Aerogels, usually made from silica, are a material renowned for their extremely high weight-to-strength ratio and thermal insulating properties. Carbon nanotubes are known for their strength-to-weight...
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Nanocomp Technologies Inc. has found a way to mass-produce long (cm-sized) carbon nanotube fibers and thread them into yarns and felts for various purposes. These nanotube fibers are dozens of times...
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This October in Arlington, VA, the Foresight Nanotech Institute - the first organization to educate the public about the benefits and risks of nanotechnology - will reveal their Technology Roadmap For...
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Tiny nanocomposite particles, made up of a mix of organic and metallic components, are being used to label cancer cells for destruction by a precision laser. Laser therapy is a new cancer treatment...
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As carbon nanotubes only made it into the awareness of the wider scientific community in 1991, we're still in the process of probing all their interesting properties. Engineers at UC San Diego and...
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Dr. Shuichi Takayama, an Associate Professor of Macromolecular Science and Engineering at the University of Michigan, has fabricated nanoscale fluid channels simply by carefully stretching...
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Hi, everyone. Michael Anissimov here, taking over as author of Nanotechbuzz. My other blog is Accelerating Future. When it comes to nanotechnology, I participate on the Center for Responsible...
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