Viruses Enlisted as Nano-builders

Parsa writes "Nanotechnology is getting closer with genetically engineered viruses grabbing zinc sulfide and arranging themselves into highly organized structures. The story is here at MSNBC.com."

Comments

Just great.

[jackal!]

Here I am unemployed, and they're giving high-tech jobs to viruses. Talk about a hit to the self-esteem.

Viral Viruses

[SEWilco]

Can they GPL their technique, so they have a viral viral product?

Please come up with a snappy name

[FunkSoulBrother]

If you continue to refer to them as "viruses", people will never support this sort of thing.

Its like the people who follow Bush on "cloning". Oh sure, some of them have legit religious opposition, but most blindly think that a "clone" is some sort of sci-fi copy of yourself, when in reality, a full grown human clone would be an identical twin, and a totally different person, except for genetic traits.

People are going to see virus and thing "little organism that kills" and we will never even get started.

I hate stupid people.

Thanks

[flynt]

Thanks for the link to msnbc.com in the writeup, I knew that site existed, but I had forgotten where it was over the last couple days. Much appreciated.

Strange pattern observed under ST Microscope...

[NoMoreNicksLeft]

Recently, a friend that works at a prestigious laboratory noted that they saw a very strange pattern of xenon atoms on top of a palladium plate. Assuming that it was a joke perpetrated by a coworker, it was never reported. While mostly illegible, he was able to make out several words.

"We not slaves, ugly bags of mostly water."

Both of us were perplexed, if it was a joke, we didn't get it.