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:: 13 November, 2009
Novel nanomaterials developed at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute are scheduled to blast off into orbit on November 16 aboard Space Shuttle...

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:: 12 November, 2009
In an advance that could help ease health and environmental concerns about the emerging nanotechnology industry, scientists are reporting...

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:: 08 November, 2009
About five years ago, Professor Janet Sawicki at the Lankenau Institute in Pennsylvania read an article about nanoparticles developed by MIT’s...

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:: 01 November, 2009
Inspired by water-resistant lotus leaves, the Pitt-developed solution repels freezing rain and provides the first evidence of anti-icing ability in...

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:: 29 October, 2009
An adhesive used in products like laminate countertops may also help cement a place for economically viable biofuels, according to a Kansas State...

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:: 23 October, 2009
If the promise of nanotechnology is to be fulfilled, nanoparticles will have to be able to make something of themselves. An important advance...

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:: 15 October, 2009
Fuel cells, devices that can produce electricity from hydrogen or other fuels without burning them, are considered a promising new way of powering...

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:: 05 October, 2009
The properties that make nanotech attractive may make it hazardous as well.
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:: 29 September, 2009
University of Michigan physicists have created the first atomic-scale maps of quantum dots, a major step toward the goal of producing "designer...

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:: 24 September, 2009
Tiny objects known as nanoparticles are often heralded as holding great potential for future applications in electronics, medicine and other areas....

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:: 22 September, 2009
Researchers at UC Santa Barbara have developed a new way to deliver drugs into cancer cells by exposing them briefly to a non-harmful laser. Their...

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:: 20 September, 2009
Carbon nanotubes - tiny, rolled-up tubes of graphite - promise to add speed to electronic circuits and strength to materials like carbon...

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:: 14 September, 2009
Space is not a fun place to get a stomach bug. To ensure drinking water is adequately disinfected, University of Utah chemists developed a...

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:: 13 September, 2009
The same properties of nanoparticles that make them so appealing to manufacturers may also have negative effects on the environment and human...

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:: 10 September, 2009
Nanoparticles combining platinum and gold act as superefficient catalysts, but chemists have struggled to create them in an industrially useful...

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:: 06 September, 2009
Manipulating tiny objects like single cells or nanosized beads often requires relatively large, unwieldy equipment, but now a system that uses...

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:: 27 August, 2009
Top-secret maps and messages that fade away to keep unwanted eyes from seeing them could be made with a new nanoparticle ink. Researchers at...

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:: 23 August, 2009
MIT researchers are developing the new batteries and ultracapacitors we need for a green economy.
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:: 17 August, 2009
Surface-plasmon lasers could enable a new generation of computers based on nanophotonics.
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:: 07 August, 2009
Brain cancer is among the deadliest of cancers. It's also one of the hardest to treat. Imaging results are often imprecise because brain cancers...

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