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Researchers are making progress in creating digital transistors using a material called graphene, potentially sidestepping an obstacle thought to dramatically limit the material’s use in computers and consumer electronics. Graphene is a one-atom-thick layer of carbon that conducts electricity with little resistance or heat generation. After its discovery in 2004—which earned a Nobel Prize in physics—it was touted as a ... Read More »

As the saying goes, you don’t know what you don’t know – and being faced with the unfamiliar can bring out the worst in people. Case in point: the recent attacks on nanotech scientists, which has seen letter bombs sent to labs in Mexico, France, Chile and Spain. In fact, increasing use of nanotechnology in consumer products has triggered interest ... Read More »

Speaking at a recent conference in Bangkok on Nanotechnology in Thailand, Dr, Chalong Laochariyakul, Senior Director, NANOTEC Central Lab informed that Thailand is making exceptional progress in nanotechnology research. “With the upcoming single ASEAN economy in 2015, it is necessary for Thailand to leap frog in areas related to nanotechnology research” said Dr. Chalong. “We have established university-based Centers of ... Read More »

Last week, I joined in a webinar entitled “Small is Beautiful: Everyday Applications and Advances in Nanochemistry”  that was hosted by the American Chemical Society in its Joy of Science series. I was drawn to the webinar by the fact that it was going to have speakers Andrew Maynard, Director of the Risk Science Center at the University of Michigan, ... Read More »

ST. PAUL — The politics of money makes surprising bedfellows in Minnesota’s higher education community. Minnesotans often see the two state-run college and university systems as competitors, but in a time of dwindling state aid and a tough economy, new leaders of the organizations pledge to work together. “There are two new guys in town here who are prepared to ... Read More »

Elite athletes with bionic implants, built-in chips to monitor their performance and shirts embedded with nanotechnology medicines to heal minor injuries could be taking the field for the 2051 Rugby World Cup. They’ll be refereed by robots and watched by spectators lounging in the comfort of a luxury hotel bedroom overlooking the pitch. That’s the prediction of Victoria University Associate ... Read More »

Cutting-edge developments in nanotechnology offer new ways of preventing and treating diseases, including cancer Interpreting, replicating and modulating our biology in a bid to make our lives healthier and happier is one of the aims of the modern nanoscientist. Photograph: Andrew Brookes/National Physical Laboratory/Science Photo Library The human body is a nanoscale engineer par excellence. Our cells push and pull ... Read More »