Tuesday, April 5th, 2011
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Engineers at Harvard Medical School and MIT have created a new microfluidic device that can detect single cancer cells and viruses in a blood sample. It is about the size of a dime and is made of carbon nanotubes with attached antibodies. Cells touch ...
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Thursday, September 16th, 2010
Carbon nanotubes — the tiny particles expected to revolutionise electronics, medicine and other areas — are much bigger in the strength department than anyone ever thought, scientists are reporting. New studies on the strength of these submicroscopic cylinders of carbon indicate that on an ounce-for-ounce basis they are at least ...
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Wednesday, July 7th, 2010
Surrey NanoSystems has announced the introduction of an automated platform for the production of nanomaterials. Known as the NanoGrowth-Catalyst, the unit incorporates nine nanomaterial processing techniques and can synthesise a variety of nanomaterials including graphene, nanowires and carbon nanotubes.
Application versatility is enhanced by a multi-chamber design that ensures pure processing conditions ...
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Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010
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Batteries might gain a boost in power capacity as a result of recent research at MIT. Scientists at the university found that using carbon nanotubes ...
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Monday, May 3rd, 2010
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Mimicking the human nervous system for bionic applications could become a reality with the help of a method developed ...
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Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010
Bayer MaterialScience has reported that it has opened a new pilot facility for the manufacture of carbon nanotubes in Leverkusen, Germany. The company has invested some €22-million in the planning, development and construction of the facility, which is reportedly the largest of its kind in the world and has an ...
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Monday, August 10th, 2009
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Carbon nanotubes have intrigued material scientists since the 1990s, but the commercial applications of the nanomaterial have been limited. One reason for this, is that the metals used to synthesise nanotubes react unfavourably with materials found in ...
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Monday, March 9th, 2009
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A new technique for making thin films of multiwalled carbon nanotubes yields a material with low electrical resistance ...
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