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Scientists find new way to manipulate polymers, including DNA

A new study shows that much of what scientists previously thought about why polymers break when subjected to strong flows, such as waves crashing against a ship's bow, was wrong.

November 16, 2006 Read more

Nanotechnology tools yield DNA transcription breakthrough

Researchers have resolved key questions regarding transcription, the fundamental life process that was the subject of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

November 16, 2006 Read more

Concerns about nanotechnology washing machine

The German branch of Friends of the Earth, Bund fuer Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland (BUND) has warned consumers not to buy a new type of washing machine that uses silver nanoparticles.

November 16, 2006 Read more

Specter of possible harm threatens nanotech development, experts say

Scientists set Five Grand Challenges for nanotechnology risk research.

November 15, 2006 Read more

'Tornadoes' are transferred from light to sodium atoms

Tornado-like rotational motions have been transferred from light to atoms in a controlled way.

November 15, 2006 Read more

The future of nanotechnology - we need to talk

New report says we need to talk now about nanotechnology and what we want from it if we are going to avoid public backlash.

November 15, 2006 Read more

Using nanotechnology and lasers to rapidly detect viruses

A diagnostic test that can detect viruses as diverse as influenza, HIV and RSV in 60 seconds or less.

November 15, 2006 Read more

Nanoparticles to target brain cancer

Nanoparticles can be used to image and track brain tumors as well as destroy them.

November 15, 2006 Read more

Nanotechnology, green buildings, and sustainable design

Environmentally friendly real estate was a hot topic yesterday at the CoreNet Global Summit

November 14, 2006 Read more

Smart ink nanotechnology keeps food safe

Smart technology that could put an end to consumers paying for spoiled food.

November 14, 2006 Read more

Charting new nanomemory

Researchers investigating the properties of ferroelectric nanodots discover new properties.

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NASA nanotechnology comes to market

NASA developed a simpler, safer, and much less costly process to make carbon nanotubes,

November 14, 2006 Read more

Nanotechnology solves longstanding difficulty with stainless steel

The longstanding difficulty of the stainless steels nitriding may be solved by surface nano-structrued pre-treatment.

November 13, 2006 Read more

How a drug attaches to a cell

A better way to see where a drug attaches to a cell through a new process that produces novel hollow platinum nanostructures.

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Purifying nanotubes

Metallic single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) can be selectively etched and eliminated from a substrate without damaging their semiconducting SWNT neighbors.

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New survey of nanotechnology practices for workplace safety

The first comprehensive, international survey of workplace safety practices in the burgeoning nanotechnology industry finds that many nanotech companies and laboratories believe nanoparticles may pose specific environmental and health risks for workers.

November 13, 2006 Read more