Apr

15

Wilson Center: Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies

April 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment

The Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies. ‘The Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies was established in April 2005 as a partnership between the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and the Pew Charitable Trusts. The Project is dedicated to helping ensure that as nanotechnologies advance, possible risks are minimized, public and consumer engagement remains strong, and the potential [...]

Apr

3

Design of Protein Biosensors via Native Protein Nanolithography

April 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Native protein nanolithography that can write, read and erase. ‘One of the goals of nanobiotechnology is to develop protein chips that are sensitively responsive to a very tiny amount of specific proteins in order to enable early stage diagnosis. For example, a protein that is known to bind to a protein produced by a cancer [...]

Apr

2

Using Nanotechnology to Fight Cancer: NCI Alliance for Nanotechnology in Cancer

April 2, 2007 | 2 Comments

NCI Alliance for Nanotechnology in Cancer. ‘To help meet the goal of eliminating suffering and death due to cancer, the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, is engaged in efforts to harness the power of nanotechnology to radically change the way we diagnose, treat and prevent cancer. The NCI Alliance [...]

Mar

5

Nonreflective Nanomaterials

March 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Taking the Shine Off. ‘Narcissus beware! Scientists have created the world’s first film that casts practically no reflection. A vast improvement over current nonreflective materials, the new technology could revolutionize solar cells, intensify light-emitting diodes, and possibly help solve mysteries in quantum mechanics by mimicking a “black body,” an object that absorbs all light. For [...]

Jan

26

Graphene Atomic-Scale Balance

January 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Graphene resonator is one atom thick. ‘Physicists in the US claim to have made the world’s thinnest resonators using sheets of carbon as little as one atomic layer thick. Paul McEuen and colleagues at Cornell University suspended graphene sheets over micrometre-sized trenches to create devices that vibrate at their own natural frequencies. According to McEuen, [...]

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