Tag: nanotech

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Researchers boast first programmable 'nanoprocessor'

By Liz Tay | Feb 10, 2011 | Comment Now

Nanowire transistors perform logical functions.

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Scientists build motion-powered LCD

Nov 11, 2010 | 3 Comments

Piezoelectric nanowires could power iPods within five years.

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IBM develops nano-manufacturing technique

By Liz Tay | Apr 23, 2010 | Comment Now

Heated silicon tip etches nanoscale designs.

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Self-assembling organic wires present sci-fi possibilities

Oct 29, 2008 | Comment Now

U.S. scientists have developed water-soluble electronic materials that spontaneously assemble themselves into ‘wires’ much narrower than a human hair.

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Education makes consumers fear nanotech

By Robert Jaques | Jul 17, 2008 | Comment Now

The more information consumers are given about nanotechnology and other emerging sciences the more "worried and cautious" they become, new research reveals.

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Four nanotech products launched every week

By Robert Jaques | Apr 28, 2008 | Comment Now

New consumer products based on nanotechnology, including cosmetics, cooking oil, golf clubs and toothpaste, are reaching the market at the rate of three or four a week, ...

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Nanotech promises super-fast transistors

By Robert Jaques | Apr 25, 2008 | Comment Now

US researchers have published details of a technique that allows the mass production of long straight cylinders only a few atoms thick..

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Europe leads nanotech risk research funding

Apr 22, 2008 | Comment Now

European nations are investing nearly twice as much as the US on research into the potential risks of nanotechnology, according to the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies (Pen)..

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Nanotech boffin gives storage the needle

By Robert Jaques | Apr 1, 2008 | Comment Now

A Dutch researcher is working on next-generation storage technology that could see data held on millions of tiny needles..

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Wireless handset makers plug into nanotech

Mar 27, 2008 | Comment Now

Nanotechnology enabled mobile handset components, which can improve the performance of wireless handsets, will develop into a US$15 billion market by 2012, market research ...

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Boffins unveil nanotech 'power dressing'

By Robert Jaques | Feb 15, 2008 | Comment Now

The concept of 'power dressing' could take on a whole new meaning thanks to a research project to develop clothing that harnesses physical motion and converts it into electrical...

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US and Europe to regulate nanotech

By Robert Jaques | Feb 7, 2008 | Comment Now

The European Commission has given a $587,000 grant to researchers to help regulate nanotechnologies in the EU and the US.

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Sydney Uni discovers nanotech vest

By Robert Jaques | Nov 1, 2007 | Comment Now

Nanotechnology experts have found a way to harness the elasticity of carbon nanotubes to create a material that can not only stop bullets, but rebound their force.

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Experts blast US nanotech report

By Clement James | Sep 17, 2007 | Comment Now

A US government plan to prioritise research on the potential environmental, health and safety impacts of nanotechnology has been criticised by a leading researcher on emerging ...

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Nanotech paves way for multi-coloured digital ink

By Robert Jaques | Jul 5, 2007 | Comment Now

US researchers control colour with magnetism.

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Nanotech creeps into 500 'everyday' products

By Robert Jaques | Jun 6, 2007 | Comment Now

GLOBAL - The number of consumer products using nanotechnology has more than doubled from 212 to 475 in the past 14 months, researchers revealed today.

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Nanotech offers hope for climate change

May 21, 2007 | Comment Now

Technology could cut greenhouse gas emissions by 20 per cent.