Current nanotechnology too cool to ignore

For something a little different from our usual fare, the superhydrophobic spray-on coating illustrated in this YouTube video is too cool to ignore: Ross Nanotechnology’s NeverWet superhydrophobic spray-on coating .

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Some Australians Prefer Skin Cancer to Sunscreens with Nanoparticles – IEEE Spectrum


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Some Australians Prefer Skin Cancer to Sunscreens with Nanoparticles
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This survey—along with three other papers on nanoparticles in sunscreens—was presented this week at the 2012 International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICONN) in Perth, Australia. Of the three other papers, two of them seem to
Sunscreen doubts prompt push for Govt interventionABC Online
Safe Sunscreen Guides Voluntarily RecalledTopNews United States
Government Anxious over the Use of SunscreenTopNews Arab Emirates

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What lies beneath: Mapping hidden nanostructures within materials, and perhaps cells

The ability to diagnose and predict the properties of materials is vital, particularly in the expanding field of nanotechnology.

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What lies beneath: Mapping hidden nanostructures within materials, and perhaps cells

A new method to map nanostructures within materials may lead to biological imaging of the internal organization of cells.

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Faculty of Physics (Physikalisches Institut) | UU Science Honours

Future does not seem to be too bright for Schr�dinger's Cat, a thought experiment due to Schr�dinger that illustrates the counter-intuitive nature of quantum mechanics. Recent developments show that this weirdness is real.

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Sunscreen guide recalled, as ‘Nano-Free’ labels in doubt

TONY EASTLEY: Donald Rumsfeld termed the phrase ‘known unknowns’ and his description is apt for information or rather lack of it relating to nanoparticles.

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Industrial Nanotech Announces Project with Major Automotive

Naples, FL (PRWEB) June 20, 2008 Industrial Nanotech, Inc. (Pink Sheets:INTK), an emerging global leader in nanotechnology, announced today that its Chine…

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A quantum connection between light and mechanics

A quantum connection between light and mechanics.

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A quantum connection between light and mechanics – Nanowerk LLC


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A quantum connection between light and mechanics
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This interaction is so strong that it becomes possible to control the motion of the oscillator at the level where quantum mechanics governs its behaviour (see paper in Nature: "Quantum-coherent coupling of a mechanical oscillator to an optical cavity

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University of California ? Center for Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology

EPA GRANT NUMBER: 0830117 Title: University of California – Center for Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology Investigator: Andre E. Nel Institution: University of California – Los Angeles EPA Project Officer: Nora Savage Project Period: September 1, 2008 – August 31, 2013 Project Amount: $4,000,000 RFA: Center for the Environmental … (more)

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