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Nano World: Virus builds nanowire battery
April 7, 2006
Scientists have reprogrammed ancient hunters of bacteria to manufacture nanowire lithium ion battery components with properties two or three times better than ones in commercially available batteries, experts told UPI's Nano World.
Nano World: Nanoparticle toxicity tests
April 5, 2006
Scientists have for the first time compared how toxic several different kinds of nanoparticles are with known toxic and nontoxic items and found certain nanoparticles appeared surprisingly toxic, experts told UPI's Nano World.
Nano World: Superconducting wires
March 31, 2006
Nanotechnology could help enable the next generation of superconducting wires for everything from new city power grids to levitating trains, experts told UPI's Nano World.
Nano World: New nanoelectronics roadmap
March 28, 2006
A new initiative will develop a roadmap for industry standards that will help get electronic nanotechnology from the laboratory to the marketplace, experts told UPI's Nano World.
Nano World: Bone cells grow on nanotubes
March 24, 2006
Scientists have for the first time found that bone-forming cells can proliferate on carbon nanotubes, which are among the strongest materials known. This suggests nanotubes could one day improve the strength and flexibility of grafts for bone fractures or diseases such as osteoporosis and bone cancer, experts told UPI's Nano World.
Nano World: Fuel-driven nano-based muscles
March 16, 2006
Nanotechnologists in Texas have developed two different kinds of artificial muscles powered by fuels such as hydrogen or alcohol that are up to 100 times stronger than natural muscles, experts told UPI's Nano World.
Nano World: DNA origami could make devices
March 15, 2006
A novel technique can fold strands of DNA to create virtually any desired two-dimensional structure, including words, geometric patterns and even a map of the Americas and smiley faces only nanometers or billionths of a meter in size, experts told UPI's Nano World.
Nano World: Nanofibers for brain repair
March 14, 2006
Self-assembling biodegradable scaffolds made of fibers only nanometers or billionths of a meter wide helped repair brain damage and return vision in surgically blinded hamsters, experts told UPI's Nano World.
Nano World: Nano origami supercapacitors
March 10, 2006
Origami with features just nanometers or billionths of a meter large can fold into electrically chargeable supercapacitors, experts told UPI's Nano World.
Nano World: Twin-barreled nano-eyedropper
March 7, 2006
Devices resembling crosses between eyedroppers and double-barreled shotguns only nanometers or billionths of a meter wide can create droplets 10 times smaller than a red blood cell for use as chemical reactors, experts told UPI's Nano World.
Nano World: New microphone microscope tip
March 2, 2006
New microscopic probes resembling mergers between needles and microphones could help speedily measure chemical and mechanical properties of a material or a drug with just one poke, experts told UPI's Nano World.
Nano World: Rapidly scanning nano impacts
February 28, 2006
Scientists could rapidly track potential impacts nanoparticles could have on cells via a new technique employing infrared scans, experts told UPI's Nano World.
Nano World: Making safer carbon nanotubes
February 23, 2006
Carbon nanotubes can get modified to help them pass apparently safely through bloodstreams, potentially easing past concerns about nanotube toxicity, experts told UPI's Nano World.
Nano World: Methanol fuel cell thru nano
February 21, 2006
Nanotechnological fuel cells that run on methanol could one day power everything from cell phones to cars, experts told UPI's Nano World.
Nano World: Nano for self-healing material
February 20, 2006
Nanoparticles dispersed throughout a material can migrate to cracks, potentially leading to self-healing composites in everything from cockpits to microelectronics, experts told UPI's Nano World.
Nano World: Nanotubes dampen vibrations
February 16, 2006
Carbon tubes only nanometers or billionths of a meter wide could help absorb vibrations at high temperatures, for potential use in everything from stereo loudspeakers that do not buzz to spacecraft components, experts told UPI's Nano World.
