Nanotechnology

Nanotechnologies and nanosciences, knowledge-based multifunctional materials and new production processes and devices

Objective

The activities carried out in this area are intended to help Europe achieve a critical mass of capacities needed to develop and exploit, especially for greater eco-efficiency and reduction of discharges of hazardous substances to the environment, leading-edge technologies for the knowledge-based products, services and manufacturing processes of the years to come.

Justification of the effort and European added value

Manufacturing industry in Europe at present produces goods and services valued at around EUR 4000 billion a year. In an increasingly competitive world market, it must maintain and increase its competitiveness while meeting the requirements of sustainable development. To do so, it is necessary to put substantial effort into the design, development and dissemination of advanced technologies: nanotechnologies, knowledge-based multifunctional materials and new production processes.

Lying at the frontier of quantum engineering, materials technology and molecular biology, and one of the foreseeable hubs of the next industrial revolution, nanotechnologies need considerable investment.

Europe has significant expertise in certain sectors such as nanomanufacturing and nanochemistry, and needs to increase and coordinate its effort in this area.

Where materials are concerned, the aim is to develop intelligent materials which are expected to add considerable value in terms of applications in sectors such as transport, energy, electronics and the biomedical sector and for which there is a potential market of several tens of billions of euro.

The development of flexible, integrated and clean production systems will also require a substantial research effort concerning the application of new technologies to manufacturing and management.

Actions envisaged :

Nanotechnologies and nanosciences:

(a) long-term interdisciplinary research into understanding phenomena, mastering processes and developing research tools;

(b) supramolecular architectures and macromolecules;

(c) nano-biotechnologies;

(d) nanometre-scale engineering techniques to create materials and components;

(e) development of handling and control devices and instruments;

(f) applications in areas such as health, chemistry, energy, and the environment.

Knowledge-based multifunctional materials:

(a) development of fundamental knowledge;

(b) technologies associated with the production and transformation including processing of knowledge-based multifunctional materials and of biomaterials;

(c) support engineering.

New production processes and devices:

(a) the development of new processes and flexible and intelligent manufacturing systems incorporating advances in virtual manufacturing technologies, including simulations, interactive decision-aid systems, high-precision engineering and innovative robotics;

(b) systems research needed for sustainable waste management and hazard control in production and manufacturing, including bio-processes, leading to a reduction in consumption of primary resources and less pollution;

(c) development of new concepts optimising the life cycle of industrial systems, products and services.

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30 June 2009:  European researchers have built an exquisite new device that can weigh a single atom. It may ultimately allow scientists to study the progress of chemical reactions, molecule by molecule. Read more
 
30 June 2009:  Researchers uncover the process involved in DNA repair. Everyday people are exposed to chemical and physical agents that damage DNA. Read more
 
29 June 2009:  German scientists have tailor-made nanoparticles that can be used as position lights on cell proteins and in optical information technology. Read more
 
29 June 2009:  Bilayer grapheme can be used to make good TFETs (tunnel field effect transistors) for integrated circuits. Read more
 
26 June 2009:  A revolutionary new protein stabilisation technique has been developed by scientists, which could lead to 30% more proteins being available as potential targets for drug development. Read more
 
26 June 2009:  Nanoparticle uptake in marine ecosystems. Read more
 
25 June 2009:  Materials scientist is taking composite materials to the nanoscale, where entirely new properties, not found in any of the original compounds, can emerge. Read more
 
25 June 2009:  Salt block unexpectedly stretches in new experiments. A block of salt can stretch rather than remain inert might affect world desalination efforts. Read more
 
25 June 2009:  Maxwell’s demon, an imaginary creature that decreases the entropy of a system, cannot exist in macroscopic systems due to the energy it requires to perform its role. However, a recent study has shown that, on the nanoscale, Maxwell’s demon might be able to do its work with much less energy. Read more
 
25 June 2009:  Giant Rydberg molecules are discovererd with a bond as large as a red blood cell. Determining how Rydberg molecules interact is important because Rydberg atoms are a key ingredient in atom based quantum computation schemes. Read more
 
24 June 2009:  Scientists directly measure charge states of atoms using an atomic force microscope. Read more
 
24 June 2009:  Using a "chemical nose" array of nanoparticles and polymers is a fundamentally new, more effective way to differentiate not only between healthy and cancerous cells but also between metastatic and non-metastatic cancer cells. Read more
 
24 June 2009:  Carbon nanotube (CNT)-based pressure sensors offer the advantages of ultra-power operation, wide dynamic range and ease of integration. Read more
 
23 June 2009:  Scanning-probe microscopes (SPMs) software offers new opportunities for building nanostructures. There are software and hardware systems for ultra-high-vacuum SPMs. Read more
 
23 June 2009:  Nanoparticle films are no longer a delicate matter: Physicists have found a way to make them strong enough so they don't disintegrate at the slightest touch. Read more
 
22 June 2009:  A successful way to grow molecular wire brushes that conduct electrical charges, a first step in developing biological fuel cells that could power pacemakers, cochlear implants and prosthetic limbs. Read more
 
22 June 2009:  QD-LEDs emit over whole visible spectrum. A universal structure can be used to make hybrid organic-quantum dot light emitting devices that emit over the entire visible spectrum. Read more
 
19 June 2009:  Toward bringing bendable, flexible electronic devices, researchers have created very thin, high-performance transistors using networks of carbon nanotubes deposited onto flexible surfaces. Read more
 
19 June 2009:  Scientists reach a milestone in the study of emergent magnetism. Studying simple metallic chromium, a team has discovered a pressure-driven quantum critical regime and has achieved the first direct measurement of a "naked" quantum singularity in an elemental magnet. Read more
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19 June 2009:  Photostable nanotechnology benefits bioimaging and biosensing. Read more
 
18 June 2009:  Working out a timescale for quantum operations. One of the issues affecting quantum systems is coherence. Understanding coherence and how it breaks down (decoherence) is one of the keys to putting together a powerful quantum computer. Read more
 
18 June 2009:  Researchers are putting a freeze on oscillator vibrations of a tiny glass sphere to exploit special quantum properties and precision-measurements for nanotechnology. Read more
 
18 June 2009:  Changing the shape of cobalt nanoparticles from spherical to cubic can fundamentally change their behavior. Read more
 
18 June 2009:  Discovery to exploit the long-conjectured bi-stable electrical conductivity of ferroelectric materials can help electronics industry enter new phase. Read more
 
18 June 2009:  The assembly of single-crystalline nanowires over a large area with a controlled orientation and density is essential for realizing the low-cost manufacture of nanowire field-effect transistors (NW-FETs). Read more
 
18 June 2009:  Denture wearers get their teeth into nanoparticle coating, to bring relief to denture stomatitis (oral thrush) sufferers. Read more
 
17 June 2009:  Researchers have created bright, stable and bio-friendly nanocrystals that act as individual investigators of activity within a cell. Read more
 
17 June 2009:  Nanoparticles specially engineered could someday target and destroy tumors, sparing patients from toxic, whole-body chemotherapies. Read more
 
17 June 2009:  Nanotubes reveal breast cancer spread. An early sign that a breast tumour has turned metastatic is the detection of cancer cells in nearby lymph nodes. Read more
 
17 June 2009:  Probe-based nanofabrication under control. Read more
 
17 June 2009:  Biomimetic-engineering design can replace spaghetti tangle of nanotubes in thermal material. Read more
 
16 June 2009:  A breakthrough is scored in nanotechnology -- the first to invent a molecular gear of the size of 1.2nm whose rotation can be deliberately controlled. This achievement marks a radical shift in the scientific progress of molecular machines. Read more
 
16 June 2009:  The existence of a type of exotic material that could one day provide dramatically faster, more efficient computer chips -- bismuth telluride that enables the free flow of electrons across its surface with no loss of energy. Read more
 
16 June 2009:  Researchers have constructed a light-emitting transistor that has broken speed record twice: 4.3 gigahertz, and then 7 gigahertz again, against the previous record of 1.7 gigahertz. Read more
 
16 June 2009:  Inner workings of MgH2-SWCNT (single-walled carbon nanotube) nanocomposites revealed. Read more
 
15 June 2009:  A method is created to precisely bind nano- and micrometer-sized particles together into larger-scale structures with useful materials properties. Read more
 
15 June 2009:  Using nanoparticles to increase the effiiciency of thin film solar cells. Read more
 
15 June 2009:  A huge consortium of European researchers is solving some of the fundamental obstacles blocking real quantum computing applications in the short term. Read more
 
15 June 2009:  Nanoslits measure refractive indices. 2D arrays of nanoslits can behave as quasi-1D arrays under certain conditions. Read more
 
15 June 2009:  Engineers are working to substantially increase the fabrication speed of probe-based nanopatterning schemes by using advanced control techniques to compensate for adverse vibrational dynamics, nonlinear hysteresis and cross-axis coupling effects. Read more
 
12 June 2009:  Scientists have identified for the first time a mechanism by which nanoparticles cause lung damage and have demonstrated that it can be combated by blocking the process involved. Read more
 
12 June 2009:  Nanocrystals can serve as new 'electronic glue' for semiconductor-based technologies. Read more
 
11 June 2009:  A bandgap is engineered to be precisely controlled from 0 to 250 milli-electron volts (250 meV, or .25 eV) in bilayer graphene. Read more
 
11 June 2009:  Graphene-on-SiC. Progress in radio-frequency graphene transistor. Read more
 
10 June 2009:  Nanoparticle films are no longer a delicate matter: physicists have found a way to make them strong enough so they don't disintegrate at the slightest touch. Read more
 
10 June 2009:  Rigiflex mould turns out metallic nanopatterns. Metallic nanopatterns for thin-film transistors (TFTs), photonic crystals and optical devices such as wire grid polarizers can be easily fabricated by reversal rigiflex printing. Read more
 
9 June 2009:  A superconducting sheet of lead only 2 atoms thick, the thinnest superconducting metal layer ever created, has been developed by physicists. Read more
 
9 June 2009: Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) watches nanocrystals grow. Read more
 
8 June 2009:  Nanotube-metal contacts: a sensitive approach. Semiconducting carbon nanotubes have been suggested as a possible replacement for silicon as a channel material in logic transistors. Read more
 
5 June 2009:  Graphene may have advantages over copper for IC interconnects in future generations of integrated circuits at the nanoscale. Read more
 
5 June 2009:  New, light-driven nanomotor is simpler, more promising. A new type of "molecular nanomotor" driven only by photons. Read more
 
5 June 2009:  Scientists and engineers have developed a nanoparticle that can attack plaque -- a major cause of cardiovascular disease. Read more
 
5 June 2009:  A unique ultra-high density memory storage medium that can preserve digital data for a billion years -- a crystalline iron nanoparticle shuttle enclosed within the hollow of a multiwalled carbon nanotube. Read more
 
5 June 2009:  Nanoscale zipper cavity responds to single photons of light, usable for force detection, optical communication, and more. Read more
 
5 June 2009:  The nano-hairs on gecko toes can reveal new insights into the fundamental nature of friction and adhesion. Read more
 
5 June 2009:  Nanoparticle Scattering Improves Laser Performance. “Light scattering” and “optical performance” are two concepts that usually head in opposite directions, but they have recently been shown to walk happily hand-in-hand. Read more
 
5 June 2009:  Helium ions etch graphene devices. Read more
 
4 June 2009:  Self-assembly is an attractive bottom-up method for inexpensive and parallel synthesis of nanostructures. It does not require expensive equipment and extreme conditions. Read more
 
3 June 2009:  Scientists create metal that pumps liquid uphill. An ultra-fast burst of femtosecond laser is used to change the surface of a metal, forming nanoscale and microscale pits, globules, and strands across the metal's surface. Read more
 
3 June 2009:  Fast and affordable genome sequencing has moved a step closer with a new solid-state nanopore sensor being developed. Aluminum-oxide nanopore beats other materials for DNA analysis. Read more
 
3 June 2009:  Potential applications for nano-scale superconducting interference devices (nanoSQUIDs) include the measurement of small magnetic systems, transition edge detection, nanoelectronics including memory, scanning SQUID microscopy, and devices for quantum computing and quantum metrology. Read more
 
3 June 2009:  A new way to detect oil deposits in wells once thought to be tapped out – by sending hydrophilic carbon clusters (HCC) -- microscopic entities designed to sense the presence of oil – in billions, hoping to obtain valuable information. Read more
 
2 June 2009:  Atom pinhole camera acts as a shrinking copy machine. A machine that can produce nanometer-sized copies of micrometer-sized objects could prove to be extremely useful in modern nanotechnologies. Read more
 
2 June 2009:  Biomimetic-engineering design can replace spaghetti tangle of nanotubes in novel material. Read more
 
2 June 2009:  Nanoscale plasmons trap atoms. A new way to interface atoms with nanoscale systems, if realized experimentally, could be used to connect trapped atoms with nanophotonic devices. Read more
 
2 June 2009:  Elecetron spectroscopy probes chemical functionalization of CNTs. Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) are known to have extraordinary mechanical, optical and electrical properties. Read more
 
29 May 2009:  Substantial advances for applications of nanocrystals in the fields requiring a continuous output of photons and high quantum efficiency may soon be realized due to discovery of non-blinking semiconductor nanocrystals. Read more
 
29 May 2009:  Relaxing nanoparticles could image artery plaques. Read more
 
28 May 2009:  A potential new alternative to prevent blood clots in coronary artery disease, heart attack and stroke -- nanoparticles of silver -- 1/50,000th the diameter of a human hair, to be injected into the bloodstream. Read more
 
28 May 2009:  Evidence of macroscopic quantum tunneling detected in nanowires, as contrary to classical Newtonian mechanics. Read more
 
28 May 2009:  A miniaturized gas sensor is fabricated by using hybrid nanostructures consisting of SnO2 nanocrystals supported on multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs). Read more
 
28 May 2009:  A new Bermudagrass can thrive in sun and also produce healthy turf in areas with less than half the light normally required. Read more
 
28 May 2009:  Microcrystal processing yields fluorescent nanodiamonds. Read more
 
27 May 2009:  Degradation study: granular metal nanostructures. Electron-beam-induced deposition (EBID) is a maskless lithography technique used for mask repair, circuit editing and sensor applications. Read more
 
27 May 2009:  HEPP: Human Equivalent Processing Power. A personal prediction about how much processing power would be needed for an AI (Artificial Intelligence) and how long it would take to get it assuming Moore’s Law. Read more

26 May 2009:  Swiss researchers integrate plasmonic trapping with microfluidics for lab-on-a-chip applications. Read more
 
25 May 2009:  Researchers have built the novel LIDAR ("light detection and ranging") system, a laser ranging system that can pinpoint multiple objects with nanometer precision over distances up to 100 kilometers. Read more
 
25 May 2009:  Researchers recently showed how carbon nanostructures can be engineered to become excellent media for hydrogen storage, work that may be important for the advancement of hydrogen-energy technologies for vehicles and other applications. Read more
 
25 May 2009:  Defects improve graphene conductivity. The conductivity of graphene can significantly increase when defects are added. Read more
 
22 May 2009:  Nanotechnology researchers have developed a method of detecting, tracking, and killing cancer cells in real time with carbon nanotubes. Read more
 
22 May 2009:  Diagnostic implant monitors tumour progress. Biopsies provide accurate information for the diagnosis of caner… Read more
 
22 May 2009:  Silver improves magnetic properties of FePt nanoparticles. Read more
 
21 May 2009:  DVDs to harness hyperspace. Gold nanorods could boost capacity of next-generation disks: around 140 times the capacity of the best Blu-rays. Read more
 
21 May 2009:  New memory material may hold data for one billion years. The 10 to 100 gigabits of data per square inch on today’s memory cards has an estimated life expectancy of only 10 to 30 years. Read more
 
21 May 2009:  Using DNA not as a genetic material but as a structural support, Cornell researchers have created nanocircuits, thin sheets of gold nanoparticles held together by strands of DNA. Read more
 
21 May 2009:  By combining the art of origami with nanotechnology, researchers have folded sheets of DNA into multilayered objects with dimensions thousands of times smaller than the thickness of a human hair -- possible forerunners of custom-made biomedical nanodevices. Read more
 
21 May 2009:  A novel way of estimating how much titanium dioxide is being generated, laying the groundwork for future studies to assess any possible risks of nanoparticles in the environment. Read more
 
20 May 2009:  'Writing' patterns on carbon nanotubes with polymer chains. There is less success in creating repeating, regular patterns onto individual nanotubes. Read more
 
20 May 2009:  Aerosol delivery of antibiotics via nanoparticles may provide a means to improve drug delivery and increase patient compliance. Read more
 
19 May 2009:  Major breakthrough in lithium battery technology, that can store and deliver more than 3 times the power of conventional lithium ion batteries. Read more
 
19 May 2009:  Globally optimal stitching of tiled 3D microscopic image acquisitions. Read more
 
18 May 2009:  Enabling graphene-based technology via chemical functionalization. Researchers have identified conditions for chemically functionalizing graphene with the organic semiconductor perylene-3,4,9,10-tetracarboxylic-dianhydride (PTCDA). Read more
 
18 May 2009:  Highly conductive nanocomposites: Inexpensive plastic used in CDs could improve electronics. Read more
 
18 May 2009:  Nanoblade array confronts hydrogen storage bottleneck. Read more
 
18 May 2009:  Atom chip moves on. A new method to trap atoms on a chip has been developed, trapping cold atoms directly from a room temperature gas of rubidium. Read more
 
15 May 2009:  Discovery of non-blinking semiconductor nanocrystals advances their applications, ranging from low-threshold lasers to the solar cells and biological imaging and tracking. Read more.
 
15 May 2009:  Graphene Yields Secrets to Its Extraordinary Properties. Read more
 
15 May 2009:  Going platinum: New catalyst could boost cleaner fuel use -- a bimetallic fuel cell catalyst that is efficient, robust and two to five times more effective than commercial catalysts. Read more
 
15 May 2009:  Controllable double quantum dots and Klein tunneling in nanotubes. Researchers are the first to have successfully captured a single electron in a highly tunable carbon nanotube double quantum dot. Read more
 
15 May 2009:  Stem cell transplant in mouse embryo yields heart protection in adulthood. Read more
 
14 May 2009:  Researchers have developed a new method for producing a hybrid graphene-carbon nanotube, or G-CNT, for potential use as a transparent conductor in solar cells and consumer electronic devices. Read more
 
14 May 2009:  Fate and Effects of CeO2 Nanoparticles in Aquatic Ecotoxicity Tests. Read more
 
13 May 2009:  An efficient new approach is developed to measure key structural properties of nanoscale metal-oxide films used in high-speed integrated circuits. Read more
 
13 May 2009:  Nanomedicine project to be tested in space. Read more
 
13 May 2009:  Swimming nanomachines: a magnetized spiral that corkscrews through liquids. Read more
 
12 May 2009:  A molecular force probe. Force probe allow reaction rates to be measured as a function of the restoring force in a molecule that has been stretched or compressed. Read more
 
12 May 2009:  Biotechnology: engineered moss can produce human proteins. mosses and humans share unexpected common characteristics. Read more
 
11 May 2009:  Carbon nanotubes: innovative technology or risk to environment? Read more
 
11 May 2009:  Scientists have been frustrated in attempting to create continuously emitting light sources from individual molecules because of an optical quirk called "blinking." But now a nanocrystal that constantly emits light is created. Read more
 
11 May 2009:  Nitrogen n-dopes graphene. Researchers have made both p- and n-type graphene field-effect transistors for the first time. Read more
 
8 May 2009:  The first of 2 basic types of semiconductors using graphene -- one-atom-thick material -- could lead to faster, smaller and more versatile computer chips. Read more
 
8 May 2009:  The creation of large-area graphene using copper may enable the manufacture of new graphene-based, faster computers and electronics. Read more
 
7 May 2009:  In an effort to explore the boundary between thermodynamics and quantum mechanics, a team has created the world's smallest incandescent (nano) lamp with carbon nanotube filament. Read more
 
7 May 2009:  Physicists Detect Single-Electron Tunneling with Quantum Dots. Understanding single-electron dynamics is very important for a wide range of future quantum technologies. However, the timescale of the coherent motion of a single-electron wave function is in the picosecond regime (one trillionth of a second). Read more
 
7 May 2009:  A materials science technique that uses a silicon crystal as a sort of nanoscale vise to squeeze another crystal into a more useful shape may launch a new class of electronic devices that remember their last state even after power is turned off. Read more
 
7 May 2009:  New Nanotube Coating Enables Novel Laser Power Meter. Read more
 
6 May 2009:  Researchers have made precise mass measurements of 4 nuclei, 68-selenium, 70-selenium, 71-bromine and an excited state of 70-bromine. The results may make it easier to understand X-ray bursts, the most common stellar explosions in the galaxy. Read more
 
6 May 2009:  Spinning at the nanoscale: Electrospun fibers could be used for protective clothing, wearable power… Read more
 
6 May 2009:  The nanoscopic material called graphene, first generally acknowledged to exist just five years ago, could be successor to silicon for next generation microchips; 200 times stronger. Read more
 
6 May 2009:  For the first time, it is demonstrated that the activation energy of impurities in semiconductor nanowires is affected by the surrounding dielectric and can be modified by the choice of the nanowire embedding medium. Read more
 
6 May 2009:  Scientists Measure Differences Between Normal and Cancer Cell Surfaces, suggesting a new way to characterize cancer cells and a possible route for detection. Read more
 
6 May 2009:  Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News (GEN) highlights emerging biotechnology clusters: Boston, San Francisco, San Diego, Cambridge (UK) and others. Read more
 
6 May 2009:  Printable NEMS platform drives down cost of sensors. Microelectromechanical systems are an established technology in many product areas such as accelerometers, gyroscopes, pressure sensors and digital micromirror arrays. Read more
 
6 May 2009:  Nanopumps: When water is forced through a nanotube of appropriate size, the polar nature of the water molecule lines them up so as to create a voltage along the tube. Read more
 
5 May 2009:  A property called super hydrophobia enables insects like water striders to walk effortlessly on water. Research in this aspect could make self-cleaning walls, counter tops, fabrics, even micro-robots that can walk on water closer to reality. Read more
 
5 May 2009:  Scientists has determined the structure of the chlorophyll molecules in green bacteria that are responsible for harvesting light energy. It could be used to build artificial photosynthetic systems, such as those that convert solar energy to electrical energy. Read more
 
5 May 2009:  There is a lack of suitable materials for making medical electronic devices to be implanted in the human body. Most semiconducting materials are stiff and brittle. Stretchable nanotube films may be a candidate. Read more
 
5 May 2009:  Nano-sandwich Triggers Novel Electron Behavior. A material just 6 atoms thick in which electrons appear to be guided by conflicting laws of physics depending on their direction of travel. Read more
 
5 May 2009:  To address the issue of food security, one way is working through the genetic modification of seeds, both as a method of improving crop yields as well as enhancing the nutritional composition of foods. Read more
 
5 May 2009:  Engineers are the first to create diamond nanorods with a diameter as thin as 2.1 nm, even smaller than the theoretical calculated value (2.7-9 nm) for energetically stable diamond nanorods. Read more

4 May 2009:  A breakthrough in safe and effective administration of potential antiviral drugs — small interfering RNA (siRNA) molecules that silence genes — the first step in development of a new kind of treatment for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). Read more
 
4 May 2009:  The magnetic properties of ferromagnets dramatically change when these materials are shrunk down to the nanoscale. Read more
 
