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How revolutionary nanotechnology will affect commerce

On the Harvard Business Review's list of 20 breakthrough ideas in 2007 is "Business in the nanocosm".

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Nanopatterns regulate electricity

Regular arrangements of sodium atoms make sodium cobalt oxide a perfect material for laptop batteries, an efficient cooling material and a superconductor.

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Measurements recast usual view of elusive force

Physicists have demonstrated that the warmer a surface is, the stronger its subtle ability to attract nearby atoms, a finding that could affect the design of devices that rely on small-scale interactions, such as atom chips, nanomachines, and MEMS.

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AIHA hosts nanoparticles TeleWeb

The American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) will host "Nanoparticle Update: Measuring, Evaluating, and Managing Exposures".

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Special edition: Nanotechnology in China

The January/February issue of the International Journal of Nanotechnology is a special issue on Nanotechnology in China.

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'Optics on a chip' may revolutionize telecom, computing

Research integrates photonic circuitry on a silicon chip.

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Navigable nanotransport

Direct synthesis of hollow nanoscopic spheres with tailored surfaces.

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Volcanoes and nanotechnology

Etna produces catalyst: Direct synthesis of carbon nanotubes with volcanic rock.

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Why soft matter matters

At the interface between chemistry, physics and biology, a new field of research has established itself during the last three decades or so, which by its followers is simply and lovingly called soft matter.

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Cleaner fuel through nanotechnology

Researchers showed for the first time that not only the size, but also the shape of the particle matters for the catalytic potential in fuel desulphurisation.

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Intel, IBM will use dramatically different materials to build next generation of chips

Chip manufacturers have been trying to replace the insulator with hafnium oxide, a material that has a much higher dielectric constant than silica.

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National Science Foundation's 2008 budget to include $390 million for nanotechnology

The Budget provides $390 million in 2008 for NSF's nanotechnology research investments, an increase of 4.5 percent from the level proposed in 2007.

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DNA-based detection for uranium

A portable sensor for the most common form of uranium could give conventional lab-based analytical methods a run for their money.

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Nanotechnology key to China's future economic success

Chinese will combine research achievements with manufacturing prowess.

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Growing computer chips on trees with nanotechnology?

A unique method for self-assembling blocks of DNA and gold particles.

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Can carbon nanotubes act as nanosyringes?

Carbon nanotubes which have been chemically modified with a variety of different functional groups are able to enter a wide range of cell types, including human cancer cells.

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