Nano World: Nanotubes arrayed on sapphire
February 10, 2006
Crystalline sapphire could help steer carbon nanotubes into orderly rows to create transistors and flexible electronics with, experts told UPI's Nano World.
Nano World: Microbes can make nanocatalyst
February 7, 2006
Bacteria can salvage precious metals from electronics and automotive waste and with them create crystals that are nanometers or billionths of a meter wide that in future could serve as toxin removing catalysts, experts told UPI's Nano World.
Nano World: Carbon nanotube capacitors
February 3, 2006
Carbon nanotubes could help release and hold electrical energy, for potential use in everything from microchips to hybrid cars, experts told UPI's Nano World.
Nano World: Organic-carbon nanotube hybrid
January 31, 2006
Scientists have created the world's first hybrid organic molecular and carbon nanotube electronics, which could in the future serve in advanced computers or ultrasensitive sensors, experts told UPI's Nano World.
Nano World: DNA-wrapped nanotube sensors
January 27, 2006
Carbon tubes nanometers or billionths of a meters in diameter wrapped in DNA could serve as sensors within cells, experts told UPI's Nano World.
Nano World: First solar-powered nano motor
January 24, 2006
An international team of scientists has created the first molecular motor powered solely by sunlight, experts told UPI's Nano World.
Nano World: Gold nano vs. Alzheimer's
January 20, 2006
Gold particles only nanometers or billionths of a meter wide together with extremely weak microwaves can dissolve the abnormal protein clumps linked with Alzheimer's disease and potentially those linked with other degenerative illnesses as well, experts told UPI's Nano World.
Nano World: New nanotech law called for
January 17, 2006
A new law specifically targeting nanotechnology could prove necessary to regulate its potential risks and promoting its continued development, experts told UPI's Nano World.
Nano World: Magnet nanostructure for chips
January 13, 2006
All-magnetic microchips without transistors that could pack more computing power, instantly turn on without need to wait for reboot and change function after they are built could one day develop from a novel device made of magnets only nanometers wide, experts told UPI's Nano World.
Nano World: Venture capital in nano rises
January 10, 2006
Venture capital investment for nanotechnology rose strongly in 2005, with institutional venture capitalists devoting $480 million into nanotechnology startups last year, up from roughly $410 million spent in 2004, experts told UPI's Nano World.
Nano World: Hybrid structures fuse traits
January 6, 2006
A menagerie of complex new structures that assemble themselves from combinations of semiconducting, metallic or magnetic particles only nanometers or billionths of a meter wide promise to have either the combined valuable traits of their ingredients or possess entirely new useful properties, experts told UPI's Nano World.
Nano World: Nano-interfaces with cells
January 3, 2006
Coatings made with titanium and peppered with pores only nanometers or billionths of a meter wide could help interface living cells with electronics for prosthetics and other advanced devices, experts told UPI's Nano World.
Nano World: How nanotubes enter cells
December 20, 2005
Scientists worldwide are teasing apart the precise mechanisms behind how tubes of carbon only nanometers or billionths of a meter wide enter cells, findings that researchers could employ to help these nanotubes deliver medicines or genes into the body, experts told UPI's Nano World.
Nano World: Clear, hard nano-based coating
December 13, 2005
A transparent coating loaded with particles only nanometers or billionths of a meter in diameter is far harder than other conventional organic coatings on the market, for potential use in everything from iPods and cell phones to car windows and flexible video displays, experts told UPI's Nano World.
Nano World: Nanoparticle impact on plants
December 8, 2005
Nanoparticles of aluminum oxide, commonly found in everything from sunscreen lotions to environmental catalysts that reduce pollution, can stunt root growth in plants, although preliminary findings suggest extremely high concentrations of such particles are necessary for such damage, experts told UPI's Nano World.
Nano World: New aimed nanoparticles
December 6, 2005
A new method to develop collections of nanoparticles that each seek out different cell types could help scientists to better spot tumors before they grow or to deliver medicines to precise targets, experts told UPI's Nano World.
