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The surprisingly uneven structure of bone may help to explain why it is so strong.
Advanced salad-dressing-like mixes could help cleanse masterpieces.
At the molecular level, water exhibits viscous, even solid-like properties.
Novel nanogenerator could power small electronic devices by harnessing your footsteps or even your blood flow.
Scientists in Japan have created molecular clippers that are opened and closed with light.
Scientists have created the tiniest-ever alphabet soup by designing and producing billions of microscale fluorescent particles in the shapes of the 26 letters, all in one font and suspended in a liquid.
Korean researchers have crafted a microscopic version of Rodin's famed sculpture that's about twice the size of a red blood cell. Find out how they did it and why.
A protective coating of nanomaterial repels water, oil and bacteria.
The technology would allow soldiers to use the right kind of anti-pathogen protection at just the right time.
A popular runner's device that combines Nike shoes with an iPod to track a workout could also be used by criminals to track a person's whereabouts.
Scientists develop a biodegradable liquid that can stop bleeding in seconds.
In the next five years, dozens of food and agriculture products could emerge based on nanotechnology. Little is known about potential health threats, however.
A new device in development that uses teardrops to measure the amount of sugar in a person's blood could allow diabetics to forgo painful daily pinpricks.
Scientists have found ways to bend the 'code of life' to do their bidding.
Microscopic machines need tiny switches. This is about as small as you get.
Stir in a nano-scaffold and some of a patient's own cells, and this living cement could fill bone gaps.
Such bones could come in handy in those circumstances in which chunks of bone in the human body go missing.
Nanoparticles that make their own light with the help of sea creatures could help medical technicians take clearer pictures from deeper inside the human body.
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