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The Relative Size of Things.

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:53:18 GMT

The Relative Size of Things

Back in the 70s or 80s, IBM made a video called The Power of 10, which showed the relative size of things from the universe to the cell and the effect of adding a zero. In other words going from 1 meter to 10 meters to 100 meters and so on.

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Now in the age of nanotechnology, and manipulating materials on the molecular scale, it's nice to see an interactive that shows the relative size of the small things. We're talking everything from coffee beans to carbon atoms. With viruses, bacteria, red blood cells and a host of other structures in between.

Cell Size and Scale is made possible by the Genetics Science Learning Center at the University of Utah. It's so great. Go ahead and interact.

See the video below.

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2012 Possibilities

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:35:44 GMT

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Asteroid/Meteor/Comet

Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) from our Sun

Magnetic Pole Shift

Explosion from the black hole at the center of our galaxy

Religious Apocalypse

Alien Invasion

Gamma Ray Burst (GRB)

Crustal Displacement

Cosmic Rays

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Flu Pandemic

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Nuclear War / WW3 / Biological War

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Supervolcano

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Rise of the Machines

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Global Warming

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Time Travel Error

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Nanotechnology

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Nearby Supernova

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Genetic Modification

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Nuclear Accident

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Ice Age

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Solar System Falls Apart (butterfly effect)

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Large Hadron Collider

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Custom Synthesis,Nanotechnology Applications,Thin Films ,Toll Manufacturers

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:09:48 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Nanogen Solutions provides chemicals that meet emerging nanotechnology applications and which are used in photo-voltaic, semiconductor, pharmaceutical and glass coating industries

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Paper-Based Thin-Film Batteries

Sun, 04 Oct 2009 13:17:22 GMT

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A Salt and Paper Battery

The simple, non-polluting battery could be used in compact devices.

Researchers at Uppsala University in Sweden have made a flexible battery using two common, cheap ingredients: cellulose and salt. The lightweight, rechargeable battery uses thin pieces of paper--pressed mats of tangled cellulose fibers--for electrodes, while a salt solution acts as the electrolyte.

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Ultrafast All-Polymer Paper-Based Batteries

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The key to the discovery lies in the way in which the algae, Cladophora, produce a unique type of cellulose with a very large surface area (approximately 80 square meters of surface area per gram of material).

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Nanotechnology and Functional Materials

Welcome to the division for Nanotechnology and Functional Materials. We are a part of the Department for Engineering sciences and situated at the Ångström Laboratory. The division was established in 2004 and is headed by prof. Maria Strømme.

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Maria Strømme

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Nanodiamonds Advance Anticancer Gene Therapy

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 00:50:11 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Dr. Ho and his research team engineered surface-modified nanodiamond particles that successfully and efficiently delivered DNA into mammalian cells. The delivery efficiency was 70 times greater than that of a conventional standard for gene delivery.
That's just great!

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Gene therapy holds promise in the treatment of cancer as well as a large number of other diseases. However, developing a scalable system for delivering genes to cells both efficiently and safely has been challenging. Now, two teams of researchers have developed versatile nanotechnology-enabled platforms that could get therapeutic genes safely and efficiently into cancer cells.

In one study, a team of Northwestern University researchers has shown that nanodiamonds can serve as a novel gene delivery technology that combines key enhanced delivery efficiency along with outstanding biocompatibility, all in one drug delivery package. “Finding a more efficient and biocompatible method for gene delivery than is currently available is a major challenge in medicine,” said Dean Ho, Ph.D., who led the research. “By harnessing the innate advantages of nanodiamonds, we now have demonstrated their promise for gene therapy.”

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Immortality only 20 years away says scientist

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:54:56 GMT

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clipper's remarks: No thanks, I don't want to live forever.

"Ultimately, nanobots will replace blood cells and do their work thousands of times more effectively.

"Within 25 years we will be able to do an Olympic sprint for 15 minutes without taking a breath, or go scuba-diving for four hours without oxygen.

