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Nanocomputing Summary
1,165 words, approx. 4 pages
Nanocomputing Nanocomputing describes computing that uses extremely small, or nanoscale, devices (one nanometer [nm] is one billionth of a meter). In 2001, state-of-the-art electronic devices could be as small as about 100 nm, which is about the same...
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Molecular Computing Summary
1,113 words, approx. 4 pages
Molecular computing is the science of using individual molecules to build computer programs. Instead of running software on a traditional computer, some scientists are now trying to replace the silicon chip with test tubes, liquids, and even living...
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Nanochemistry Summary
788 words, approx. 3 pages
In nanochemistry, the rules of bonding are extended from atoms and molecules to larger objects having the dimension of from 1 to 100 nanometers, where one nanometer is one-billionth of a meter. In this regime, new chemical and physical properties...
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Nanotechnology Summary
709 words, approx. 2 pages
Nanotechnology refers to the construction and use of atomic machines—functioning consortia of atoms that are less than about 1,000 nanometers in size. A nanometer is one billionth of a meter. The technology is relevant to computer science as it...
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Nanotechnology Information
4,682 words, approx. 16 pages
Nanotechnology refers broadly to a field of applied science and technology whose unifying theme is the control of matter on the atomic and molecular scale, normally 1 to 100 nanometers, and the fabrication of devices within that size range. It is a...
 


News and Journals
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Nanotechnology
09/01/2005: 1,345 words, approx. 5 pages
The possibilities of a new science Nano is a prefix derived from the Greek word for dwarf, and it means one-billionth of something. So a nanosecond is a billionth of a second, and a nanometer is a billionth of a meter. So what?...
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Environmental Health Perspectives
Nanotechnology and Nanoengineering.
01/01/2001: 373 words, approx. 1 pages
Nanotechnology is defined as the creation of functional materials, devices, and systems through the control of matter at a scale of 1-100 nanometers, as well as the exploitation of novel properties and phenomena developed at that scale. Although the word "nanotechnology" is new, the...
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AP News
Berkeley to regulate nanotechnology
12/12/2006: 473 words, approx. 2 pages
The use of subatomic materials as microscopic building blocks for thousands of consumer products has turned into a big business so quickly that few are monitoring the so-called nanotechnology's effects on health and the environment.So Berkeley intends to be the first city to step into...
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AP News
FDA: No need to flag all nanotechnology
7/25/2007: 384 words, approx. 1 pages
Food, drugs, medical devices and cosmetics that contain minuscule engineered particles don't necessarily need special labeling to alert consumers, a federal task force recommends.The Food and Drug Administration should consider each product using nanotechnology on a case-by-case basis, an agency task force said in a...
 


Criticism and Essays
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Nanotechnology
2,737 words, approx. 9 pages
Essay describes the physics involved in nanotechnology and many of its applicaions.
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Essay Grade: 88%
Nanotechnology : a Cure for Cancer?
780 words, approx. 3 pages
This essay explains the implications that nanotechnology will eventually have on the world of cancer.


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