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April 21, 2014

Nano shake-up
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Significant advances have been made in chemotherapy over the past decade, but targeting drugs to cancer cells while avoiding healthy tissues continues to be a major challenge. Nanotechnology has unlocked new pathways for targeted drug delivery, including the use of nanocarriers, or capsules, that can transport cargoes of small-molecule therapeutics to specific locations in the body. The catch? These carriers are tiny, and it matters just how tiny they are. Change the size from 10 nanometers ... read more

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Combs of Light Accelerate Communication Miniaturized optical frequency comb sources allow for transmission of data streams of several terabits per second over hundreds of kilometers - this has now been demonstrated by researchers of Karls ... more		Virus structure inspires novel understanding of onion-like carbon nanoparticles Symmetry is ubiquitous in the natural world. It occurs in gemstones and snowflakes and even in biology, an area typically associated with complexity and diversity. There are striking examples: the s ... more		The Motion of the Medium Matters for Self-assembling Particles By attaching short sequences of single-stranded DNA to nanoscale building blocks, researchers can design structures that can effectively build themselves. The building blocks that are meant to conne ... more
				Never say never in the nano-world Objects with sizes in the nanometer range, such as the molecular building blocks of living cells or nanotechnological devices, are continuously exposed to random collisions with surrounding molecule ... more		Nanosheets and nanowires Researchers in China, have found a convenient way to selectively prepare germanium sulfide nanostructures, including nanosheets and nanowires, that are more active than their bulk counterparts and c ... more

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Fabricating Nanostructures with Silk Could Make Clean Rooms Green Rooms Tufts University engineers have demonstrated that it is possible to generate nanostructures from silk in an environmentally friendly process that uses water as a developing agent and standard fabric ... more		Scientists watch nanoparticles grow With DESY's X-ray light source PETRA III, Danish scientists observed the growth of nanoparticles live. The study shows how tungsten oxide nanoparticles are forming from solution. These particles are ... more		Electric field changes signal early warnings of extreme weather Americans face an insurability crisis as climate change worsens disasters Extreme heat disrupts land's carbon absorption abilities		LockMart Opens Advanced Materials and Thermal Sciences Center In Palo Alto The Lockheed Martin Space Systems Advanced Technology Center (ATC) has opened a new state-of-the-art laboratories building that will enable the company to provide innovative technical solutions to c ... more
				Nanotube coating helps shrink mass spectrometers Nanotechnology is advancing tools likened to Star Trek's "tricorder" that perform on-the-spot chemical analysis for a range of applications including medical testing, explosives detection and food s ... more		Researchers Grow Carbon Nanofibers Using Ambient Air, Without Toxic Ammonia Researchers from North Carolina State University have demonstrated that vertically aligned carbon nanofibers (VACNFs) can be manufactured using ambient air, making the manufacturing process safer an ... more

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A new concept for manufacturing wrinkling patterns on hard-nano-film/soft-matter-substrate Wrinkling is a common phenomenon for thin stiff film adhered on soft substrate. Various wrinkling phenomenon has been reported previously. Wu Dan, Yin Yajun, Xie Huimin,et al from Tsinghua Universit ... more		Toward 'vanishing' electronics and unlocking nanomaterials' power potential Brain sensors and electronic tags that dissolve. Boosting the potential of renewable energy sources. These are examples of the latest research from two pioneering scientists selected as this year's ... more		SpaceX set for Starship's next flight, Trump expected to attend Can the Trump-Musk 'bromance' last? Living microbes identified in Earth's driest desert using new technique		Nanoscale optical switch breaks miniaturization barrier An ultra-fast and ultra-small optical switch has been invented that could advance the day when photons replace electrons in the innards of consumer products ranging from cell phones to automobiles. ... more
				Bionic plants Plants have many valuable functions: They provide food and fuel, release the oxygen that we breathe, and add beauty to our surroundings. Now, a team of MIT researchers wants to make plants even more ... more		Chelyabinsk meteor to help develop nanotechnology The Chelyabinsk meteor is full of mysteries. Scientists from Nizhny Novgorod have found natural magnesium-iron nanocrystals while studying the fragments of the meteor. This can give new information ... more

F-35 in first international flight

Diligent Consulting tapped for Air Force Network support

F-35 Fleet Surpasses 15,000 Flying Hours

China launches experimental satellite

Tiangong's New Mission

"Space Odyssey": China's aspiration in future space exploration

US says cybersecurity sharing not an antitrust issue

NSA denies exploiting 'Heartbleed' vulnerability

Researchers measure smartphone malware infection rates

Expanding energy access key to solving global challenges

Study Says Renewables to Hit 16 percent by 2018

Gazprom Neft helps Iraqi electricity capacity

	Waterloo physicists solve 20-year-old debate surrounding glassy surfaces University of Waterloo physicists have succeeded in measuring how the surfaces of glassy materials flow like a liquid, even when they should be solid. A series of simple and elegant experiments were ... more		Optical nano-tweezers take over the control of nano-objects As science and technology go nano, scientists search for new tools to manipulate, observe and modify the "building blocks" of matter at the nanometer scale. With this in mind, the recent publication ... more		NIST microanalysis technique makes the most of small nanoparticle samples Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have demonstrated that they can make sensitive chemical analyses of minute sampl ... more		Experts warn against nanosilver Endocrine disrupters are not the only worrying chemicals that ordinary consumers are exposed to in everyday life. Also nanoparticles of silver, found in e.g. dietary supplements, cosmetics and food ... more

Russia says Ukraine fired US long-range missiles; Borrell urges EU states to follow US on missile use

Putin broadens rules on Russia's use of nuclear arms

NKorea to boost economic cooperation with Russia alongside growing military ties

Nanoscale pillars could radically improve conversion of heat to electricity		Pinwheel 'living' crystals and the origin of life		The thousand-droplets test		Molecular Traffic Jam Makes Water Move Faster through Nanochannels		Physicists at Mainz University build pilot prototype of a single ion heat engine
Quantum dots provide complete control of photons		New boron nanomaterial may be possible		Engineers teach old chemical new tricks to make cleaner fuels, fertilizers		Layered security: Carbon nanotubes promise improved flame-resistant coating		Molecular nano-spies to make light work of disease detection

Carbon nanotube sponge shows improved water clean-up

Imec Celebrates 30 Years of Nanoelectronics Industry Innovation

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