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  • Start-ups search for hard-drive replacements

    The only question is which approach will work best -- using molten silicon, designer molecules, or maybe protein globules?

  • Trained atoms--nanotech breakthough

    As interest in nanotechnology peaks, scientists are claiming a significant breakthrough with the ability to make atoms move one by one.

  • Squeezing light from nanotubes

    Scientists at IBM Research have discovered a new way to get carbon nanotubes to emit light, a breakthrough that might one day lead to advances in fibre-optic technology.

  • Nanotech to pave way for micro-machines

    Disposable satellite transmitters, inexpensive medical testing equipment and sensors for automatically tracking inventory or traffic patterns will become possible over the next 10 years through developments in nanotechnology, speakers at the Nanotech 2003 conference said Monday.

  • Ten predictions to shake your world

    Gartner analysts have taken out their crystal balls to come up with a list of ten predictions that will impact enterprise businesses over the next eight years.

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  • Scientists team up for nanotube breakthrough

    Researchers at Stanford and UC Berkeley have come up with a way to grow carbon nanotubes on silicon wafers and to test the nanotubes, which could help pave the way for carbon chips.

  • Motorola looks to nanotubes for displays

    Motorola is conducting research in a new type of large flat-panel display which they claim has the potential of being cheaper than plasma or LCD (liquid crystal display) screens.

  • MIT, US Army open nanotech center

    Research at the center is geared toward creating battlefield armor for the 21st century, such as bacteria-killing materials and expanding fabrics that could be used as tourniquets.

  • Trained atoms--nanotech breakthough

    As interest in nanotechnology peaks, scientists are claiming a significant breakthrough with the ability to make atoms move one by one.

  • Squeezing light from nanotubes

    Scientists at IBM Research have discovered a new way to get carbon nanotubes to emit light, a breakthrough that might one day lead to advances in fibre-optic technology.

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