Nano World: Nanothermometers for cancer
December 1, 2005
Thermometers only nanometers or billionths of a meter in diameter could boost the effectiveness of heat- or cold-based anti-cancer therapies and optimize genetic analysis devices and electronics design, experts told UPI's Nano World.
Nano World: Nano-based antiradiation drug
November 29, 2005
Balls of carbon atoms called buckyballs only a nanometer or billionth of a meter in diameter could serve as future antiradiation drugs to help protect against the side effects of cancer therapies or against dirty bombs, experts told UPI's Nano World.
Nano World: Springy cushions of nanotubes
November 25, 2005
Super-resilient foams made of carbon tubes only nanometers or billionths of a meter wide that act like springs could help cushion blows in artificial joints or dampen vibrations in microscopic devices, experts told UPI's Nano World.
Nano World: Bright nanotubes for telecom
November 22, 2005
Carbon tubes only nanometers or billionths of a meter in diameter could serve as ultra-bright light sources for telecommunications, IBM scientists told UPI's Nano World.
Nano World: More funds on nano risk needed
November 18, 2005
Investigations of the environmental and health implications of nanotechnology are so important that industry and environmentalist groups, normally thought of as opposed toward each other, both told Congress they would support redirecting existing nanotechnology research funds toward such work.
Nano World: Nano-sponges for toxic metals
November 12, 2005
Microscopic particles honeycombed with holes only nanometers wide soon could help purify industrial runoff, coal plant smoke, crude oil and drinking water of toxic metals, experts told UPI's Nano World.
Nano World: Power for soldiers, sat phones
November 8, 2005
Nanotechnology-based power sources are expected to emerge in the next two years that could dramatically reduce the weight that soldiers carry and boost how long satellite phones can last, experts told UPI's Nano World.
Nano World: National ranking in nanotech
November 7, 2005
The United States, Japan, Germany and South Korea dominate nanotechnology today, but in 2012 Taiwan should also leap into a leading role, with China making dramatic gains and France sliding into the minor leagues, experts told UPI's Nano World.
Nano World: 150 nanodrugs on horizon
October 28, 2005
While only two kinds of nanoparticle therapies against cancer are now clinically available in the United States, roughly 150 more lie in various stages of development, experts told UPI's Nano World.
Nano World: Quantum dots for white light
October 28, 2005
Fluorescent crystals only nanometers or billionths of a meter wide can shine white light. This advance could one day help replace the light bulb with paint containing the glowing quantum dots that could make nearly any electronic device a light source, experts told UPI's Nano World.
Nano World: Nano bombs kill tumors
October 25, 2005
Exploding carbon nanotubes could serve as bombs that kill tumors, experts told UPI's Nano World.
Nano World: New nanotoxicity framework
October 21, 2005
For the first time, investigators have a framework for assessing what health risks novel manmade nanomaterials might pose humans, experts told UPI's Nano World.
Nano World: Technique peers under surfaces
October 18, 2005
Scientists can now spot microscopic defects hidden inside any material and parasites within cells using a new imaging method that can peer through surfaces to see buried objects nanometers in size, experts told UPI's Nano World.
Nano World: Quantum Dot may be sold cheap
October 13, 2005
Analysts are studying last week's acquisition by Invitrogen of Quantum Dot Corp., the nanotech startup that laid claim to all key life-science applications for quantum dots, trying to guess the sale amount and what it might mean for the industry.
Nano World: Nano processing looks green
October 11, 2005
Manufacturing techniques for five near-market nanomaterials -- including carbon nanotubes, quantum dots and buckyballs -- present fewer environmental risks than several common industrial processes, including oil refining, scientists and insurance experts told UPI's Nano World.
Nano World: Ultra-dense circuits
October 7, 2005
Conventional electronics could in the future tap into the computational power of ultrahigh-density nanowire circuits via novel linking devices under development at university and corporate labs across the nation, experts told UPI's Nano World.
