Nanotechnology covers the amazing advances scientists and engineers have made in microscopic technology, including applications in medicine, safety gear, self-cleaning surfaces, and tiny computers. High-impact photos and explanatory graphics and charts bring scientific concepts to life. Features include essential facts, a glossary, selected bibliography, websites, source notes, and an index

In the locked office of a Honolulu building, three men are found dead, with no sign of struggle except for ultrafine, razor-sharp cuts covering their bodies. In the lush rain forests of Oahu, groundbreaking technology has ushered in a revolutionary era of biological prospecting. Here, seven brilliant graduate students recruited by a pioneering microbiology start-up company are thrust into a hostile wilderness that reveals profound and surprising...

In this STEM-ready book, an acclaimed physicist takes readers into the cutting-edge world of nanoscience where they will learn about the tiny building blocks that make up the world around us.

Imagine if scientists had a tool that could make food or a chair seemingly out of thin air. Star Trek fans might recognize this piece of technology as replicator, a concept that was also used in other science fiction stories. Readers learn that similar technology does exist, and it could eventually be used just like Star Trek replicators. Including STEM content as well as connections to popular culture, each chapter introduces readers to the latest...

"When novice monk Tenzin Dorje is told by his lama that the Red Army is invading Tibet, his country's darkest moment paradoxically gives him a sense of purpose like no other. He accepts a mission to carry two ancient, secret texts across the Himalayas to safety. Half a century later, in a paradox of similarly troubling circumstances, Matt Lester is called upon to convey his own particular wisdom as a scientist, when Matt's nanotech project is mysteriously...

Marak, a prince and warrior, is ordered by the dictator to find the elusive silver tower, and when he accomplishes this task, the beings within the tower give him a new mission--lead his people to safety before the hammer of the dictator's dreaded enemies falls.

A deadly cataclysm threatens the survival of a tiny planet that holds the key to peace between Earth and the alien world Ondat, a situation that is complicated by the arrival of an unexpected ship that could restart the Gene Wars.

Armed with secret knowledge, Juliette, now mayor of Silo 18 and her crew set out to rescue a world she hates but now understands better -- the world of the Silos with its rigid rules and terrible consequences for disobedience.

Cancer is a term used for a collection of diseases in which some of the normal and somatic body cells start dividing and re-dividing out of control . It is a leading cause of the morbidity and mortality worldwide, second only to the cardiovascular diseases . The occurrence of cancer is not new to human kind and the world's oldest recorded case of breast cancer dates back to 1500 BC from ancient Egypt. Some evidences of human osteosarcoma were also...