4 May 2009:  Fledgling graphene circuit performs basic logic. Researchers in Italy have created the first integrated circuit to combine two transistors made from the “wonder material” graphene. Read more
 
4 May 2009:  A Moore’s Law for energy? Read more
 
1 May 2009:  Compact lasers which can work in formerly inaccessible parts of the spectrum. Research has focused on producing red, green and blue wavelengths by developing new nanomaterials to provide gain in a VECSEL (vertical external-cavity surface emitting laser) - including ‘quantum dot’ structures. Read more
 
1 May 2009:  Researchers have created the first carbon nanotube device that can detect the entire visible spectrum of light. Read more
 
1 May 2009:  Metal-based nanophotonics (plasmonics) can squeeze light into nanoscale structures smaller than conventional optic components. Plasmonic technology, today still in an experimental stage, has the potential to be used in nanoscale optical interconnects for high performance computer chips, etc. Read more
 
1 May 2009:  Synthetic chemical offers solution for crops facing drought. Plants use specialized signals, called stress hormones, to sense difficult times. Read more
 
1 May 2009:  Nanowire forests get sticky. new type of chemical connector based on hybrid inorganic/organic nanowire forests has been invented. Read more
 
30 April 2009:  To track down single molecule, nano researchers have developed minute nanostrings. Such “nano-electromechanical systems”, or NEMS, may work closer to 'artificial noses'. Read more 
 
30 April 2009:  Nanophysicists find unexpected magnetic effect: Kondo effect noted in single-atom contacts of pure ferromagnets. Read more
 
30 April 2009:  Achieving optimal efficiencies for thermochemical nanoengines. Read more
 
30 April 2009:  Tapping into bioelectricity. Coupling between electrical stimuli and mechanical motion is ubiquitous in biological systems and inorganic materials alike. Read more
 
30 April 2009:  Advancing nanotechnology by organizing functional components on addressable DNA scaffolds. Read more
 
29 April 2009:  A recent study now shows that the Rydberg molecule can be created in the lab, and its observation supports decades of theory. Read more 
 
28 April 2009:  Single-molecule nano-vehicles synthesized. Vehicles so small that they would be about the size of a molecule and powered by engines that run on sugar. Read more
 
28 April 2009:  Bouncing atoms may be the key to the future of gravimetry. A way to study free atoms is by bouncing them off a surface. Now, scientists can get 100 bounces out of atoms, instead of 5. Read more
 
28 April 2009:  Chemicals in tea are the best yet discovered to make consistent, biologically safe gold nanoparticles. More importantly, these gold nanoparticles show promising anticancer properties. Read more
 
28 April 2009:  A compact mechanical device of nanosensor arrays can sniff out lung cancer in humans. Read more
 
28 April 2009:  Modular DNA nanotubes provide programmable scaffolds for nanotechnology. Read more
 
27 April 2009:  Silicon-based nanocantilevers smaller than the wavelength of light operate on photonic principles, eliminating the need for electric transducers and expensive laser setups. Read more
 
27 April 2009:  Chip simulates metabolism of medicine in human body. A tiny electrochemical cell is able to mimick the behaviour of medicine in human body. Read more
 
27 April 2009:  Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) of Semiconducting Hybrid Nanoparticles. SERS spectroscopy has the potential to allow single-molecule detection sensitivity. Read more
 
27 April 2009:  CNT arrays for photonics as in deep-UV photonic crystals and total visible light absorbers. Read more
 
27 April 2009:  Nanoblade array confronts hydrogen storage bottleneck. Storage is the bottleneck when it comes to using hydrogen energy for on-board vehicle applications. Read more
 
27 April 2009:  Nanotechnology in clinical trials to restore normal gene function to cancer cells. Read more
 
24 April 2009:  A molecule that until now existed only in theory has finally been made -- Rydberg molecule -- formed through an elusive and extremely weak chemical bond between 2 atoms. It reinforces fundamental quantum theories, developed by Nobel prize-winning physicist Enrico Fermi, about how electrons behave and interact. Read more
 
24 April 2009:  Nanotexture promotes bladder tissue regeneration. Nanotechnology is contributing greatly to regenerative medicine, particularly by creating nanometer pores and associated nanometer surface features to improve bladder tissue growth. Read more
 
24 April 2009:  AFM reveals “hidden” differences between normal and cancerous cells. Read more
 
23 April 2009:  Discovery of an Unexpected Boost for Solar Water-Splitting Cells. By controlling the deposition of potassium on the surface of the nanotubes, engineers can achieve significant energy savings in a promising new alternate energy system. Read more
 
23 April 2009:  Better ways to produce grapheme nanoribbons for nanotechnology applications. Read more
 
22 April 2009:  A more direct delivery of cancer drugs to tumors. Specially engineered nanoparticles are used to inhibit a signaling pathway and to deliver a higher concentration of medication to the specific area. Read more
 
21 April 2009:  European researchers have drawn on radio frequency tuning technologies to develop a new way of controlling light on the nanoscale. The novel method could find application in the development of sensitive biosensors for use in medical diagnostics, or in extremely fast photodetectors designed for use in information processing. Read more
 
21 April 2009:  A new way to make transistors smaller and faster by using self-assembled, self-aligned, and defect-free nanowire channels made of gallium arsenide. Read more
 
21 April 2009:  Bridging the gap in nanoantennas -- an innovative method for controlling light on the nanoscale by adopting tuning concepts from radio-frequency technology. Read more
 
21 April 2009:  Nanotechnology pulls DNA through nanpore slowly enough to read sequence. Read more
 
20 April 2009:  For the first time, ETH Zurich researchers have built micro-robots as small as bacteria. Their purpose is to help cure human beings. Read more
 
20 April 2009:  Cerium oxide is a ceramic nano-abrasive. Scientists have now examined, under conditions close to reality, what happens when it is breathed in and deposited on the lung surface. Read more
 
20 April 2009:  Carbon nanotubes produce smooth nanoribbons. Researchers have made large quantities of graphene nanoribbons using a new technique that involves "unzipping" multiwalled carbon nanotubes. Read more
 
17 April 2009:  Novel technique shrinks size of nanotechnology circuitry by using two separate colors of light. Read more
 
17 April 2009:  By combining nanoparticles with a scorpion venom compound, researchers found they could cut the spread of cancerous cells by 98 percent, compared to 45 percent for the scorpion venom alone. Read more
 
17 April 2009:  Designer nanoparticles better target tumours. Targeting behaviour of nanoparticles depends on the size of the particles and their in vivo surface chemistry. Read more
 
17 April 2009:  Wafer-scale processes single out CNTs. Controlled nanoscale 3D device architectures based on vertically oriented carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are promising for many applications in electronics such as nano-electro-mechanical systems (NEMS), field emitters and sensors. Read more
 
16 April 2009:  A simple way to create basic elements for aircraft, flat-screen TVs, electronics and other products that incorporate sheets of tough, electrically conductive material -- flat nanoribbons. Read more
 
16 April 2009:  EBID shrinks nanopores to size. Nanopore fabrication usually involves a high-energy electron or ion beam to drill or sculpt nanopores in a thin membrane. Read more
 
16 April 2009:  Fluorescent particles map temperature on the nanoscale. Scientists in France are developing nanoscale scanning thermal sensors by gluing fluorescent particles to the end of atomic force microscope tips. Read more
 
16 April 2009:  A neural network model for constructing endophenotypes of common complex diseases: an application to male young-onset hypertension microarray data. Read more
 
16 April 2009:  Mechanical control of chemical reactions to advance nanotechnology. Read more
 
16 April 2009:  Graphene edges closer to atomically precise nanotechnology. Read more
 
15 April 2009:  Next generation of nanofilms -- thin, tissue-like layers -- created for molecules of proteins stuck in the cell membranes to line up neatly on the surface of water in the nanofilm. Read more
 
15 April 2009:  For the first time, scientists have succeeded in measuring and controlling the lifetime of quantum states with potential use in optoelectronic chips. Read more
 
14 April 2009:  Researchers have succeeded in finding a new way to manufacture nanotubes, one of the important building blocks of the nanotechnology of the future. Their building material being biological DNA. Read more
 
14 April 2009:  Measuring the Immeasurable: New Study Links Heat Transfer, Bond Strength of Materials. Read more
 
9 April 2009:  New gas storage material: one ounce has surface area of 30 football fields. Read more 
 
9 April 2009:  It’s difficult to control the entanglement generation process of light in a bulk crystal. Now, there is a candidate: Bose-Einstein condensates. Read more
 
9 April 2009:  Scientists control complex nucleation processes using DNA origami seeds -- a "bottom-up" approach, in which the order is imposed from within. Read more
 
9 April 2009:  Engineers have discovered a way to use an ancient life form to create one of the newest technologies for solar energy, in systems that may be surprisingly simple to build compared to existing silicon-based solar cells. Read more
 
9 April 2009:  Nano changes rise to macro importance in a key electronics material.with potentially great importance for wireless communications -- silver niobate. Read more
 
9 April 2009:  Carbon nanotubes clean up their act. Researchers in the Netherlands have developed a new technology for making ultraclean carbon nanotube devices. Read more
 
8 April 2009:  In a major breakthrough for applied physics, researchers have developed a magnetic semiconductor memory device, using magnetic semiconductors (GaMnAs) thin films, which utilizes both the charge and spin of electrons at room temperature. Read more
 
8 April 2009:  By layering hydrocarbon molecules on thin plastic sheets, scientists can make flexible electronics on the cheap. Read more
 
8 April 2009:  A research group has discovered that adding carbon nanotubes to a widely used commercial plastic can greatly strengthen it. Read more
 
8 April 2009:  Scientists have designed tiny new sensor structures that could be used in novel security devices to detect poisons and explosives, or in highly sensitive medical sensors. Read more 

8 April 2009:  From 3 to 4: a quantum leap in the extremely complex few-body physics. For the first time, the quantum physicists provide evidence of universal four-body states that are closely connected to Efimov states, in an ultracold sample of cesium atoms. Read more
 
8 April 2009:  Total spatial coherence of electron sources demonstrated. A special type of single-atom electron source that provides better brightness and spatial coherence orders of magnitude. Read more
 
7 April 2009:  Conductive paper made from indium tin oxide (ITO)-coated cellulose fibres. Read more
 
7 April 2009:  Micro/nanospheres shape up fpr adsorbent duty. Template-induced synthesis of hierarchical SiO2@γ-AlOOH spheres has been performed by researchers in China. Read more
 
6 April 2009:  First tri-continuous mesoporous Silica complex structure developed in Singapore. This completely new porous structure has previously been predicted only mathematically. Read more
 
6 April 2009:  Nanotubes deliver drugs. Titanium dioxide nanotubes might be incorporated into orthopaedic or dental implants to deliver drugs in a local area over a period of several weeks. Read more
 
3 April 2009:  By controlling the collective spin state of highly mobile electrons in semiconductors, researchers have taken a major step forward in the technology of spintronics. They have also discovered a new conservation law, an important advance in fundamental physics. Read more
 
3 April 2009:  The electrical properties of bulk semiconductors are controlled by adding minute amounts of impurities called dopants. The amount of dopant determines the conductivity of a nanowire. Read more
 
3 April 2009:  Nano-walker gets coordinated. A new two-legged molecular motor that "walks" in a single direction instead of wandering about randomly. Read more
 
2 April 2009:  Migrating nanotubes add to asbestos concern. Initial tests suggest the tiny tubes can pass through the lung lining. Read more
 
2 April 2009:  Superhydrophobic: Self-cleaning, low-reflectivity treatment boosts efficiency for photovoltaic cells. Read more
 
2 April 2009:  Silicon superlattices: New waves in thermoelectricity. A research team has developed a new method for using nanoscale silicon that could improve devices that convert thermal energy into electrical energy. Read more
 
2 April 2009:  A quantum dot could amplify light even better than a quantum well. There have been problems, however, in getting lasers to work properly with colloidal quantum dots. Read more
 
2 April 2009:  Discovery of Current Spike Phenomenon in Semiconductor Materials Leads to New Understanding of Nanoscale Plasticity. Read more
 
2 April 2009:  Enumeration of condition-dependent dense modules in protein interaction networks. Modern systems biology aims at understanding how the different molecular components of a biological cell interact. Read more
 
2 April 2009:  Seevolution: visualizing chromosome evolution. Genome evolution underpins all of biology, yet its principles can be difficult to communicate to the non-specialist. Read more
 
2 April 2009:  Cleaning defects from carbon nanotubes for use in nanotechnology. Read more
 
1 April 2009:  Manufacturing integrated circuits at the nanometer (billionth of a meter) level and used it to develop a method for engineering the first-ever nanoscale fluidic (nanofluidic) device with complex 3D surfaces. Read More
 
1 April 2009:  A method for creating dispersed and chemically modified graphene sheets in a wide variety of organic solvents has been developed for use with conductive films, polymer composites, ultracapacitors, batteries, paints, inks and plastic electronics. Read more
 
1 April 2009:  Flexible, transparent supercapacitors -- energy conversion and storage device – can be bent and twisted like a poker card. Read more
 
1 April 2009:  Magnetic nano-'shepherds' organize cells. Magnetism may address a major problem facing bioengineers as they try to create new tissue -- getting human cells to not only form structures, but to stimulate the growth of blood vessels. Read more
 
1 April 2009:  Nanowire layout suits large-area single photon detection. Superconducting nanowires can be used to realize high-performance broadband single photon detectors at infrared-visible wavelengths. Read more
 
1 April 2009:  Nanoparticles inspire plasmonic solar cells. Combining the properties of plasmonics with thin-film solar cell technology could disrupt the future of grid electricity. Read more
 
31 March 2009:  DNA-Based assembly line is for predictable, high-precision nano-construction of new biosensors, Solar Cells. Read more
 
31 March 2009:  A 'bionic nose' that knows. A molecule that can magnify weak traces of "hidden" molecules into something we can detect and see. Read more
 
31 March 2009:  DNA nanotechnology builds large structures from information-rich seeds. Read more
 
30 March 2009:  The quantum stickiness between very close surfaces produces no drag when they move. Read more
 
30 March 2009:  Chemists have created a simple and inexpensive molecular technique that replaces an expensive atomic force microscope for studying what happens to small molecules when they are stretched or compressed, atom by atom. Read more
 
30 March 2009:  In the quantum world, everything is basically a wave. A new way is discovered to more efficiently control matter waves in a setup that simulates a solid state system. Read more
 
30 March 2009:  To prevent pesticides from drifting away and potentially posing risks to the environment, there is a solution: Apply the pesticides by encapsulating them in biodegradable nanofibers, which keeps then intact until needed. Read more
 
30 March 2009:  Nanoparticles: image, target, treat. Shapes and forms of nanoparticles are touted as ideal for a broad range of cancer-management applications. Read more
 
30 March 2009:  Smoothing out graphene ribbon edges. As-processed graphene nanoribbons are limited by their edges. Read more
 
30 March 2009:  A nanotechnology route to quantum computers through hybrid rotaxanes. Read more
 
27 March 2009:  Nanoparticles in cosmetics/personal care products may be harmful to the environment. Read more
 
27 March 2009:  Fitter frames: Nanotubes boost structural integrity of composites, leading to tougher, more durable composite frames for aircraft, watercraft, and automobiles. Read more
 
27 March 2009:  Cobalt Nanoparticles Boost Imaging Sensitivity and Edge Detection. Scientists have developed a “nanowonton” of cobalt and gold to create an imaging contrast agent for use with both MRI and PAT. Read more
 
27 March 2009:  Working at the nanoscale level, engineering researchers have created stable superhydrophilic surfaces made of randomly placed and densely distributed micron-sized silicon islands with nano-sized spikes. Read more
 
27 March 2009:  Metallic nanowires grow on insulators. A group of UK researchers are the first to grow metallic nanowires on a dielectric substrate. Read more
 
27 March 2009:  Aerosol methods remove manufacturing bottlenecks. Making large number of carbon nanotube-based devices typically involves either transfer printing pre-synthesized carbon nanotube networks or depositing liquid dispersions. Read more
 
26 March 2009:  The multifaceted material perovskite could be of benefit in three key applications: fuel cells, gas separation prior to the storage of carbon dioxide and nanocomponents in electronic products. Read more
 
26 March 2009:  Efforts have been shown on how to detect and monitor the tiny amount of light reflected directly off the needle point of an atomic force microscope probe, and in so doing has demonstrated a 100-fold improvement in the stability of the instrument’s measurements under ambient conditions. Read more
 
26 March 2009:  Scientists spy the inner beauty of Galfenol, a mysterious compound developed by the military. Galfenol is a compound of iron and gallium that changes shape when exposed to a magnetic field. Read more
 
26 March 2009:  Flatland physics probes mysteries of superfluidity. Flatland is the fictional 2D world invented by Edwin Abbott in his 1884 novel. A study reporting on a Flatland arrangement of ultracold gas atoms might help clarify a strange property: “superfluidity.” Read more
 
26 March 2009:  A method is developed for coating metal surfaces with an ultrathin film containing nanoparticles, which renders the metal resistant to corrosion and eliminates the use of toxic chromium. Read more
 
26 March 2009:  Tantala nanoarrays provide biomedical texture. Tantala nanotube arrays enhance osteoblast cell adhesion, proliferation and differentiation. Read more
 
26 March 2009:  Gas sensing nanosheets offer both sensitivity and stability. Fabricating gas sensors that offer both high sensitivity and long-term stability is challenging, but not impossible. Read more
 
25 March 2009:  A science team has identified that carbon nanostructures can be used as catalysts to store and release hydrogen. Read more
 
25 March 2009:  To fight drug addiction, researchers target the brain with a stable nanoparticles that delivers short RNA molecules in the brain to "silence" or turn off a gene that plays a critical role in many kinds of drug addition. Read more
 
25 March 2009:  A new family of molecules for self-assembly: the Carboranes. To be useful in real-world applications, a self-assembled monolayer (SAM) of molecules on a surface must have a stable and controllable geometry. Read more
 
24 March 2009:  Rebirth of low-energy nuclear reactions (LENR), once called 'Cold Fusion' -- new evidence For existence of controversial energy source? Read more
 
24 March 2009:  Synthetic biology: transforming cells into microscopic biological computers. Read more
 
24 March 2009:  Scientists devised a greener way to handle the chemical catalysis of turning propane into industrially necessary propylene. Read more
 
24 March 2009:  Solving a subatomic shell game: Physicists decode hidden properties of the rare Earths, a series of 15 elements . Read more
 
24 March 2009:  Nanotechnology targets cancer cells with dumbbell-like particles. Read more
 
23 March 2009:  Carbon nanotubes make artificial muscle, an aerogel — a lightweight, sponge-like material consisting mostly of air — drawn into a long ribbon. Read more
 
23 March 2009:  A ghostly property of matter, called quantum tunneling, may aid the quest for accurate, low-cost genomic sequencing. Tunneling implies that a particle can cross a barrier when it does not have enough energy to do so. Read more
 
23 March 2009:  Hollow gold nanospheres show promise for biomedical and other applications. A new metal nanostructure has already shown promise in cancer therapy studies. Read more
 
23 March 2009:  Carbon nanotubes flex their muscles. The muscles, which flex when electrically charged, can expand to 220% their original length in a matter of milliseconds over a temperature range of 80–1900 K. Read more
 
23 March 2009:  Graphene makes good microwave switch. The devices represent a low-cost alternative to switches widely used in communications applications, such as the internet and in mobile phones. Read more
 
20 March 2009:  Researchers build a new surface material that resists biofilm growth. Read more
 
20 March 2009:  Chemists create more efficient palladium fuel cell catalysts. Small devices need power. Read more
 
20 March 2009:  Origins of nanorod diameter discovered. A new study answers a key question at the very heart of nanotechnology: Why are nanorods so small?. Read more
 
20 March 2009:  On patrol: molecular sentinels recognize cancer. Researchers have demonstrated multiplexed detection of breast cancer biomarkers using structures dubbed "molecular sentinel" (MS) nanoprobes. Read more
 
20 March 2009:  LIL (laser interference lithography) fabricates high-resolution nanostructures fast. High-intensity LIL offers a simple and cost-effective method to prepare large-area periodic surface patterns below 5 nm in size. Read more
 
20 March 2009:  Optical nanoprobe: food-driven reaction detects sugars. The antioxidant power of food can be used to encourage the formation of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) from a gold (III) solution. Read more
 
19 March 2009:  A high-performing photoconducting material that uses zinc oxide -- an environmentally friendly inorganic compound found in baby powder and suntan lotion -- instead of lead sulfide. Read more
 
19 March 2009:  Evidence of an unexpected particle whose curious characteristics may reveal new ways that quarks can combine to form matter -- the particle Y(4140), reflecting its measured mass of 4140 Mega-electron volts. Read more
 
19 March 2009:  Potent antibacterial activities of Ag/TiO2 nanocomposite powders synthesized by a one-pot sol−gel method. Read more
 
19 March 2009:  Interaction between C60 variants and lipid bilayer unmasked. Read more
 
19 March 2009:  Locking nanoparticle prevents gas leakage. Scientists in Russia are using molecular dynamics to model the behavior of a lock and fill nanocapsule. Read more
 
18 March 2009:  Through the wire: a new nanocatalyst synthesis technique. Materials containing bimetallic nanoparticles are attractive in vast technological fields because of their unique catalytic, electronic, and magnetic properties. Read more
 
17 March 2009:  Dancing 'adatoms' help chemists understand how water molecules split. It would improve our understanding of the chemistry needed to generate hydrogen fuel from water or to clean contaminated water. Read more
 
17 March 2009:  Paper electrified by copper particles. Researchers have succeeded in producing nano-sized metallic copper particles. When the size of particles is reduced to a nano-scale, the properties of the material undergo substantial changes. Read more
 
17 March 2009:  Scientists confirms liquid-liquid phase transition in silicon where at a certain temperature two different states of liquid silicon exist. Read more
 
17 March 2009:  A new way of making transistors out of high-performance organic microwires presents a potential path for products such as smart merchandise tags, light and cheap solar panels, and flexible "digital paper." Read more
 
16 March 2009:  Superconductors can be divided into 2 broad groups depending on how they react to a magnetic field. New experiments show that one well-studied superconductor actually belongs to both groups at the same time. Read more
 
16 March 2009:  Scientists have discovered a transparent form of the element sodium (Na). They were able to demonstrate that sodium defies normal physical expectations by going transparent under pressure. Read more
 
16 March 2009:  For the first time, researchers have measured the ability of a single, very long molecular wire to carry electric current. Thanks to an ingenious experiment using a scanning tunneling microscope, the researchers have characterized individual polymer chains of known length, up to 20 nanometers long. Read more
 
16 March 2009:  Hot electrons in carbon: graphite behaves like semiconductor. Read more
 
16 March 2009:  New invisibility cloak allows object to 'see' out through the cloak. Read more
 
16 March 2009:  Space station's close call with junk: More to come. Read more
 
16 March 2009:  Light-bending metamaterial could lead to high-powered optics, ultra-efficient solar cells, and invisibility cloak. Read more
 
16 March 2009:  The process to turn propane into industrially necessary propylene has been expensive and environmentally unfriendly. Now scientists devised a greener way to take this important step in chemical catalysis. Read more
 
16 March 2009:  The territory where the Higgs boson may be found continues to shrink. The latest analysis of data from the CDF and DZero collider experiments at the U.S. Department of Energy's Fermilab now excludes a significant fraction of the allowed Higgs mass range established by earlier measurements. Read more
 
