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: Carbon-Nanotube Thread; By Katherine Bourzac
Wednesday, November 19, 2008; Fabrics woven from highly conductive, nanotube-coated cotton are wearable biosensors.

: Making Materials Untouchable; By Katherine Bourzac
Friday, November 14, 2008; New designs for materials that repel all liquids.

: Black Silicon; By Prachi Patel-Predd
Wednesday, October 29, 2008; A new type of silicon promises cheaper, more-sensitive light detectors.

: Water-Repelling Metals; By Prachi Patel-Predd
Wednesday, October 15, 2008; New metals will keep engines and turbines dry and ice-free.

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Quadrupole DNA sequencing: 09/13/2008 | via nanotechwire.com; Using the Paul trap to manipulate DNA between nanotube electrodes could result in a lower cost alternative to nanopore sequencing, which works by moving ...

Low cost graphite alternative to fabricating nanotechnology biosensors: 09/08/2008 | via nanowerk.com; Carbon nanomaterials have been extensively used in electroanalysis, and the most common forms are spherical fullerenes, cylindrical nanotubes, and carbon fibers and blacks. Since the ...

Nanosensor Detects Immune Cell Signals; Could Fight Aids, Cancer: 09/04/2008 | via dailytech.com; Nanosensor Detects Immune Cell Signals; Could Fight AIDS, CancerDailyTech, IL - 31 minutes agoThe design of the multi-trap nanophysiometer (MTN) is seen on the left, with a ...

Chinese scientists develop new approach for early diagnosis of cancer: 09/01/2008 | via nanowerk.com; A research project entitled 'A real-time analysis of the early diagnosis of cancer markers', undertaken by the CAS Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, recently passed ...

Gadget Designers Push the Limits of Size, Safety: 08/28/2008 | via blog.wired.com; The nano incident illustrates how risk can increase as devices decrease in size, says Roger Kay, an analyst at Endpoint Technologies. ...

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An Easier Upgrade to Holographic Storage
Friday, October 10, 2008
Watch Brian Lawrence, manager of GE’s Integrated Polymer Systems Lab, in Niskayuna, NY, discuss the history of recording media. He also explains how holographic storage discs are made and how data is written to them.
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