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The great nanotech gamble

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The great nanotech gamble

They are appearing in everything from baseball bats to sunscreen. Could our eagerness to exploit nanomaterials be storing up health problems for the future?

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Editorial: Governments dithering over nanotech safety

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Editorial: Governments dithering over nanotech safety

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Blood cells can raft nanoparticles around the body

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Blood cells can raft nanoparticles around the body

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Floating nanowires zoom in on micro-world

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Virus 'hybrids' can act as nanoscale memory devices

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Nanospheres leave cancer no place to hide

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Nanospheres leave cancer no place to hide

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'NanoSQUIDs' to improve magnetic microscopes

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Nanotubes could make superstrong chips

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Self-assembly could simplify nanotech construction

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Self-assembly could simplify nanotech construction

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New nano-glue likes it hot

Composed of a thin sandwich of molecular chains, this high-tech adhesive works at 700°C, and could be used to build computer chips, as well as coatings for turbines and jet engines

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Replacing glass with vacuums speeds up chips

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'Energy harvesting' can boost optoelectronic efficiency

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Earth

Nanoparticles 'safe for soil bugs'

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Nano-nose sniffs out sickness

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