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- noun Plural form of
nanoparticle .
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Examples
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Exposure to nanoparticles is related to pleural effusion, pulmonary fibrosis and granuloma (ERS Journal, via Maggie Koerth-Baker)
Boing Boing 2009
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A drop of liquid containing thousands of nanoparticles is then drawn across the plate.
Precision Nanoprinting Could Foil the Forgers | Impact Lab 2007
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Researchers have devised a way to use a brief burst of electricity to release biomolecules and nanoparticles from a tiny gold launch pad.
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Neither do the laws require companies to label nanoparticles as such.
Politics Daily Sheila Kaplan 2010
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Scientists in the United States have successfully tested the new technique – which involves tiny objects called nanoparticles – on rats and believe it could also be used to help humans.
New Generation of Anti-Impotency Drugs Uses Nanotechnology | Impact Lab 2009
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~ Under magnetic force, nanoparticles may deliver gene therapy -- After binding DNA segments to tiny iron-containing spheres called nanoparticles, researchers have used magnetic fields to direct the nanoparticles into arterial muscle cells, where the DNA could have a therapeutic effect.
Speedlinking 7/31/07 William Harryman 2007
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Again, we're not experts, but the idea of nanoparticles on the brain doesn't sound very enticing.
Autoblog Green 2010
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Instead, Northwestern researchers constructed extremely tiny particles made out of gold-termed nanoparticles-with cancer-killing agents attached to them.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories PhysOrg Team 2010
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Their immediate goal was to investigate the respiratory effects of tiny substances called nanoparticles as an alternative to animal and cell culture testing, with hopes of additional applications down the line.
LJWorld.com stories: News By Rachel Bernstein - Los Angeles Times 2010
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Their immediate goal was to investigate the respiratory effects of tiny substances called nanoparticles as an alternative to animal and cell-culture testing, with hopes of additional applications down the line.
The Seattle Times 2010
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