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Scientists Create Flat Breasts On A Chip For Breast Cancer Research

1:20PM February 24, 2011 | Casey Chan

That’s a breast on a chip. Why? Because though it looks like a slide, it actually accurately mimics the branching mammary duct system of a breast, where most breast cancers begin. That’s key for cancer research since scientists can now test new approaches for treatment, like magnetic nanoparticles. It sounds insane: More »

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Working Tractor Beam Can Move Objects 1.5m With Just Light

6:40AM September 9, 2010 | Rebecca Boyle - PopSci

Have you ever lazily wished you could just use a tractor beam to grab that out-of-reach object? Apparently, you can. Using only light, Australian researchers say they are able to move small particles almost 1.5m through the air. More »

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Invisibility Cloak Project Becomes More Realistic

8:51PM March 19, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

Invisibility cloak project is back on! It’s from a different team of scientists that were using silver-plated nanoparticles in water though, with these latest Harry Potter enthusiasts using photonic metamaterials to change light rays. More »

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Magnets And Metal Nano-Particles Can Build You A New Liver

1:20PM March 18, 2010 | Rosa Golijan

Between alcohol-fuelled holidays and everyday health issues, some of us might eventually wind up needing new livers or some other organs. Turns out scientists could build us those new organs using metal nano-particles suspended in a magnetic field. More »

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Invisibility Cloak Technology Back On Track

9:00AM January 9, 2010 | Brian Barrett

Scientists are fickle, aren’t they? First they’re saying we can’t have invisibility cloaks, now they’re saying we can. I vote “can”, obviously. How will it work? The same way everything in the future will work: nanoparticles. More »

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Nanoparticles Can Rip Your DNA Apart Without Ever Touching It

11:40AM November 7, 2009 | Rosa Golijan

If I could visualise nanoparticles, I’d think of them as crime bosses because apparently they can mess with DNA without ever having direct interaction. Like a true godfather, a nanoparticle commands obeying molecules to do the dirty work. More »

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Your Great Great Great Grandkids Might Heal Like Wolverine

3:30PM October 9, 2009 | Rosa Golijan

It sounds straight out of a comic book: Scientists have figured out a way to inject gene-carrying nanoparticles into stem cells in order to make wounds heal faster. I’d get my superheroine costume ready if the method wasn’t potentially cancer-causing. More »