Nanowires Convert Rat’s Heartbeat Into Usable Electricity
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Nanowires inside a rat can convert the power of breathing and heartbeats into electricity, according to researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Technology Review reports these nano-generators could conceivably lead to nano-scale implants and sensors powered by the body.
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DNA Logic Gates Could Bring Injectable Biocomputers

DNA-based logic gates that could carry out calculations inside the body have been constructed for the first time. The work brings the prospect of injectable biocomputers programmed to target diseases as they arise.
“The biocomputer would sense biomarkers and immediately react by releasing(…)
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Money Of The Future To Be As Pretty As Butterfly Wings

Even though the future obviously revolves around credit cards and online transfers, a team of British scientists have developed a way for banknotes to be harder to forge—using iridescent butterfly wings as inspiration.
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Nanotech Breakthrough Could Make Satellite Imaging 20x More Powerful

Take a few of my favorite subjects: quantum dots, satellites, and gold. Mix them together, and what do you get? A breakthrough from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute that could revolutionize infrared detection. Somewhere, the Predator is jealous.
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The Seven-Atom-Long Transistor That Will Change the World

It only measures seven atoms but, according to project lead scientist Michelle Simmons, computers made with this transistor—the smallest ever made—will “solve problems that would take longer than the life of the universe with a classical computer.”
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