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Health & Wellness
2005-10-01 14:59:00
What is nanotechnology?
: What is nanotechnology? Where did it come from, and how long has it been around? What does it have to do with health?
ANSWER: Nanotechnology is described as "manufactured products that are made from atoms”. It involves the manipulation of matter at nanometer dimensions (one-billionth of a meter) to produce new materials, structures and devices. The U.S. National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) defines a technology as being nanotechnology only if it involves structures with at least one dimension in the 1-100 nanometer range, frequently with atomic/molecular precision.Nanotechnology includes creating and using structures, devices and systems that have novel properties and functions because of their nanometer scale dimensions. The properties of those products depend on how those atoms are arranged. If the atoms in coal are rearranged, it can become a diamond. If the atoms in sand are rearranged, it can become a computer chip. If the atoms in dirt are rearranged, it can become a potato. Scientists have utilized nanotechnology to create a new class of natural products that communicate directly with human cells. This development has paved the way for improved energy, mental focus, well being, possible weight loss and more, all without drugs, and with nothing entering the body. Clinical studies have shown increases in energy, strength and endurance within only minutes of establishing this communication.Nanostructured materials do not represent a new phenomenon. For example, the red and yellow hues in stained glass dating from medieval times resulted from the presence of nanometer-diameter gold and silver particles. However, the ability to probe, manipulate, understand and engineer matter at atomic scales has only recently come within our grasp. In a 1959 lecture titled “There’s Plenty of Room at the Bottom”, the Nobel Laureate Professor Richard P. Feynman introduced the idea of a new and exciting field of research based on manipulating matter at the atomic level. At the time, Professor Feynman’s predictions were only based on theoretical speculation. However, developments such as the invention of the Scanning Tunneling Microscope in 1981 have since made nanoscale science a reality. Nanotechnology is now a rapidly growing field of research and development that is cutting across many traditional boundaries and creating exciting new products that were never before possible.
