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Nanotech to Grow from $147 Billion to $3.1 Trillion
The nanotechnology industry is due to grow from a $147 billion a year business to a $3.1 trillion a year business by the year 2015.
HP Enables Better, Faster Decision Making with Breakthrough Sensing Technology
HP today announced new inertial sensing technology that enables the development of digital micro-electro-mechanical systems accelerometers that are up to 1,000 times more sensitive than high-volume products currently available.
Far From a Lab? Turn a Cellphone Into a Microscope
MICROSCOPES are invaluable tools to identify blood and other cells when screening for diseases like anemia, tuberculosis and malaria.
The future is now: Nanotechnology creates promising new tretinoin formulation
International report - Results from early evaluations of a topical aqueous gel preparation containing calcium carbonate-coated tretinoin nanoparticles are encouraging in showing this novel formulation has equal therapeutic activity compared with commercially available tretinoin products, but may be less irritating, according to researchers from ...

Nanotechnology: A risky frontier?
Daniel Fox, president and CEO of Rushford Hypersonic, Rushford, Minn., holds two drill bits coated with his company's nano particles, giving them incredible strength.
John Dvorak's Second Opinion: MEMS technologies are the next big thing
The recent publicity for Hewlett-Packard and its new MEMS accelerometer sent a message to Silicon Valley.

'Smart bombs' that could smash cancer
The so-called 'smart bombs' are so sophisticated scientists say they can destroy a tumour without damaging the healthy tissue surrounding it.
Nanoparticles can damage DNA at a distance: study
Nanoparticles can damage the DNA of cells from a distance, even without crossing the cellular barriers that protect certain parts of the body, British researchers said on Thursday.
Nanoparticle cancer therapy targets tumours and dodges immune system
A nanotechnology therapy that targets cancer with a "stealth smart bomb" is to begin patient trials next year in the first clinical test of a pioneering approach to medicine, The Times has learnt.
Abraxis Health Dedicates State of the Art Nanotechnology & Biologics Facility...
Abraxis Health, a fully-integrated personalized healthcare division of Abraxis BioScience, Inc.
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