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<title>NanoTalk / Popular Topics</title>
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<description>NanoTalk user forum  votes</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 11:48:08 MST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Nanotechnologys Impact on Functional Foods, Dietary Supplements]]></title>
<link>http://www.nanowerktalk.com/story.php?title=nanotechnologys-impact-on-functional-foods-dietary-supplements</link>
<comments>http://www.nanowerktalk.com/story.php?title=nanotechnologys-impact-on-functional-foods-dietary-supplements</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 11:48:08 MST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>VikrantP</dc:creator>
<category>Companies, Markets, Products</category>
<guid>http://www.nanowerktalk.com/story.php?title=nanotechnologys-impact-on-functional-foods-dietary-supplements</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The nutraceutical and functional food/beverage industries have maintained a steady buzz around the concept of nanotechnology, but mostly on an introductory level. However, looking forward, the impact of nanotechnology on such products will manifest in four principal ways: enhanced packaging; improv<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Nanotechnology: Safe and Green Cuisine]]></title>
<link>http://www.nanowerktalk.com/story.php?title=nanotechnology-safe-and-green-cuisine</link>
<comments>http://www.nanowerktalk.com/story.php?title=nanotechnology-safe-and-green-cuisine</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 23 Aug 2008 12:19:18 MST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>cntlab</dc:creator>
<category>NanoRisks, Toxicology</category>
<guid>http://www.nanowerktalk.com/story.php?title=nanotechnology-safe-and-green-cuisine</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Food created with nanotechnology is healthful for humans and environmentally friendly. Pro or con? Two opposing views discussed in the 'debate room' at Business Week.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Garbage + Nanotechnology + Gasification = Ethanol]]></title>
<link>http://www.nanowerktalk.com/story.php?title=garbage--nanotechnology--gasification---ethanol</link>
<comments>http://www.nanowerktalk.com/story.php?title=garbage--nanotechnology--gasification---ethanol</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 23 Aug 2008 12:19:06 MST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>part12</dc:creator>
<category>Cleantech &amp; Greentech</category>
<guid>http://www.nanowerktalk.com/story.php?title=garbage--nanotechnology--gasification---ethanol</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A method of making potentially cheap ethanol fuel out of garbage and other waste materials by deploying a combination of modern and old technologies is under development by government and university researchers.The process involves the use of nanotechnology and gasification to convert carbon-ba<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Handle With Care]]></title>
<link>http://www.nanowerktalk.com/story.php?title=handle-with-care</link>
<comments>http://www.nanowerktalk.com/story.php?title=handle-with-care</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:01:56 MST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>ahmso3001</dc:creator>
<category>Society, Ethics, Government, Regulations</category>
<guid>http://www.nanowerktalk.com/story.php?title=handle-with-care</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Last year, a private company proposed &quot;fertilizing&quot; parts of the ocean with iron, in hopes of encouraging carbon-absorbing blooms of plankton. Meanwhile, researchers elsewhere are talking about injecting chemicals into the atmosphere, launching sun-reflecting mirrors into stationary orbit above the<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Next Big Future: Finally Diamond Mechanosynthesis Viability Experiments funded for $3.1 million]]></title>
<link>http://www.nanowerktalk.com/story.php?title=next-big-future-finally-diamond-mechanosynthesis-viability-experiments-funded-for-3-1-million</link>
<comments>http://www.nanowerktalk.com/story.php?title=next-big-future-finally-diamond-mechanosynthesis-viability-experiments-funded-for-3-1-million</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2008 09:42:00 MST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>nextbigfuture</dc:creator>
<category>Molecular Manufacturing</category>
<guid>http://www.nanowerktalk.com/story.php?title=next-big-future-finally-diamond-mechanosynthesis-viability-experiments-funded-for-3-1-million</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Experiments to validate the theoretical work of Robert Freitas and Ralph Merkle have been funded in the UK for $3.1 million. These experiments could finally prove and legitimize critical aspects of molecular nanotechnology. Success will mean a funding wave to bring about molecular nanotechnology.<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Tiny Quantum Dots Shed New Light on Nutrient Flow]]></title>
<link>http://www.nanowerktalk.com/story.php?title=tiny-quantum-dots-shed-new-light-on-nutrient-flow</link>