Nano World: Super-insulating frozen smoke
October 4, 2005
The world's best thermal insulators, aerogels made of necklaces of nanometer-sized beads, are starting to find their way into flexible, lightweight sheets in everything from attack helicopters to snowboarding jackets.
Nano World: Nanowires help spot cancer
September 30, 2005
Arrays of silicon nanowires with biomolecular coatings can spot molecular traces of cancer far more accurately, quickly and specifically than technology currently available to doctors, experts told UPI's Nano World.
Nano World: Two-faced Janus nanoparticles
September 27, 2005
Janus particles -- two-faced particles named after the Roman god of doorways -- could find use in everything from novel anti-cancer therapies and solar cells to paper-thin flexible video displays, experts told UPI's Nano World.
Nano World: Magnetic diamonds for medicine
September 22, 2005
Magnetic diamonds roughly five nanometers across might find use in everything from medicine to computers, experts told UPI's Nano World.
Nano World: Nano-tool markets rising
September 20, 2005
The market for tools used to fabricate emerging nanotechnology could grow from less than $20 million in 2004 to nearly $235 million by 2010, experts told UPI's Nano World.
Nano World: Slashing quantum-dot costs
September 17, 2005
Nanotech devices known as quantum dots are growing ever more popular in the electronics and biotech industries, but typically cost more than $2,000 per gram, limiting their large-scale use. Now scientists have developed a new method that could cut quantum-dot costs by 80 percent, experts told UPI's Nano World.
Nano World: Nano radios for microchips
September 15, 2005
Radios the size of bacteria employing nano-magnets could help microchips wirelessly communicate with one another, experts told UPI's Nano World.
Nano World: Public attitudes toward nano
September 13, 2005
When it comes to nanotechnology, the U.S. public apparently looks forward most to advanced medical applications that save lives and improved consumer goods that enhance quality of life, experts told UPI's Nano World.
Nano World: Nano for artificial kidneys
September 8, 2005
Nanotechnological filters could lead to wearable or implantable artificial kidneys, experts told UPI's Nano World.
Nano World: Diamond-nanotube composites
September 6, 2005
A novel hybrid material composed of diamond and carbon nanotubes could find use in everything from biological-weapons detectors to flat-panel displays, experts told UPI's Nano World.
Nano World: Energy from nanotech chips
September 2, 2005
Power generators based on nanotechnology that can fit on a microchip could help drive military and medical devices or cell phones and laptops in the future, experts told UPI's Nano World.
Nano World: Nano pens can 'write' circuits
August 30, 2005
Fountain pens that write on the nanometer scale could help create advanced microchips or medical and genetic devices, experts told UPI's Nano World.
Nano World: Nano diamond tips as pens
August 23, 2005
Diamond slivers only nanometers wide soon could help serve as pens that help print advanced circuitry and DNA sequencing devices, experts told UPI's Nano World.
Nano World: Versatile nanotube ribbons
August 19, 2005
Scientists have devised transparent ribbons of carbon nanotubes several yards long that are highly flexible, yet stronger than the strongest steel sheets.
Nanotech could power computers
August 16, 2005
Scientists for the first time have created a transistor made from carbon nanotubes alone, a development that could lead to more powerful computers than current versions employing conventional silicon transistors, experts told UPI's Nano World.
Nano World: Bio-nanotubes to fight cancer
August 12, 2005
Nanotubes made with naturally occurring parts of cells at their core someday could serve as nanoscale capsules that deliver genes and drugs into the body, researchers told UPI's Nano World.
Nano World: A semiconductor nanotools boom
August 11, 2005
Semiconductor industry tools and instruments that work on the nanoscale could form a $5.5 billion market by 2012, experts told UPI's Nano World.
Nano World: Missed opportunities in nano
August 5, 2005
Nanotechnology companies are missing opportunities to help corporate buyers integrate nanoscale components into advanced products, experts told UPI's Nano World.
