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Carbon nanotubes: Great for agriculture, but for humans?

CNTs in agricultureChrisre: research into whether CNTs are safe for humans if ingested or used to improve seed strike or anywhere else in ag. You are correct about the potential risks, but as I read their paper, the researchers who found their tomatoes had improved propagation with CNTs are...

Tags: Nanotechnology, carbon nanotube, nanotube, CNT

Discussion threads 2009-10-27

Carbon nanotubes: Great for agriculture, but for humans?

In what can eventually kick up a firestorm similar to the genetically modified food controversy, the emerging field of "nano-agriculture" is making headlines. It involves the use of nano-particles â€" wisps 1/50,000th the width of a human hair â€" in agriculture and could have beneficial affects for crops, say...

Tags: Food, Agriculture, Nanotube, Carbon Nanotube, Food & Beverage, Nanotechnology, Manufacturing, Emerging Technologies, Chris Jablonski

Blog posts 2009-10-25

Researchers give brain implants a nanotube coat to boost performance

Fascinating...This is fascinating stuff. Hope it holds promise for spinal chord injuries.

Tags: Nanotechnology, nanotube, performance

Discussion threads 2009-09-30

Researchers give brain implants a nanotube coat to boost performance

Microelectrodes implanted in the brain are increasingly being used to treat neurological disorders, but robust and reliable chronic application of neural electrodes remains a challenge. Scientists at University of Michigan have created brain implants tested in rats that can more clearly record signals from surrounding neurons. by Chris Jablonski

Tags: Nanotube, Brain, Performance, Nanotechnology, Telecom & Utilities, Emerging Technologies, Chris Jablonski

Blog posts 2009-09-29

Billion-year ultra-dense memory chip developed

There's always been an inverse relationship between density and durability when it comes to data storage. Today's silicon memory chips contain a lot of density, but with a lifespan of just a few decades, they lack durability.  Yet primitive forms of storage such as information carved in stone are highly...

Tags: Shuttle, Nanotube, Carbon Nanotube, Nanoparticle, Memory Chip, Chip, Memory Device, Shuttle Memory, Nanotechnology, Storage, Emerging Technologies, Hardware, Chris Jablonski

Blog posts 2009-06-04

Researchers develop printable rubber-like OLED displays

Researchers at the University of Tokyo have given new meaning to the term flexibility in the context of displays. They've developed of a stretchable display connected by organic light-emitting diodes OLEDs and organic transistors with a new highly-elastic conductor. [caption id="attachment_1542" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Credit: Takao Someya, the...

Tags: Nanotube, Transistor, Organic Light-emitting Diode, Printing, Nanotechnology, Document Management, Emerging Technologies, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Chris Jablonski

Blog posts 2009-05-11

Nanowires, nanoribbons and 'graphane' among materials that'll revolutionize computers

Architects of the next generation of computers are developing a variety of nanostructures to meet the demand for increasingly smaller features for semiconductors, microprocessors, and other components. These tiny building blocks are quite extraordinary-some even self-assemble. And they'll help overcome many of the limitations of today's microelectronics...

Tags: Nanotube, Carbon Nanotube, Computer, Chip, Nanotechnology, Semiconductors, Emerging Technologies, Hardware, Chris Jablonski

Blog posts 2009-04-24

Nano-sized radio plays Eric Clapton’s "Layla"

Accurately more nano than the iPod Nano, a radio built out of a single carbon nanotube that detects and plays songs was singled out in the latest issue of Scientific American as one of the first truly functional nanoscale devices that has a "measurable effect on the larger, macroscale world."...

Tags: Nanotube, Radio, Nanotube Radio, Nanotechnology, Advertising & Promotion, Emerging Technologies, Marketing, Chris Jablonski

Blog posts 2009-02-17

Small matters bringing huge change?

H2O + CO2 with nanotubes= CH4 and O2. That's the basic formula of research done at Penn State. Scientists there make the hollow catalytic nanotubes from titania titanium dioxide. Each tube is 135 nanometres wide and a tenth of a millimetre long. The research at...

Tags: Nanotube, Penn State, Solar Energy, Febrication, Nanotechnology, Emerging Technologies, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-02-10

Nanotechnology-based smart yarn for soldiers

Chinese and U.S. researchers have developed a carbon nanotube-coated smart yarn which can conduct electricity and be woven into textiles to detect blood or to monitor health. According to one of the lead researchers, today's smart textiles, which are made of metallic or optical fibers, are fragile and not comfortable....

