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Tagging Pathogens with Nanobarcodes

06/13/2005 5:15 PM

Researchers at Cornell University have developed "nanobarcodes" that fluoresce under ultraviolet light in a combination of colors that can be read by a computer scanner or observed with a fluorescent light microscope. One possible application is to identify pathogens and other harmful chemicals.

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06/14/2005 8:28 AM

I wonder how they "train" the nanotubes to bond to specific chemicals. Usually there is a "hole" that fits nicely onto a unique shape in the molecular structure of the chemical to be bonded too, but I didn't think we had that versatility will nanotubes yet.

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