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Nanotechnology

Microscopic synthetic structures are specially shaped objects that perform or move in intended ways when acted on by swarms of bacteria.

The dawn of the cyborg bacteria is here

Science

It might be, but at a tiny level: Scientists at UPenn are working on using bacteria to control small synthetic structures, hoping to one day use them to deliver highly targeted doses of medicine. And don’t worry about the apocalypse: They still can’t defeat a bottle of bleach.

In an archive photo, student Mary Duke Webber uses a microscope at Duke University at some time in the late 1930s.

How small is small? Try looking at the nano-dimension

Science
Bio Lego

Scientists are becoming artists, thanks to ‘NanoArt’

Arts
bacterial nanowires

‘Bacterial nanowires’ may lead to breakthroughs in semiconductors, fuel cells and more

Science

Regulating nanotechnology

Environment
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Nanotechnology hits store shelves

Environment

Nanosilver can be found in toothpaste and even baby pacifiers — a look at the safety of products produced with nanotechnology.

Nanotechnology

Nanotechnology is opening the door to new possibilities and innovations in many fields, including medical, energy, and even textile production. But scientists have yet to discover the safety and environmental risks of this emerging technology.

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Technology Note/Toggle Science

Living on Earth’s Maggie Villiger reports on a new development in nanotechnology, a surface that can toggle back and forth from water repelling to water attractive at the flip of a switch.

The World

Real-life invisibility cloak shows the promise of ‘nanomanufacturing’

Business, Economics and Jobs

This week, the media reported on scientists developing materials they say could create a kind of invisibility cloak. The research was funded in part by the National Science Foundation. It’s just one example of ‘nanomanufacturing,’ which the NSF sees as a way to give the United States an edge as industrial manufacturing wanes.

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Low-cost technologies for disease diagnostics

Environment

Scientists in George Whiteside’s lab at Harvard University are developing tools that are inexpensive, portable, and do not require electricity to help health workers in the developing world. The World’s Clark Boyd reports.

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