"Heart-attack victims – who haven't taken advantage of widely available bionic hearts – will calmly drive to the doctors for a minor operation as their blood bots keep them alive.

"Nanotechnology will extend our mental capacities to such an extent we will be able to write books within minutes.

"If we want to go into virtual-reality mode, nanobots will shut down brain signals and take us wherever we want to go. Virtual sex will become commonplace. And in our daily lives, hologram like figures will pop in our brain to explain what is happening.

"So we can look forward to a world where humans become cyborgs, with artificial limbs and organs."

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Scientist Ray Kurzweil claims humans could become immortal in as little as 20 years' time through nanotechnology and an increased understanding of how the body works.

Ray Kurzweil claims we could all be cyborgs in 20 years.

The 61-year-old American, who has predicted new technologies arriving before, says our understanding of genes and computer technology is accelerating at an incredible rate.

He says theoretically, at the rate our understanding is increasing, nanotechnologies capable of replacing many of our vital organs could be available in 20 years time.

Mr Kurzweil adds that although his claims may seem far-fetched, artificial pancreases and neural implants are already available.

Mr Kurzweil calls his theory the Law of Accelerating Returns.

"I and many other scientists now believe that in around 20 years we will have the means to reprogramme our bodies' stone-age software so we can halt, then reverse, ageing. Then nanotechnology will let us live for ever.

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Be Amazing!

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 23:05:08 GMT

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clipper's remarks: A step-by-step guide on how to destroy the world using nanotechnology!

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Breast Firmness

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 08:17:32 GMT

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clipper's remarks: The Serum, woven with latest technology, the nanotechnology, releases nano-particles along with natural breast firming and uplifting herbs. Nanoparticles deeply penetrate through breasts tissues and help nourishing

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The Nano Breast Serum is a unique way to help gaining firmness of the breasts in an instant way. The product is said to offer positive changes in the visual aspect of the breasts if used regularly. The Nano Breast Serum helps making breasts tighter, firmer and rotund in their appearance, all instantly. The serum is said to protect and restore the connective tissues from the damage caused by free radicals present in the bloodstream.

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scientists develop novel use of nanotechnology to solve classic social problem

Sun, 13 Sep 2009 07:33:31 GMT

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Information from fMRI measurements can help give people an incentive to be truthful about how much they value public goods like this park in France. Groups can use this information to decide when to spend limited resources on public goods, as well as the best way to share the costs. (Credit: Caltech/Ian Krajbich)

Examples of public goods range from healthcare, education, and national defense to the weight room or heated pool that your condominium board decides to purchase. But how does the government or your condo board decide which public goods to spend its limited resources on? And how do these powers decide the best way to share the costs?

"In order to make the decision optimally and fairly," says Rangel, "a group needs to know how much everybody is willing to pay for the public good. This information is needed to know if the public good should be purchased and, in an ideal arrangement, how to split the costs in a fair way."

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Breast Enhancement

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 09:51:39 GMT

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clipper's remarks: The Nano Breast Cream is a wonderful mix of science and nature i.e. of nanotechnology and Pueraria Mirifica, the wonder herb from Thailand. Nanosomes increase the cellular structure of the breast, ensuring a much fuller appearance, and providing the needed nourishment for the breasts.

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Tree Power

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 17:07:59 GMT

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clipper's remarks: cont; A study last year from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology found that plants generate a voltage of up to 200 millivolts when one electrode is placed in a plant and the other in the surrounding soil. Those researchers have since started a company developing forest sensors that exploit this new power source.

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Electrical engineers Babak Parviz and Brian Otis and undergraduate student Carlton Himes (right to left) demonstrate a circuit that runs entirely off tree power. (Credit: University of Washington)

ScienceDaily (Sep. 9, 2009) — You've heard about flower power. What about tree power? It turns out that it's there, in small but measurable quantities. There's enough power in trees for University of Washington researchers to run an electronic circuit, according to results to be published in an upcoming issue of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers' Transactions on Nanotechnology.