16 March 2009:  Quantum dots and nanomaterials: Ingredients for better lighting and more reliable power. Read more
 
16 March 2009:  Electrochemical technique follows the motion of individual microparticles in space and time. Read more
 
16 March 2009:  Nanotubes for mass sensing. Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) could be promising alternatives to nanowires for making highly sensitive chemical sensors. Read more
 
16 March 2009:  Sponge-like nanoparticles absorb microwaves. It appears that nanostructured manganese oxides possess excellent microwave absorption properties. Read more
 
16 March 2009:  Nanotechnology proposed to improve bone implants. Read more
 
13 March 2009:  An international team of physicists from the United States and China this week offered a new theory to both explain and predict the complex quantum behavior of a new class of high-temperature superconductors. Read more
 
13 March 2009:  An international research team set out to understand the mechanism behind the catalytic effects of carbon nanomaterials, such as hydrogen storage. Read more
 
13 March 2009:  Nanopyramids kill cancer cells. Researchers have quantified how gold nanoparticles can be specially designed to optimize the photothermal response when exposed to infrared light. Read more
 
13 March 2009:  Tweezers tap into nanolithography. Read more
 
13 March 2009:  Synthetic ribosomes may prove useful tool for nanotechnology. Read more
 
12 March 2009:  Scientists have been making strides in the field of nanomedicine, a key subfield of nanotechnology tackling disease treatment, drug delivery and medical diagnostics. The EU-funded NANOMED ('Nanomedicine ethical, regulatory, social and economic environment') project is focusing on all aspects of nanomedicine. Read more
 
12 March 2009:  Researchers have discovered that coating the carbon fibers in the superstrong composites (used in airplanes) with more carbon--in this case microscopic carbon nanotubes--increases their toughness substantially. Read more
 
12 March 2009:  Scientists have achieved the world's most precise measurement of the mass of the W boson by a single experiment. Combined with other measurements, the reduced uncertainty of the W boson mass will lead to stricter bounds on the mass of the elusive Higgs boson. Read more
 
12 March 2009:  The infrared properties of carbon nanotube thin films can offer advantages for solar cells. Read more
 
12 March 2009:  The creation of long platinum nanowires could soon lead to the development of commercially viable fuel cells. Read more
 
12 March 2009:  Previously impossible alloys can now be created by subjecting atoms to high pressure―opening up possibilities for new materials in the future. Read more
 
12 March 2009:  Single molecule electrical junctions with asymmetric contacts. Read more
 
12 March 2009:  Nanotubes get fibre lasers pulsing. A broadband saturable absorber based on carbon nanotubes can be used with fibre lasers emitting anywhere between 1 and 2 µm. Read more
 
12 March 2009:  Another nanotechnology approach to gene regulation for cancer therapy. Read more
 
11 March 2009:  Atomic nucleus takes two shapes. The squashed heart of a sulphur isotope fluctuates between different states. Read more 
 
11 March 2009:  Models present new view of nanoscale friction. At the nanoscale, friction can wreak havoc on tiny devices made from only a small number of atoms or molecules. Read more
 
11 March 2009:  New research finds that carbon nanotubes could significantly improve the performance of electrical commutators that are common in electric motors and generators. Read more
 
11 March 2009:  The National Ignition Facility (NIF), world's largest and highest-energy laser system, gears up for ignition experiments such as controlled, sustained nuclear fusion and energy gain, for the first time ever in a laboratory setting. Read more
 
11 March 2009:  Electrical engineering researchers have designed and successfully tested an electronic micro amplifier that can operate under extreme temperatures and exposure to radiation. Read more
 
11 March 2009:  Double grapheme coat is slippery stuff. Coating an object with just one or two layers of carbon atoms gives it an extremely slippery yet tough surface. Read more
 
11 March 2009:  FIB (focused ion beam) makes polyimide ripple. A new technique to modify the surface structure of polymers on the nanoscale. Read more
 
11 March 2009:  Optical effects direct carbon nanotube growth for nanotechnology. Read more
 
10 March 2009:  Will carbon nanotubes replace indium tin oxide? Most of the studies regarding the properties and uses of carbon nanotubes have been restricted to the visible spectral range. When it comes to the properties in infrared range… Read more
 
10 March 2009:  New nanoporous material has highest surface area yet. Surface area is an important, property that can affect the behavior of materials. Read more
 
10 March 2009:  Spinning carbon nanotubes into longer fibers with additional useful properties – wireless application. Read more
 
10 March 2009:  CNTs for flat panel displays. Carbon nanotube photoelectron sources absorb more light than expected. Read more
 
9 March 2009:  Scientists have discovered a novel one-dimensional ice chain structure built from pentagons that may prove to be a step toward the development of new materials which can be used to seed clouds and cause rain. Read more
 
 9 March 2009:  Using a single-walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT) as a test tube, scientists can explore chemistry at the nanoscale. Nanotubes provide a confined, one-dimensional space to isolate molecules, allowing nanoscale confinement effects to influence the chemical reactions. Read more
 
9 March 2009:  The finding that high-temperature superconductivity is present  in a class of iron-based materials, shocked and excited the scientific community. Read more
 
9 March 2009:  Chemists have found a way to greatly increase the luminescence efficiency of single-walled carbon nanotubes, a discovery that could have significant applications in medical imaging and other areas. Read more
 
9 March 2009:  In situ doped titanium dioxide nanotubes come out on top. Titanium dioxide (TiO2) is one of the most important transition metal oxides for sustainable energy and other environmental applications. Read more
 
9 March 2009:  Real-time quality control for nanotechnology. Read more
 
6 March 2009:  A new EU-funded project is set to put Europe at the forefront of new developments in the application of nano-materials in the organic electronics and photonics sectors. The ONE-P ('Organic nano-materials for electronics and photonics: design, synthesis, characterisation, processing, fabrication and applications') project has been funded under the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7). Read more
 
6 March 2009:  Dual catalysts may be the key to efficiently turning carbon dioxide and water vapor into methane and other hydrocarbons using titania nanotubes and solar power. Read more
 
6 March 2009:  Scientists closer to making invisibility cloak a reality. Ranked the number five breakthrough of the year by Science magazine in 2006, cloaking involves making an object invisible or undetectable to electromagnetic waves. Read more
 
6 March 2009:  Microscopic particles of carbon known as buckyballs may be able to keep the nation's water pipes clear in the same way clot-busting drugs prevent arteries from clogging up. Read more
 
6 March 2009:  Rogue waves of light -- rare and explosive flare-ups that are mathematically similar to sea waves -- have recently been tamed to build better light sources. Read more
 
6 March 2009:  New look nanoparticles minimize toxic side effects. Read more
 
6 March 2009:  Photoelectrochemical efficiency of titania photoanodes enhanced. Read more
 
6 March 2009:  Annealing refreshes nanowire sensors. Tin oxide has long been used as the basis for chemical sensors… Read more
 
5 March 2009:  An electrical current applied to the metamaterial – a hybrid structure of metallic split-ring resonators – controlled the phase of a terahertz (THz) beam 30 times faster and with far greater precision than a conventional optical device. Read more
 
5 March 2009:  New genre of sugar-coated 'quantum dots' for drug delivery. Quantum dots are nanocrystals that glow when exposed to ultraviolet light. Read more
 
4 March 2009:  Scientists Create Light-Bending Nanoparticles. Metallic nanoparticles and other structures can manipulate light in ways that are not possible with conventional optical materials. Read more 
 
4 March 2009:  Researchers discover a potential on-off switch for nanoelectronics. Researchers are studying how electrons flow through a molecular junction—a nanometer scale circuit element that contacts gold atoms with a single molecule. Read more
 
4 March 2009:  'Voltage Patterning' could be next step in nanostructure lithography. Read more
 
4 March 2009:  IBM Research scientists announced a landmark study in the field of nanoelectronics; the development and demonstration of novel techniques to measure the distribution of energy and heat in powered carbon nanotube devices. Read more
 
4 March 2009:  Major step toward less energy loss in new electromagnetic materials. The secret behind the breakthrough is a successful elaboration of electron microscope technology. Read more
 
4 March 2009:  Deciphering nature’s clues to controlling nanomorphology. What we need is a map to guide us through this complicated multi-dimensional parameter-space. Read more
 
3 March 2009:  “What you want these days is to have precise control of nanostructures. Using masks and optical techniques, it is possible to control how nanostructures grow for use in practical applications,” Read more
 
3 March 2009:  Super-thin films of carbon with exotic properties may soon mean a new era of brighter, faster, and smaller computers, smart phones, and other consumer electronics. Read more
 
3 March 2009:  In a world-first, scientists at the University of Glasgow have grown micro-tube structures from crystals of inorganic compounds. Read more
 
3 March 2009:  Seeing the small picture: X-ray nanoprobe pushes observation to ever smaller frontiers. Read more
 
3 March 2009:  Trading carats for nanometers - and defective diamonds for crystal clear microscopy. Such defects can form nanoscopic color centers, which play a key role in the development of both quantum computing and quantum cryptography. Read more
 
3 March 2009:  Functionalizing nanoparticle thin films the easy way. Capillary condensation has been exploited to functionalize inorganic nanoparticle coatings. Read more
 
3 March 2009:  Nanotechnology reversibly writes two-nanometer-thick lines for nanoelectronics. Read more
 
2 March 2009:  Engineers tune a nanoscale grating structure to trap and release a variety of light waves. They can hasten the advent of faster all-optical telecommunication networks, in which light signals transmit and route data without needing to be converted to electrical signals and back. Read more
 
2 March 2009:  On the nanoscale, a continuous plasma jet can turn out to be a train of tiny, high-velocity plasma bullets. Researchers have found a way to control the plasma bullets. Read more
 
2 March 2009:  Nano-sonar uses electrons to measure under the surface. Fermi surfaces determine the most important properties of metals. Read more
 
2 March 2009:  Researchers have succeeded in lifting single polymers from a gold surface, similar to chains. These polymer chains can be used as molecular wires. Read more
 
2 March 2009:  Variable locus length in the human genome leads to ascertainment bias in functional inference for non-coding elements. Read more
 
2 March 2009:  Nanotechnology may replace platinum catalyst for fuel cells with doped carbon nanotubes. Read more
 
27 February 2009:  An impossible alloy between two incompatible elements, Cerium and Aluminium, is now possible. Read more
 
27 February 2009:  Thin-walled boron nitride structure emits in the deep UV. Read more
 
26 February 2009:  Knowing when to fold: Engineers use 'nano-origami' to build tiny electronic devices. Read more
 
26 February 2009:  Models present new view of nanoscale friction. To understand friction on a very small scale, engineers think big. Read more
 
26 February 2009:  Reverse Chemical Switching of a Ferroelectric Film. Read more
 
26 February 2009:  Scientists pinpoint mechanism to increase magnetic response of ferromagnetic semiconductor. Read more
 
26 February 2009:  Researchers have constructed a unique tool -- Multi-Axis Crystal Spectrometer (MACS) -- for exploring the properties of promising new materials useful for nanotechnology and industrial applications. Read more

26 February 2009:  Team develops new metamaterial device - a hybrid structure of metallic split-ring resonators - controlled the phase of a terahertz (THz) beam 30 times faster and with far greater precision than a conventional optical device. Read more
 
26 February 2009:  Scientists and engineers have thought for years that the next generation of smaller, more-efficient electronic and photonic devices – such as self-aligning carbon nanotubes -- could be based on the use of carbon nanotubes, structures 10,000 times thinner than a human hair but with tremendous potential. Read more
 
26 February 2009:  Nanocomposite behaves as a universal biocide. Researchers have developed a new bottom-up route for making soda-line glass that contains monodispersed silver nanoparticles (nanoAg). Read more
 
26 February 2009:  Bismuth nanostructures provide mechanism for automatic switching. Read more
 
26 February 2009:  Spragy-on carbon nanotube electrodes offer scalable solution. Read more
 
26 February 2009:  Controlling the synthesis of nonocomplexes for therapeutic use. Read more
 
25 February 2009:  Superconductivity: the new high critical temperature superconductors. Read more
 
25 February 2009:  Scientists probe reliability of nanowire interconnects. Read more
 
24 February 2009:  Viscosity-enhancing nanomaterials may double service life of concrete by slowing down penetration of chloride and sulfate ions from road salt, sea water and soils. Read more
 
24 February 2009:  A device that uses indium arsenide (InAs) quantum dots as midinfrared emitters. Many molecules have numerous very strong optical resonances in the midinfrared… Read more
 
24 February 2009:  One of the most important problems in materials science -- 'the hidden order': how a new phase arises and why – solved. It may shed light on superconducting materials of the future. Read more
 
24 February 2009:  Researchers develop 'wireless' activation of brain circuits with nanoparticles by using light. Read more
 
24 February 2009:  Nanotechnology drafts plant viruses for drug delivery. Read more
 
23 February 2009:  The EU-funded NANOXIDE ('Novel Nanoscale Devices based on functional Oxide Interfaces') project is supporting European researchers and inspiring physicists from the US to jointly develop the next wave of nanoelectronic devices. This Specific Targeted Research Project is funded under the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6). Read more
 
23 February 2009:  Physicists have discovered unusual electronic properties in a material that has potential to improve solar cell efficiency and computer chip design. Read more
 
23 February 2009:  Scientists have found evidence that magnetism is involved in the mechanism behind high temperature superconductivity. Read more
 
23 February 2009:  Scientists have observed the smallest reported nanotube that has a square cross-section. The structure formed spontaneously and unexpectedly when silver nanowires were stretched. Read more
 
23 February 2009:  A new era of solar cells that are printed like money is coming. They are flexible, large area, cost-effective, reel-to-reel printable plastic solar cells. Read more
 
23 February 2009:  For the first time, scientists measure the size of a one-neutron halo with lasers. An example of such a halo, or a 'heiligenschein,'  occurs in beryllium-11, a specific isotope of the metal beryllium. Read more
 
23 February 2009:  Smart PEG hydrogel enables highly selective nanoassembly. Read more
 
23 February 2009:  Detecting colour on the nanoscale. Scientists have copied the way the retina sends electrical signals to the brain in order to construct nanoscale colour detectors. Read more
 
23 February 2009:  Saw-toothed sapphire helps build ordered polymer arrays. Read more
 
23 February 2009:  Structural DNA nanotechnology arrays devices to capture molecular building blocks. Read more
 
20 February 2009:  Nanotechnology has the potential to improve the foods we eat, making them tastier, healthier and more nutritious. Yet little is known about how nanoparticles behave in the body, or what kind of toxic effects they could have. Read more
 
20 February 2009:  Carrier multiplication—when a photon creates multiple electrons—is a real phenomenon in tiny semiconductor crystals. It shows the possibility of solar cells that create more than one unit of energy per photon. Read more
 
20 February 2009:  Nanoscale elements assemble themselves over large surfaces --  it could open doors to dramatic improvements in the data storage capacity of electronic media -- contents of 250 DVDs to fit onto a surface the size of a quarter (US coin). Read more
 
20 February 2009:  Gold-palladium nanoparticles achieve greener, smarter production of hydrogen peroxide, H2O2.  Read more
 
20 February 2009:  Physicists find unusual electronic properties in bismuth-based crystalline material, potential to improve solar cell efficiency and computer chip design. Read more
 
20 February 2009:  Nanoelectronics made easy. A new approach is developed for making technologically important devices that approach the atomic scale. Read more
 
20 February 2009:  Slimmer nanorods lead to low-temperature bonding. A new technique for growing slimmer copper nanorods could lead to interesting new applications for advancing integrated 3D chip technology. Read more
 
19 February 2009:  Materials scientists have put a new "twist" on carbon nanotube growth. They found the highly touted nanomaterials grow like tiny molecular tapestries, woven from twisting, single-atom threads. Read more
 
19 February 2009:  Scientists Model Words as Entangled Quantum States in our Minds. When you hear the word “planet,” do you automatically think of the word’s literal definition, or of other words, such as “Earth,” “space,” “Mars,” etc.? Read more
 
19 February 2009:  Sophisticated nano-structures assembled with magnets. Tiny particles within a solution are made to consistently assemble themselves into these and other complex shapes. Read more
 
19 February 2009:  A new imaging technique overcomes the limit of diffraction and can reveal the atomic structure of a single nanocrystal with a resolution of less than one angstrom. Read more
 
19 February 2009:  Stamping devices for nanotechnology using metallic glasses. Read more
 
18 February 2009:  Researchers have discovered ground-breaking new ways to capitalise on New Zealand's increasingly valuable paper export markets using nanotechnology. Read more
 
18 February 2009:  Researchers have made an enormous -- and humane -- leap forward in the detection of pollutants – a tiny 'lab-on-a-chip' detects pollutants, disease and biological weapons. Read more
 
18 February 2009:  Engineers tune a nanoscale grating structure to trap and release a variety of light waves. Read more
 
17 February 2009:  Scientists are developing a brand new class of ceramics that are so pure and perfectly transparent that  they can be used as a substitute for crystals in solid-state lasers. Read more
 
17 February 2009:  Easing atmospheric CO2 levels using nanotubes and sunlight to convert carbon dioxide and water into methane and other hydrocarbon fuels. Read more
 
17 February 2009:  Nanoparticles Double Their Chances of Getting Into Sticky Situations. This opens up a range of new possibilities for the uses of nanoparticles in living cells, polymer composites, and high-tech foams, gels, and paints. Read more
 
17 February 2009:  The smallest nano-sized silica particles used in biomedicine and engineering likely won't cause unexpected biological responses due to their size. Read more
 
17 February 2009:  Scientists grapple with gold bead-strings. Amorphous silica nanowires can be grown on a crystalline silicon substrate which can finally be converted to silicon monoxide. Read more
 
17 February 2009:  Nano-TV will centre on using short video news releases (VNRs) to inform the public about nanotechnology applications resulting from European-funded research projects. Read more
 
16 February 2009:  Graphene, a single-atom-thick sheet of carbon, holds remarkable promise for future nanoelectronics applications. Whether graphene actually cuts it in industry, however, depends upon how graphene is cut. Read more
 
16 February 2009:  Chemists at New York University and China's Nanjing University have developed a two-armed nanorobotic device that can manipulate molecules within a device built from DNA. Read more
 
16 February 2009:  New research tools will bring a boom in biotechnology that will unlock the enormous potential of using synthetic life to cure disease and develop environmentally friendly fuels. Read more
 
16 February 2009:  Functionalized nanomaterials stay in bloodstream for longer. Read more
 
16 February 2009:  Nanotechnology and plasmonics may lead to faster computers. Read more
 
13 February 2009:  Scientists have calculated that a material called wurtzite boron nitride (w-BN) has a greater indentation strength than diamond. Another material, lonsdaleite (hexagonal diamond), is even stronger than w-BN and 58 percent stronger than diamond. Read more
 
13 February 2009:  An international research team has succeeded for the first time in directly measuring the spin of electrons in a material that exhibits the quantum spin Hall effect, which was theoretically predicted in 2004 and first observed in 2007. Read more
 
13 February 2009:  New silver-based ink, composed of silver nanoparticles, has applications in electronics. Read more
 
13 February 2009:  Self-assembled structures are a reality for building in the nanoworld. Physicist has shown that nanoscale "straight wall" lead islands on silicon are spontaneously and quickly created by unusually mobile atoms. Read more
 
13 February 2009:  Nano-imprinting breaks the mould. A new nanoimprinting technique that could come in useful for making high-density data storage and processing devices has been invented. Read more
 
12 February 2009:  Engineers revolutionize nano-device fabrication, from computer memory to biomedical sensors, by exploiting a novel type of amorphous metal. Read more
 
12 February 2009:  Tiny light-emitting diodes with optical microsystems can produce all the colors of the rainbow, a new method for producing printed circuit boards. Read more
 
12 February 2009:  CNT cheese wire cuts bio-samples to size. Read more
 
12 February 2009:  Spatial correlations extract nanoscale highlightes. Read more
 
12 February 2009:  Can nanotechnology retard desertification? Read more
 
11 February 2009:  "Nanoceuticals" — dietary supplements made with nanoparticles — is raising concerns about their potential for toxicity in the wake of little government oversight. Read more
 
11 February 2009:  Nanotechnology makes supertelescopes much more sensitive. Read more
 
11 February 2009:  Scientists successfully predicted the outcome of a nano drug on breast tumors in a pre-clinical study. Their research could help determine which patients will respond best to cancer-fighting nano drugs. Read more
 
11 February 2009:  Accidental discovery has potential to keep food and drugs safer and fresher, longer. Read more
 
11 February 2009:  By pushing carbon nanotubes close to their breaking point, researchers have demonstrated a remarkable increase in the current-carrying capacity of the nanotubes, well beyond previously thought. Read more
 
11 February 2009:  Alumina nanosieves sort electrons. Nanoporous materials are being employed in a range of applications including nanolithography and pattering. Read more
 
11 February 2009:  A plant for all seasons? Scientists are investigating whether vanadium dioxide nanoparticles can be used as smart pigments in paint coatings. Read more
 
10 February 2009:  Cracking a controversial solid state mystery. Scientists have only just begun to understand what makes molten glass solid. Read more
 
10 February 2009:  Quantum holographic encoding in a two-dimensional electron gas. Read more
 
10 February 2009:  Nanocomposite material provides photonic switching. Integrated photonic devices represent the wave of future technology. These devices will be extremely small, making use of photons on the nanoscale. Read more
 
10 February 2009:  Nanowire wafer tunes over 200 nm. The device tunes between 500 and 700 nm, a record-breaking performance. Read more
 
10 February 2009:  Controlling bone-forming cells through nanotechnology. Read more
 
9 February 2009:  Nanotubes help turn carbon dioxide and water into natural gas. Materials scientists have used hollow titania (titanium dioxide) nanotubes around 135 nanometres wide and a tenth of a millimetre long to catalyse the reaction. Read more
 
9 February 2009:  Bistable Switches for Synaptic Plasticity. Read more
 
9 February 2009:  Nanoscopic static electricity generates chiral patterns. Read more
 
9 February 2009:  Future for electronics opened up with domain walls that conduct electricity. Read more
 
9 February 2009:  Physicist predict the existence of a real-world material that acts as a magic mirror, in which the never-before-observed monopole appears as the image of an ordinary electron. If his prediction is confirmed by experiments, this could mean the opening of condensed matter as a new venue for observing the exotica of high-energy physics. Read more
 
9 February 2009:  Graphene-polymer composites promising for electronics. Read more
 
9 February 2009:  Optimizing hierarchical protein design for nanotechnology. Read more
 
5 February 2009:  Scientists have found the first case of an ionic crystal consisting of just one chemical element – boron. This is the densest and hardest known phase of this element. Read more
 
5 February 2009:  Simplicity is crucial to design optimization at nanoscale. The optimal arrangement of proteins in the rope-like structures is a repeated pattern of two stacks of four bundled alpha-helical proteins. Read more
 
5 February 2009:  Nanoemulsion potent against superbugs that kill cystic fibrosis patients. Read more
 
5 February 2009:  Nano-twinned copper: Chinese-Danish scientists develop super strong nanometals. Read more
 
5 February 2009:  Researchers have moved closer to making silicon chips which could one day be used to repair damaged tissue in the human body. It allows neurons to grow in fine, detailed patterns on the surface of tiny computer chips. Read more
 
5 February 2009:  How to specify semiconductor or metallic grapheme for use in nanotechnology. Read more
 
4 February 2009:  Electronics Industry: supercharged metal-ion generator. Read more
 
4 February 2009:  Quantum entanglement, a type of correlation peculiar to quantum objects, has been found to disregard completely the "half-life" rule that is obeyed by all natural processes, such a radioactive decay. Read more
 
