ScienceDaily (June 3, 2011) — Three molecules thick, or two, or one: how does an extremely thin layer of trapped liquid behave when we make it even thinner? Measurements made using the Atomic Force Microscope show that the forces of friction increase with each step. Liquids begin to behave more like a gel. This is the conclusion presented by Sissi ... Read More »
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UTSA researchers embracing nanotechnology to accelerate diagnostics
University of Texas at San Antonio professors Anand Ramasubramanian and Jose Lopez-Ribot have developed a prototype nanochip that can be used to accelerate testing in drug delivery and diagnostics. The chip uses high-throughput screening technology that allows researchers to test hundreds of thousands of small molecules simultaneously for specific characteristics. Now that the prototype has been created, Ramasubramanian and Lopez-Ribot ... Read More »
Theoretical physicist Michio Kaku
Will the future bring us the teleportation devices of “Star Trek” or the sinister machines of “The Matrix”? Theoretical physicist Michio Kaku of the City College of New York says that many of the things that were once the domain of science fiction — cars that navigate rush-hour traffic on their own, wallpaper that can switch colors when you remodel, ... Read More »
Nanotech's Role in Clean Drinking Water Creeping Forward
While attending the EuroNanoForum 2011 conference this week in Budapest, Hungary, I was confronted with at least once considering how nanotechnology could be used in water purification and desalination. You really can’t get through one of these things without hearing how nanotechnology could save the world. But the water issue is one that over the years I have taken some interest ... Read More »
Project uses nanotechnology in ag
Project uses nanotechnology in ag Jozef Kokini’s description of the ways nanotechnology can be utilized in food science and agriculture is reminiscent of the 1966 science fiction film “Fantastic Voyage” in which a specially designed nuclear submarine and a team of researchers are miniaturized and injected into a patient’s bloodstream. But Kokini is talking about real science, not fiction. “Nanotechnology ... Read More »
Nanotechnology to Boost Oil Recovery in Russia Up to 60-65 Percent
According to the International Energy Agency (EIA), the world will see an increase in oil consumption, which would require almost 50 percent oil production growth by 2025 [1]. The increase in global oil consumption will be linked to environmental assessments of the nuclear power industry in aftermath of the tragedy in Japan. From this point of view, oil production in ... Read More »
Iran to Hold Int'l Students Nanotechnology Olympiad in 2012
TEHRAN (FNA)- Executive manager of the Students Nanotechnology Olympiad Amin Moradi announced that Iran plans to organize and hold the third Students Nanotechnology Olympiad at an international level in 2012. Following the First Nanotechnology Sciences Olympiad for Students in Iran, a number of countries like Turkey and Sweden welcomed arrangement of such Olympiads for students, and organizers decided to arrange ... Read More »
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