Tiny Robot Walks Using Rat Heart Muscle
Scientists in Korea have designed a crablike robot that is smaller than the thickness of a fingernail and powered by contractions of cardiac
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Nanotechnology
The Future of Nanomaterials
Although the underlying concepts of nanotechnology were thought up in 1959, only during the 1990s were the first tentative steps taken toward identifying
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Quest for Immortality: De Grey, Bostrom and Sandberg
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The World’s Smallest Piston
Tomorrow’s nanosized machines may share something in common with the workhorses of yesteryear. A team of Berkeley Lab and UC Berkeley scientists have
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Nanotechnology risks – where are we today?
Fadeel, an Associate Professor of Toxicology at the Karolinska Institute’s Division of Biochemical Toxicology, is first author of a review paper that summarizes
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Nanotechnology key to space elevator
A space elevator is one of those ideas from 1950s-style futurism that are so whacky they might just work. Nanowerk via Wall Street Journal.
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Beyond Batteries: Storing Power in a Sheet of Paper
Along with its ability to function in temperatures up to 300 degrees Fahrenheit and down to 100 below zero, the device is completely
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Rewritable Holographic Memory
A genetically engineered microbial protein could mean better data storage. By using lasers to etch data onto microbial proteins, researchers at the University
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Scientist float levitation theory
St Andrews scientists have discovered a new way of levitating tiny objects – paving the way for future applications in nanotechnology. Theoretical physicists
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Embedded: A Benign Way to Nanowire Living Cells
One day it may be possible for physicians to use electrical stimulation to guide the development of embryonic stem cells into neurons, heart
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