4 February 2009:  Hollow gold nanospheres equipped with a targeting peptide find melanoma cells, penetrate them deeply, and then cook the tumor when bathed with near-infrared light. Read more
 
4 February 2009:  Making energy transfer in solar cells more efficient. Read more
 
3 February 2009:  New control of nanoscale 'magnetic tornadoes' holds promise for data storage. At the nanoscale, closely coiled magnetic vortices hold the promise of a new generation of computers. Read more
 
3 February 2009:  Rice University rolls out new nanocars. Read more
 
3 February 2009:  Nanoscopic static electricity generates chiral patterns. In the tiny world of amino acids and proteins and in the helical shape of DNA, a biological phenomenon abounds. Read more
 
3 February 2009:  Quantum dots have the potential to bring many good things into the world: efficient solar power, targeted gene and drug delivery, solid-state lighting and advances in biomedical imaging. Read more
 
3 February 2009:  Hollow gold nanospheres equipped with a targeting peptide find melanoma cells, penetrate them deeply, and then cook the tumor when bathed with near-infrared light. Read more
 
3 February 2009:  Nanotechnologist Chris Lodewijk has succeeded in significantly increasing the sensitivity of the new supertelescopes in Chile. Read more
 
3 February 2009:  Making energy transfer in solar cells more efficient. Read more
 
2 February 2009:  Stanford researchers have reclaimed bragging rights for creating the world's smallest writing. The letters in the words are assembled from subatomic sized bits as small as 0.3 nanometers, or roughly one third of a billionth of a meter. Read more
 
2 February 2009:  Researchers in Texas are reporting that quantum dots (QDs) — a product of the revolution in nanotechnology increasingly used in electronics, solar cells, and medical imaging devices — may be toxic to cells under acidic or alkaline conditions. Read more
 
2 February 2009:  Researchers at The University of Manchester have produced a ground-breaking new material, GRAPHANE, which has been derived from graphene. Read more
 
2 February 2009:  New, Unusual Semiconductor is a Switch-Hitter. Read More
 
2 February 2009:  Nanomagnets switch for less. Devices known as spin valves are currently used for applications like magnetic random access memories (MRAMs). Read more
 
2 February 2009:  Targeting brain cancer cells with nanotechnology makes them less invasive. Read more
 
30 January 2009:  Superconducting in 3-D. Newly discovered superconductor family begins to reveal its charms. Read more
 
30 January 2009:  Since 1970, scientists have been working with “optical tweezers” - lasers that move microscopic amounts of matter. Now, for the first time, researchers have demonstrated that light-induced forces can move macroscopic amounts of matter, as well. Read more
 
30 January 2009:  New Single-Element Compound Discovered. Researchers have discovered a new single-element compound, a breakthrough that could rewrite chemistry books. Read more
 
30 January 2009:  Capture of nanomagnetic 'fingerprints' a boost for next-generation information storage media. Read more
 
30 January 2009:  A supercharged metal-ion generator: Higher-quality coatings through 'runaway' self-sputtering. Read more
 
30 January 2009:  Water lilies inspire scientists to create large-scale graphene films. Scientists and engineers can create new structures with tiny building blocks as small as one billionth of a meter. Read more
 
30 January 2009:  Preparing perfectly aligned arrays of semiconducting SWNTs for nanotechnology applications. Read more
 
29 January 2009:  Viscosity-Enhancing Nanomaterials may double service life of concrete. The key is a nano-sized additive that slows down penetration of chloride and sulfate ions from road salt, sea water and soils into the concrete. Read more
 
29 January 2009:  Researchers have discovered that a carefully built magnetic sandwich has dramatically enhanced sensitivity—a 400-fold improvement in some cases. This material could lead to greatly improved magnetic sensors for a wide range of applications from weapons detection and non-destructive testing to medical devices and high-performance data storage. Read more
 
28 January 2009:  Single atom quantum dots created by researchers makes possible a new level of control over individual electrons. Composed of a single atom of silicon and measuring less than one nanometre in diameter, these are the smallest quantum dots ever created. Read more
 
28 January 2009:  The pseudogap persists as material superconducts. For nearly a century, scientists have been trying to unravel the many mysteries of superconductivity, where materials conduct electricity with zero resistance. Read more
 
28 January 2009:  Recent action in U.S. Congress to reauthorize the federal nanotechnology research program offers the chance to address the social and ethical issues concerning the emerging scientific field. Read more
 
28 January 2009:  A prospective clinical trial from researchers in Japan shows magnetic-anchor-guided endoscopic submucosal dissection for large early gastric cancer to be a feasible and safe method in humans. Read more
 
28 January 2009:  Physicists discover surprising variation in superconductors. Work may lead to understanding of new class of materials. Read more
 
27 January 2009:  Researchers in Finland have created a form of carbon-nanotube based information storage that is comparable in speed to a type of memory commonly used in memory cards and USB "jump" drives. Read more
 
27 January 2009:  Insurance industry looking for more data on nanotechnology risks. Read more
 
26 January 2009:  Exposing silicon wafers to light during chip manufacture requires special fixtures called chucks. Novel electrostatic chucks made of glass ceramics are incredibly flat. This prevents structural distortions on the exposure mask and the silicon chip. Read more
 
26 January 2009:  Smallest Possible Switch: Single Gold Atom Forms the Contact. The smallest mechanical switch plus an electronic switch of a type never seen before. Read more
 
26 January 2009:  Plasmonic whispering gallery microcavity paves the way to future nanolasers. Read more
 
26 January 2009:  Long, Stretchy Carbon Nanotubes could make Space Elevators possible. Read more
 
26 January 2009:  Making nanodevices from fluids. Researchers in Sweden have shown that very high density and fully functional nanopatterns can be produced in organic electronic materials. Read more
 
26 January 2009:  Molecular motors progress for biosensors supports need for open source sensing. Read more
 
23 January 2009:  Electronics Created with Printer Significantly Improved. Where printed electronics are at an advantage, significantly improving the properties of printed circuits. Read more
 
 23 January 2009:  Long-Distance Teleportation between two atoms: First between atoms 1 meter apart. For the first time, scientists have successfully teleported information between two separate atoms in unconnected enclosures. Read more
 
23 January 2009:  Researchers have created a precise biosensor for detecting blood glucose and potentially many other biological molecules by using hollow structures called single-wall carbon nanotubes anchored to gold-coated "nanocubes." Read more
 
23 January 2009:  Carbon nanotube memories speed up. Researchers in Finland are the first to make nanotube field-effect transistor-based memories with an operating speed of just 100 ns – 105 times faster than the previous best such devices. Read more
 
23 January 2009:  The smallest mechanical switch plus an electronic switch of a type never seen before. A research on electric current through atoms and molecules. Read more
 
23 January 2009:  Oral anticancer therapy through nanotechnology? Read more
 
22 January 2009:  Magnetic nanotubes combined with nerve growth factor can enable specific cells to differentiate into neurons. Study results show that magnetic nanotubes may be exploited to treat neurodegenerative disorders. Read more
 
22 January 2009:  Scientists 'Write' with Atoms Using an Atomic Force Microscope. The tools that permit the visualization and manipulation of atoms are called proximity microscopes. Read more
 
22 January 2009:  Fabricating silicon photonic crystals in 3-D. To control the way that light flows through it. Read more
 
22 January 2009:  Light-speed nanotech: Controlling the nature of grapheme. One step closer to realizing the mass production of graphene-based nanoelectronics. Read more
 
22 January 2009:  Spintronics. Spin-polarized electrons on demand. To manipulate the spin of the single electrons, e.g. with the aid of magnetic fields. Read more
 
22 January 2009:  After announcing last April a method for growing exceptionally long, straight, numerous and well-aligned carbon cylinders only a few atoms thick, a Duke University-led team of chemists has now modified that process to create exclusively semiconducting versions of these single-walled carbon nanotubes. Read more
 
22 January 2009:  Researchers have developed a new design for stretchable electronics that can be wrapped around complex shapes, without a reduction in electronic function. Read more
 
22 January 2009:  Nanowires improve dye-sensitized solar cells. Read more
 
22 January 2009:  Silicon nanocrystals flashed into position. Read more
 
21 January 2009:  'Core-Shell' Silicon Nanowires May Improve Lithium-Ion Batteries. Read more
 
21 January 2009:  Light-driven plasmonic nanoswitch may pave way for new computers, tech. Read more
 
21 January 2009:  Graphene model suggests auxetic structure. Researchers have developed a new model to predict the mechanical properties of single layer graphene sheets (SLGS) based on an equivalent atomistic-structural approach. Read more
 
20 January 2009:  Lack of Thermoelectric Effect is Cool Feature in Carbon Nanotubes. Read more
 
20 January 2009:  'Two-faced' Bioacids Put a New Face on Carbon Nanotube Self-assembly. Read more
 
20 January 2009:  'Chemistry Discovery brings Organic Solar Cells a Step Closer. Read more
 
20 January 2009:  Chemical and biomolecular engineers are describing development of microscopic, chemically triggered robotic "hands" that can pick up and move small objects. They could be used in laboratory-on-a-chip applications, reconfigurable microfluidic systems, and micromanufacturing. Read more
 
20 January 2009:  Nanoplumbing: More than just a pipe dream. Read more
 
20 January 2009:  Researchers have developed two methods for fabricating 100 nm wide nano-slits that completely pierce through 0.5 mm thick silicon chips. Read more
 
20 January 2009:  Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are widely studied as a support material for platinum (Pt) or Pt-based alloy electrocatalysts in fuel cells due to their high surface area, excellent electronic conductivity and high chemical stability. Read more
 
16 January 2009:  Effective Solution Found for Lack of Directionality ff Some Lasers. Terahertz cascade lasers are a new family of semi-conductor lasers which emit in the frequency range of the terahertz, or 1012 hertz. Read more
 
16 January 2009:  Easy assembly of electronic biological chips. Device that can recognize and immediately report on a wide variety of environmental or medical compounds, made possible by incorporating a mixture of biologically tagged nanowires onto integrated circuit chips. Read more
 
16 January 2009:  The future is 3-D liquid crystals. Researcher has combined liquid crystals with vertically grown carbon nanotubes to create a reconfigurable three-dimensional liquid crystal device structure. Read more
 
16 January 2009:  New nanoparticle to help researchers study angiogenesis. Read more
 
16 January 2009:  Error correction in nature’s nanotechnology. Read more

15 January 2009:  The ability of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to regulate the safety of dietary supplements using nanomaterials is severely limited by lack of information, lack of resources. Read more
 
14 January 2009:  MRI goes to the nanoscale. Picture of virus points way to kinder, gentler molecular imaging. Read more
 
14 January 2009:  Magnetic nanotubes combined with nerve growth factor can enable specific cells to differentiate into neurons. The results show that magnetic nanotubes may be exploited to treat neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease. Read more
 
14 January 2009:  Researchers Create Microscope With 100 Million Times Finer Resolution Than Current MRI. Read more
 
14 January 2009:  Super Sensitive Gas Detector Goes Down the Nanotubes. When cells are under stress, they blow off steam by releasing minute amounts of nitrogen oxides and other toxic gases. Read more
 
14 January 2009:  '2-faced' Bioacids Put a New Face on Carbon Nanotube Self-Assembly. Read more
 
14 January 2009:  Simply Weird Stuff: making Supersolids with Ultracold Gas Atoms —“boson” atoms —into a “supersolid,” an exotic state of matter that behaves simultaneously as a solid and a friction-free superfluid. Read more
 
14 January 2009:  New tool gives researchers a glimpse of biomolecules in motion. The ability of biomolecules to flex and bend is important for the performance of many functions within living cells. Read more
 
14 January 2009:  Nanopencil toughens up. A "nanopencil" made from a sheathed carbon nanotube could be used for ultrahigh-density data storage. Read more
 
13 January 2009:  Researchers report the non-invasive and nanoscale resolved infrared mapping of strain fields in semiconductors. The method, which is based on near-field microscopy, opens new avenues for analyzing mechanical properties of high-performance materials. Read more
 
13 January 2009:  Nanotechnology to make inexpensive solar cells more efficient. Read more
 
12 January 2009:  Researchers have developed a new generation of microscopic particles for molecular imaging, constituting one of the first promising nanoparticle platforms that may be readily adapted for tumor targeting and treatment in the clinic. Read more
 
12 January 2009:  Scientists used inelastic neutron scattering to show that superconductivity in a new family of iron arsenide superconductors cannot be explained by conventional theories. Read more
 
12 January 2009:  New organic synthesis to provide nanotechnology a way to make structurally pure carbon nanotubes. Read more
 
9 January 2009:  Using a simple chemical process, scientists at Cornell and DuPont have invented a method of preparing carbon nanotubes for suspension in a semiconducting "ink," which can then be printed into such thin, flexible electronics as transistors and photovoltaic materials. Read more
 
9 January 2009:  Researchers control the assembly of nanobristles into helical clusters. From the structure of DNA to nautical rope to distant spiral galaxies, helical forms are as abundant as they are useful in nature and manufacturing alike. Read more
 
9 January 2009:  Eu funded NanoICT Coordination Action published two position papers on carbon nanotubes and modeling at the nanoscale. Read more
 
9 January 2009:  Nanotechnology provides new, improved walking DNA nanbot. Read more
 
8 January 2009:  For the first time, researchers have measured a long-theorized force -- a repulsive Casimir force -- which may have important applications in nanotechnology. Read more
 
8 January 2009:  Controlling the independent release of multiple drugs with nanotechnology. Read more
 
7 January 2009:  A compound synthesized for the first time by Berkeley Lab scientists could help to push nanotechnology out of the lab and into faster electronic devices, more powerful sensors, and other advanced technologies. Read more
 
7 January 2009:  New 'Nanowelding' Technique for Building Electronic Nanostructures. Read more
 
7 January 2009:  A relatively new approach to solar cells: lacing them with nanoscopic metal particles. Read more
 
7 January 2009:  Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have developed a method to measure the toughness -- the resistance to fracture -- of the thin insulating films that play a critical role in high-performance integrated circuits. Read more
 
7 January 2009:  Researchers Fabricate Complex SWNT Architectures Using Newly Developed Assembly Process. Read more
 
7 January 2009:  Measuring Nanoparticle Behavior in the Body Using MRI. Read more
 
7 January 2009:  Will realization of the seriousness of climate change push the development of molecular nanotechnology? Read more
 
6 January 2009:  Scientists in Sweden have discovered new ways to control the growth and structure of nanowires at the single-atom level. Their findings, which provide major insights into materials physics, have come out of the NODE (' Nanowire-based one-dimensional electronics') project, funded with approximately EUR 9.5 million under the EU's Sixth Framework Programme (FP6). Read more
 
6 January 2009:  Using a beam of light shunted through a tiny silicon channel, researchers have created a nanoscale trap that can stop free floating DNA molecules and nanoparticles in their tracks. Read more
 
6 January 2009:  LIGHTING UP TUMOURS FOR CANCER DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT. Read more
 
6 January 2009:  Nanopositioning: how to make the right choices. For many of today’s optical applications, traditional positioning systems based on ballscrew drives or electromagnetic linear motors are not the answer. Read more
 
6 January 2009:  Researchers in the York JEOL Nanocentre at the University of York have developed a novel technique to ‘see’ how atoms work. Read more
 
5 January 2009:  The Gold Standard: Nanoparticles Used To Make 3-D DNA Nanotubes. Read more
 
5 January 2009:  Peering at structures only atoms across, researchers have identified the clockwork that drives a powerful virus nanomotor. Read more
 
5 January 2009:  Researchers Print Dense Lattice Of Transparent Nanotube Transistors On Flexible Base. Read more
 
5 January 2009:  Gold particles deliver more than just glitter. Nanoparticles could carry drugs to treat cancer, other diseases. Read more

5 January 2009:  Mechanism of most powerful molecular motor available to inspire nanotechnology.  Molecular motors for early nanotech applications may be modeled on the various molecular motors found in biology. Read more
 
5 January 2009:  Scientists from the EU-funded RECEPTRONICS project are turning to nature, and combining what they learn with the latest in nanotechnology, to find new ways of diagnosing cancer. The project, funded by the EU with EUR 1.99 million under the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6). Read more
 
5 January 2009:  New Tooth Cavity Protection: Nanoparticles Make Surface Too Slippery For Bacteria To Adhere. A new method of protecting teeth from cavities by ultrafine polishing with silica nanoparticles. Read more
 
5 January 2009:  A Princeton-led team of researchers has discovered an entirely new mechanism for making common electronic materials emit laser beams. The finding could lead to lasers that operate more efficiently and at higher temperatures than existing devices. Read more
 
22 December 2008:  New 'smart' materials for the brain. Research done by scientists in Italy and Switzerland has shown that carbon nanotubes may be the ideal "smart" brain material. Read more
 
22 December 2008:  IBM Researchers today announced that they demonstrated the operation of graphene field-effect transistors at GHz frequencies, and achieved the highest frequencies reported so far using this novel non-silicon electronic material. Read more
 
22 December 2008:  GOLD NANOPARTICLES HELP MAKE INDUSTRIAL DYES. A new environmentally friendly way to produce certain industrial dyes using gold nanoparticle catalysts has been developed by researchers in Spain. Read more
 
22 December 2008:  Solving the mysteries of metallic glass. Researchers at MIT have made significant progress in understanding a class of materials that has resisted analysis for decades. Read more
 
19 December 2008:  University of Pittsburgh researchers have developed the first natural, nontoxic method for biodegrading carbon nanotubes, a finding that could help diminish the environmental and health concerns. Read more
 
19 December 2008:  Low Temperature Laser Processing Solves a Problem in Smart Materials Manufacturing, such as microsensor, actuator, and transducer applications. Read more
 
19 December 2008:  Duke University and United States Army scientists have found that a cheap and nontoxic sunburn and diaper rash preventative can be made to produce brilliant light best suited to the human eye. Read more
 
19 December 2008:  A discovery by Canada-U.S. biophysicists will improve the understanding of ion channels, akin to little 'nano-machines' or 'nano-valves' in our body, which when they malfunction can cause genetic illnesses that attack muscles. Read more
 
19 December 2008:  Targeting highly metastatic melanomas with nanotechnology. Specially designed small RNA molecules have proven very effective in decreasing the expression of specific genes that cancer cells need to survive. Read more
 
18 December 2008:  Method Sorts Out Double-walled Carbon Nanotube Problem. It's hard to study something if the subject can't be produced uniformly and efficiently. Read more
 
18 December 2008:  A strip of graphite only 10 atoms thick can serve as the basic element in a new type of memory, making massive amounts of storage available for computers, cell phones... Read more
 
18 December 2008:  Researchers at the NTT Basic Research Laboratories in Japan have succeeded in making the first large-scale coupled nanocavities that can slow light down to one-hundredth of its normal speed. Read more
 
17 December 2008:  New Hybrid Nanostructures Detect Nanoscale Magnetism. Read more
 
17 December 2008:  A novel x-ray technique allowing the observation of molecular motion on a time scale never reached before has been developed by a team of researchers from EPFL and the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) in Switzerland. Read more
 
17 December 2008:  Semiconductor Lasers Generate Better Random Numbers, vital to many applications, such as computer simulations, statistics, and cryptography. Read more
 
17 December 2008:  Scientists print dense lattice of transparent nanotube transistors on flexible base. Read more
 
17 December 2008:  University of Pittsburgh  researchers create non-toxic clean-up method for potentially toxic nano materials. Read more
 
16 December 2008:  Nanotechnology May be Used for Food Safety. A microscopic biological sensor that detects Salmonella bacteria in lab tests has been developed. Read more
 
16 December 2008:  A single batch of carbon nanotubes -- molecular carbon cylinders that may one day revolutionize electronics engineering -- often includes more than 100 types of tubes. Read more
 
16 December 2008:  Nature, nanotechnology fuse in electric yarn that detects blood. A carbon nanotube-coated "smart yarn" that conducts electricity could be woven into soft fabrics that detect blood and monitor health. Read more
 
16 December 2008:  Researchers in Pennsylvania are reporting for the first time that nanoparticles 1/5,000 the diameter of a human hair encapsulating an experimental anticancer agent, kill human melanoma and drug-resistant breast cancer cells. Read more
 
16 December 2008:  Flawed nanotubes could be perfect silicon replacement. Read more
 
16 December 2008:  PLASTIC MEMORIES ON THE HORIZON. Researchers in Belgium have made high-density arrays of ferroelectric polymer nanostructures using a simple nano-embossing technique. Read more
 
16 December 2008:  Tunneling electronics could power nanotechnology. Molecular dynamics simulations show that electron tunneling through nanoscale rotary motors based on carbon nanotube shafts may enable nanotech motors to rotate more than a million times faster than their biological counterparts. Read more
 
15 December 2008:  'Impossible' Nanoscale Process Succeeds: Molecular Chain Reaction On Metal Surface Offers Potential For Information Storageg. Read more
 
15 December 2008:  'Strained' Quantum Dots Show New Optical Properties. Read more
 
15 December 2008:  It's hard to study something with any rigor if the subject can't be produced uniformly and efficiently. Researchers who study double-walled carbon nanotubes -- nanomaterials with promising technological applications -- find themselves in just this predicament. Read more
 
15 December 2008:  MIT engineers have developed carbon nanotubes into sensors for cancer drugs and other DNA-damaging agents inside living cells. Read more
 
15 December 2008:  GRAPHENE GOES LARGE SCALE. Researchers in Australia have developed a chemical-based approach to make gram-scale quantities of graphene. Read more
 
12 December 2008:  Michigan State University researchers have been able to make first-of-its-kind measurements of several rare nuclei, one of which has been termed a "holy grail" of experimental nuclear physics. Read more
 
12 December 2008:  New theory may help design tomorrow's sustainable polymer. Thanks to the apparently tight merger of a theory by a University of Oregon chemist and years of unexplained data from real world experiments involving polymers in Europe. Read more
 
12 December 2008:  The first scanning near-field optical microscope (SNOM) with an LED integrated into the probe has been unveiled by researchers at the University of Sheffield, UK. Read more
 
12 December 2008:  Nanotechnology advance toward individualized cancer treatments. The effectiveness of treatment with multifunctional nanoparticles was studied using human breast tumors grown in rats lacking an immune system. Read more
 
11 December 2008:  Plastic that conducts electricity and metal that weighs no more than a feather? Researchers have succeeded in making plastics conductive and cutting production costs at the same time. Read more
 
11 December 2008:  By adding a small amount of carbon nanofibers to the polyurethane foams used in some upholstered furniture can reduce flammability by about 35 percent. Read more
 
11 December 2008:  Researchers at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology have become the first to observe the Magnus effect in light, potentially opening a new avenue for controlling light in nanometer-scale optical devices, which could lead to much faster computation data processing. Read more
 
11 December 2008:  Researchers from Quebec’s Laval University and Australia’s La Trobe University has discovered how to improve the nanometers-thick layer of polymer used to coat cardiac stents. Read more
 
11 December 2008:  "Monolithic" white LEDs (WLEDs) may be better than previously made devices that relied on hybrid technologies. Read more
 
11 December 2008:  Fearing the fear of nanotechnology. Nanoscientists have always had a degree of nervousness about the way that public opinion of their science might unfold. Read more
 
