Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Evgeny Terentev Graphene is the strongest known material. Graphene was discovered in 2005 and was recently tested and found to be the strongest material known to man....
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Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, David Marchal How accurate can a laser cut? Dr. Adela Ben-Yakar, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at The University of Texas at Austin developed a way to...
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Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Aaliya Landholt Wouldn't it be great if we could just grow new organs? It sounds like science fiction if you could grow a new kidney and transplant that organ....
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When cancer spreads, this is called metastases and it can be devastating. Metastatic cancer means that the cancer has spread to other parts of the body, including organs like the liver, brain, bones,...
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I've never been to Georgia Tech, but my dad studied there so I'd love to visit. Researchers at Georgia Tech have looked at using magnetic nanoparticles to remove cancer cells out of the body....
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© CarbonNYC What happens when you take carbon nanotubes and coat cancer cells? Well, it gives you the ability to heat them up. What happens if you now expose those cells to near-infrared light? You...
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The human brain does not have a standard blood supply like many other organs in the body. It is protected by something called the blood-brain barrier (BBB). The BBB protects our brain from chemicals,...
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Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Xavi Arnau Georgia Tech just wrapped up their Nanocamp for high school students. It ran from July 7 until the 11th and looks like the students had a lot of fun learning...
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Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Daniel R. Burch MIT researchers are at it again. This time, they are using nano-tweezers to pull on molecules and measure the strength of molecular bonds. According to...
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Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Ricardo De Mattos If you happen to be visiting Greece this summer, you may want to swing by the 5th International Conference on Nanosciences & Nanotechnologies -...
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Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Image# 1494911 Have you heard of the Nanopump? Well, Debiotech in Switzerland is developing the Nanopump to micro-dose medications by utilizing a volumetric membrane...
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Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Martin McCarthy Researchers at Columbia University have published their research on the synthesis of thin, transparent, and highly catalytic carbon nanotube films. So...
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Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Jeremy Edwards Today is the 4th of july and on this day, I wish to write about the freedom associated with nanotechnology research. Last year, Professor Rao spoke at...
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Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Image# 5005868 We've been seeing a lot of news lately about fake drugs. It seems so inhumane to be distributing fake drugs to people who may need these life-saving...
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