Articles in the Category: Nanotechnology
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Animals, Biology, Climate Change, Discoveries, Engineering, Environment, Health and Medicine, Marine Science, Math, Nanotechnology, Physics and Chemistry, Podcast on 12 31st, 2007 | No Comments
Year in Review
2007 was a big year for science—and REALscience. From weird weather events to extraordinary discoveries in space, the year was full of all kinds of science. It was the beginning of the International Polar Year. Global warming dominated the news. Science was under political attack. But the biggest...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Math, Nanotechnology, Physics and Chemistry, Podcast, SciClips on 07 27th, 2007 | No Comments
Quantum Order
Dr. Collin Broholm
It’s not a Harry Potter-esque secret society. But it is a bit mystical. Quantum order extends over many atoms and is not confined to an individual atom.
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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Biochemistry, Books, Marine Science, Nanotechnology, Podcast, SciClips on 06 25th, 2007 | No Comments
Nano Bucks
Dr. Robert Tanguay
Zebrafish embryo
Will particles smaller than a virus or many chemical compounds hurt people, animals or the environment? That is the unanswered question of nanotechnology and one of the biggest fears. Government agencies are starting to fund scientists looking at this question...
Positron Possibility
Courtesy of Argonne National Laboratory
Scanning for cancer gets more sophisticated all the time. Positron Emissions Tomography is one of the best and most widely used methods to find tumors when they are small enough to cure patients. An old idea is bringing high-energy physicists and radiologists...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Animals, Biology, Nanotechnology, Podcast on 04 16th, 2007 | No Comments
Nano Blind
NanoBucky
Clay Model
It’s hard to grasp nanotechnology largely because we can’t directly see let alone touch what goes on at the nano scale. One scientist is taking this dark matter and lighting the way for the blind to develop an interest in science.
Nano Blind
