specific sequences of DNA.
April 5, 2007 Read more
Nanotechnology medicine: nanocylinders deliver medicine better than nanospheres
Researchers have discovered a better way to deliver drugs to tumors by using a cylindrical-shaped carrier.
April 5, 2007 Read more
Nanogenerator provides continuous electrical power
Device harvests energy from the environment to provide direct current.
April 5, 2007 Read more
Chinese develop state-of-the-art quantum cryptography network
China's first computer network in which communications are secured with quantum cryptography has been successfully tested in Beijing.
April 5, 2007 Read more
Seeking the next kevlar
Researchers have added a significant new step to the creation of materials fortified by single-walled carbon nanotubes, resulting in a nylon polymer composite with greater strength and toughness.
April 4, 2007 Read more
Using nanotechnology to develop a better solar cell
Taking nature's cue for cheaper solar power.
April 3, 2007 Read more
Regaining a historic sunset with surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy
US chemists are racing against time to recreate sunsets which have disappeared from the watercolors of American painter Winslow Homer.
April 3, 2007 Read more
Gleaming prospects
Scratch-resistant spectacle lenses and displays, stainless-steel kitchen units without any fingerprints, antireflective glass on the instrument panels of cars and motorcycles - researchers from six institutes have been collaborating for three years to develop new classes of materials.
April 3, 2007 Read more
Making Glass From Sugar (but Hold the Sand)
A new form of glass, the unique combination of solid- and liquid-like properties of this sugar-oil emulsion might someday be used to fabricate nanoscale materials.
April 3, 2007 Read more
Atomistic model helps students visualize nanoscale problems
Civil engineers by tradition are concerned with the big picture, but some are refocusing their vision, zooming in to solve minute problems we cannot see with the naked eye, like tiny fractures in polymers, silicon or the molecular structure of proteins.
April 2, 2007 Read more
Nanotechnology at the Edinburgh International Science Festival
The Edinburgh International Science Festival in Scotland has 14 venues hosting 133 events, all designed to let you explore, discover, debate and wonder at the marvels of science - nanortechnology among them.
April 2, 2007 Read more
Brightest fluorescent nanoparticles ever synthesized
A novel method of making the brightest ever synthesized fluorescent silica particles.
April 2, 2007 Read more
Flexible electronics could find applications as sensors, artificial muscles
Flexible electronic structures with the potential to bend, expand and manipulate electronic devices are being developed.
April 2, 2007 Read more
Nanotechnology optical cloaking design for invisibility
Researchers using nanotechnology have taken a step toward creating an optical cloaking device that could render objects invisible by guiding light around anything placed inside this cloak.
April 2, 2007 Read more
Rationally designed smart nanotechnology materials
Rationally designed smart nanomaterials could be a step closer thanks to Chinese chemists, who have revealed some of the subtle effects that control how nanostructures form.
April 2, 2007 Read more
Scientists track remarkable 'breathing' in nanoporous materials
Scientists discovered an unprecedented giant and reversible swelling of nanoporous materials with exceptional properties: huge flexibility and profound selectivity.
April 2, 2007 Read more
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