Tags: Nanotube, Researcher, Carbon Nanotube, Textiles, Anti-albumin, Nanotechnology, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-12-16

Images: Photographic marvels in a petri dish

Nikon's photomicroscopy contest puts the focus on the fungus, nanotubes, and other microscopic wonders. by CNET News.com

Tags: Nikon Corp., Nanotube, Marvel, Nanotechnology, Emerging Technologies, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2008-11-28

Nanotechnology-based flexible actuators

In 'Nanotube paper flexes on demand,' nanotechweb.org reports that French researchers are using multiwalled carbon nanotubes MWCNTs reinforced with polyvinyl alcohol PVA to develop ultra-lightweight actuators for aerospace applications. The scientists have developed a paper-like sheet which bends when the material is electrically stimulated. As said one of the lead...

Tags: Nanotube, Researcher, Carbon Nanotube, Polymer, Aerospace, PVA, Membrane Filtration, Nanotechnology, Aerospace & Defense, Emerging Technologies, Manufacturing, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-09-12

Nanoparticles used to trap oil drops

Rice University researchers have found a new way to spontaneously assemble nanoparticles into bag-like sacs. Their 'nanobatons' could be used to clean up oil spills by trapping oil droplets in polluted waters. These nanoparticles could even be more useful for delivering drugs. The researchers found that 'ultraviolet light and magnetic...

Tags: Rice University, Nanotube, Researcher, Nanoparticle, Nanotechnology, Semiconductors, Emerging Technologies, Hardware, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-05-31

IBM experimenting with DNA to build chips

IBM experimenting with DNA to build chipsDNA computingThe NY Times ran a piece in 1995 on DNA computing using DNA pairs as stand-ins for the 0's and 1's of binary code. The NSA is into this big time.http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CEFD91338F932A25757C0A963958260RE: IBM experimenting with DNA to build chipsThis sounds like the basis for...

Tags: Biotechnology, Nanotechnology, Microsoft Corp., NSA, DNA, nanotube, IBM Corp., chip

Discussion threads 2008-02-20

Year of the nanotube

For nearly 25 years now, ever since the discovery of the Carbon-60 "Buckyball" at Rice University, scientists have been trying to find uses for what is now called nanotechnology. Those uses are now coming thick and fast. In November I wrote how carbon nanotubes could be...

Tags: Bayer AG, Nanotube, DARPA, Nanotechnology, Emerging Technologies, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-01-29

A nanotechnology award for NASA

NASA is rarely associated with nanotechnologies. But one of its researchers working at the NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center just received a Nanotech Briefs Nano 50 award for a manufacturing process for high-quality carbon nanotubes CNTs. Because of its ability to produce bundles of CNTs without using a metal catalyst,...

Tags: Nanotube, NASA, Carbon Nanotube, Manufacturing, CNT, Metal Catalyst, Nanotechnology, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2007-11-15

How radio waves really can kill cancer

When I first read this I thought it was crazy, but it's not. Scientists at Rice University and the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston are injecting carbon nanotubes into tumors, then hitting the tumors with radio waves. Lead scientist Steven Curley of M.D....

Tags: Rice University, Nanotube, Radio, Scientist, Carbon Nanotube, Cancer, Nanotechnology, Advertising & Promotion, Emerging Technologies, Marketing, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2007-11-05

Repelling bullets with nanotube armors

Repelling bullets with nanotube armorsNow this is cool!Be nice to get this stuff functional and out to the troops on the front lines! ]:)

Tags: Nanotechnology, nanotube armor, nanotube

Discussion threads 2007-10-31

Repelling bullets with nanotube armors

Australian engineers have found a way to use the elasticity of carbon nanotubes to not only stop bullets penetrating material but actually rebound their force. Their anti-ballistic carbon nanotubes are very different from the current materials used to design bullet-proof jackets, such as Kevlar, Twaron or Dyneema fibers. Current jackets...

Tags: Nanotube, Bullet, Carbon Nanotube, Jacket, Nanotechnology, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2007-10-31

Carbon Nanotube Bumps for Thermal and Electric Conduction in Transistor

The continuous miniaturization of semiconductor chips has rapidly improved the performance of semiconductor products. However, thermal issues that affect semi- conductor chips are becoming more serious. For example, heat transfer has become a very serious problem in the CPUs of personal computers; high-frequency High-Power Amplifiers HPAs of mobile communication systems;...

Tags: Nanotube, Mobile, Transistor, Carbon Nanotube, Fujitsu Ltd., Mobile Communication, Nanotechnology, Cellular Phones, Semiconductors, Emerging Technologies, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware

White papers 2007-10-01