Nano World: Overconfidence stalls nanotech
August 2, 2005
Overconfident nanotechnology specialists are inflating prices and stalling commercialization of the field, experts told UPI's Nano World.
Nano World: Nano silver fights infections
July 29, 2005
Silver nanoparticles could help fight hospital-related infections that afflict 2 million patients and lead to 90,000 deaths in the United States each year, experts told UPI's Nano World.
Nano World: A nano DNA-delivery system
July 26, 2005
Scientists have used silica nanoparticles loaded with DNA to deliver genes safely into mouse brains, a technique that could lead to gene therapies able to repair cells more safely and effectively than current methods, which rely on viral vectors.
Nano World: Nanotools face challenges
July 22, 2005
The market for the instruments and tools needed to work on the nanoscale faces substantial challenges in the future, experts told UPI's Nano World.
Nano World: Nanotech tools a $700M market
July 19, 2005
The instruments and tools needed to work on the nanoscale could, even when excluding the semiconductor industry, will form a $700 million market by 2008, experts told UPI's Nano World.
Nano World: $2 billion market in nanopores
July 14, 2005
Sponges with pores only nanometers in diameter could help lead to advanced fuel cells in hydrogen-powered cars, as well as super-coolants to keep perishable drugs fresh and devices to clean out toxins in the body, experts told UPI's Nano World.
New therapies help heart attack, pain, HIV
July 14, 2005
Sponges with pores only nanometers in diameter could help lead to advanced fuel cells in hydrogen-powered cars, as well as super-coolants to keep perishable drugs fresh and devices to clean out toxins in the body, experts told UPI's Nano World.
New devices hunt cancers, heart disease
July 13, 2005
New technological advances in healthcare could freeze out cancers, enhance ultrasound with gas-filled microcapsules and find breast tumors with red light, experts told United Press International.
Nano World: Nano-graphite may store H2 gas
July 11, 2005
Graphite films only nanometers or billionths of a meter thick could help store hydrogen in an inexpensive, easily manufactured, lightweight and nontoxic manner, an international team of scientists told UPI's Nano World.
Nano World: Nanofluidic transistors
July 7, 2005
Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, have created the first nanofluidic transistor, a device that electronically controls the flow of liquids through nanotubes and silica channels.
Nano World: U.S. risks losing nano lead
July 5, 2005
Nanotechnology experts warn the United States could lose its global lead in nanotechnology.
Nano World: Wiring up single molecules
June 30, 2005
A new method to carve infinitesimal gaps into nanowires soon could help scientists connect electronics to single molecules. This in turn could lead to computers based on molecular transistors with vastly greater computing power than conventional machines.
Nano World: Nanoantennas superfocus light
June 27, 2005
Antennas made of gold strips only nanometers wide can focus light far more precisely than any existing lens, experts told UPI's Nano World.
Nano World: Quantum dot battle inevitable
June 20, 2005
As the nanotech devices known as quantum dots grow ever more popular with the electronics and life-sciences industries, analysts fear the complicated patents underlying the field will trigger an expensive set of legal battles that benefit no one.
Nano World: Nano for stem-cell research
June 13, 2005
Cutting-edge nanotechnology is beginning to help advance the equally pioneering field of stem-cell research, with devices that can precisely control stem cells and provide self-assembling biodegradable scaffolds and magnetic tracking systems, experts told UPI's Nano World.
Nano World: Nano will boost RFID tags
June 6, 2005
Nanotechnology could help speed the broad adoption of radio transmitters the size of a flake of glitter or smaller in nearly everything a person owns, from clothes to cows, permitting scanners to track those items from manufacture to end user.
Nano World: New cell phones from nanotech
May 31, 2005
Nanotechnology soon could enhance cell phones with carbon-nanotube vacuum tubes, microscopic microphones, liquid lenses, compasses linked with global positioning system satellites and even electronic noses.
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