Nanorobots made out of DNA seek and kill cancer cells
In what can only be hailed as a breakthrough in the "smart drugs" field, scientists at Harvard University have successfully ...
Tag: nanotechnology
Scientists cool semiconductor with laser light
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Graphene foam detects explosives, emissions better than today’s gas sensors
Remember this name: graphene. This wonder material is certainly on a lot of scientists' lips these days, but in a ...
Nanotech powered by your breath
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Future devices will rewire themselves thanks to nanomaterial tech
Scientists at Northwestern University have developed a new nanomaterial of exciting properties, which will allow for the computer of the ...
Scientists devise invisibility cloak [VIDEO]
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The world’s smallest “wedding rings” are made from DNA
DNA nanotechnology is one of the most exciting branches of nanotechnologies, especially because it uses the ability of natural DNA ...
IBM nanoparticle destroys drug resistant bacteria
I had no idea IBM was doing this kind of thing too, but I recently found out that they developed ...
Your heartbeat will charge your phone in 5 years
Batteries ? Ha, no way, batteries are so last century. Nanogenerators, that's the future. At least that's what Apple believes. ...
The ‘No small matter’ giveaway
Hello! I've been running ZME Science for more than 2 years now, and the support you've shown has been increasingly ...
“No small matter: Science on the nanoscale” review
Nanotechnology is perhaps the field with the most spectacular development over the past years, but it can be really hard ...
Immortality – just 20 years away
Raymond Kurzweil is one of the most prolific inventors and futurists; he's the one who developed text to speech synthesis ...
Meet the nanobamas
Meet the world's tiniest portraits of an elected president ever; meet the nanobamas. Each 'Obama' is made up of about ...
‘Holy Grail’ Of Nanoscience achieved ?!
Researchers at at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have achieved something that many people call the Holy ...
New way of storing gas – the nanotech way
There are already numerous ways of storing gas but this is in fact a new concept, very different from those ...
Novel Nanostructure Response Opens Possibilities For Electrical Devices
Nanotech could be applied in just about everything. With time scientists find out ways to apply it to various fields; ...
Biodegradable Nanoballs To Deliver Drugs Directly To Cancer Cells
Nanotech is a very young science. It reffers to a field of applied science and technology whose unifying theme is ...