Nanotechnology News - September 2008 Archives
For the first time, the UCSB scientists have created a way to make square, nanoscale, chemical patterns - from the bottom up - that may be used in the manufacture of integrated circuit chips as early as 2011. It is called block co-polymer lithography.
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A new 'graphene-based' material that helps solve the structure of graphite oxide and could lead to other potential discoveries of the one-atom thick substance called graphene, which has applications in nanoelectronics, energy storage and production, and transportation such as airplanes and cars, has been created by researchers.
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Researchers at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore have developed a novel test to screen for chemical modifications to DNA known as methylation. The technology potentially could be used both for early cancer diagnoses and for assessing patients' response to cancer therapies.
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By discovering the physical mechanism behind the rapid transport of water in carbon nanotubes, scientists at the University of Illinois have moved a step closer to ultra-efficient, next-generation nanofluidic devices for drug delivery, water purification and nano-manufacturing.
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 | Using a lump of graphite, a piece of Scotch tape and a silicon wafer, researchers have created a balloonlike membrane that is just one atom thick -- but strong enough to contain gases under several atmospheres of pressure without popping. ...> Full Article |
Unique nanostructures which respond to stimuli, such as pH, heat and light will pave the way for safer, greener and more efficient chemical reactors.
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Researchers hope to create nanoparticle that can be used to attack plaque believed to be responsible for Alzheimer's Disease.
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In a finding that could speed the use of sensors or barcodes at the nanoscale, engineers have shown that certain types of tiny organic particles, when heated to the proper temperature, bob to the surface of a layer of a thin polymer film and then can reversibly recede below the surface when heated a second time.
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Could nanotechnology solve the water crisis?
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Researchers have achieved a milestone in materials science and electron microscopy by taking a high-resolution snapshot of the transformation of nanoscale structures.
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 | Experts believe that the nano-transistor made from such a material might greatly raise the operating speed of computers ...> Full Article |
 | Scientists have developed nanometer-sized 'cargo ships' that can sail throughout the body via the bloodstream without immediate detection from the body’s immune radar system and ferry their cargo of anti-cancer drugs and markers into tumors that might otherwise go untreated or undetected. ...> Full Article |
New nanotechnology paints for walls, ceilings, and surfaces could be used to kill hospital superbugs when fluorescent lights are switched on
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 | When the size of the components approaches the nanometer level, all information will disappear before it has time to be transferred. ...> Full Article |
Existing knowledge gives start for assessment, highlights research needs
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 | For medical applications: production of gold nanorods without the use of cytotoxic additives ...> Full Article |
 | The first microfluidic device that has been applied successfully to the study of cell-to-cell signaling in the immune system. ...> Full Article |
 | Researchers in Switzerland have developed a new method to fabricate borosilicate glass nanoparticles ...> Full Article |
Working to ensure the safe use of nanomaterials is the basis of a new Rice study funded by the National Science Foundation.
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 | Double-emulsions hold potential for targeted drug delivery ...> Full Article |
 | New structure improves material used in microelectronics and water-splitting ...> Full Article |
 | X-rays from a synchrotron can produce incredible high-resolution three-dimensional images of nanoscale crystal structures ...> Full Article |
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