"As far as we know this is the first peer-reviewed paper of someone powering something entirely by sticking electrodes into a tree," said co-author Babak Parviz, a UW associate professor of electrical engineering.

Single molecule's stunning image

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:32:54 GMT

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Single molecule's stunning image

The detailed chemical structure of a single molecule has been imaged for the first time, say researchers.

Even the bonds to the hydrogen atoms at the pentacene's periphery can be seen

The physical shape of single carbon nanotubes has been outlined before, using similar techniques - but the new method even shows up chemical bonds.

The IBM researchers report their findings in the journal Science.

It is the same group that in July reported the feat of measuring the charge on a single atom.

Charge on single atoms measured
15 Jun 09 | Science & Environment

The measurement requires extremes of precision. In order to avoid the effects of stray gas molecules bounding around, or the general atomic-scale jiggling that room-temperature objects experience, the whole setup has to be kept under high vacuum and at blisteringly cold temperatures.

Although the approach can trace out the ethereal bonds that connect atoms, it cannot distinguish between atoms of different types.

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Single molecule imaged for first time

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 12:46:00 GMT

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IBM Research - Zurich

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IBM Scientists First to Image the “Anatomy” of a Molecule

Opens new possibilities for exploring the building blocks of future microprocessors and other nanodevices

Zurich, Switzerland, August 28, 2009—IBM (NYSE: IBM) scientists have been able to image the “anatomy”—or chemical structure—inside a molecule with unprecedented resolution, using a complex technique known as noncontact atomic force microscopy.

The results push the exploration of using molecules and atoms at the smallest scale and could greatly impact the field of nanotechnology, which seeks to understand and control some of the smallest objects know to mankind.

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Single molecule, one million times smaller than a grain of sand, pictured for first time

The delicate inner structure of a pentacene molecule has been imaged with an atomic force microscope

A 3D view showing how a single carbon monoxide molecule was used to create the image using a 'tuning fork' effect

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Roadside dope tester on the way

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 02:03:29 GMT

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Roadside dope tester on the way

Look out all you stoners and dopers, because the cops could soon wield a handheld device that detects your favorite controlled substance. Spit into this little plastic test tube, and you're busted — any cocaine, heroin, cannabis, amphetamines, and methamphetamine you might be partying with is no longer a secret.

Phillips, a company that makes TVs and all kinds of other techno-stuff, created this sophisticated dope-a-lysing device using nanotechnology, with a clever use of electromagnets and nanoparticles that can separate the sober from the impaired. After 90 seconds, the verdict shows up on a color-coded readout.

Philips hopes to roll out this privacy-invading drug tester in Europe by the end of the year, perhaps destined to become the next tool in the loathsome War on Drugs in the United States. My suggestion to Phillips: Create a gizmo that detects texting while driving.

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IBM uses DNA to make next-gen microchips

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:55:10 GMT

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clipper's remarks: "This is the first demonstration of using biological molecules to help with processing in the semiconductor industry"
Good one, I've been waiting for this. Next-gen microchips only have great things to add. Let's see how it goes.

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IBM uses DNA to make next-gen microchips

'DNA origami' may provide a cheap framework to build tiny microchips

SAN FRANCISCO - International Business Machines Corp is looking to the building blocks of our bodies — DNA — to be the structure of next-generation microchips.

Artificial DNA nanostructures, or "DNA origami" may provide a cheap framework on which to build tiny microchips, according to a paper published on Sunday in the journal Nature Nanotechnology.

Microchips are used in computers, cell phones and other electronic devices.

"This is the first demonstration of using biological molecules to help with processing in the semiconductor industry," IBM research manager Spike Narayan said in an interview with Reuters.

"Basically, this is telling us that biological structures like DNA actually offer some very reproducible, repetitive kinds of patterns that we can actually leverage in semiconductor processes," he said.

"The savings across many fronts could add up significantly," he said.

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