10 December 2008:  A new European research project will use the latest techniques in nanotechnology to design nanoparticles capable of detecting and locating tumours. Once located, these super-small 'nanites' will also have the capacity to attack and neutralise the tumour. The NANOTHER project ('Integration of novel nanoparticle based technology for therapeutics and diagnosis of different types of cancer') is supported by the EU under the Seventh Framework Programme with EUR 8.5 million in funding. Read more
 
10 December 2008:  Ship-in-a-bottle Kit On A Microchip. In the same way, the scientists link the valves, pumps and stirrers of a microlaboratory to create a micro device on a chip. Read more
 
10 December 2008:  European researchers have developed a promising solution to ‘mask-less’ semiconductor lithography and generated intense interest among major industry players. Read more
 
10 December 2008:  New polymer coatings prevent corrosion, even when scratched. Read more
 
10 December 2008:  People in the US and the UK show strong similarities in their attitudes toward nanotechnologies. Read more
 
10 December 2008:  Nanotechnology and AI forecast. Read more
 
9 December 2008:  New hybrid nanostructures detect nanoscale magnetism. When shrunk to such tiny sizes, many everyday materials exhibit interesting and potentially beneficial new properties. Read more
 
9 December 2008:  PADDLE CNT RESONATORS COULD MAKE GOOD MASS SENSORS. By showing that paddle-shaped devices made from carbon nanotubes resonate in two very different modes when varying gate voltages are applied. Read more

8 December 2008:  Quantum dots, tiny luminescent particles made of semiconductors, hold promise for detecting and treating cancer earlier. However, if doctors were to use them in humans, quantum dots could have limitations related to their size and possible toxicity. Read more
 
8 December 2008:  When it comes to the world of the very, very small — nanotechnology — Americans have a big problem: Nano and its capacity to alter the fundamentals of nature, it seems, are failing the moral litmus test of religion. Read more
 
8 December 2008:  Rather than infer that nanotechnology is safe, members of the public who learn about this novel science tend to become sharply polarized along cultural lines. Read more
 
8 December 2008:  What happens when silicon can shrink no more? Moore's law means that the cellphone or iPod in your pocket today has more byte-crunching power than the mainframes on the Apollo spacecraft. Read more
 
8 December 2008:  Controlling the Casimir force. Researchers in Florida have discovered that the Casimir force between objects strongly depends on their shape and that the force is smaller between surfaces with nanoscale corrugations compared with those that have a flat smooth surface. Read more
 
8 December 2008:  Nanotube Clothing Glows in Response to Allergens. Read more
 
5 December 2008:  Investigating new materials with ultracold atoms. The investigation of complex materials such as high-temperature superconductors is problematic. Read more
 
5 December 2008:  It will soon be possible to measure ultrasonic sound using water, air, light and nanotechnology – over a hundred times more accurately than with existing sensors. Read more
 
5 December 2008:  Superconductor switches on and off. A superconductor that can be switched on and off with an electric field has been made by physicists in Switzerland, France and Germany. The material could help make resistance-free electronic devices that are faster and more efficient that the transistors of today. Read more
 
5 December 2008:  Magnetic nanotags allow sensitive detection of cancer biomarkers. Read more
 
5 December 2008:  Could Nanotech Create Speech-powered Phones? Imagine a self-powering cell phone that never needs to be charged because it converts sound waves produced by the user into energy. Read more
 
5 December 2008:  Nanotechnology delivers lethal dose of drug to prostate cancer cells. Read more
 
4 December 2008:  Scientists studying a material that appeared to lose its ability to carry current with no resistance say new measurements reveal that the material is indeed a superconductor — but only in two dimensions. Read more
 
4 December 2008:  Breakthrough Made in Metamaterial Optics. Researchers have solved one of the significant remaining challenges with photonic “metamaterials,” discovering a way to prevent the loss of light as it passes through these materials. Read more
 
4 December 2008:  Nanoparticles scatter light in solar cells. Metal nanoparticles can significantly improve the performance of certain types of solar cell. Read more
 
3 December 2008:  Can triniobium tin shrink accelerators? The superconducting cavities that drive most of the world's particle accelerators are running out of room for improvement. Read more
 
3 December 2008:  Researchers at Purdue University have developed a technique that uses a laser and holograms to precisely position numerous tiny particles within seconds, representing a potential new tool to analyze biological samples or create devices using nanoassembly. Read more
 
3 December 2008:  Toys made of liquid wood. Most plastics are based on petroleum. A bio-plastic that consists of one hundred percent renewable raw materials helps to conserve this resource. Read more
 
3 December 2008:  The nanobubbles that develop on submerged surfaces should not really be able to exist. Because of the enormous internal pressure, they should disappear within a short time. Nevertheless, they sometimes last for hours: an unexplained phenomenon. Read more
 
3 December 2008:  Airbrushed nanotubes detect cancer cells. Scientists in the US have developed a single nanotube field effect array that can detect live, intact breast cancer cells with single-cell selectivity in a drop of fresh human blood. Read more
 
2 December 2008:  NANOPARTICLES BECOME MORE RESISTANT. Researchers at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland have developed a new method to make borosilicate glass nanoparticles. Read more
 
2 December 2008:  Nanotechnology-based assay for cancer proteins increases sensitivity a thousand fold. Read more
 
1 December 2008:  Researchers at Linköping University in Sweden have succeeded in creating electrical wires consisting of protein fibers encased in plastic. The 10 nanometer thin fibers are self-organizing and compatible with biological systems. Read more
 
1 December 2008:  Light moves tiny devices. Engineers at Yale University in the US have shown that the force of light can be harnessed to drive nanomachines. The result could lead to all-optical mechanical devices made from nanometre-sized photonic circuits. Read more
 
1 December 2008:  What’s the smallest one of all? High-precision mirror spots nanosizes. Radiation from x-ray lasers such as x-ray free electron lasers are of wide interest. Read more
 
28 November 2008:  In addition to its iridescent beauty, mother of pearl, or nacre, the inner lining of the shells of abalone, mussels and certain other mollusks, is also renowned for an amazing strength and toughness that has been a long-standing mystery. Read more
 
28 November 2008:  Metamaterial marble would make perfect cat's eye. Through careful design, physicists can adjust a metamaterial's refractive index, which is a measure of the speed of light passing though the material. These changes also control the path of the light, making "invisibility cloaks" possible by diverting photons around an object. Read more
 
28 November 2008:  Nanospikes guide liquid into position. A superhydrophilic surface treatment developed by scientists in the US could be ideal for patterning fluidic chips with a network of tracks for moving liquid around the device. Read more
 
27 November 2008:  A nontoxic nanoparticle developed by Penn State researchers is proving to be an all-around effective delivery system for both therapeutic drugs and the fluorescent dyes that can track their delivery. Read more
 
27 November 2008:  Nanocoatings boost industrial energy efficiency. Friction is the bane of any machine.  When moving parts are subject to friction, it takes more energy to move them, the machine doesn’t operate as efficiently, and the parts have a tendency to wear out over time. Read more
 
27 November 2008:  Scientists from the California Institute of Technology have, for the first time, created an array of nanowires that are superconducting at relatively high temperatures. Read more
 
27 November 2008:  'The photon force is with us': Harnessing light to drive nanomachines. Now a team led by researchers at the Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science has shown that the force of light indeed can be harnessed to drive machines — when the process is scaled to nano-proportions. Read more
 
26 November 2008:  One of the problems with laser surgery is that the heat produced can damage tissue, and even lead to cell death. Attempts are being made to replace laser surgery with non-thermal plasma interaction, potentially allowing for the possibility of single cell removal without affecting the surrounding cells and tissue. Read more
 
26 November 2008:  Scientists use bubbles to future-proof fibre optics. They're tiny, are rarely thought about by the people who use them, but are essential to how we access information, communicate with one another and live our everyday lives. Read more
 
 26 November 2008:  Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have demonstrated their ability to measure relatively low levels of stress or strain in regions of a semiconductor device as small as 10 nanometers across. Read more
 
26 November 2008:  Nanoarchitecture tunes drug delivery rate. Medical researchers in the US have deposited a film of parylene C – a popular biocompatible material – over a layer of active molecules (doxorubicin) to create an easy-to-make drug-delivery patch. Read more
 
25 November 2008:  Laboratory researchers have posited an explanation for superconductivity that may open the door to the discovery of new, unconventional forms of superconductivity. Read more
 
25 November 2008:  To continue to improve semiconductor devices, such as transistors, which form the backbone of the consumer electronics industry, researchers need to be able to control the movement and density of the electric charge within them. Read more
 
25 November 2008:  Research chemists at the University of Warwick have devised an elegant process which simply and cheaply covers small particles of polymer with a layer of silica-based nanoparticles. The final result provides a highly versatile material that can be used to create a range of high performance materials such as: self healing paints, and clever packaging that can be tailored to let precise levels of water, air or both pass in a particular direction. Read more
 
25 November 2008:  Nanotech clothing fabric 'never gets wet'. The secret to this incredible water resistance is the layer of silicone nanofilaments, which are highly chemically hydrophobic. Read more
 
25 November 2008:  Under construction: The fuel tank of the future. If the hydrogen economy is ever going to become reality, we will need a way to store the stuff without having to compress it to dangerously high pressures. Read more
 
25 November 2008:  SINGLE ATOMS SWITCH NANOWIRES. Adding just a single atom to a nanowire, or taking one away from it, can completely change the wire's magnetic properties. Read more
 
24 November 2008:  Nano-diode breaks speed record. Researchers in the UK and the Netherlands have made the first electronic nano-diode to operate at frequencies beyond 1 THz. The device is the fastest acting electronic nanodevice ever but also remains the simplest diode to date because it is based on a novel single-layered architecture, unlike conventional diodes that contain either a p-n junction or a barrier structure. Read more
 
21 November 2008:  Caltech 4-D microscope revolutionizes the way we look at the nano world… A breakthrough technology based on new concepts has now accomplished a similar feat, but on an atomic scale--by allowing, for the first time, the real-time, real-space visualization of fleeting changes in the structure and shape of matter barely a billionth of a meter in size. Read more
 
21 November 2008:  Using an array of nanotube devices, each coated with a different organic material, researchers at the Israel Institute of Technology have developed diagnostic system that may be able to diagnose lung cancer simply by sampling a patient’s breath. Read more
 
21 November 2008:  Fast and precise control of AFM tips may enable nanotechnology memory devices. Arrays of atomic force probe tips are promising nanotech approaches to denser, faster, cheaper memories.  Read more
 
20 November 2008:  Student achieves control of collagen nonofibers to manufacture synthetic knee cartilage… Protection of the knee for disabled people with prostheses may be one of the first applications. Read more
 
20 November 2008:  Researchers at the University of Maryland's A. James Clark School of Engineering have discovered a new lead-free material, bismuth samarium ferrite (BSFO), for use in products ranging from biomedical imaging devices to airbag sensors to inkjet printers. Read more
 
20 November 2008:  Nanorotors move together. Researchers in China and the UK have made a new type of nanometre-sized rotor with an off-centre axis of rotation. The researchers have also made arrays of the devices that spread over distances as large as microns. Read more
 
19 November 2008:  Growing brain cells on scaffolds made from carbon nanotubes can boost their activity because the electrical signals they use to communicate can speed through the material, scientists have found. Read more
 
19 November 2008:  Combining chitosan and modified lecithin could offer interesting nano-encapsulators for a variety of ingredients, according to a new study from Japan. Read more
 
19 November 2008:  A nontoxic nanoparticle developed by Penn State researchers is proving to be an all-around effective delivery system for both therapeutic drugs and the fluorescent dyes that can track their delivery. Read more
 
19 November 2008:  Can a single molecule behave as a mirror? “We have shown for the first time, theoretically, that a single molecule can behave as a perfect mirror,” Mario Agio tells PhysOrg.com. Read more
 
19 November 2008:  Tunnelling nanotubes: life’s secret network. A very long, thin tube had formed between two of the rat cells… Read more
 
19 November 2008:  Makers of tunable laser systems, optical switches and displays may be interested in a simple-to-operate voltage-controlled optical filter being developed by scientists in Taiwan. Patterned using a one-step process, the nanoimprinted periodic metal/ferroelectric film stack is seen as an alternative to multilayer thin-film assemblies and liquid crystal devices in use today. Read more

18 November 2008:  Researchers from IBM and Purdue University have discovered that tiny structures called silicon nanowires might be ideal for manufacturing in future computers and consumer electronics because they form the same way every time. Read more
 
18 November 2008:  A University of Michigan professor has created 3-D portraits of the president-elect that are smaller than a grain of salt. He calls them "nanobamas." Each one contains about 150 million carbon nanotubes stacked vertically like trees in a forest. A carbon nanotube is an extraordinarily strong hollow cylinder about 1/50,000th the width of a human hair. Read more
 
18 November 2008:  Tiny wires, our motion could power devices. In a small step toward making electronics that can power themselves, researchers at Georgia Tech and the University of Dayton have discovered how to generate electricity just by bending tiny wires back and forth. Read more
 
18 November 2008:  A new approach to calibrating quantum mechanical measurement has been developed with particular applications in optics and super-secure quantum communication. Read more
 
18 November 2008:  Squeezing light through nanoholes. By studying nanoapertures in metallic films, researchers at Boston University in the US have shown that light can squeeze through openings that are nearly 100 times smaller than the wavelength of light. Read more
 
18 November 2008:  A landmark national survey on the use of nanotechnology for "human enhancement" shows widespread public support for applications of the new technology related to improving human health. However, the survey also shows broad disapproval for nanotech human enhancement research in areas without health benefits. Read more
 
17 November 2008:  New nanocluster to boost thin films for semiconductors. Oregon researchers have synthesized an elusive metal-hydroxide compound in sufficient and rapidly produced yields, potentially paving the way for improved precursor inks that could boost semiconductor capabilities for large-area applications. Read more
 
17 November 2008:  The lowdown on nanotechnology. The British Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution has just published a report on novel materials and has looked at the case of nanotechnology. Read more
 
17 November 2008:  Nanoparticles deliver their cargo, then disappear. Medical researchers are looking at any number of new methods to get drugs to specific locations in the body. Some methods are efficient but less safe, while others are safe but often fail to deliver. Read more
 
17 November 2008:  Making single-electron devices isn't easy. Researchers need to be able to control fabrication on the nanoscale, which means that only a few devices can be made at once. Now, Seong Jin Koh and colleagues at the University of Texas at Arlington have developed a new parallel-processing technique that allows them to produce multiple, individually addressable devices that work at room temperature. Read more
 
14 November 2008:  A team of scientists at the University of Leeds in the UK has invented a biosensor device that can identify disease using nanotechnology. The device, which may revolutionise the science of diagnosis, uses antibodies to detect biomarkers, molecules in the body used to identify disease. Read more
 
14 November 2008:  Researchers have discovered that tiny structures called silicon nanowires might be ideal for manufacturing in future computers and consumer electronics because they form the same way every time. Read more
 
14 November 2008:  Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have developed a radical new method of focusing a stream of ions into a point as small as one nanometer. Because of the versatility of their approach—it can be used with a wide range of ions tailored to the task at hand—it is expected to have broad application in nanotechnology… Read more
 
14 November 2008:  Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) are decoding the mysterious mechanisms behind the high-temperature superconductors that industry hopes will find wide use in next-generation systems for storing, distributing and using electricity. Read more
 
14 November 2008:  University of Chicago scientists have induced electrons in the nanocrystals of semiconductors to cool more slowly by forcing them into a smaller volume. This has the potential to improve satellite communications and the generation of solar power. Read more
 
14 November 2008:  Nanoparticles that are one milliard of a metre in size are widely used, for example, in cosmetics and food packaging materials. There are also significant amounts of nanoparticles in exhaust emissions. However, very little is yet known of their health effects. Read more
 
14 November 2008:  SAW sizes particles for durg delivery. Surface acoustic wave (SAW) atomization is a straightforward and rapid route to producing particles and droplets with a controlled and narrow size distribution. What's more, the technology is extremely compact and portable, which is opening the door to applications such as drug delivery. Read more
 
13 November 2008:  Researchers have developed a new anti-reflective coating that boosts the efficiency of solar panels and allows sunlight to be absorbed from almost any angle. Scientists from the Future Chips Constellation (FCC) at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York have created the coating using nanotechnology. Read more
 
13 November 2008:  Since their development in the 1940s, transistors have been at the heart of computers and other modern electronic devices. Transistors – whose job is to start, stop, or amplify electric current – come in all shapes, sizes and materials, depending on the application. Recently, scientists have fabricated a new variation: a micro-sized plasma transistor. Read more
 
13 November 2008:  Tunnelling electrons could drive nanomotors. Researchers in the US have used computer simulations to show that nanometre-sized rotary motors could be driven by electron tunnelling. Read more
 
13 November 2008:  There is an urgent need for more testing, extending existing governance arrangements and creating new arrangements for the control of the rapidly developing field of nanomaterials, Read more
 
12 November 2008:  Researchers advance nano-scale elecetromechanical sensors. Clemson physics professor Apparao Rao and his team are researching nano-scale cantilevers that have the potential to read and alert us to toxic chemicals or gases in the air. Read more
 
12 November 2008:  A team of researchers led by North Carolina State University has made a breakthrough that could lead to new dialysis devices and a host of other revolutionary medical implants. The researchers have found that the unique properties of a new material can be used to create new devices that can be implanted into the human body – including blood glucose sensors for diabetics and artificial hemo-dialysis membranes that can scrub impurities from the blood. Read more
 
12 November 2008:  Cornell researchers have developed an ingenious microscopic method to observe the behavior of single nanoparticles of a catalyst, down to the resolution of single catalytic events. Read more
 
12 November 2008:  Gold nanowires 20 nm thick and 200 nm to 2000 nm in length with absorptions from the near to mid-IR will improve solar cell efficiencies, optics, and nanoelectronics. Read more
 
11 November 2008:  Nanoparticles research aids drug development. Scientists at the University of Liverpool have developed a new technology which can dramatically improve the effectiveness of antibacterial treatments. Read more
 
11 November 2008:  In a recent publication in the high impact journal Optics Letters, Svetlana Malinovskaya, Associate Professor of Physics at Stevens Institute of Technology, proposes to use femtosecond, chirped laser pulse trains to reduce decoherence. Controlling coherence can overcome current barriers in a variety of fields, from quantum computing to molecular selective bio-imaging. Read more
 
11 November 2008:  Researchers discover method for mass production of nanomaterial graphene. Graphene is a perfect example of the wonders of nanotechnology, in which common substances are scaled down to an atomic level to uncover new and exciting possibilities. Read more
 
11 November 2008:  Cornell researchers have developed an ingenious microscopic method to observe the behavior of single nanoparticles of a catalyst, down to the resolution of single catalytic events. Read more
 
11 November 2008:  Nanowires could be used to fabricate a variety of optoelectronics devices, including light-emitting diodes and lasers. However, the optical properties of these materials are seriously affected by surface states and an optical "dead layer" – because of the wires' large surface-to-volume ratio. Read more

10 November 2008:  Researchers at Boston University working with collaborators in Germany, France and Korea have developed a nanoscale torsion resonator that measures miniscule amounts of twisting or torque in a metallic nanowire. This device, the size of a speck of dust, might enable measurements of the untwisting of DNA and have applications in spintronics, fundamental physics, chemistry and biology. Read more
 
10 November 2008:  Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have created nanoscale particles that can self-assemble into various optical devices. By controlling how densely the tiny silver particles assemble themselves, the researchers can make several different kinds of devices, including photonic crystals. Read more
 
10 November 2008:  How self-powered nanotech machines work. The watchmaker in the 1920s who de-vised the self-winding wristwatch was on to a great idea: mechanically harvesting energy from the wearer’s moving arm and putting it to work rewinding the watch spring. Today we are beginning to create extremely small energy harvesters that can supply electrical power to the tiny world of nanoscale devices, where things are measured in billionths of a meter. Read more
 
7 November 2008:  A novel technique under development at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) uses a relatively inexpensive optical microscope to quickly and cheaply analyze nanoscale dimensions with nanoscale measurement sensitivity. Termed “Through-focus Scanning Optical Microscope” (TSOM) imaging, the technique has potential applications in nanomanufacturing, semiconductor process control and biotechnology. Read more
 
7 November 2008:  Rods, cones, cubes and spheres – move aside. Tiny gold stars, smaller than a billionth of a meter, may hold the promise for new approaches to medical diagnoses or testing for environmental contaminants. Read more
 
7 November 2008:  Sheets of carbon nanotubes, also known as buckypaper, boast a diverse range of potential applications including display backlighting, thermal management of microelectronics, protection against lightning strikes and structural health monitoring. Unfortunately, the free-standing film offers little resistance to damage, which can make handling the material and subsequent processing difficult. Read more
 
7 November 2008:  Working on a single atomic layer of tin atoms grown on a single-crystal silicon surface, the Japanese-European collaboration maneuvered an atomic force microscope (AFM) tip precisely (plus or minus 0.01 nm) over a single silicon atom defect in the tin surface, and were able to reversibly exchange a tin atom on the apex of the tip and the silicon atom on the surface. Read more
 
6 November 2008:  Nanotwins increase copper’s conductivity and mechanical strength. Researchers have synthesized "nanotwinned" copper films with the best combination of mechanical strength and electrical conductivity to date. The result could prove useful in a variety of applications, including semiconductor chip and electronic device manufacture. Read more
 
5 November 2008:  In the tiny realm of nanotechnology, scientists have used a wide variety of materials to build atomic scale structures. But just as in the construction business, nanotechnology researchers can often be limited by the amount of raw materials. Now, Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University researcher Hao Yan has avoided these pitfalls by using cells as factories to make DNA based nanostructures inside a living cell. Read more
 
5 November 2008:  Smart fabrics and intelligent textiles – material that incorporates cunning molecules or clever electronics – is thriving and European research efforts are tackling some of the sector’s toughest challenges. Read more
 
5 November 2008:  Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a measurement technique that will help scientists and companies map nanomaterials as they grow. The discovery could help create superior nanotechnologies and lead to the development of more efficient solar panels and increased magnetic data storage. Read more
 
5 November 2008:  A novel nanoSIMS-based technology provides unprecedented insights into the activity of single cells with surprising results. Read more
 
5 November 2008:  Graphene oxide could be used for in vivo biological imaging say researchers at Stanford University in the US who have shown that the nanomaterial is photoluminescent in the visible and infrared regions of the electromagnetic spectrum. But that's not all: it can also be used to load and deliver drugs, opening up possibilities for simultaneous cancer cell imaging and therapy. Read more
 
4 November 2008:  Nanotubes turn on the tunes. Stretchable, flexible, transparent sheets of carbon nanotubes can serve as loudspeakers, Chinese researchers have found1. The loudspeakers can be tailored into any size and shape, they say – and to prove their point, they have put one on a waving flag. Read more
 
4 November 2008:  An innovative systems biology approach to understanding the carbohydrate structures in cells is leading to new ways to understand how inflammatory illnesses and cardiovascular disease develop in humans. The work was described in two recent publications by University at Buffalo chemical engineers. Read more

4 November 2008:  “While nature teems with organisms that readily reproduce, no one has yet succeeded in making an artificial material that can repeatedly copy itself," say Paul Chaikin and colleagues at New York University, US. They want to change all that using micrometre-scale particles that, when in solution, self-organise into units able to reproduce. Their idea, described in a new patent application, is based on the fact that sequences of DNA can be designed to recognise and bond with each other. By carefully designing these sequences, it is possible to build structures from them – for example, microscopic relief maps of the Americas. Read more
 
