http://www.trnmag.com en-us Mon, 05 Jan 2009 04:00:00 GMT Technology Research News (TRN) is an independent publication and news service dedicated to covering technology research developments in university, corporate and government labs. Mon, 05 Jan 2009 04:00:00 GMT http://www.trnmag.com/News/2009/010509/Nanotubes_boost_neurons_--_TRN_010509.html http://www.trnmag.com/News/2009/010509/Nanotubes_boost_neurons_--_TRN_010509.html Bring brain cells into contact with carbon nanotubes and you can treat diseases and brain injuries, and maybe even improve your thinking. Mon, 05 Jan 2009 04:00:00 GMT http://www.trnmag.com/News/2009/010509/Gold_rolls_DNA_nanotubes_--_TRN_010509.html http://www.trnmag.com/News/2009/010509/Gold_rolls_DNA_nanotubes_--_TRN_010509.html Tether gold nanoparticles to bundles of DNA and you can make DNA nanotubes. Mon, 05 Jan 2009 04:00:00 GMT http://www.trnmag.com/News/2009/010509/Laser_tweezers_go_nano_--_TRN_010509.html http://www.trnmag.com/News/2009/010509/Laser_tweezers_go_nano_--_TRN_010509.html Condense laser light in a nanoscale channel and you can trap and move nanoparticles and individual molecules. Mon, 05 Jan 2009 04:00:00 GMT http://www.trnmag.com/News/2009/010509/Chemical_logic_flips_electric_switch_--_TRN_010509.html http://www.trnmag.com/News/2009/010509/Chemical_logic_flips_electric_switch_--_TRN_010509.html Come up with the right electrode and you can make biochemical changes in the body trigger an electronic signal.