Nanotechnology

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• Microlithography techniques give arrays the nanoscale edge

  9 Sep 2014: Deborah Rowe: A recent advance in nanotechnology could herald the widespread uptake of nanoelectrode arrays and the next generation of low-cost, high-performance nanoscale biosensing devices
  

• Nanoparticles could help deliver a killer blow to cancer

  13 Aug 2014: David Cox: Nanotherapy is showing promise as a means to target chemotherapy, kill tumour cells by heating or enhance the effectiveness of radiotherapy

• Vantablack nanofabric: 'the new black' to end all new blacks?

  14 Jul 2014:

  A UK nanotech company has created what is said to be the world's blackest-ever material, made using carbon nanotubes. It's far from the first time something has been touted as the new black – but perhaps now there really can be none more black

• Activists take aim at nanomaterials in Dunkin' Donuts

  11 Jul 2014: A failed nanoparticle labeling resolution for Dunkin' Donuts — filed also with Kraft and McDonald's — shows concerns about trace harmful materials in the food chain. Is this the next GMO crisis?
  

• Readers recommend: songs about small things

  8 May 2014:

  Miniature to microscopic, little to Lilliputian, molecular to microbe, let's make musical mentions of the tiny into a mighty list, says Peter Kimpton

• Nanotech roundup: deep wound solution, microtube eyes and solar fuel

  30 Apr 2014:

  Liesbeth Venema: This month's research roundup includes a new way to glue wounded skin, how to create a shrimp's eye view, and a way to store solar energy

• World's smallest magazine cover is the size of a red blood cell

  25 Apr 2014: The cover of National Geographic Kids was carved with a silicon needle 100,000 times sharper than the sharpest pencil tip

• Greased lightning: the nanotechnology in engine oil

  25 Apr 2014: Holly Cave: Nanotech additives for motor oils act like nano-sized ball bearings – lubricating moving metal surfaces that come into contact inside engines, improving fuel efficiency and reducing wear and tear

• Stuart Parkin awarded prestigious Millennium technology prize

  9 Apr 2014: British physicist wins award for breakthrough in magnetic disk drive storage capacity, heralding era of cloud computing

• Bionic spinach, invisible barcodes and nanotube computers

  27 Mar 2014: This month's nanotechnology roundup includes artificially enhanced plants, a way to tag valuable oils, and transistors made from nanotubes

• Exploiting graphene, the wonder substance, for the UK

  24 Mar 2014:

  Letters: Graphene probably is the best thing since sliced bread, but it is hard to see how it can be commercially exploited in the absence of something to exploit

• Nanotechnology so good you can eat it

  17 Mar 2014: Electroednics that dissolve in the environment or are even edible are the answer to the ever-growing problem of e-waste 
  
  

• The nanotechnology in your sunscreen

  13 Mar 2014:

  Nanoparticles prevent skin cancer by absorbing UV light, without making your face feel 'cakey'. Here is how they do it

• Nanotech roundup: turning seawater into drinking water, and body power

  28 Feb 2014:

  Liesbeth Venema: This month's roundup includes the promise of a filter that extracts salt from seawater, and a battery powered by the heart

• The nanotechnology in your clothes

  14 Feb 2014: Holly Cave: Nanoparticles are increasingly used as coatings on clothing to make it waterproof, microbicidal, UV-blocking or antistatic

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