Nanotechnology News - July 2008 Archives
 | Using the same technology with which they created the world's first fully functional nanotube radio, researchers have fashioned a nanoelectromechanical system (NEMS) that can function as a scale sensitive enough to measure the mass of a single atom of gold. ...> Full Article |
Scientists have created a one-step, repeatable method for the production of functional nanoscale patterns or motifs with adjustable features, size and shape using a single master "plate."
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 | Adding just the right dash of nanoparticles to standard mixes of lubricants and refrigerants could yield the equivalent of an energy-saving chill pill for factories, hospitals, ships, and others with large cooling systems ...> Full Article |
Former EPA official highlights shortcomings of current federal oversight
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Organization has issued a request for proposals (RFP) to develop micro- and nanoscale technology for enhanced reservoir characterization and hydrocarbon detection in conventional oil and gas reservoirs with the ultimate goal of increasing hydrocarbon recovery from known fields.
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 | Scientists have performed the first scanning tunneling spectroscopy of graphene flakes equipped with a "gate" electrode. The result is the latest in a series of surprising insights into the electronic behavior of this unique, two-dimensional crystal form of carbon: an unexpected gap-like feature in the energy spectrum of electrons tunneling into graphene's single layer of atoms. ...> Full Article |
 | The GKSS Research Centre in Geesthacht is coordinating a European project for the development of new plastics ...> Full Article |
 | Researchers have overcome a major obstacle in producing transistors from networks of carbon nanotubes, a technology that could make it possible to print circuits on plastic sheets for applications including flexible displays and an electronic skin to cover an entire aircraft to monitor crack formation. ...> Full Article |
 | Research scientists have achieved a breakthrough by proving that the carbon material graphene is the strongest material ever measured. ...> Full Article |
Nanotech's success depends on addressing safety questions
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Scientists have developed a potential new treatment against cancer that attaches magnetic nanoparticles to cancer cells, allowing them to be captured and carried out of the body. The treatment, which has been tested in the laboratory and will now be looked at in survival studies
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Educating the public about nanotechnology and other complex but emerging technologies causes people to become more "worried and cautious" about the new technologies' prospective benefits
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 | Spinning motion of a molecular rotor detected ...> Full Article |
 | Researchers discover method to induce, suppress "branching" of nanorods ...> Full Article |
Comprehensive overview of the synthesis, properties, and applications of intramolecular junctions of carbon nanotubes.
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 | Terrace-like elevations of just a few nanometres can form during production of organic thin films made from electrically conductive material ...> Full Article |
 | Report is the first to describe the principles behind the stability and electronic properties of tiny nanoclusters of metallic gold ...> Full Article |
 | Advance could lead to next-generation computer chips, solar cells, more ...> Full Article |
New material behaves as an electroactive switch with optical and magnetic response.
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 | Researchers have developed a new instrument that allows them to control the size of nanoclusters - groups of 10 to 100 atoms - with atomic precision ...> Full Article |
A new treatment strategy using molecular "smart bombs" to target metastasis with anti-cancer drugs leads to good results using significantly lower doses of toxic chemotherapy, with less collateral damage to surrounding tissue
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Nanostructures can help titanium implants by creating a more stable surface connection
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Speakers from MIT and other institutions described the promise of nanotechnology to help diagnose, treat and monitor cancer annual symposium
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 | New method 'self-assembles' metal atoms into porous nanostructures ...> Full Article |
A team of materials engineers and chemists have developed tiny gold nanostructures that can create signals from subtle changes in light reflecting off their nanoscale surfaces.
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