<comments>http://www.nanowerktalk.com/story.php?title=tiny-quantum-dots-shed-new-light-on-nutrient-flow</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 17:34:54 MST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>VikrantP</dc:creator>
<category>Instruments, Techniques, Analysis</category>
<guid>http://www.nanowerktalk.com/story.php?title=tiny-quantum-dots-shed-new-light-on-nutrient-flow</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Exactly how do nutrients such as nitrogen move through the environment? That's a key question in ecology and environmental science. The answer may be clearer thanks to a new technique that uses the light from tiny quantum dots to trace the movement of such nutrients. The technique offers a way for<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[NASA - Autonomous NanoTechnology Swarm]]></title>
<link>http://www.nanowerktalk.com/story.php?title=nasa---autonomous-nanotechnology-swarm</link>
<comments>http://www.nanowerktalk.com/story.php?title=nasa---autonomous-nanotechnology-swarm</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 17:59:16 MST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>junji</dc:creator>
<category>Videos, Images, Art, Cool Stuff</category>
<guid>http://www.nanowerktalk.com/story.php?title=nasa---autonomous-nanotechnology-swarm</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The Autonomic NanoTechnology Swarm (ANTS) is a generic mission architecture consisting of miniaturized, autonomous, self-similar, reconfigurable, addressable components forming structures. The components/structures have wide spatial distribution and multi-level organization. This ‘swarm' behavior i<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Compressing Light]]></title>
<link>http://www.nanowerktalk.com/story.php?title=compressing-light-1</link>
<comments>http://www.nanowerktalk.com/story.php?title=compressing-light-1</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 12:47:49 MST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>pushla</dc:creator>
<category>General Research, Papers, Labs, Researchers</category>
<guid>http://www.nanowerktalk.com/story.php?title=compressing-light-1</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A new way to compress light, designed by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, could make optical communications on computer chips more practical. The researchers developed computer simulations that suggest that it is possible to confine infrared light to a space 10 nanometers wide<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Nanotechnology At NASA Could Play Medical Role On Earth]]></title>
<link>http://www.nanowerktalk.com/story.php?title=nanotechnology-at-nasa-could-play-medical-role-on-earth</link>
<comments>http://www.nanowerktalk.com/story.php?title=nanotechnology-at-nasa-could-play-medical-role-on-earth</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 22:14:39 MST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>part12</dc:creator>
<category>Carbon Materials</category>
<guid>http://www.nanowerktalk.com/story.php?title=nanotechnology-at-nasa-could-play-medical-role-on-earth</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Startling changes can come over a material when it is manipulated at the atomic or molecular level-the only difference between graphite and diamond, for instance, is the arrangement of carbon atoms.Those carbon atoms can also be arranged to form tiny, rolled-up cylinders called carbon nanotubes<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Energy applications for nanotechnology draw interest]]></title>
<link>http://www.nanowerktalk.com/story.php?title=energy-applications-for-nanotechnology-draw-interest</link>
<comments>http://www.nanowerktalk.com/story.php?title=energy-applications-for-nanotechnology-draw-interest</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:32:43 MST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>ahmso3001</dc:creator>
<category>Cleantech &amp; Greentech</category>
<guid>http://www.nanowerktalk.com/story.php?title=energy-applications-for-nanotechnology-draw-interest</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is making new efforts to attract entrepreneurs at early stages to commercialise renewable energy concepts, a DOE official said at the inaugural Nano Renewable Energy Summit on Monday (July 21).Michael Bruce, senior advisor for finance in DOE's Office of Ener<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[A closer look at future foods]]></title>
<link>http://www.nanowerktalk.com/story.php?title=a-closer-look-at-future-foods</link>
<comments>http://www.nanowerktalk.com/story.php?title=a-closer-look-at-future-foods</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2008 10:15:09 MST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Yar12bit</dc:creator>
<category>Companies, Markets, Products</category>
<guid>http://www.nanowerktalk.com/story.php?title=a-closer-look-at-future-foods</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A new word popping up all over the place is nanotechnology. There is nanotechnology research into all sorts of things, including pharmaceuticals, manufacturing, military intelligence and weaponry, and now, even food. But as Boggan explains in his article, this is a revolution that has met simultane<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[OLED: towards a mature industry - interview with Gildas Sorin, CEO of Novaled AG | OLED-Info]]></title>