3 November 2008:  Oregon researchers have synthesized an elusive metal-hydroxide compound in sufficient and rapidly produced yields, potentially paving the way for improved precursor inks that could boost semiconductor capabilities for large-area applications. Read more
 
3 November 2008:  One of the advantages of nanotech treatments for cancer is that nanoparticles can be large enough to introduce more than one type of therapeutic molecule into the same cancer cell. Another advantage is that nanoparticles can protect and deliver into cells molecules that would never make it into the cancer cell unassisted. Now scientists at Pennsylvania State University have demonstrated that nanoparticles can introduce two very promising, but easily degraded, therapeutic molecules into a laboratory model of human skin, and that together they are much more effective than either is alone is slowing the development of deadly melanoma skin cancer. Read more
 
31 October 2008:  In this information age, increased storage capacity is a central challenge for science and technology. A team of German and Italian researchers has pursued this by exploring the concept of “nanostructured storage domains”. Read more
 
31 October 2008:  In the quest to slow down and ultimately understand chemistry at the level of atoms and electrons, University of Colorado at Boulder and Canadian scientists have found a new way to peer into a molecule that allows them to see how its electrons rearrange as the molecule changes shape. Read more
 
31 October 2008:  Researchers at Northeastern have demonstrated a way to use single-walled carbon nanotubes, at left, to ease large-scale manufacture of flat-panel displays and electronic memory devices. Read more
 
31 October 2008:  Organisms that live in extreme environments may provide building blocks for nanotech applications that need to withstand extreme environments. A virus that infects a microorganism that lives in volcanic springs looks particularly promising. Read more
 
30 October 2008:  A group of researchers led by Adrian Bachtold of the CIN2 laboratory in Spain has developed an ultrasensitive mass sensor, which can measure tiny amounts of mass with atomic precision, and with an unprecedented resolution to date. Read more
 
30 October 2008:  A novel technique under development at the National Institute of Standards and Technology uses a relatively inexpensive optical microscope to quickly and cheaply analyze nanoscale dimensions with nanoscale measurement sensitivity. Termed “Through-focus Scanning Optical Microscope” (TSOM) imaging, the technique has potential applications in nanomanufacturing, semiconductor process control and biotechnology. Read more
 
30 October 2008:  Nanorobots that are introduced into the body to eradicate tumor cells or clean out clogged arteries are not just science fiction; they are a realistic vision of the technological possibilities of the not-so-distant future. Efficient nanomotors will be needed to drive these nanomachines. Read more
 
29 October 2008:  Taking a step toward that goal, physicists have made an important advance in the development of organic semiconductors in terms of their electron mobility. Generally, organic semiconductors have low electron mobility, meaning that the overall motion of their electrons is too random and not directed enough to provide a good electric current and conductivity. Read more
 
29 October 2008:  New research shows that environmental gains derived from the use of nanomaterials may be offset in part by the processes used to manufacture them. Research published in a special issue of the Journal of Industrial Ecology, a peer-reviewed journal owned by Yale University… highlights the need for improved efficiency in the manufacturing of nanoscale materials to reduce energy use, emissions, solid waste, and the use of toxic input materials. Read more
 
29 October 2008:  Japanese researchers have developed a way of soldering metal wires together on the nanoscale. The method will open the door to applications in nanocircuitry, they claim. Read more
 
29 October 2008:  To develop nanotech therapies for cancer, it would be useful to be able to follow the distribution of nanoparticles in the patient to see if they are in fact accumulating in the targeted tumor(s). A noninvasive Raman microscope has allowed scientists to track carbon nanotubes injected into living mice. Read more
 
28 October 2008:  Pharmacogenics, the study of the relationship between pharmaceuticals and genetics, is finding a niche in today's research world. Experts believe that safer pharmaceutical drugs can emerge from state-of-the-art genetic screening. Read more
 
28 October 2008:  Materials science and the pharmaceutical industry could soon be revolutionized by emerging nanotechnologies based on designer molecules with long complex tree-and branch structures. Such molecules offer almost limitless scope for design of bespoke compounds for specific applications in disease therapy, for novel materials such as resins, as well as electronic displays, and energy storage. Read more
28 October 2008:  The fouling or growth of sea organisms, such as barnacles, on ships' hulls causes damage costing many billions of euros annually. In order to prevent this fouling, In Yee Phang of the University of Twente [profile] (Netherlands) used nanotechnology to investigate how barnacles colonize a surface. This is the first time that the existence of barnacle cyprid larvae "footprints" has been demonstrated. Read more
 
28 October 2008:  One of the more interesting methods of pattern transfer available for a number of applications right now is Laser Induced Forward Transfer (LIFT). However, when working with organic material, there are some drawbacks to LIFT, as well as other drawbacks to making use of a high threshold UV or IR laser to effect the transfer. Read more
 
28 October 2008:  A practical nanotech method for integrating single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWNT) with existing silicon microtechnology could lead to uses in microelectronics, field emission displays, electronic memory devices and solar cells. Read more
 
24 October 2008:  French scientists have identified a pattern of gene activity that accurately predicts which colorectal cancer patients will respond best to which treatments. The findings could be used in future to develop a test to determine rapidly which drugs a patient should receive. Read more
 
24 October 2008:  Regulation of gene activity by microRNAs is critical to myriad aspects of eukaryotic development and physiology. Amidst an extensive regulatory web that is predicted to involve thousands of transcripts, emergent themes are now beginning to illustrate how microRNAs have been incorporated into diverse settings. Read more
 
24 October 2008:  Targeted memory erasure is no longer limited to the realm of science fiction. A new study describes a method through which a selected set of memories can be rapidly and specifically erased from the mouse brain in a controlled and inducible manner. New and old memories have been selectively and safely removed from mice by scientists. Read more
 
24 October 2008:  Environmental gains derived from the use of nanomaterials may be offset in part by the process used to manufacture them. Read more
 
24 October 2008:  Scientists have taken a critical step toward the development of new and more effective antibacterial drugs by identifying exactly how a specific antibiotic sets up a road block that halts bacterial growth. The antibiotic, myxopyronin, is a natural substance that is made by bacteria to fend off other bacteria. Read more
 
24 October 2008:  Chemists devise self assembling ‘organic wire’. From pacemakers constructed of materials that so closely mimic human tissues that a patient's body can't discern the difference to devices that bypass injured spinal cords to restore movement to paralyzed limbs, the possibilities presented by organic electronics read like something from a science fiction novel. Read more
 
24 October 2008:  Drug reboots immune system to reverse MS. For the first time, a drug has successfully reversed nerve and brain damage from multiple sclerosis, trial data suggests. Read more
 
23 October 2008:  For the past several years, researchers have been trying to take advantage of carbon nanotubes’ good electrical properties for future nanoscale electronics applications. One of the biggest challenges in this area is finding ways to arrange and assemble the nanotubes into 3D configurations for carrying current in nanoscale devices. Read more
 
23 October 2008:  Molecular biologists reported Wednesday that they had grown prostates in mice from single cells, marking an important step forward in the quest to grow transplant tissue in the lab. Read more
 
23 October 2008:  Computer-aided molecular design has led to the fabrication of a nanotech material for solar cells. Combining electrically conductive polymers, transition metal atoms, and spin-coating to form thin films could lead to solar cells with two major advantages that would make them more efficient at converting light to electricity. Read more
 
22 October 2008:  Engineers from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have created a "plug-and-play" synthetic RNA device--a sort of eminently customizable biological computer--that is capable of taking in and responding to more than one biological or environmental signal at a time. Read more
 
22 October 2008:  Scientists are puzzled by the nanobubbles that can develop on surfaces under water. It should be impossible for them to exist but nevertheless they remain intact for hours. Read more
 
22 October 2008:  Researchers have accurately identified tools that model the atomic and void structures of a network-forming elemental material. These tools may revolutionize the process of creating new solar panels, flat-panel displays, optical storage media and myriad other technological devices. Read more
 
22 October 2008:  McGill University researchers have discovered a new state of matter, a quasi-three- dimensional electron crystal, in a material very much like those used in the fabrication of modern transistors. This discovery could have momentous implications for the development of new electronic devices. Read more
 
22 October 2008:  The design of a novel protein whose catalytic activity is controlled by light may or may not have direct nanotech applications, but it represents another milestone in engineering proteins. Read more
 
22 October 2008:  Researchers discover new class of graphene-based electrodes
Graphene is the latest nanoscale form of carbon to be discovered and it is currently the hottest topic in condensed matter physics and materials science due to its novel electronic properties. Read more
 
21 October 2008:  A group of researchers from the German Institute of Human Nutrition* led by Hadi Al-Hasani and Hans-Georg Joost has identified a natural mutation in the Tbc1d1 gene that keeps mice lean and also protects against diabetes despite a high-fat diet. The researchers were thus able to gain a deep insight into the function of the gene. Read more
 
21 October 2008:  Scientists in Israel are reporting the first successful spinning of a key natural protein into strong nano-sized fibers about 1/50,000th the width of a human hair. The advance could lead to a new generation of stronger, longer-lasting biocompatible sutures and bandages to treat wounds. Read more
 
21 October 2008:  Because they are riddled with defects, bulk crystalline materials never achieve their ideal strength; nanocrystals, on the other hand, are so small there's no room for defects. Yet while nanocrystalline materials may approach ideal strength in their resistance to stress, most nanostructures have shown only a limited ability to withstand large internal strains before they fail. Read more
 
21 October 2008:  Despite the rapid progress of structural DNA nanotechnology, one limitation has been the expense and labor involved to construct complex DNA nanostructures step-by-step in the laboratory. In a collaboration between the laboratories of Hao Yan at the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University and Nadrian C. Seeman at New York University, two basic structural motifs of DNA nanotechnology have been efficiently and inexpensively replicated in bacterial cells. The fact that these artificial DNA nanostructures are tolerated in living cells was surprising, and may open new avenues for synergism between nanotech and synthetic biology. Read more
 
17 October 2008:  Scientists are using designs in nature from extreme environments to overcome the challenges of producing materials on the nanometre scale. A team from the UK’s John Innes Centre, the Scripps Research Institute in California and the Institut Pasteur in Paris have identified a stable, modifiable virus that could be used as a nanobuilding block. Read more
 
17 October 2008:  Using highly uniform samples of carbon nanotubes—sorted by centrifuge for length—materials scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have made some of the most precise measurements yet of the concentrations at which delicate mats of nanotubes become transparent, conducting sheets. Their recent experiments point up the importance of using relatively homogeneous—not overly short, but uniform in length— nanotubes for making high performance conducting films. Read more
 
17 October 2008:  Combining a nanotech method of getting genes inside cancer cells with genetic engineering of a potent suicide gene driven by control signals that are very active only in cancer cells effectively killed cell lines derived from pancreatic cancer, a deadly cancer for which there is currently no effective treatment. Read more
 
16 October 2008:  IMEC’s associated laboratory IMOMEC, located on the campus of the Hasselt University, developed a method to stabilize the nanomorphology of organic solar cells resulting in a lifetime improvement of at least a factor 10. Read more
 
15 October 2008:  With nanotechnology yielding a burgeoning menagerie of microscopic pumps, motors, and other machines for potential use in medicine and industry, here is one good question: How will humans turn those devices on and off? Read more
 
15 October 2008:  Michigan State University plant scientists have discovered another piece of the genetic puzzle that controls how plants respond to high temperatures. That may allow plant breeders to create new varieties of crops that flourish in warmer, drier climates. Read more
 
15 October 2008:  Iranian scientists have successfully designed and simulated a simple but effectual butadiene-based light-sensitive molecular nano-switch. A molecular switch is a molecule that can be reversibly shifted between two or more stable states in response to various changes including light. These switches are of interest in nanotechnology and biology. Read more
 
14 October 2008:  This week Nature Nanotechnology journal (October 12th) reveals how scientists from the London Centre for Nanotechnology (LCN) at UCL are using a novel nanomechanical approach to investigate the workings of vancomycin, one of the few antibiotics that can be used to combat increasingly resistant infections such as MRSA. Read more
 
14 October 2008:  Nanotechnology offers unique opportunities to advance the life sciences by facilitating the delivery, manipulation and observation of biological materials with unprecedented resolution. The ability to pattern nanoscale arrays of biological material assists studies of genomics, proteomics and cell adhesion, and may be applied to achieve increased sensitivity in drug screening and disease detection, even when sample volumes are severely limited. Read more
 
13 October 2008:  A new form of carbon material, potentially lighter and stronger than conventional carbon fibres, has been discovered by researchers in China and the United States. Read more

13 October 2008:  Nanotechnologies can be used to develop sustainable energy systems while reducing the harmful effects of fossil fuels as they are gradually phased out over the next century. This optimistic scenario is coming closer to reality as new technologies such as biomimetics and Dye Sensitised solar Cells (DSCs) emerge with great promise for capturing or storing solar energy. Read more

13 October 2008:  AN award-winning leader of an international civil society group warned Thursday that the foods Filipinos may be eating and the cosmetics they are using may contain nano-scale ingredients that are harmful to human health.. Pat Mooney, executive director of Erosion Technology and Concentration, said these nano-scale ingredients could go inside the body and may affect the immune system. Read more

13 October 2008:  This week Nature Nanotechnology journal (October 12th) reveals how scientists from the London Centre for Nanotechnology (LCN) at UCL are using a novel nanomechanical approach to investigate the workings of vancomycin, one of the few antibiotics that can be used to combat increasingly resistant infections such as MRSA.
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2 October 2008:  Purdue University researchers have developed a method of using nanoparticles to deliver treatments to injured brain and spinal cord cells. A team led by Richard Borgens of the School of Veterinary Medicine's Center for Paralysis Research and Welden School of Biomedical Engineering coated silica nanoparticles with a polymer to target and repair injured guinea pig spinal cords. Read more

1 October 2008:  Adding nanoparticles to a water purifying membrane can double its efficiency, according to a startup company based in Los Angeles. With global water usage on the increase and fresh water in limited supply, the company, NanoH2O, says its novel approach could make such purification technology a viable solution to a growing problem. Read more

30 September 2008:  In collaboration with scientists from the NanoTech Institute of the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) – CSIRO has achieved a major breakthrough in the development of a commercially-viable manufacturing process for a range of materials made from carbon nanotubes. Read more

29 September 2008:  Smaller. Faster. More efficient. These are the qualities that drive science and industry to create new nanoscale structures that will help to speed up computers.Scientists at the University of California, Santa Barbara have made a major contribution to this field by designing a new nanotechnology that will ultimately help make computers smaller, faster, and more efficient. Read more

18 September 2008:  Nanoscale meadows of grass and flowers could hold the key to increasing the amount of energy that can be stored in ultracapacitors, devices tipped to replace batteries in high-demand applications like electric cars. Read more

17 September 2008:  Engineers and scientists at The University of Texas at Austin have achieved a breakthrough in the use of a one-atom thick structure called "graphene" as a new carbon-based material for storing electrical charge in ultracapacitor devices, perhaps paving the way for the massive installation of renewable energies such as wind and solar power. Read more

16 September 2008:  Nanotechnology could be the answer to ensuring a safe supply of drinking water for regions of the world stricken by periodic drought or where water contamination is rife. Writing in the International Journal of Nuclear Desalination, researchers in India explain how carbon nanotubes could replace conventional materials in water-purification systems. Read more

10 September 2008:  New nanotechnology paints for walls, ceilings, and surfaces could be used to kill hospital superbugs when fluorescent lights are switched on, scientists heard today at the Society for General Microbiology's Autumn meeting being held this week at Trinity College, Dublin. Read more

10 September 2008:  Combining ordinary electronics with light has been a potential way to create minimal computer circuits with super fast information transfer. Researchers at Umeå University in Sweden and the University of Maryland in the U.S. are now showing that there is a limit. When the size of the components approaches the nanometer level, all information will disappear before it has time to be transferred. Read more

9 september 2008:  A new EU-funded project is exploring the use of nanoparticles in the diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer's disease. The five-year NAD ('Nanoparticles for the therapy and diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease') initiative has a budget of €14.6 million and is financed by the EU's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7). It brings together researchers from a variety of disciplines working in 19 organisations in 13 countries. Read more

8 September 2008:  A new nanomaterial promises to clean up potentially nasty mercury spills that result from broken fluorescent light bulbs. The technology is timely as people are encouraged to switch from incandescent light globes to the energy-saving fluorescent form of lighting. Read more

3 September 2008:  You should have so much patience to solder nanowires to nanoelectrodes. Talk about fine work. That’s why a new electroplating process that simultaneously joins many silicon nanowires to many prepatterned electrodes was selected for a 2008 Nano 50 Award by Nanotech Briefs. Read more

3 September 2008:  Using two abundant and relatively inexpensive elements, Boston College chemists have produced nanonets, a flexible webbing of nano-scale wires that multiplies surface area critical to improving the performance of the wires in electronics and energy applications. Read more

2 September 2008:  A tiny handlike gripper that can grasp tissue or cell samples could make it easier for doctors to perform minimally invasive surgery, such as biopsies. The tiny device curls its "fingers" around an object when triggered chemically, and it can be moved around remotely with a magnet. Read more

27 August 2008:  Researchers from Monash University have designed a nano-sized "trojan horse" particle to ensure healing antioxidants can be better absorbed by the human body. Read more

27 August 2008: Using semiconductor nanotechnology, Srinivas Sridhar, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor and Chair of Physics at Northeastern University, and his team of researchers from the university’s Electronic Materials Research Institute have created a new microlens that focuses infrared light at telecommunication frequencies. Read more

20 August 2008:  A virus has helped to create a new type of tiny battery, made with a simple stamping technique, that could power miniature devices. Read more

19 August 2008:  The development of a transparent coating that causes water to bead up into drops and roll or bounce off a surface will help protect and sustain Air Force systems by preventing corrosion and reducing ice formation on optical elements and aircraft. Read more

14 August 2008:  Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have created the first integrated circuit that uses nanowires as both sensors and electronic components. With a simple printing technique, the group was able to fabricate large arrays of uniform circuits, which could serve as image sensors. Read more

14 August 2008:  A nanomaterial coating on silica particles could offer the solution to one of the world's oldest and most destructive health challenges: how to remove bacteria and other pollutants from drinking water. Read more

14 August 2008:  Scientists have developed a technique to examine peptides on the surface of a gold nanoparticle. This offers the promise of new ways to design and manufacture novel materials on the tiniest scale - one of the key aims of nanoscience. Read more

13 August 2008:  A research group has significantly improved the quality of brain-function measurements by coating metal neural electrodes with carbon nanotubes. Their work could potentially allow scientists to learn more about brain diseases that are based on electrical impulse malfunctions, such as Parkinson's and epilepsy. Read more

12 August 2008:  Researchers in New York are reporting development of the world's thinnest balloon, made of a single layer of graphite just one atom thick. This so-called graphene sealed microchamber is impermeable to even the tiniest airborne molecules, including helium.It has a range of applications in sensors, filters, and imaging of materials at the atomic level, they say in a study scheduled for the August 13 issue of ACS' Nano Letters. Read more

11 August 2008:  Scientists in the US say they are a step closer to developing materials that could render people invisible. Researchers at the University of California in Berkeley have developed a material that can bend light around 3D objects making them "disappear". Read more

11 August 2008:  Nanoparticles shaped to resemble certain bacteria can more easily infiltrate human cells, according to a new study. The results suggest that altering the shape of nanoparticles can make them more effective at treating disease. Read more

11 August 2008:  A new method for examining fingerprints provides detailed maps of their chemical composition while creating traditional images of their structural features. Instead of taking samples back to the lab, law-enforcement agents could use the technique, a variation on mass spectrometry, to reveal traces of cocaine, other drugs, and explosives on the scene. Read more

6 August 2008:  Criminals who use firearms may find it much harder to evade justice in future, thanks to an ingenious new bullet tagging technology. Read more

5 August 2008:  Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the University of California at Berkeley have created the world's first all-integrated sensor circuit based on nanowire arrays, combining light sensors and electronics made of different crystalline materials. Their method can be used to reproduce numerous such devices with high uniformity. Read more

31 July 2008:  Butterfly wings, peacock feathers, opals and pearls are some of nature's jewels that use nanostructures to dazzle us with color. It's accomplished through the way light reaches our eyes after passing through the submicroscopic mazes within these materials. The seemingly effortless way that nature creates this effect is now rivaled by a rapid and simple method developed through a collaboration of researchers. Read more

30 July 2008:  Medical physicists at the University of Virginia have created a novel way to kill tumor cells using nanoparticles and light. The technique, devised by Wensha Yang, an instructor in radiation oncology at the University of Virginia, and colleagues Ke Sheng, Paul W. Read, James M. Larner, and Brian P. Helmke, employs quantum dots. Read more

29 July 2008:  Chemical trade bodies are hoping that an eleventh-hour plea for companies to volunteer information about their nanotechnology products will avert the imposition of potentially restrictive regulation. Read more

29 July 2008:  Researchers at the California Institute of Technology have turned science fiction into reality with their development of a super-compact high-resolution microscope, small enough to fit on a finger tip. This "microscopic microscope" operates without lenses but has the magnifying power of a top-quality optical microscope, can be used in the field to analyze blood samples for malaria or check water supplies for giardia and other pathogens, and can be mass-produced for around $10. Read more

29 July 2008:  There's a new "gold standard" in the sensitivity of weighing scales. Using the same technology with which they created the world's first fully functional nanotube radio, researchers with Berkeley Lab and the University of California at Berkeley have fashioned a nanoelectromechanical system (NEMS) that can function as a scale sensitive enough to measure the mass of a single atom of gold. Read more

28 July 2008:  Hewlett Packard is up to two years away from starting to build a "central nervous system for the Earth", known as CeNSE. The man leading this ambitious project is Dr Stan Williams, who runs HP's Information and Quantum Systems Laboratory. Read more

28 July 2008:  An extraordinary fish that inhabits muddy pools in West Africa and whose lineage can be traced back 96 million years could be the model for light, bomb-proof body armour for the soldiers of the future. Read more

24 July 2008:  Adding just the right dash of nanoparticles to standard mixes of lubricants and refrigerants could yield the equivalent of an energy-saving chill pill for factories, hospitals, ships, and others with large cooling systems, suggest the latest results from National Institute of Standards and Technology research that is pursuing promising formulations. Read more

23 July 2008:  Scientists at Georgia Tech have developed a potential new treatment against cancer that attaches magnetic nanoparticles to cancer cells, allowing them to be captured and carried out of the body. The treatment, which has been tested in the laboratory and will now be looked at in survival studies, is detailed online in the Journal of the American Chemical Society. Read more

23 July 2008:  Research scientists at Columbia University’s Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science have achieved a breakthrough by proving that the carbon material graphene is the strongest material ever measured. Read more

23 July 2008:  Berkeley Lab scientists have developed a nano-sized synthetic polymer bundle that can fold in half and trap a zinc molecule between its jaws, a first-of-its-kind feat that mimics how proteins conduct life’s vital functions. Read more

22 July 2008:  Cutting-edge work with a new nanoparticle being conducted in Florida, Oklahoma and North Dakota is now showing great promise for treating multiple disease conditions-including ocular diseases such as macular degeneration and glaucoma. Read more

17 July 2008:  Purdue University scientists have taken a page from air conditioner technology in their quest for a new way to cool down ever-more powerful computer chips. Read more

