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Moving Nanotechnology Beyond the Laboratory

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Mon, 03/16/2015 - 00:00

In March 2010, researchers from Rice University in Houston traveled to Guanajuato, Mexico, to conduct field tests on a new nanotechnology for removing arsenic from drinking water. The system uses nanoscale magnetite, or nanorust.

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Researchers traveled to Mexico to conduct field tests on a new nanotechnology for removing arsenic from drinking water.

The Nano Song

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Fri, 03/13/2015 - 00:00

Everything you need to know about the wonders of nanotechnology... as a musical... with puppets...

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Everything you need to know about the wonders of nanotechnology...

Nanomanufacturing

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Wed, 03/11/2015 - 00:00

NSF's Center for Hierarchical Manufacturing proves good test bed for large-scale nanomanufacturing designs.

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NSF's Center for Hierarchical Manufacturing proves good test bed for large-scale nanomanufacturing designs.

Single Breath Disease Diagnostics Breathalyzer

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Tue, 03/10/2015 - 00:00

This invention could give new meaning to the term “bad breath!” It’s the Single Breath Disease Diagnostics Breathalyzer, and when you blow into it, you get tested for a biomarker—a sign of disease. For as amazing as that sounds, the process is actually very simple thanks to ceramics nanotechnology.

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This invention could give new meaning to the term “bad breath!”

Moth Inspired Solar Materials

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Mon, 03/09/2015 - 00:00

Researchers from the Brookhaven National Laboratory Center for Functional Nanomaterials look to moth eyes to improve solar materials.

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Researchers from the Brookhaven National Laboratory Center for Functional Nanomaterials look to moth eyes to improve solar materials.

President Obama on the International Institute for Nanotechnology at Northwestern University

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Wed, 03/04/2015 - 00:00

President Barack Obama visited Northwestern University on Thursday, Oct. 2, 2014 to deliver a message on the economy. During his talk, he lauded the International Institute for Nanotechnology for being an economic driver - translating new technologies into startups, products, and jobs for Americans.

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President Barack Obama visited Northwestern University on Thursday, Oct. 2, 2014 to deliver a message on the economy.

High density energy storage using self assembled materials

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Wed, 03/04/2015 - 00:00
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This video shows how self-assembled porous materials can lead to fuel tanks that are able to highly concentrate gaseous fuels and thus hold a lot of energy in a small space.

The Strange New World of Nanoscience, narrated by Stephen Fry

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Thu, 04/29/2010 - 00:00

 



Where and what is nano? How will it shape our future? Nanoscience is the study of phenomena and manipulation of materials at the nanoscale, where properties differ significantly from those at a larger scale. The strange world of nanoscience - it can take you into atoms and beyond the stars.

It won Best Short Film at the Scinema Science film festival 2010. Courtesy of Cambridge University.

 

 

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This Cambridge University-produced film is an introduction to nanotechnology. It won Best Short Film at the Scinema Science film festival 2010.

New 3-D Nanostructures Assemble with Remarkable Precision

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Tue, 05/01/2012 - 00:00
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A team of scientists are developing self-assembling, three-dimensional nanostructures that can be used for targeted drug delivery.

Nanotube Sponge Soaks Up Oil Again and Again

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Thu, 04/19/2012 - 00:00

Researchers at Rice University and Penn State University have discovered that adding a dash of boron to carbon while creating nanotubes turns them into solid, spongy, reusable blocks that have an astounding ability to absorb oil spilled in water.

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Researchers at Rice University and Penn State University have discovered that adding a dash of boron to carbon while creating nanotubes turns them into solid, spongy, reusable blocks that have an astounding ability to absorb oil spilled in water.