<link>http://www.nanowerktalk.com/story.php?title=oled-towards-a-mature-industry---interview-with-gildas-sorin-ceo-of-novaled-ag--oled-info</link>
<comments>http://www.nanowerktalk.com/story.php?title=oled-towards-a-mature-industry---interview-with-gildas-sorin-ceo-of-novaled-ag--oled-info</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2008 10:22:02 MST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>mertero</dc:creator>
<category>Cleantech &amp; Greentech</category>
<guid>http://www.nanowerktalk.com/story.php?title=oled-towards-a-mature-industry---interview-with-gildas-sorin-ceo-of-novaled-ag--oled-info</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Interview with Novaled's CEO. Discusses their technology and partnerships, used for OLED displays, lighting and also solar panels.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[HP's grand vision: measure everything]]></title>
<link>http://www.nanowerktalk.com/story.php?title=hps-grand-vision-measure-everything</link>
<comments>http://www.nanowerktalk.com/story.php?title=hps-grand-vision-measure-everything</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2008 10:21:54 MST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>nanowerk</dc:creator>
<category>Other</category>
<guid>http://www.nanowerktalk.com/story.php?title=hps-grand-vision-measure-everything</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Perhaps the world's most ambitious nanotechnology project is underway at Hewlett-Packard. Stan Williams' lab aims to build 'a central nervous system for the earth.'<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Taking The NanoPulse -- The $263 Billion Nano-Question: What's Next?]]></title>
<link>http://www.nanowerktalk.com/story.php?title=taking-the-nanopulse---the-263-billion-nano-question-whats-next</link>
<comments>http://www.nanowerktalk.com/story.php?title=taking-the-nanopulse---the-263-billion-nano-question-whats-next</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 22:38:31 MST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>rwink07</dc:creator>
<category>Companies, Markets, Products</category>
<guid>http://www.nanowerktalk.com/story.php?title=taking-the-nanopulse---the-263-billion-nano-question-whats-next</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Scott E. Rickert, chief executive of Nanofilm, Ltd., is asking the The Big Question: what's the next wave in nanotechnology? The answer will come from a panel of corporate and research nanotechnology leaders at a World Economic Forum conference in Tianjin, China this September. Rickert contributes<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Interview with Dr. Michael Fiebig, OSRAM Opto Semiconductors | OLED-Info]]></title>
<link>http://www.nanowerktalk.com/story.php?title=interview-with-dr--michael-fiebig-osram-opto-semiconductors--oled-info</link>
<comments>http://www.nanowerktalk.com/story.php?title=interview-with-dr--michael-fiebig-osram-opto-semiconductors--oled-info</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 22:38:10 MST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>mertero</dc:creator>
<category>Cleantech &amp; Greentech</category>
<guid>http://www.nanowerktalk.com/story.php?title=interview-with-dr--michael-fiebig-osram-opto-semiconductors--oled-info</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Interview about OLED lighting, with Dr. Fiebig from OSRAM. OSRAM has recently announced the world's first OLED lamp, and it's interesting to see what they think about this new technology for lighting.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Self-Assembling Tissues - Living Legos can be directed to form tissue-like structures]]></title>
<link>http://www.nanowerktalk.com/story.php?title=self-assembling-tissues---living-legos-can-be-directed-to-form-tissue-like-structures-1</link>
<comments>http://www.nanowerktalk.com/story.php?title=self-assembling-tissues---living-legos-can-be-directed-to-form-tissue-like-structures-1</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 04:28:10 MST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>junji</dc:creator>
<category>Bionanotechnology</category>
<guid>http://www.nanowerktalk.com/story.php?title=self-assembling-tissues---living-legos-can-be-directed-to-form-tissue-like-structures-1</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Tissue engineers are ambitious. If they had their way, a dialysis patient could receive a new kidney made in the lab from his own cells, instead of waiting for a donor organ that his immune system might reject. Likewise, a diabetic could, with grafts of lab-made pancreatic tissue, be given the abil<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Nanotechnology enhanced immunotheraphy in the fight against cancer]]></title>
<link>http://www.nanowerktalk.com/story.php?title=nanotechnology-enhanced-immunotheraphy-in-the-fight-against-cancer</link>
