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Nanoparticle Fabrication Used for Superalloys
in Nanotechbuzz, on June 14, 2007
... Radioactivity can be used to break large chunks of matter down into nanoparticles in a process called radiolysis. The image at left shows tiny gold nanoparticles, only 30 nm in size, produced using...
Melanized Fungi Thrives on Radioactivity
in The Biotech Weblog, on May 24, 2007
... discovered that fungi which harbors melanin may be able to thrive ionic radiation and thus convert radioactivity into biomass. Aside from the potential in environmental clean-up, these findings may a...
Fear of the invisible
in Nanotechbuzz, on February 4, 2006
...ke difficult cinematic villains since they can't be seen. That's why the invisible demon of radioactivity, for example, frequently appears as fluorescent glowing goo in sci-fi movies-it gives ...