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Topic: Nanotechnology

  
TECHNOLOGY + COMPUTERS   |  4 comments

Nanobots: It's No Nonsense

BY Kevin Ohannessian
Relevancy Score: 100
Mon Sep 26, 2005 at 5:26 PM

This story tickles the sci-fi geek in me. While many view nanobots as a pipedream, the development of these cancer-detecting nanowires is a clear indicator that nanotechnology is progressing in so many sectors, from computing to ...READ»

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CARBON   |  Comment

Carbon-Nanotube Memory Catches Up With Flash

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 100
Tue Jan 27, 2009 at 7:57 AM

Carbon nanotubes have been proposed as solutions to a host of modern technical problems, from space elevators to pin-point accurate drug delivery. But a more viable role for the 'tubes is as a computer memory storage device. And a ...READ»

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CHIP-MAKING   |  Comment

Nanotech Storage Invention Squeezes 250 DVDs Onto A Quarter

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 100
Fri Feb 20, 2009 at 9:28 AM

Nanotechnology is all about the science and engineering of incredibly small devices, so breakthroughs in information storage density are to be expected. But a team from two U.S. universities has achieved a breakthrough in ...READ»

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ARTIFICIAL RETINAS   |  Comment

Prosthetic Retinas Possible With New Light-Sensing Nanotubes

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 100
Fri Mar 6, 2009 at 9:22 AM

The list of useful applications for carbon nanotubes seems to be growing exponentially: Yesterday there was news that the material could strengthen carbon-fiber even further, and now there's news of a breakthrough in making ...READ»

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ARTIFICIAL RETINA   |  2 comments

Quantum Dot Eyeball-Injection Could Improve Sight

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 100
Tue Dec 23, 2008 at 9:46 AM

There's an increasingly large body of work on returning vision to people with damaged sight due to retinal failure: Recent advances in artificial retinas have been particularly amazing. But new research and an associated patent ...READ»

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CARBON NANOTUBES   |  Comment

Horseradish To Clean Up Risky Carbon Nanotube Spills

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Dec 17, 2008 at 6:30 AM

Carbon nanotubes are one of the nanotechnology wonder materials of the near future, used in electronics, optics, for super-strong materials and as novel semiconductors, but there are emerging concerns about the environmental and ...READ»

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CARBON DIOXIDE   |  Comment

Fuel-Making Solar Nanotube Device Eats CO2

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Feb 18, 2009 at 7:47 AM

Developments in Nanotechnology continue apace, and a new invention using nanotubes promises an eco-friendly approach to both consume CO2 and produce useful fuel as a bi-product. The device was created at Pennsylvania State ...READ»

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STANLEY A. SCHWARTZ   |  3 comments

Nanotech Invention May Be Golden Bullet for Controlling Drug Addiction

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 100
Tue Mar 24, 2009 at 11:14 AM

Scientists at the University of Buffalo have found a new use for nanotechnology--as an extremely precise way of delivering chemicals to the right part of the brain to combat drug addiction. And, pleasingly, the science really does ...READ»

CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION   |  Comment

Nano Is Nice

BY Michael Fitzgerald
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:13 AM

Bruce Stewart is building a nanotech research conglomerate.READ»

ETHICS   |  5 comments

New on Nano

BY Kevin Ohannessian
Relevancy Score: 97
Mon May 8, 2006 at 3:27 PM

I read Ray Kurzweil's book, "The Singularity is Near," late last year. It's an exploration of how technology will rapidly transform our society in the next few decades. Nanotechnology is a crucial part of the equation and gets ample ...READ»

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NANOTECH   |  Comment

Nanotech Cloth Could Prevent Scalding Accidents

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 96
Thu Jul 16, 2009 at 7:09 AM

We're all used to water-repellent materials nowadays, and it's no surprise to see droplets running off special cloth without wetting it. The technology has, however, only worked for cold water. Until now, thanks to ...READ»

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SOLAR INK   |  4 comments

Spray-On Solar Ink Could Be Just 3 Years Away

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 94
Mon Aug 24, 2009 at 4:38 PM

It's 2014. Instead of hiring workers to install solar panels on your roof, you spray solar ink all over the rooftop and sun-facing walls of your home. It's not science fiction--it could be reality in three to five years according to ...READ»

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AEROSPACE ENGINEERING   |  3 comments

Airplane Skins: 10 Times Stronger with Nano-Stitching

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 82
Thu Mar 5, 2009 at 10:48 AM