<comments>http://www.nanowerktalk.com/story.php?title=nanotechnology-enhanced-immunotheraphy-in-the-fight-against-cancer</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:57:36 MST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>nanowerk</dc:creator>
<category>Nanomedicine, Bionics</category>
<guid>http://www.nanowerktalk.com/story.php?title=nanotechnology-enhanced-immunotheraphy-in-the-fight-against-cancer</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Scientists consider the exploration of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) for biomedical applications as a field with significant potential, leading to applications where CNTs could act as magnetic nano-heaters, drug-carrier systems and sensors which allow a diagnostic and therapeutic usage on a cellular leve<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA['Cut and color' nanotechnology]]></title>
<link>http://www.nanowerktalk.com/story.php?title=cut-and-color-nanotechnology</link>
<comments>http://www.nanowerktalk.com/story.php?title=cut-and-color-nanotechnology</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:08:04 MST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>nanowerk</dc:creator>
<category>Carbon Materials</category>
<guid>http://www.nanowerktalk.com/story.php?title=cut-and-color-nanotechnology</guid>
<description><![CDATA[In recent years, great progress has been made in the synthesis and application studies of hybrid nanomaterial systems involving carbon nanotubes (CNTs). Efforts involve the alteration of physical properties of CNTs via the use of organic, inorganic, and biological species to produce functionalized <br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Crossing the blood-brain barrier with nanotechnology]]></title>
<link>http://www.nanowerktalk.com/story.php?title=crossing-the-blood-brain-barrier-with-nanotechnology</link>
<comments>http://www.nanowerktalk.com/story.php?title=crossing-the-blood-brain-barrier-with-nanotechnology</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:07:41 MST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>nanowerk</dc:creator>
<category>Nanomedicine, Bionics</category>
<guid>http://www.nanowerktalk.com/story.php?title=crossing-the-blood-brain-barrier-with-nanotechnology</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The challenge in treating most brain disorders is overcoming the difficulty of delivering therapeutic agents to specific regions of the brain by crossing the blood-brain barrier (BBB). This barrier - a tight seal of endothelial cells that lines the blood vessels in the brain - is a physiological ch<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Scientists integrate living brain cells into organic semiconductors]]></title>
<link>http://www.nanowerktalk.com/story.php?title=scientists-integrate-living-brain-cells-into-organic-semiconductors</link>
<comments>http://www.nanowerktalk.com/story.php?title=scientists-integrate-living-brain-cells-into-organic-semiconductors</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:59:50 MST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>nanowerk</dc:creator>
<category>Nanomedicine, Bionics</category>
<guid>http://www.nanowerktalk.com/story.php?title=scientists-integrate-living-brain-cells-into-organic-semiconductors</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Bionics - a word formed from biology and electronics - has become a quickly expanding research field, exploring ways and materials to bridge the interface between electronics and biology.Basically, there are three levels of biocommunications where electronics and biology could interface: molecu<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Thin-film solar cells heading for $1 per Wp]]></title>
<link>http://www.nanowerktalk.com/story.php?title=thin-film-solar-cells-heading-for-1-per-wp</link>
<comments>http://www.nanowerktalk.com/story.php?title=thin-film-solar-cells-heading-for-1-per-wp</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 14:41:00 MST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>solguy</dc:creator>
<category>Cleantech &amp; Greentech</category>
<guid>http://www.nanowerktalk.com/story.php?title=thin-film-solar-cells-heading-for-1-per-wp</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Thin-film solar cells are cheaper than traditional solar panels, such as those made of polycrystalline silicon, but the yield is lower. However, the combination of these properties is promising according to the Thin-Film Future conference organized recently by SolarPlaza in Munich. An impression of<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Nano Vent-Skin]]></title>
<link>http://www.nanowerktalk.com/story.php?title=nano-vent-skin-1</link>
<comments>http://www.nanowerktalk.com/story.php?title=nano-vent-skin-1</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:32:16 MST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>nanoarchitecture</dc:creator>
<category>Cleantech &amp; Greentech</category>
<guid>http://www.nanowerktalk.com/story.php?title=nano-vent-skin-1</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Nano Vent-Skin (NVS) is a project that aims to trigger new approaches to greener, more energy efficient structures. Conceived by Agustin Otegui, a designer in London, the NVS system consists of micro-scale wind turbines that are integrated into buildings and other structures to generate electricity<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Nanotechnology miniaturization could lead to a Lab-on-a-CNT]]></title>
