Aiding the Environment, a Nanostep at a Time
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The ability to manipulate matter on a tiny scale could lead to environmental breakthroughs. Billions of dollars are being spent, but the most exciting green nanoproducts are still on the drawing boards.
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Rivals race to be the fastest and smallest in nanotechnology.
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It could be tiny fibers that may one day replace steel, or catalysts that have led to environmentally friendly plastics. Guessing the winner of the Nobel Prize for chemistry has often stumped researchers and pundits alike.
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Based on a new theory, MIT scientists may be able to manipulate carbon nanotubes -- one of the strongest known materials and one of the trickiest to work with -- without destroying their extraordinary electrical properties. The work is reported in the Sept.
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Company teams up with nanotech firms to develop high-performance plastics.
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A venture capitalist in the nano sector is finding some nice pickings.
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Ultrasmall technology, revolutionary impact.
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Nanotechnology research advances are happening with such frequency these days that the individual achievements are losing some of their power to awe â until you stop and think about them. Take two successes announced in recent days: the creation of the worldâs most powerful electron microscope and the invention of a new [...].
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Nanotechnology is coming to a clothing store near you.
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Researchers at a national science laboratory in south-central Washington have found a way to achieve in days what takes Mother Nature millions of years &#151; converting wood to mineral.
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A U.S. scientist said researchers should be using green chemistry to reduce future risks of nanotechnology.  Around the world, there is a growing urgency about nanotechnology and its possible health and environmental impacts, said University of Oregon Professor James Hutchison.
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This nanotech fund has many strengths, but also a few weaknesses.
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New publications, experiments and breakthroughs in nanotechnology--and what they mean.
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Combining the similarly structured artificial and biological materials yields a device that detects viruses and toxins.
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Combining molecular modeling with old-fashioned mechanics yields a design for a nanoscale valve that controls the flow of minute amounts of fluids like drugs.
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Forcing a trio of incompatible molecules together yields multi-compartment nano containers.
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A novel nanolaser could cram more data onto a hard disk.