Composite materials are increasingly a feature of our engineering--they're super-strong and light, outperforming metals like steel with ease, which is why they're often used in aeronautical engineering. Now a group at MIT has figured ...READ»

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NANOVOR   |  1 comment

Nanovor, a New Game That Will Lunch on Kids Everywhere

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 81
Mon Aug 3, 2009 at 7:38 AM

Caveat parentis: Nanovor is coming. Something akin to the Pokemon phenomenon, it may soon sweep the world, seizing kids in its grip and voraciously sucking cash from your wallet. The secret sauce is in the game's online/real world ...READ»

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CANCER   |  1 comment

NanoMed

BY Fast Company Calendar
Relevancy Score: 80
Sun Mar 1, 2009 at 9:00 AM

Within the next couple of years, "we'll start seeing the benefits of nanotechnology in health care," Dr. Paras N. Prasad says. The University of Buffalo prof will present his big, small vision in the keynote at the sixth ...READ»

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38. From Lab to Fab


Relevancy Score: 76
Wed Feb 18, 2009 at 2:01 PM

Previous | Next It's rare to find people who can talk about nanotechnology in the present tense. But Greg Schmergel happily (and patiently) explains how his company, Nantero, managed to introduce its carbon nanotubes into ...READ»

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CIRCUITRY   |  Comment

New Chip Technology Could Help Computers Think on Their Own

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 76
Fri Feb 27, 2009 at 5:54 AM

While there's a lot of work to push nanotechnology as the future of computer chips, good old-fashioned semiconductors still have a lot of life in them yet: and they've recently been given a boost with a radical new type of circuit ...READ»

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38. From Lab to Fab


Relevancy Score: 76
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 10:54 AM

Previous | Next It's rare to find people who can talk about nanotechnology in the present tense. But Greg Schmergel happily (and patiently) explains how his company, Nantero, managed to introduce its carbon nanotubes into ...READ»

CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION   |  Comment

60 Seconds on Doing the Impossible

BY Ryan Underwood
Relevancy Score: 68
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:04 AM

SpaceShipOne took the $10 million Ansari X Prize for shuttling into suborbital space twice in two weeks. But it was Peter Diamandis, aerospace engineer and medical doctor, who created the competition. Now, Diamandis, 42, has moved onto smaller things -- a new prize for nanotechnology. He spoke to Fast Company about his uncharted worlds.READ»

AQUA DROP GAME   |  Comment

Nano-Tech Japanese Aqua Drop Game

BY Miller Huang
Relevancy Score: 68
Mon Aug 17, 2009 at 4:02 AM

You've no doubt heard about how nano materials are going to revolutionize our existence on earth... but frankly we've seen none of the microscopic robots and superconductive microprocessors we were promised. Fortunately Bandai Japan ...READ»

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SALMON DNA   |  4 comments

Real-Life Sci-Fi Discovery of the Day: Scientists Make LED Bulbs From Salmon DNA

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 65
Thu Jul 23, 2009 at 1:49 PM

Where can science fiction possibly go when real-life headlines proclaim that researchers have created LED lightbulbs from salmon DNA? University of Connecticut researchers have added fluorescent dye ...READ»

PERSONAL GROWTH   |  Comment

The Incredible Shrinking Man

BY Alison Overholt
Relevancy Score: 64
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:30 AM

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HEALTH   |  Comment

Researchers develop health-screening nanodevice

BY John Bates
Relevancy Score: 57
Sun Oct 12, 2008 at 7:34 AM

March 28, 2008 Arizona State http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arizona_State_University University researcher Wayne Frasch has designed a method of DNA detection that is faster and more portable than any other current model. The result is ...READ»

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ALTERNATIVE FUEL   |  2 comments

New Hydrogen Production Method Means Bye-Bye Oil?

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 54
Wed Jan 7, 2009 at 7:26 AM

Hydrogen's promise as an incredibly useful fuel has long been known. It's light, clean, non-polluting, and not overly difficult to produce. But researchers have recently cracked a new more effective method for producing the gas that's ...READ»

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VIRUS   |  5 comments

MIT Scientists Build Virus-Powered Batteries for Your Next Electric Car

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 53
Wed Apr 1, 2009 at 1:57 PM

We've heard a lot of creative ideas for powering rechargeable batteries, but this one from MIT takes the cake. Researchers at the university have genetically engineered viruses to build the positively and negatively charged ends ...READ»

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