<link>http://www.nanowerktalk.com/story.php?title=nanotechnology-miniaturization-could-lead-to-a-lab-on-a-cnt</link>
<comments>http://www.nanowerktalk.com/story.php?title=nanotechnology-miniaturization-could-lead-to-a-lab-on-a-cnt</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:46:47 MST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>nanowerk</dc:creator>
<category>Carbon Materials</category>
<guid>http://www.nanowerktalk.com/story.php?title=nanotechnology-miniaturization-could-lead-to-a-lab-on-a-cnt</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have been widely used as electrodes for chemical and biological sensing applications and many other electrochemical studies. With their unique one-dimensional molecular geometry of a large surface area coupled with their excellent electrical properties, CNTs have become impo<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Three Ways to Make Solar Cheaper than Coal | EcoGeek]]></title>
<link>http://www.nanowerktalk.com/story.php?title=three-ways-to-make-solar-cheaper-than-coal--ecogeek</link>
<comments>http://www.nanowerktalk.com/story.php?title=three-ways-to-make-solar-cheaper-than-coal--ecogeek</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:22:35 MST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>ahmso3001</dc:creator>
<category>Cleantech &amp; Greentech</category>
<guid>http://www.nanowerktalk.com/story.php?title=three-ways-to-make-solar-cheaper-than-coal--ecogeek</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Solar power is magnificently exciting. Just lay down a sheet or a panel and every day, for the life of the device, you get free power. There are no fuel costs. No one is ever going to start charging $4 per gallon of sunlight. But, unfortunately, the size of the initial investment keeps the cost of <br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Victoria's Circuit - Harnessing the untapped power of breast motion]]></title>
<link>http://www.nanowerktalk.com/story.php?title=victorias-circuit---harnessing-the-untapped-power-of-breast-motion-1</link>
<comments>http://www.nanowerktalk.com/story.php?title=victorias-circuit---harnessing-the-untapped-power-of-breast-motion-1</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:13:37 MST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>pushla</dc:creator>
<category>Videos, Images, Art, Cool Stuff</category>
<guid>http://www.nanowerktalk.com/story.php?title=victorias-circuit---harnessing-the-untapped-power-of-breast-motion-1</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The idea of an energy-generating bra isn't as crazy as it might sound. A company called Triumph International Japan recently unveiled a solar-powered bra that supposedly will generate enough energy to power an iPod. But I live in foggy San Francisco and prefer not to walk around in my underwear in<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Super Antennas, Made From 'Invisible' Stuff]]></title>
<link>http://www.nanowerktalk.com/story.php?title=super-antennas-made-from-invisible-stuff</link>
<comments>http://www.nanowerktalk.com/story.php?title=super-antennas-made-from-invisible-stuff</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2008 11:04:20 MST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>rwink07</dc:creator>
<category>Nanoparticles, Nanomaterials</category>
<guid>http://www.nanowerktalk.com/story.php?title=super-antennas-made-from-invisible-stuff</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Metamaterials might be used to create a real-life invisibility cloak, or even a cloak of silence -- some day.  The Pentagon is seeking short-term gains by using metamaterials for revolutionary new antennas with obvious commercial spin-offs.<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Acoustic Cloak Designed]]></title>
<link>http://www.nanowerktalk.com/story.php?title=acoustic-cloak-designed</link>
<comments>http://www.nanowerktalk.com/story.php?title=acoustic-cloak-designed</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2008 11:02:54 MST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Yar12bit</dc:creator>
<category>Nanoparticles, Nanomaterials</category>
<guid>http://www.nanowerktalk.com/story.php?title=acoustic-cloak-designed</guid>
<description><![CDATA[City dwellers, rest easy. Engineers have designed a material that redirects sounds and could be used in buildings to shield them from noises. The sound-shielding material, which, if actually made, would be the first acoustic cloaking device, could also be useful in hiding military ships and other v<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Problematic new findings regarding toxicity of silver nanoparticles]]></title>
<link>http://www.nanowerktalk.com/story.php?title=problematic-new-findings-regarding-toxicity-of-silver-nanoparticles</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 19:26:45 MST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>nanowerk</dc:creator>
