July 2008 - Page 3 of 3 - Foresight Institute

Gaming the Future: The Book!

Sorting electron spins by nanotechnology

A discovery of unexpected properties of an insulating layer only a few atoms thick may lead to a new nanotech approach to faster computers.

Formulating an anticancer drug using nanotechnology eliminates toxic neurological side-effects

A nanotech formulation may have saved one of the most promising broad-spectrum antiangiogenesis cancer therapies from being side-tracked due to neurotoxic side effects.

Bottom-up nanotechnology with metals and polymers

A novel nanotech procedure produces metal nanostructures containing uniform hexagonal pores about 10 nm across that could supply new catalysts, faster metal wires for microchips, and better optical materials.

'Cooking' cancer cells with nanotechnology

Antibody-coated carbon nanotubes only bind to cancer cells targeted by the antibody, and irradiation with near-infrared light causes the bound carbon nanotubes to heat up and kill the cancer cells.