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Keyword - Nanotechnology

- High hopes for Russia's nanotech firms - Premium content
  
  But an ambitious government initiative has been slow to incubate a domestic high-tech industry.
  
  20 October 2009
- Plasmonics: Surfing the wave - Premium content
  
  Small oscillations of surface electrons that manipulate light on the nanoscale could be the route to applications as disparate as faster computer chips and cures for cancer. Joerg Heber reports.
  
  7 October 2009
- Nanoparticle safety in doubt - Premium content
  
  Lung damage in Chinese factory workers sparks health fears.
  
  18 August 2009
- World's smallest laser unveiled - Premium content
  
  The spaser promises ultrafast nanocircuits.
  
  16 August 2009
- Legal battle may reshape nanotechnology firm - Premium content
  
  Oxonica loses appeal over fuel additive.
  
  29 July 2009
- Nanotubes sharpen X-ray vision - Premium content
  
  Mini X-ray tubes could revolutionize radiotherapy — and airport baggage scanners.
  
  28 July 2009
- DNA twisted into boxes - Premium content
  
  Molecular keys can open tiny containers.
  
  6 May 2009
- Nanotubes cut to ribbons - Premium content
  
  New techniques open up carbon tubes to create ribbons.
  
  15 April 2009
- Could nanomachines give friction the slip? - Premium content
  
  The quantum stickiness between very close surfaces produces no drag when they move, researchers claim.
  
  25 March 2009
- Graphene gets ready for the big time - Premium content
  
  Physicists are talking about how to make practical use of a former laboratory curiosity.
  
  25 March 2009