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Technology Research News December 29, 2004	Coated Nanotubes Make Biosensors Researchers are using carbon nanotubes to sense single molecules, and are tapping the way carbon nanotubes give off near-infrared light in order to read what the sensors have detected.
Technology Research News December 29, 2004	Gestures Control True 3D Display How do you interact with a display that contains depth as well as height and width? Researchers have put together a system that allows for direct gestural interaction with virtual objects contained in a volumetric display.
Technology Research News December 29, 2004	Atom Demo Fixes Quantum Errors Researchers have demonstrated a way to correct errors in qubits of beryllium ions held in an electromagnetic trap.
Technology Research News December 29, 2004	Virtual Turntable Simplifies Sharing Researchers have devised an information-sharing scheme for mobile device users that evokes the simplicity and utility of the lazy Susan, a platter that turns, making everything it holds accessible to anyone around the platter.
Technology Research News December 29, 2004	Molecular Motor Goes Both Ways Researchers have constructed a molecular motor that can spin in either direction, much like the biological molecular motors involved in many of life's processes. The motor could eventually be used in nanotechnology applications.
Technology Research News December 29, 2004	Solar Cell Teams Plastic and Carbon Researchers have fabricated an inexpensive, plastic-based solar cell that has the potential to be fairly efficient
Technology Research News December 29, 2004	DNA Makes and Breaks Particle Clumps Nanotechnology is all about manipulating materials on the molecular scale. Many teams of researchers are using artificial strands of DNA to do so.
Technology Research News December 29, 2004	Sapphire Steps Shape Nanotubes Arrays Researchers have found that it is possible to grow carbon nanotubes along atom-size steps on a sapphire surface.
Bio-IT World December 15, 2004 Robert M. Frederickson	New Weapons of Mass Detection Desorption electrospray ionization (DESI) could bring mass spectrometry to wider markets -- even consumers. The potential applications of the new technology include environmental screening, healthcare and homeland defense.
National Defense January 2005 Robert Williams	Drilling Machine Explores Ocean A remotely operated underwater drilling system that can operate at depths of up to 4,000 meters is being developed by Schilling Robotics LLC, for the Marum Center for Marine Environmental Sciences of the University of Bremen.
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