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- noun Any manufactured
device whose scale is measured innanometers
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~ Breakthrough in nanodevice synthesis revolutionizes biological sensors -- "Yale Institute for Nanoscience and Quantum Engineering engineers have developed a novel approach to synthesizing nanowires using wet-etch lithography on commercially available silicon-on-insulator wafers."
Speedlinking 2/2/07 William Harryman 2007
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Step Two: nanodevice applies gold nanoshell or other destructive treatment to cancer cells, leaving healthy cells completely unharmed.
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Step Two: nanodevice applies gold nanoshell or other destructive treatment to cancer cells, leaving healthy cells completely unharmed.
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Eventually such a magnetic nanodevice could be used to store magnetic information, here illustrated as "1" and "0."
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Eventually such a magnetic nanodevice could be used to store magnetic information, here illustrated as
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A nanodevice that can spring open in response to a chemical or mechanical signal could ensure that drugs not only arrive at the intended target but are also released when and where desired.
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LONDON - Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge and his colleagues have come up with a nanodevice that could be used as a simple, portable water-desalination system run from a battery or on solar power, which would help to desalinate seawater in disaster zones.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 Ani 2010
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But physicists have now discovered a way to use a gallium arsenide nanodevice as a signal processor at "terahertz" speeds that could help end the bottleneck.
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But it's true that the water of the holiest among holy rivers -- the Ganga -- fails to meet the drinking and bathing standards Technology (MIT) in Cambridge and his colleagues have come up with a nanodevice that could be used as a simple,
WN.com - Articles related to Desalinated water for high-end consumers 2010
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"This is the first time I've heard of motion generating some kind of voltage and powering a nanodevice."
News No Primary Author 2010
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