17 July 2008: IBM Corp. will invest $1.5 billion for nanotechnology research and to create and retain jobs in New York, Gov. David A. Paterson said yesterday. The state is giving IBM $140million in economic development grants to support creation of up to 1,000 high-tech jobs upstate and to advance IBM's work on nanotechnology computer chips. Read more

17 July 2008:  Tissue engineering has stalled in part because bioengineers haven't been able to replicate the structural complexity of human tissues. Now researchers have taken an important first step toward building complex tissues from the bottom up by creating what they call living Legos. Read more

16 July 2008:  Tiny electronically active chemicals can be made to form ordered layers on a surface, thanks to research supported by the European Science Foundation (ESF) through the EUROCORES programne SONS 2 (Self-Organised NanoStructures). Read more

16 July 2008:  A newly developed nano-sized electronic device is an important step toward helping astronomers see invisible light dating from the creation of the universe. This invisible light makes up 98% of the light emitted since the "big bang," and may provide insights into the earliest stages of star and galaxy formation almost 14 billion years ago. Read more

14 July 2008:  Carbon nanotubes are the crucial chemical ingredient that could make artificial photosynthesis possible, say a team of Chinese researchers.  The team has found that nanotubes mimic an important step in photosynthesis that chemists have been unable to copy until now.  Artificial photosynthesis has the potential to efficiently produce hydrogen that could be used as a clean fuel for vehicles.  It could also be used to mop up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.  Read more

11 July 2008:  Terrace-like elevations of just a few nanometres can form during production of organic thin films made from electrically conductive material. This phenomenon was previously only known from inorganic materials and is crucially important for future production of a new generation of semi-conductor components based on organic thin films.  Read more

9 July 2008:  European researchers have forged a partnership with counterparts in the Western Balkans, North Africa and Latin America to strengthen cooperation in the fields of biomedical informatics (BMI), grid technologies and nanoinformatics. Their work is being carried out through ACTION-Grid, a project supported by the EU's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) with funding totalling some €1 million. ACTION-Grid kicked off in June and will run for a period of 18 months.  Read more

9 July 2008:  The drugs cancer patients take to destroy their tumors also cause debilitating side effects such as nausea, weight loss, and even heart problems. But now researchers report that they can curb the spread of cancer cells in mice with drug concentrations far lower than the standard dose. The key is using a microscopic particle that zeroes in on blood vessels around the tumor to deliver low doses of the drug in a more concentrated way.  Read more

30 June 2008: Aspen Aerogels raises $37M for nano-insulation materials. Read more

27 June 2008: New nano technique significantly boosts boiling efficiency. Read more

27 June 2008: Researchers develop new technique for fabricating nanowire circuits. Read more

27 June 2008: ‘Electron Trapping’ May Impact Future Microelectronics Measurements. Read more

26 June 2008: Nanotubes could aid understanding of retrovirus transmission between human cells. Read more

26 June 2008: New Process Creates 3-D Nanostructures with Magnetic Materials. Read more

26 June 2008: Water inside single-walled carbon nanotubes. Read more

25 June 2008: Argonne's Hard X-ray Nanoprobe provides new capability to study nanoscale materials. Read more

24 June 2008: Chemistry professor achieves nanotechnology breakthrough. Read more

24 June 2008: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory researchers have captured time-series snapshots of a solid as it evolves on the ultra-fast timescale. Read more

24 June 2008: Scientists can study the biological impacts of engineered nanomaterials on cells within the body with greater resolution than ever because of a procedure developed by researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Read more

24 June 2008: Study Of Individual Molecules Enhanced By 'Nanoglassblowing'. Read more

23 June 2008: A tiny carbon-nanotube-based chemical sensor can detect low parts-per-billion concentrations of gases. Read more

23 June 2008: The immune response triggered by carbon nanotube-like structures could be harnessed to help treat infectious diseases and cancers, say researchers. Read more

20 June 2008: Carbon Nanotubes Compromise the Functions of Certain Protozoa, Study Shows. Read more

20 June 2008: Trap and zap: Harnessing the power of light to pattern surfaces on the nanoscale. Read more

20 June 2008: A tiny but powerful engine that propels the bacterium Bacillus subtilis through liquids is disengaged from the corkscrew-like flagellum by a protein clutch, Indiana University Bloomington and Harvard University scientists have learned. Read more

19 June 2008: The European Commission is planning a wide ranging consultation on nanotechnologies with the aim of raising awareness of nanotechnologies' potential. Read more

18 June 2008: Developing better nano-electronics by understanding nonadiabatic effects. Read more

17 June 2008: In the world's largest country, tiny objects measured in billionths of a metre are the future of the economy -- or so the government claims. Read more

17 June 2008: Lighting up polymer LEDs through nanotechnology. Read more

17 June 2008: Nanotechnology, biomolecules and light unite to 'cook' cancer cells. Read more

16 June 2008: Growing use of nanomaterials spurs research to investigate possible downsides. Read more

16 June 2008: Chemists Create Cancer-Detecting Nanoparticles. Read more

13 June 2008: In the fast-growing world of nanotechnology, researchers are constantly on the lookout for new building blocks to push innovation and discovery to scales much smaller than the tiniest speck of dust. Read more

13 June 2008: Ontario is investing $18 million into nanotechnology and quantum computing research. Read more

13 June 2008: Biological nanobots could repair and improve the human body, but they'll be more bio than bot. Read more

13 June 2008: 'Electron turbine' could print designer molecules. Read more

13 June 2008: Carbon Nanotubes as a Single-Photon Source. Read more

12 June 2008: Stripes key to nanoparticle drug delivery. Read more

12 June 2008: Researchers use carbon nanotubes for molecular transport. Read more

12 June 2008: 'Nanoglassblowing' Seen as Boon to Study of Individual Molecules. Read more

12 June 2008: Can silver nanoparticles be the key to a more compact laser? Read more

10 June 2008: Sheila Kennedy, an expert in the integration of solar cell technology in architecture who is now at MIT, creates designs for flexible photovoltaic materials that may change the way buildings receive and distribute energy. Read more

9 June 2008: Japanese, US nanotechnology experts win Spain's Asturias award. Read more

9 June 2008: Russian State Corporation Funds First Nanotechnology Project. Read more

9 June 2008: Nanotechnology to end cartilage loss. Read more

9 June 2008: Testing the Toxicity of Nanomaterials - A fast screening method could help separate the good from the bad. Read more

9 June 2008: Researchers at the University of Warwick's Department of Chemistry have recently discovered a new way of producing carbon nanotubes from a highly sensitive ready made electric circuit. Read more

6 June 2008: Argonne research unveiling the secrets of nanoparticle haloing. Read more

5 June 2008: Northeastern U awards 2008 nanomanufacturing fellowship. Read more

5 June 2008: Nanotech: Hot Technology Gets a Cool Down. Read more

4 June 2008: Nanotech process produces plastics that are 10 times more stretchable. Read more

4 June 2008: The Paterson administration is discussing a major economic development deal with IBM to enhance the global corporation's Fishkill chip manufacturing capabilities and expand research and development operations at the University at Albany's nanotechnology center. Read more

4 June 2008: IMEC, AIXTRON set important step towards low-cost GaN power devices. Read more

3 June 2008: Research measures movement of nanomaterials in simple model food chain. Read more

3 June 2008: Tiny Particles Solve Big Problems. Read more  

3 June 2008: Researchers develop nanowire 'paper towel' for oil spills. Read more

30 May 2008: Brown Chemists Create Cancer-Detecting Nanoparticles. Read more

30 May 2008: NC State breakthrough results in super-hard nanocrystalline iron that can take the heat. Read more

30 May 2008: Magnetic nanoparticles: Suitable for cancer therapy? Read more  

30 May 2008: Nanoparticles assemble by millions to encase oil drops. Read more

28 May 2008: Carbon nanoribbons could make smaller, speedier computer chips. Read more

27 May 2008: Light-driven 'molecular brakes' provide stopping power for nanomachines. Read more

27 May 2008: Nanotech makes radioactive sensors obsolete. Read more

27 May 2008: Swiss Atomic Force Microscope Helps Explore Mars Environment. Read more 

27 May 2008: Nano-fibres lead to pre-cancer symptoms in mice: study. Read more

27 May 2008: Failed HIV Drug Gets Second Chance with Addition of Gold Nanoparticles. Read more

27 May 2008: Nanotechnology could offer jolt to memory chips. Read more

23 May 2008: Researchers Develop Revolutionary Technology for Nanoscale Assembly at Wafer Level. Read more

23 May 2008: Fluorescent nano-barcodes could revolutionize diagnostics. Read more

23 May 2008: Carbon nanotubes may cause cancer, study reveals. Read more

21 May 2008: By adding graphene, researchers create superior polymer. Read more

21 May 2008: Nanotubes' toxic effects 'similar to asbestos'. Read more  

19 May 2008: DNA sequencing and nano-fabrication receive equipment funding support. Read more .

19 May 2008: Nanostructures Will Raise Thin-Film Solar Cell Efficiency. Read more

16 May 2008: EU observatory to guide policymakers on nanotechnologies. Read more

16 May 2008: A new shape for nanoparticles helps deliver imaging agents. Read more

16 May 2008: Nanotechnology in reverse uses cell to calibrate tools. Read more

16 May 2008: Nanowires may boost solar cell efficiency, engineers say. Read more

15 May 2008: A new method melts away tiny defects in nanostructures. Read more

15 May 2008: 3D Parts Integrated on Carbon-nanotube Wafer. Read more

15 May 2008: Nanowires may boost solar cell efficiency, engineers say. Read more

13 May 2008: Nanohealing Material Heads to Market. A startup is planning human trials for a nanostructured material that quickly stops bleeding. Read more

12 May 2008: Cheap nano power set to light up rural homes. Read more

12 May 2008: Taking the NanoPulse -- Hot Nanotechnology. Cool Energy Solutions. Read more

9 May 2008: Scientists demonstrate method for integrating nanowire devices directly onto silicon. Read more

9 May 2008: Researchers identify pressure effects on nanomaterials. Read more

9 May 2008: Towards a European Observatory on Nanotechnologies. Read more

8 May 2008: Scientists at UC San Diego, UC Santa Barbara and MIT have developed nanometer-sized "nanoworms" that can cruise through the bloodstream without significant interference from the body's immune defense system and-like tiny anti-cancer missiles-home in on tumors. Read more

8 May 2008: Researchers produce 3-D nanotube circuits. Read more  

8 May 2008: French scientists tweak carbon-storing powder. Read more

8 May 2008: Chemists measure chilli sauce hotness with nanotubes. Read more  

7 May 2008: Copper nanowires could be used in ultra-thin field-emission displays that are brighter and sharper than flat-panel displays. Read more

5 May 2008: Melting defects could lead to smaller, more powerful microchips. Read more

2 May 2008: CytImmune, UMBI team to produce nano-drug. Read more

2 May 2008: Go Speed Racer! Revving up the world's fastest nanomotors. Read more

2 May 2008: 'Nanomechanical Oscillators' Could Lead to New Class of Computers. Read more

1 May 2008: Angstron Introduces Low Cost Nanomaterial. Read more

1 May 2008: Making a good impression: Nanoimprint lithography tests at NIST. Read more

1 May 2008: Nanoengineered barrier invented to protect plastic electronics from water degradation. Read more

1 May 2008: Spiraling nanotrees offer new twist on growth of nanowires. Read more

1 May 2008: Nano RNA Delivery. Read more

18 April 2008: Nanotech to slash gadget power consumption. Read more

18 April 2008: Researchers Make Breakthrough in Nanotechnology by Uncovering Conductive Property of Carbon-based Molecules. Read more

17 April 2008: Limited transparency in federal nanotech research may hamper development. Read more

16 April 2008: New nanotube sensor can continuously monitor minute amounts of insulin. Read more

16 April 2008: Iran Among 10 Bionanotechnolgy Pioneers. Read more

16 April 2008: Researchers create the first thermal nanomotor in the world. Read more

16 April 2008: Researchers mimic bacteria to produce magnetic nanoparticles. Read more

16 April 2008: A team of academics based at the University of Washington have announced an exciting breakthrough in dye-sensitized solar cell technology. Read more

16 April 2008: Carbon Nanotube Measurements: Latest in NIST 'How-To' Series. Read more

16 April 2008: 'Nanodrop' Test Tubes Created with a Flip of a Switch. Read more

14 April 2008: A simple way to deposit thin films of carbon could lead to cheaper solar cells. Read more

14 April 2008: Norway to award nanotech 'Nobel prize'. Read more

14 April 2008: Researcher looks to use nanoparticles for food safety. Read more

14 April 2008: Microcontainers could improve cancer treatment by carrying nanoparticles directly to tumors. Read more

14 April 2008: Sweet nanotech batteries: Nanotechnology could solve lithium battery charging problems. Read more

11 April 2008: UC Davis wants to study environmental hazards of nanotechnology. Read more

11 April 2008: Joint briefing between TTNA & Nanotechnology Alliance. Read more

11 April 2008: Sweet nanotech batteries: Nanotechnology could solve lithium battery charging problems. Read more

11 April 2008: Nanotechnology to boost space industry. Read more

11 April 2008: Self-assembling Nanofibers Heal Spinal Cords. Read more

11 April 2008: Researcher looks to use nanoparticles for food safety. Read more

10 April 2008: Carbon nanotubes made into conductive, flexible 'stained glass'. Read more

10 April 2008: Citrate appears to control buckyball clumping but environmental concerns remain. Read more

9 April 2008: Nanophysicists have made a discovery that can change the way we store data on our computers. Read more

9 April 2008: Manufactured Buckyballs don't harm microbes that clean the environment. Read more

9 April 2008: Making sure the wonder materials don't become the wonder pollutant. Read more

9 April 2008: Herding Nano-particles Into Precise Lattices Could Be Basis For Improved Tissue Engineering. Read more

7 April 2008: Significant differences among different single-walled carbon nanotubes make it difficult to model their environmental risk. Read more

7 April 2008: Nano-sized technology has super-sized effect on tumors. Read more

7 April 2008: New spin on quantum computing in nanotubes. Read more

7 April 2008: Scientists Explore The Role Nanoparticles May Play In Disease. Read more

3 April 2008: A Dutch researcher is working on next-generation storage technology that could see data held on millions of tiny needles. Read more

3 April 2008: E.ON Supports Nanotechnology with € 6 Million. Read more

2 April 2008: Chemical signaling may power nanomachines. Read more

2 April 2008: Hydrogen storage in nanoparticles works. Read more

2 April 2008: Think green to reduce nanotech hazards. Read more

2 April 2008: Data storage using ultra-small needles. Read more  

2 April 2008: UCLA researchers design nanomachine that kills cancer cells. Read more

31 March 2008: Two Pittsburgh-area companies received $508,238 in funding Tuesday through the Pennsylvania NanoMaterials Commercialization Center, a Pittsburgh-based organization founded to promote research into super-small materials, called nanomaterials. Read more

31 March 2008: Future Of Computing: Carbon Nanotubes And Superconductors To Replace The Silicon Chip. Read more

28 March 2008: Nanomaterial turns radiation directly into electricity. Read more   

28 March 2008: New Nanoparticles for Targeting Tumors. Read more

28 March 2008: Carbon Nanotubes Improve Fuel Cells. Read more

27 March 2008: Biosensing nanodevice to revolutionize health screenings. Read more

27 March 2008: Researchers hoping to use carbon nanotubes for quantum computing -- in which the spin of a single electron would represent a bit of data -- may have to change their approaches, according to new Cornell research. Read more

26 March 2008: South Korean engineers said Monday that they have developed a method to mass produce nano-porous films needed to make high quality aluminum and used in other advanced materials. Read more

26 March 2008: EU project aims at ultimate in miniaturisation: molecular machines. Read more

25 March 2008: Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute [profile] have conducted research indicating that carbon nanotube interconnects can outperform copper nanowires in next-generation semi conductors. Read more

25 March 2008: NanoImaging Services employs a high-powered microscope capable of seeing biomolecular images too small for traditional microscopes. Read more

20 March 2008: A University of Wisconsin-Madison and University of Maryland (UM) team has developed a new nanotechnology-driven chemical catalyst that paves the way for more efficient hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles. Read more

20 March 2008: Team Finds 'Metafilms' Can Shrink Radio, Radar Devices. Read more

19 March 2008: After the successful pilot Call of 2007, the European Theoretical Spectroscopy Facility (ETSF) is now publishing on its website its new Call for Proposals. Read more

19 March 2008: A High Power Laser Zap to Nanotechnology. Read more

19 March 2008: U.S. materials scientists are studying metals at the nano scale, testing the strength of wires a thousand times thinner than a human hair. Read more

19 March 2008: IBM scientists today took another significant advance towards sending information inside a computer chip by using light pulses instead of electrons by building the world’s tiniest nanophotonic switch with a footprint about 100X smaller than the cross section of a human hair. Read more

19 March 2008: Better Graphene Transistors. Read more

19 March 2008: As hundreds of companies worldwide pursue the flourishing multi-million dollar electronic textile (e-textile) marketplace, a new twist in the manufacturing process has been unveiled by NanoSonic, Inc., of Blacksburg, Va. Read more

14 March 2008: Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have created a road map that brings academia and the semiconductor industry one step closer to realizing carbon nanotube interconnects, and alleviating the current bottleneck of information flow that is limiting the potential of computer chips in everything from personal computers to portable music players. Read more  

14 March 2008: Physicists discover how fundamental particles lose track of quantum mechanical properties. Read more

13 March 2008: Researchers at Queen Mary, University of London and Nanoforce Technology Ltd. in the UK, have successfully produced single-walled nanotube reinforced polymer fibres and tapes that are as strong as theory predicts. Read more

13 March 2008: In yet another twist on the strangeness of the nanoworld, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the University of Maryland-College Park have discovered that materials such as silica that are quite brittle in bulk form behave as ductile as gold at the nanoscale. Their results may affect the design of future nanomachines. Read more

13 March 2008: Tiny Brain-Like Transistor Controls Nanobots. Read more

11 March 2008: An information day on the ARTEMIS (embedded computer systems) and ENIAC (nano-electronics) JTIs (Joint Technology Initiatives) will be held in Brussels, Belgium, on 4 April. Read more

11 March 2008: In the hands of jewelers, gold can be fashioned into rings and pendants of long-lasting beauty. But, when reduced in size to nanocrystals containing a few thousand atoms, this noble metal is a surprisingly good catalyst. Read more

11 March 2008: All done with mirrors: Microscope tracks nanoparticles in 3-D. Read more  

11 March 2008: Hygienic, antibacteria sprays can be harmful to the environment as well as germs. Read more

10 March 2008: IBM researchers have discovered a way to use graphite effectively in building nanoelectonic circuits vastly smaller than those in silicon-based computer chips. Read more

10 March 2008: Like a smart highlighter, immunofluorescent labeling can zero in on a specific protein, helping scientists understand the structure of a cell and how diseases affect that structure. Read more

10 March 2008: We encounter valves every day, whether in the water faucet, the carburetor in our car, or our bicycle tire tube. Valves are also present in the world of nanotechnology. Read more

7 March 2008: Researchers create 'invisibility cloak' for colloidal nanoparticles. Read more

7 March 2008: Nanoscale tool allows scientists to study membrane proteins one at a time. Read more

6 March 2008: Ultrafast electron microscopy reveals switchable nanochannels in materials. Read more

6 March 2008: Cellular construction methods emulated. Read more

6 March 2008: Good vibrations probe innards of molecular electronic junctions. Read more

6 March 2008: Prioritizing federal efforts for studying health and safety of nanomaterials evolves. Read more

6 March 2008: Nanotechnology conference tackles safety issues. Read more

4 March 2008: The march of the carbon nanotubes. Read more

4 March 2008: Surface dislocation nucleation: Strength is but skin deep at the nanoscale. Read more

4 March 2008: In an advance in food safety, researchers are reporting development of a nano-sized sensor that detects record low levels of the deadly prion proteins that cause Mad Cow Disease and other so-called prion diseases. Read more

4 March 2008: Nanomedicine system engineered to enhance therapeutic effects of injectable drugs. Read more

3 March 2008: Breakthroughs in nanotechnology on edge of 'knowledge frontier'. Read more

3 March 2008: Israeli researchers help reveal electronic structure of DNA. Read more

3 March 2008: Biomagnetics developed for use in new breast cancer tests. Read more

3 March 2008: Magnetic atoms of gold, silver and copper have been obtained. Read more

3 March 2008: The dream of climate-friendly, petroleum-free motoring is creeping closer - thanks to a clutch of breakthroughs in nanotechnology. Read more

3 March 2008: Clues to how plants form cell walls could aid bio fuels and nanotechnology. Read more

29 February 2008: The Valencian Regional Government offers sixty Santiago Grisolia grants for foreign fellow investigators interested in participating in specific research programmes in a range of subjects. Read more

29 February 2008: The European Commission is to spend €3bn (£2.3bn) on nanoelectronics research and €2.5bn (£1.9bn) on embedded computer systems over the next 10 years. Read more

29 February 2008: Advances in atomic force microscopy allow scientists to measure single-atom forces on a surface. Read more

29 February 2008: Carbon nanotubes printed on plastic substrate speed mobility x100. Read more

28 February 2008: A new kind of probe microscope can measure the force needed to push a single atom. Read more

28 February 2008: A nanocomposite of aluminium oxide and a polymer is as tough as metals but lighter. Read more

27 February 2008: Nanoemulsion vaccines show increasing promise. Read more

27 February 2008: Analogue logic for quantum computing. Read more

27 February 2008: The European Commission has launched two new Joint Technology Initiatives (JTIs) designed to boost Europe's competitiveness in the fields of nanoelectronics and embedded computer systems. Read more

27 February 2008: Federal toxics disclosure law could help inform public of nanotechnology risks. Read more

26 February 2008: IBM experimenting with DNA to build chips. Read more

26 February 2008: Cambridge, Nokia introduce new stretchable and flexible mobile phone concept. Read more

26 February 2008: Silica smart bombs deliver knock-out to bacteria. Read more

26 February 2008: Nanopores that can recognize and separate proteins and small molecules. Read more

26 February 2008: Astronomy technology brings nanoparticle probes into sharper focus. Read more

25 February 2008: IBM scientists are the first ever to measure the force it takes to move individual atoms on a surface. This provides important information for designing future atomic-scale devices. Read more

25 February 2008: Energetic nanoparticles swing sunlight into electricity. Read more

22 February 2008: Graphene takes the heat. Read more

22 February 2008: Researchers discover new way to store information via DNA. Read more

21 February 2008: Despite an onslaught of research, scientists cannot say which nanomaterials are hazardous to the environment or human health. Read more

21 February 2008: Astronomy technology brings nanoparticle probes into sharper focus. Read more

21 February 2008: Chemists measure copper levels in zinc oxide nanowires. Read more

21 February 2008: Cheap, clean drinking water purified through nanotechnology. Read more

20 February 2008: Strengthening fluids with nanoparticles. Read more

20 February 2008: Clicking synthetic and biological molecules together. Read more

20 February 2008: Lens-less camera uses X-rays to view nanoscale materials and biological specimens. Read more

20 February 2008: Federal nanotech risk research plan still comes up short. Read more

19 February 2008: New transportation technology for micro cargoes. Read more

19 February 2008: Using fireballs to uncover the mysteries of ball lightning. Read more

18 February 2008: Small graphene wires may be poor conductors. Read more

18 February 2008: Protein's strength lies in h-bond cooperation. Read more

18 February 2008: As nanotech's promise grows, will puny particles present big health problems? Read more

18 February 2008: New nanotube findings give boost to potential biomedical applications. Read more

18 February 2008: Nanotechnology advances brain cancer detection and therapy. Read more

18 February 2008: Study: Religion colors Americans' views of nanotechnology. Read more 

15 February 2008: Strategy for nanotechnology-related environmental, health and safety research. Read more

15 February 2008: A new kind of artificial skin made from thin layers of polymers and carbon nanotubes could soon give patients and robots alike the sensation of hot, cold, and pressure. Read more

