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Quantum dots could protect spacecraft from missiles

Posted January 28, 2012 - 7:15 am

There's not a ton of oxygen in space. Because of this, we have to rethink how we go about doing the things that we take for granted here on Earth, like defense against an incoming missile. Back in 2007, China tested the first ASAT (Anti-Satellite missile) against one of it's own dead satellites; it was a resounding success.
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New options to waterproof your smartphone?

Posted January 17, 2012 - 12:03 pm

There were two companies at the Consumer Electronics Show pitching carriers and phone makers on essentially the same product: a plastic-ish coating applied as a vapor to coat ever surface, inside and out. One, Liquipel, will do it for consumers who send in their phones.
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Researchers use mirage effect for invisibility cloak, prefer it as a noisemaker

Posted October 5, 2011 - 5:30 am

Using electricity to superheat carbon nanotubes makes the whole sheet shimmer like a heat mirage, concealing what's behind it. Its inventors are really more interested in mastering the nanotube wiggle to make sound waves, though, not hide tanks with bad visual F/X.
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Transparent battery may help make the phone you can't find now even less visible

Posted July 26, 2011 - 12:09 pm

Material scientists at Stanford made components of their battery so small they're almost impossible to see, clearing a major hurdle on the quest for totally transparent electronics.
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Invisibility cloak hides objects in a gap in time

Posted July 18, 2011 - 8:12 am

A new type of invisibility cloak hides things by bending light through time, not space, so your image doesn't have to be hidden; it never existed in the first place.
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Recharge a battery in two minutes, not six hours

Posted March 23, 2011 - 2:23 pm

Material-science researchers developed a way to combine the advantages of capacitors and batteries in one nanotech miracle that's not yet a product. Unfortunately.
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Remote-controlled nanoparticles target cancer

Posted March 17, 2011 - 8:08 pm

Researchers at a Canadian university are using nanotechnology and a tiny remote-controlled magnetic sphere to deliver cancer-fighting drugs directly to where they need to go.
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Nanowires could lead to foldable tablets, say researchers

Posted June 14, 2010 - 10:43 am

Scientists at Duke University have figured out how to make large quantities of copper nanowires that can be used to make computers and maybe even bendable, foldable tablet computers someday.
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Researchers use nanotechnology to burst cancer cells

Posted February 10, 2010 - 9:13 am

Scientists are using nanoparticles and lasers to kill cancer cells by blowing them up from the inside.
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Researchers use nanotech to detect early-stage cancer

Posted October 16, 2009 - 8:58 pm

A team of researchers at Stanford University is developing a biosensor it hopes can help doctors detect various cancers in early stages.
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IBM using nanotechnology to read DNA, personalize medicine

Posted October 6, 2009 - 4:31 pm

IBM announced that it is working to ease the process of sequencing genetic code which could lead to dramatic improvements in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases.
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Nanotech could make humans immortal by 2040, futurist says

Posted October 1, 2009 - 10:53 am

Futurist Ray Kruzweil predicts that advances in nanotechology could start making humans immortal by the mid-2000s by instantly repairing damaged cells and organs and backing up human memories.
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MIT: Nanotech targets and kills cancerous tumors

Posted May 7, 2009 - 3:39 pm

Researchers use gold nanorods to heat and kill tumors without harming healthy tissue.
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Researchers use nanotech to fight drug addiction, cancer

Posted April 6, 2009 - 7:42 pm

University of Buffalo researchers say they've found a way to use nanotechnology to fight drug addiction.
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Scientists claim big leap in nanoscale storage

Posted February 20, 2009 - 8:53 am

Scientists say they have achieved a breakthrough that could fit the contents of 250 DVDs on a coin-sized surface.
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Nanowire technology could make LCDs brighter, thinner, and cheaper

Posted October 5, 2008 - 7:40 am

(PhysOrg.com) -- As nanoimprinting technology advances, scientists have shown that using nano-sized polarizers could significantly enhance the contrast ratio in liquid crystal displays (LCDs). For consumers, that means that TVs, computer monitors, and especially mobile displays could become brighter, lighter, and thinner in the future.
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