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January 24, 2013
IBM develops hydrogel to fight drug-resistant 'superbugs' like MRSA
IBM and IBN team up to save lives
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September 24, 2012
How RIM's Mike Lazaridis plans to turn Waterloo into the ‘Quantum Valley’
On the campus of the University of Waterloo, RIM co-founder Mike Lazaridis is helping to build the Quantum-Nano Centre: a building he believes will become the "Bell Labs of the 21st century."
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September 2, 2012
Eco-anarchists fight nanotechnology research with bombs
An eco-anarchist group known as Individuals Tending Towards Savagery (ITS) has been responsible for several bombings at prominent nanotechnology universities in Mexico over the past two years, Nature reports.
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April 16, 2012
Scientists create waterproof, magnetic, and even antibacterial paper
Researchers at the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia have developed a method that allows paper and other materials to become waterproof, magnetic, or even antibacterial while still maintaining its fundamental properties.
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April 9, 2012
Carbon nanotubes used to sniff out airborne toxins
University of California researcher Nosang Myung has developed a way of using carbon nanotubes to 'smell' airborne toxins.
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February 20, 2012
Single-atom transistor hailed as a landmark in the development of quantum computing
Researchers based at the University of New South Wales, Australia, have created a single-atom transistor which has been described as "perfect".
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January 20, 2012
Research team develops OLED display with built-in photovoltaic cells
A research team has developed an OLED display technology with built-in photovoltaic cells to harvest wasted energy.
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January 6, 2012
Researchers create one-atom-high wire, quantum computers get a little closer
Researchers have created a wire four atoms wide and one atom high with the same conductivity as a piece of traditional copper wiring, opening the door to the practical construction of quantum computers.
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December 26, 2011
Hologram-on-a-wafer may be the answer to the problem of bad 3D
A seemingly promising new technique for creating holograms comes from IMEC over in Belgium, where researchers are working to create a nanoscale system of moving pixels.
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November 19, 2011
Single-molecule car is fully electric, gets terrible mileage
Researchers in the Netherlands have created a car that's made of a single molecule and is able to be controlled using small electrical impulses.
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November 17, 2011
Nanoscale LEDs make optical data transfers 2,000 times more efficient than lasers
Researchers from Stanford University have developed nanoscale LEDs, which promise optical computing with very low power consumption as compared to laser-based systems.