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Researchers Create Miniature Bio-Bots Using Hydrogel and Heart Cells

They're soft, biocompatible, about 7 millimeters long – and, incredibly, able to walk by themselves. Miniature "bio-bots" developed at the University of Illinois are making tracks in synthetic biology.

16 Nov 2012

Researchers Create Wax-Filled Carbon Nanotube Yarn Muscles

New artificial muscles made from nanotech yarns and infused with paraffin wax can lift more than 100,000 times their own weight and generate 85 times more mechanical power during contraction than the same size natural muscle, according to scientists at The University of Texas at Dallas and their international team from Australia, China, South Korea, Canada and Brazil.

16 Nov 2012

New Study Provides Insights to Understand Graphene’s Full Potential

In the 1950s, when MIT researchers were helping to invent the discipline of computer science, they didn't think of themselves as computer scientists; they thought of themselves as electrical engineers or physicists or mathematicians.

16 Nov 2012

Researchers Create Supercharged Atoms Using X-Ray Laser

Supercharging is a technique no longer confined to automotive enthusiasts.

16 Nov 2012

MIT Researchers Fabricate 3D Lightweight Metamaterial Lens

In many respects, metamaterials are supernatural. These manmade materials, with their intricately designed structures, bend electromagnetic waves in ways that are impossible for materials found in nature.

16 Nov 2012

New Mask Defect Review Tool from Advantest for Advanced Photomasks

Advantest Corporation today announced that it has developed a new mask defect review tool, the Mask DR-SEM E5610, for reviewing and classifying ultra-small defects in photomask blanks.

16 Nov 2012

Researchers Create Diamond Nano-Tips for Thermal Processing

One of the most promising innovations of nanotechnology has been the ability to perform rapid nanofabrication using nanometer-scale tips.

16 Nov 2012

Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes Show Promise to Prevent Oxidative Damage to DNA

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have provided evidence in the laboratory that single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) may help protect DNA molecules from damage by oxidation.

16 Nov 2012

Nanoparticle Technology Handbook's Extended and Updated Second Edition Published

A new updated and expanded second edition of the Nanoparticle Technology Handbook, published by Elsevier, is now available. This second edition includes sixteen new chapters providing a much broader reference scope than ...

From Elsevier B.V 16 Nov 2012

NaturalNano Announces Presentation of Nanobiotechnology Report at World CTC Summit

NaturalNano, Inc. announced that Dr. Michael King of Cornell University will present their recent work at the World CTC Summit, November 15, 2012, Boston, MA.

16 Nov 2012

Universal Method to Efficiently Measure Graphene Thickness Using Optical Microscope

The remarkable properties and subsequent applications of graphene have been well-documented since it was first isolated in 2004; however, researchers are still trying to find a quick, cheap and efficient way of measuring its thickness.

16 Nov 2012

New Study Reveals Nanoparticles are More Harmful to Environment

New study: Higher sensitivity is found only in the offspring of water fleas, even though only the parents had been exposed to these materials

15 Nov 2012

Self-Assembling Polymer-Based Technique Shows Promise to Increase Computer Memory

The storage capacity of hard disk drives could increase by a factor of five thanks to processes developed by chemists and engineers at The University of Texas at Austin.

15 Nov 2012

Nanotube Cloning Process Paves Way to Use Carbon in Future Electronics

The heart of the computer industry is known as "Silicon Valley" for a reason. Integrated circuit computer chips have been made from silicon since computing's infancy in the 1960s. Now, thanks to a team of USC researchers, carbon nanotubes may emerge as a contender to silicon's throne.

15 Nov 2012

UCSD Student Wins Prestigious Award for Inventing Nano-Wiffle-Balls for Cancer Therapy

Recognizing the innovative ideas of today's college and university students, the 2012 Collegiate Inventors Competition, a program of Invent Now, today announced that a novel delivery therapy for treating cancer and a...

15 Nov 2012

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Researchers Create Miniature Bio-Bots Using Hydrogel and Heart Cells

Researchers Create Wax-Filled Carbon Nanotube Yarn Muscles

New Study Provides Insights to Understand Graphene’s Full Potential

Researchers Create Supercharged Atoms Using X-Ray Laser

MIT Researchers Fabricate 3D Lightweight Metamaterial Lens

New Mask Defect Review Tool from Advantest for Advanced Photomasks

Researchers Create Diamond Nano-Tips for Thermal Processing

Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes Show Promise to Prevent Oxidative Damage to DNA

Nanoparticle Technology Handbook's Extended and Updated Second Edition Published

NaturalNano Announces Presentation of Nanobiotechnology Report at World CTC Summit

Universal Method to Efficiently Measure Graphene Thickness Using Optical Microscope

New Study Reveals Nanoparticles are More Harmful to Environment

Self-Assembling Polymer-Based Technique Shows Promise to Increase Computer Memory

Nanotube Cloning Process Paves Way to Use Carbon in Future Electronics

UCSD Student Wins Prestigious Award for Inventing Nano-Wiffle-Balls for Cancer Therapy

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