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October 13/20, 2008
Breathalyzer sniffs lung cancer makers
Coat a random tangle of carbon nanotubes with the right molecules and you have a breathalyzer that can detect the chemical markers of lung cancer. [more]
Curly nanotubes strengthen gecko tape
Grow a dense forest of carbon nanotubes with curly tops that entangle with each other and you have an adhesive that’s about 10 times stronger than gecko feet.
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Infrared drives flexible color display
Come up with the right mix of plastics and you’ve got a flexible, transparent color display. [more]
Spins flip magnetic bits
Find a way to make the spins of electrons flow rather than their charges and you're on your way to making fast, low-power computer circuits and data storage devices. [more]
Nanowire chip channels light
Embed the ends of silver nanowires into the side of a plastic waveguide and you have a building block for chips that control thousands of light signals. [more]
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WATCH August 5th, 2008 The power of perception An item in the current TRN issue about computing via visual perception has me wondering if the method could be adapted to take advantage of one of the great strengths of the human brain: pattern recognition. [more] July 30th, 2008 Nanotech poised to pull in the bucks June 24th, 2008 North Pole melt June 9th, 2008 Changes to TRN |
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is to the rest of science what machine tools are to engineering. A
corollary is that science places power in our hands which can be used
for good or ill. Technology has been abused in this way throughout
the ages from gunpowder to atomic bombs." - John Pendry, Imperial College London |
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