<category>NanoRisks, Toxicology</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Engineered nanoparticles are rapidly becoming a part of our daily life in the form of cosmetics, food packaging, drug delivery systems, therapeutics, biosensors, etc. A number of commercial products such as wound dressing, detergents or antimicrobial coatings are already in the market. Although lit<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Comparing apples with oranges - the problem of nanotubes risk assessment]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 19:23:57 MST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>nanowerk</dc:creator>
<category>NanoRisks, Toxicology</category>
<guid>http://www.nanowerktalk.com/story.php?title=comparing-apples-with-oranges---the-problem-of-nanotubes-risk-assessment</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Despite their name, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are not made of 100% carbon. Depending on which of the various synthesis techniques is used in their production, CNTs have variable chemistries and physical properties resulting from their different metal catalysts or amorphous carbon coatings. As a resul<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Nanotechnology and water treatment]]></title>
<link>http://www.nanowerktalk.com/story.php?title=nanotechnology-and-water-treatment-1</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 19:23:53 MST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>nanowerk</dc:creator>
<category>Cleantech &amp; Greentech</category>
<guid>http://www.nanowerktalk.com/story.php?title=nanotechnology-and-water-treatment-1</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Freshwater looks like it will become the oil of the 21st century - scarce, expensive and the reason for armed conflicts. While in our previous article we have only talked about nanotechnology and water in general terms, a new paper gives us the opportunity to look in more detail at the role that na<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Nanotechnology, transhumanism and the bionic man]]></title>
<link>http://www.nanowerktalk.com/story.php?title=nanotechnology-transhumanism-and-the-bionic-man</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 19:22:33 MST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>nanowerk</dc:creator>
<category>Nanomedicine, Bionics</category>
<guid>http://www.nanowerktalk.com/story.php?title=nanotechnology-transhumanism-and-the-bionic-man</guid>
<description><![CDATA[There is a monumental issues that our society will be facing in the not too distant future thanks to our increasing technological ability to enhance the human body. Terms like 'health', 'disease', 'therapy' and 'medicine' will have to be radically redefined. Just take one example: once nano<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Artificial arm operated by power of thought]]></title>
<link>http://www.nanowerktalk.com/story.php?title=artificial-arm-operated-by-power-of-thought</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 19:21:46 MST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>nanowerk</dc:creator>
<category>Nanomedicine, Bionics</category>
<guid>http://www.nanowerktalk.com/story.php?title=artificial-arm-operated-by-power-of-thought</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Prostheses that can be moved as easily as a sound hand only exist in science fiction movies - or at least that has been the case up to now. Researchers are working on a miniaturized neural interface capable of intercepting nerve signals and forwarding them directly to a prosthesis.The minuscule o<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Why don't we have a nanotechnology Apollo Program for clean energy?]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 19:21:32 MST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>nanowerk</dc:creator>
<category>Cleantech &amp; Greentech</category>
<guid>http://www.nanowerktalk.com/story.php?title=why-dont-we-have-a-nanotechnology-apollo-program-for-clean-energy</guid>
<description><![CDATA[It wasn't market forces that landed a man on the moon; and It wasn't market forces that led France to build a nuclear energy infrastructure that now enables it to generate some 75% of its entire energy needs from nuclear power (just an example of what energy policy can do; let's not get into a d<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Harvesting the sun's energy with antennas]]></title>
<link>http://www.nanowerktalk.com/story.php?title=harvesting-the-suns-energy-with-antennas-1</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 19:21:24 MST</pubDate>
<dc:creator>nanowerk</dc:creator>
<category>Cleantech &amp; Greentech</category>
<guid>http://www.nanowerktalk.com/story.php?title=harvesting-the-suns-energy-with-antennas-1</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Researchers at Idaho National Laboratory, along with partners at Microcontinuum Inc. (Cambridge, MA) and Patrick Pinhero of the University of Missouri, are developing a novel way to collect energy from the sun with a technology that could potentially cost pennies a yard, be imprinted on flexible ma<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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