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Category: Nanodot

Combining structural DNA nanotechnology and gold nanoparticles to make decorated DNA nanotubes

Researchers have been able to attach gold nanoparticles to DNA tiles and, by varying the size of the nanoparticles and the presence of DNA stem loops on some tiles, have been able to control the formation from the DNA tiles of various three dimensional DNA nanotubes.

Mechanism of most powerful molecular motor available to inspire nanotechnology

Scientists have now revealed the working mechanism of one of the most powerful molecular motors known to biology.

Interfacing with neurons using nanotechnology

Research on the interactions between carbon nanotubes and neurons shows that electrical phenomena in nanotubes may lead to engineering interactions between nanomaterials and neurons.

Toward atomic-scale computing with nanotechnology

Christian Joachim (who shared the Foresight Nanotech Institute Feynman Prize in the Experimental category in 1997 and won in the Theoretical category in 2005) is heading a group of researchers working to bring about atomic-scale computing. ScienceDaily led us to this European Commission ICT Results feature “Computing in a molecule“, which describes their on-going efforts:… Continue reading Toward atomic-scale computing with nanotechnology

Nanotechnology makes teeth too slippery for harmful bacteria

Polishing teeth with silica nanoparticles produces much smoother surfaces than does polishing with larger silica particles, making it easier to remove harmful bacteria.

Why the DMS debate is a good thing for nanotech

One of the main reasons that we are confident in the overall predictions of molecular manufacturing is that there are many pathways to it from current technology and using currently understood science. It is thus something of a milestone that we have arrived at a fork in the road about which there is room for… Continue reading Why the DMS debate is a good thing for nanotech

Tell NIST how nanotechnology could address a critical national and societal need

If you have a proposal on how nanotech could address a critical national and societal need, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) wants to hear from you.

Nanotechnology-produced wires to swim through blood, attach to, and kill cancer cells

Nanowerk News reports that an international nanotech collaboration of American and Korean scientists, funded by the Korean government, has developed multifunctional gold-coated nanowires that are designed to swim through the blood stream and attach to cancerous cells via antibodies against the cancer cells. Exposure to an electromagnetic field should heat the nanowires and destroy the… Continue reading Nanotechnology-produced wires to swim through blood, attach to, and kill cancer cells

Reading DNA sequences from single molecules of polymerase using nanotechnology

A new nanotech method of DNA sequencing is 30,000 times faster than current DNA sequencing methods.

The weather machine

The following is an edited and revised version of the talk I gave at the Global Catastrophic Risks conference that was held in conjunction with Convergence 08 (and which I reprised for Convergence). I’m posting it here because it seems to me that this is exactly the kind of thing Foresight was founded for: to… Continue reading The weather machine

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