15 February 2008: By wiring up DNA between two carbon nanotubes, researchers have measured the molecule's ability to conduct electricity. Read more

15 February 2008: Self-cleaning wool and silk developed using nanotechnology. Read more

15 February 2008: Nanomagnets add new dimension to nanotechnology. Read more

14 February 2008: Unique infrared technique finds applications in nanoscience. Read more

14 February 2008: Remarkable new nano-fiber clothing may someday power your iPod. Read more  

14 February 2008: NEC Corporation announces the successful development of a carbon nanotube (CNT) transistor using a coating process. The basic operation of the new transistor with advanced characteristics has been verified, confirming its application in the printed electronics field. Read more

14 February 2008: Nanosieves save energy in biofuel production. Read more

13 February 2008: Bacteria and nanofilters: the future of clean water technology. Read more

13 February 2008: Unique infrared technique finds applications in nanoscience. Read more

12 February 2008: Nanotechnology's future depends on who the public trusts. Read more

12 February 2008: The European Commission has adopted a code of conduct for responsible research in the relatively new fields of nanosciences and nanotechnologies (N&N). Read more

11 February 2008: Researchers Hear the Sound of Quantum Drums.  Read more

11 February 2008: Sometimes simpler is better. Engineering researchers at Texas A&M University have developed a new way to produce ultra-thin electricity-conducting wire that is simpler and faster than existing processes. Read more

11 February 2008: Scientists produce carbon nanotubes using commercially available polymeric resins. Read more

11 February 2008: Graphene is a nanomaterial combining very simple atomic structure with intriguingly complex and largely unexplored physics. Since its first isolation about four years ago researchers suggested a large number of applications for this material in anticipation of future technological revolutions. In particular, graphene is considered as a potential candidate for replacing silicon in future electronic devices. Read more

11 February 2008: European Commission adopts Code of Conduct for Responsible Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies Research. Read more

8 February 2008: In an achievement some see as the "holy grail" of nanoscience, researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have for the first time used DNA to guide the creation of three-dimensional, ordered, crystalline structures of nanoparticles. Read more

8 February 2008: The continuous fabrication of complex, three-dimensional nanoscale structures and the ability to grow individual nanowires of unlimited length are now possible with a process developed by researchers at the University of Illinois. Read more

7 February 2008: Drapers’ Company Junior Research Fellowships are given for research in the sciences, and will be offered this year for research in the fields of engineering science, materials science and Earth sciences. Read more 

7 February 2008: Voluntary EPA program criticized for not giving agency the data it needs to regulate nanoscale materials. Read more

7 February 2008: A conference entitled 'Nanotechnology - towards reducing animal testing' will be held in London, UK, on 28 and 29 May. Read more

7 February 2008: Nanoscopic DNA pyramids that change shape with different chemical signals could potentially drive DNA robots, or aid precision drug delivery. Read more

7 February 2008: One of the immediate applications of carbon nanotubes (CNT) is as an additive to polymers to create electrically conducting plastics-a relatively low CNT concentration can dramatically change the polymer`s electrical conductivity by orders of magnitude, from an insulator to a conductor. Read more

7 February 2008: In a study that could lay the foundation for mass-produced single-molecule sensors, physicists and engineers at Rice University have demonstrated a means of simultaneously making optical and electronic measurements of the same molecule. Read more

5 February 2008: Researchers create three-dimensional structures using DNA-directed assembly. Read more

5 February 2008: Research underway at the University of Leeds will provide a completely fresh insight into the workings of nano-scale systems, and enable advances in the development of nano-electronic devices for use in industry, medicine and biotechnology. Read more

5 February 2008: A University of Waterloo physics and astronomy research team has shown how some solids behave like liquids on the nanoscale. Read more

5 February 2008: Researchers create three-dimensional structures using DNA-directed assembly. Read more

5 February 2008: Research underway at the University of Leeds will provide a completely fresh insight into the workings of nano-scale systems, and enable advances in the development of nano-electronic devices for use in industry, medicine and biotechnology. Read more

5 February 2008: A University of Waterloo physics and astronomy research team has shown how some solids behave like liquids on the nanoscale. Read more

4 February 2007: A new process for catching gas from the environment and holding it indefinitely in molecular-sized containers has been developed by a team of University of Calgary researchers, who say it represents a novel method of gas storage that could yield benefits for capturing, storing and transporting gases more safely and efficiently. Read more

4 February 2007: A University of Waterloo physics and astronomy research team, in a paper to be published Friday in Science Magazine, shows how some solids behave like liquids on the nanoscale. Read more

4 February 2007: Radiation sickness drug in the form of carbon nanotubes gets DARPA's attention. Read more

4 February 2007: While biomedical, electronics, and other branches of research are marching steadily into the realm of the smaller-than-small nanometer scale, building needed materials at this scale has been problematic. Read more

1 Feburary 2008: Integrated circuits, such as the silicon chips inside all modern electronics, are only as good as their wiring, but copper conduits are approaching physical performance limitations as they get thinner Read more

1 Feburary 2008: “There are some discussions about the recent applications on photonic nanolasers and photonic integrated circuits based on photonic crystals,” Read more

31 January 2008: Integrated circuits, such as the silicon chips inside all modern electronics, are only as good as their wiring, but copper conduits are approaching physical performance limitations as they get thinner. Read more  

31 January 2008: The continuous fabrication of complex, three-dimensional nanoscale structures and the ability to grow individual nanowires of unlimited length are now possible with a process developed by researchers at the University of Illinois. Read more

31 January 2008: Strands of DNA can be programmed to assemble nanoparticles into 3D structures, pointing towards a new way to engineer materials from the bottom up. Read more

30 January 2008: Researchers have recently built an x-ray microscope that has a pixel resolution of just 15 nanometers, allowing scientists to study the properties of materials at the molecular scale and beyond. Read more

30 January 2008: Carbon nanotubes have a sound future in the electronics industry, say researchers who built the world’s first all-nanotube transistor radios to prove it. Read more

30 January 2008: Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Polyset Company have developed a new inexpensive, quick-drying polymer that could lead to dramatic cost savings and efficiency gains in semiconductor manufacturing and computer chip packaging. Read more

30 January 2008: Members of the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE are traveling to Tokyo with bulky luggage these days. Their destination is Nanotech 2008, the world’s largest trade fair for nanotechnology. Their solar module, which they will be presenting in the BMBF marketing campaign ‘Nanotech Germany’, is the size and shape of a door: two meters high and sixty centimeters wide. Read more

30 January 2008: Sculpting a surface composed of tightly packed nanostructures that resemble tiny nails, University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers and their colleagues from Bell Laboratories have created a material that can repel almost any liquid. Read more

30 January 2008: Carbon nanotubes-cylinders so tiny that it takes 50,000 lying side by side to equal the width of a human hair-are packed with the potential to be highly accurate vehicles for administering medicines and other therapeutic agents to patients. Read more

30 January 2008: The Department of Defense has commissioned a nine-month study from Rice University chemists and scientists in the Texas Medical Center to determine whether a new drug based on carbon nanotubes can help prevent people from dying of acute radiation injury following radiation exposure. Read more

29 January 2008: While X-ray images easily show up the difference between bone and soft tissue, there's not enough contrast between the soft tissues to tell them apart. Read more

29 January 2008: Nanochemists Discover Novel, Semi-Conducting Nanotube. Read more

29 January 2008: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published today in the Federal Register its plan for the Nanoscale Materials Stewardship Program under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). Read more

28 January 2008: Millions of nearly invisible wires may hold the answer to making solar cells a more affordable source of alternative energy. Read more

24 January 2008: Carbon nanotubes are attractive candidates for use as the active elements in the next generation of electronic devices. However, it has proven incredibly difficult to align nanotubes within device architectures. Read more

24 January 2008: Scientists have created silicon nanowires that are perfect—at least atomically. Down at the single-atom level, the identical wires have no bumps, bends, or other imperfections. Read more

22 January 2008: For the first time, researchers have demonstrated a means of controlling cell functions with a physical, rather than chemical, signal. Read more

22 January 2008: New carbon nanotube hydrogen storage results surpass Freedom Car requirements. Read more 

16 January 2008: The Bureau of Economic Geology at The University of Texas at Austin’s Jackson School of Geosciences announces the Advanced Energy Consortium (AEC), a multimillion-dollar research consortium dedicated to the development of micro and nanotechnology applications to increase oil and gas production. Read more

14 January 2008: Scientists at George Mason University's Center for Applied Proteomics and Molecular Medicine have invented an innovative nanotechnology tool that may lead to a dramatic improvement in treatment results for patients diagnosed with cancer or other diseases. Read more

14 January 2008: Scientists at Arizona State University’s Biodesign Institute have developed the world’s first gene detection platform made up entirely from self-assembled DNA nanostructures. Read more

14 January 2008: Energy now lost as heat during the production of electricity could be harnessed through the use of silicon nanowires synthesized via a technique developed by researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the University of California at Berkeley. Read more

10 January 2008: The National Institute of Standards and Technology has issued its first reference standards for nanoscale particles targeted for the biomedical research community—literally “gold standards” for labs studying the biological effects of nanoparticles. Read more

10 January 2008: In the race to make solar cells cheaper and more efficient, many researchers and start-up companies are betting on new designs that exploit nanostructures--materials engineered on the scale of a billionth of a meter. Read more

10 January 2008: Scientists have determined how to connect carbon nanotubes together like water pipes, a feat that may lead to a whole new group of bottom-up-engineered nanostructures and devices. Read more

10 January 2008: Two EU-funded projects have been pushing the limits of chip miniaturisation, trying to make complementary metal-oxide semiconductor chips (CMOS) even smaller than they already are. While the NanoCMOS project, which was completed in 2006, helped develop 45 nanometre (nm) node semiconductors, its follow-up project NANOPULL is aiming at 32nm and ultimately 22nm features. Read more

9 January 2008: Atom-thick sheets of a carbon compound called graphene should smash the record for room-temperature conductivity, say UK researchers. Read more

9 January 2008: Scientists from the University of Massachusetts Lowell and Brewer Science, Inc. have used carbon nanotubes as the basis for a high-speed thin-film transistors printed onto sheets of flexible plastic. Read more

8 January 2008: Scientists have determined how to connect carbon nanotubes together like water pipes, a feat that may lead to a whole new group of bottom-up-engineered nanostructures and devices. Read more

19 December 2007: Nanowire battery holds 10 times the charge of existing ones. Read more

19 December 2007: A new material, nano flakes, may revolutionise the transformation of solar energy to electricity. If so, even ordinary households can benefit from solar electricity and save money in the future. Read more

18 December 2007: The California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) at UCLA and NanoPacific Holdings Inc. have announced a partnership to commercialize a mechanized, nanoparticle-based technology that could lead to prolonged lives of enhanced quality for millions of cancer sufferers. Read more

18 December 2007: Nano pioneer Ferrari test-launching multi-stage drug delivery system. Read more

18 December 2007: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed an imaging system that quickly maps the mechanical properties of materials--how stiff or stretchy they are. Read more

17 December 2007: Two engineers at the University of California, Riverside [profile] are part of a binational team that has found semiconducting nanotubes produced by living bacteria - a discovery that could help in the creation of a new generation of nanoelectronic devices. Read more

17 December 2007: In collaboration with the Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies at Los Alamos, an international team of researchers has, for the first time, viewed on a nanoscale the formation of mysterious metallic puddles that facilitate the transition of an electrically insulating material into an electrically conducting one. Read more

17 December 2007: A new design for silicon-based chips makes it possible to mechanically stretch them out to cover large areas. Read more

17 December 2007: Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory have unveiled important details about a class of catalysts that could help improve the performance of fuel cells. Read more

14 December 2007: Taiwan scientists and engineers have invented a nonvolatile organic memory device. The device uses gold nanoparticles mixed with a polymer that is wedged between two aluminum electrodes. Read more

14 December 2007: India is hoping nanotechnology could provide a new thrust to its booming economy and to become a world leader in a market expected to be worth one-trillion dollars by 2015.Read more

14 December 2007: With a novel twist on existing techniques used to create porous crystals, University of Michigan researchers have developed a new, high-capacity material that may be useful in storing hydrogen, methane and carbon dioxide. Read more

14 December 2007: Using computer simulations, researchers at the University of Illinois have demonstrated a strategy for sequencing DNA by driving the molecule back and forth through a nanopore capacitor in a semiconductor chip. The technique could lead to a device that would read human genomes quickly and affordably. Read more

12 December 2007: A technique for controlling the magnetic properties of a commonly used blue dye could revolutionise computer processing power, according to research published recently in Advanced Materials. Read more

11 December 2007: Using Carbon Nanotubes To Seek and Destroy Anthrax Toxin and Other Harmful Proteins. Read more

11 December 2007: Union government has identified Bangalore among the three cities in the country for the promotion and development of Nanotechnology under the Union government grant of Rs 1,000 crore (approx. $225 million). Read more

10 December 2007: Supercomputers that consist of thousands of individual processor "brains" connected by miles of copper wires could one day fit into a laptop PC, thanks in part to a breakthrough by IBM scientists announced today. Read more

10 December 2007: Two engineers at the University of California, Riverside are part of a binational team that has found semiconducting nanotubes produced by living bacteria – a discovery that could help in the creation of a new generation of nanoelectronic devices. Read more

6 December 2007: From eliminating the side effects of chemotherapy to treating Alzheimer’s disease, the potential medical applications of nanorobots are vast and ambitious. Read more

6 December 2007: The EU-funded network of excellence in nanobiotechnology, Nano2Life (N2L), will hold its annual meeting from 9 to 11 January 2008 in Champéry, Switzerland. Read more

5 December 2007: A five-day workshop addressing 'Imaging of nano-objects' will be taking place from 4 to 8 February 2008 in Les Houches, France. Read more

4 December 2007: Researchers at Cornell are working to use the same energy that drives sperm to power nanoscale robots or to deliver chemo drugs or antibiotics, for example, to targeted sites within the body. Read more

4 December 2007: Cancer cells treated with carbon nanotubes can be destroyed by noninvasive radio waves that heat up the nanotubes while sparing untreated tissue. Read more

4 December 2007: To ensure that South Africa remains competitive with the international research community in this fast-developing field, the country’s nanoscience and nanotechnology effort is being coordinated at national level by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) through its National Nanotechnology Strategy. Read more

4 December 2007: In a world that constantly strives for bigger and bigger things, Washington University in St. Louis' Pratim Biswas, Ph.D., the Stifel and Quinette Jens Professor and chair of the Department of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering, is working to make things smaller and smaller. Read more

4 December 2007: Singapore has opened Southeast Asia's first nano-scale measurement facility which can measure tiny units of up to one nanometre. Read more

3 December 2007: A multidisciplinary team of UCLA scientists were able to differentiate metastatic cancer cells from normal cells in patient samples using leading-edge nanotechnology that measures the softness of the cells. Read more

3 December 2007: Nanoscopic "barcodes" made from nickel nanowires beaded with gold discs could make it easier to authenticate valuable products, and study a variety of biological molecules at the same time, researchers say. Read more

3 December 2007: A wireless, nano-scale voltmeter developed at the University of Michigan is overturning conventional wisdom about the physical environment inside cells. Read more

3 December 2007: Under an atomic force microscope, the tiny structures look like fragments of nanoscopic pearl necklaces. In reality, the “pearls” are fullerene molecules that are linked together by means of a special fullerene-binding molecule. Read more

3 December 2007: Water chemistry and mineralogy are scientific fields that have been around long enough to develop extensive knowledge and technologies. The boundary of water and rock, however, is not a thin wet line but the huge new field of nanoparticle science. Read more

28 November 2007: Nanowires grown at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have a mechanical “quality factor” at least 10 times higher than reported values for other nanoscale devices such as carbon nanotubes, and comparable to that of commercial quartz crystals. Read more

28 November 2007: Researchers at UCLA's California NanoSystems Institute, the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute have modeled the structure of the largest cellular particle ever crystallized, suggesting ways to engineer the particles for drug delivery. Read more

27 November 2007: The unknown human health and environmental impacts of nanotechnology are a bigger worry for scientists than for the public. Read more

27 November 2007: After years in "stealth mode," a company (Kovio [profile]) founded to commercialize technology originally developed at MIT's Media Lab has announced a new process for printing transistors for memory and logic chips, as well as analog devices for radio. Read more

27 November 2007: Nanodevices could use quantized current to operate future electronics. Read more

27 November 2007: Microscopic fissures in a tiny crystal open and close%u2014on command. Read more

27 November 2007: For the past several decades, virtually all electronics devices have been based on the CMOS logic system, which uses semiconductors and transistors to form digital circuits. Read more

23 November 2007: ENIAC, the European Technology Platform on nanoelectronics, has decided to make the development of medical applications one of its main objectives. Read more

23 November 2007: EU Science and Research Commissioner Janez Potocnik has called on the private sector to increase its investments in nanotechnology research so as to build on Europe's world-leading position in the field. Read more

22 November 2007: The incorporation of sunscreens into nano lipid carrier molecules could increase their effectiveness, whilst reducing the possibility of undesired side effects, according to a recent study. Read more

22 November 2007: The van der Waals force, a weak attractive force, is solely responsible for binding certain organic molecules to metallic surfaces. Read more

22 November 2007: Carbon nanotubes spun to form long yarnlike fibers could outperform even the strongest bullet-proof materials on the market, but turning nanotubes into such materials has proved to be a challenge. Read more

22 November 2007: Almost everyone in the scientific community has heard of buckyballs, but no one until Sandia’s Jianyu Huang has seen one being born. Read more

22 November 2007: Scientists have moved us a step closer to a hydrogen-based economy by successfully "wiring up" carbon nanotubes to hydrogenase – a biological molecule that can be used to harness hydrogen as fuel. Read more

20 November 2007: Bioengineers at the University of California, Berkeley, have discovered a technique that for the first time enables the detection of biomolecules' dynamic reactions in a single living cell. Read more

19 November 2007: MIT [profile] scientists have devised remotely controlled nanoparticles that, when pulsed with an electromagnetic field, release drugs to attack tumors. Read more

19 November 2007: The concept of e-noses - electronic devices which mimic the olfactory systems of mammals and insects - is very intriguing to researchers involved in building better, cheaper and smaller sensor devices. Read more

16 November 2007: For the first time, scientists have directly imaged carbon nanotubes entering and migrating within human cells, determining as a result that whether the nanotubes cause cell death depends on the dose and exposure time. Read more

15 November 2007: Some pundits writing about nanotechnology get carried away by their own hype and talk about self-assembly as if bottom-up fabrication technologies, where molecules get assembled into everyday products, are just around the corner. Read more

15 November 2007: Every year, in Germany alone, around 7 000 people must wait for a new cornea to preserve their eyesight, but unfortunately donors are in short supply. Read more  

14 November 2007: Nanofluidic channels, confining and transporting tiny amounts of fluid, are the pipelines that make the cellular activities of organisms possible. Read more

14 November 2007: When it comes to tapping into the power of hydrogen, nothing beats hydrogenase. Read more

14 November 2007: Unknown health impact of nanotech worries some. Read more

14 November 2007: Scientists in Maryland are reporting an important advance toward the long-sought goal of industrial-scale fabrication of nanowire-based devices like ultra-sensitive sensors, light emitting diodes, and transistors for inexpensive, high-performance electronics products.  Read more

14 November 2007: Magnetic nanoparticles heated by a remote magnetic field have the potential to release multiple anticancer drugs on demand at the site of a tumor, according to a study published in the journal Advanced Materials. Read more

13 November 2007: An international symposium with the title '...omics and nanotechnology in biomedicine' will take place in Larissa, Greece, on 30 November and 1 December. Read more

13 November 2007: Scientists in Maryland are reporting an important advance toward the long-sought goal of industrial-scale fabrication of nanowire-based devices like ultra-sensitive sensors, light emitting diodes, and transistors for inexpensive, high-performance electronics products. Read more

12 November 2007: CSIRO (Australia) has been granted $2 million under the Defence Capability and Technology Demonstrator (CTD) Program to demonstrate the capabilities of carbon nanotubes as strong, lightweight antiballistic materials. Read more

12 November 2007: PHILADELPHIA -- A research team led by a University of Pennsylvania [profile] mechanical engineer has discovered that friction between two sliding bodies can be reduced at the molecular, or nanoscale, level by changing the mass of the atoms at the surface. Read more

12 November 2007: A University of Arkansas [profile] physicist and her colleagues have examined dielectric susceptibilities of nanostructures (that is the response of their polarization to electric fields) and found novel, seemingly contradictory properties that may change how such materials can be used by scientists and engineers to build electronic devices. Read more

12 November 2007: The trend in science is moving toward smaller devices. Indeed, single electron devices are considered one way for computing and other electronic applications to become ever smaller in size, while still providing large operating capacities. Single electron devices can also provide a fundamental probe to quantum states in a controllable manner. Read more

9 November 2007: Northwestern University researchers have shown that nanodiamonds are effective at delivering chemotherapy drugs to cells without the negative effects associated with current drug delivery agents. Read more

9 November 2007: Magnetic nanoparticles heated by a remote magnetic field have the potential to release multiple anticancer drugs on demand at the site of a tumor, according to a study published in the journal Advanced Materials. Read more

8 November 2007: A University of Arkansas physicist and her colleagues have examined dielectric susceptibilities of nanostructures (that is the response of their polarization to electric fields) and found novel. Read more

7 November 2007: LARAMIE, Wyo. -- U.S. scientists say nanotechnology could revolutionize the natural gas industry, from its extraction methods to pollution reduction. Read more

7 November 2007: Carbon nanotubes are being probed to see if they are the world's most bulletproof materials. Read more

7 November 2007: Nanotechnologies opened a new door towards the development of novel techniques and devices for probing biological systems such as biomolecules and single cells. Read more

2 November 2007: Is the U.S. government doing enough to ensure the safety of these materials and the hundreds of other nanotechnology commercial and consumer products currently on the market? Read more

2 November 2007: Cancer cells treated with carbon nanotubes can be destroyed by non-invasive radio waves that heat up the nanotubes while sparing untreated tissue. Read more

1 November 2007: A team of researchers at the University of Missouri-Columbia is turning those soybeans into gold, with nothing more than a little water. Read more  

1 November 2007: Renegade Materials Corp. [profile] said Monday it will start up production in January at a new plant being built to commercialize nanostructured composite materials for military and aerospace markets. Read more

1 November 2007: A team of scientists from India and Japan have been the first to make a bundle of nanotubes glow, paving the way for their use as chemical sensors or in optoelectronics. Read more

1 November 2007: Make way for the real nanopod and make room in the Guinness World Records. Read more

1 November 2007: A conference on nanotechnology for security and crime prevention will take place in London, UK, on 17 January. Read more

31 October 2007: Blocks of carbon nanotubes can be used to create effective and powerful pressure sensors, according to a new study by researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Read more

31 October 2007: Arizona State University's Center for Applied Nanoionics (CANi) has a new take on old memory, one that promises to boost the performance, capacity and battery life of consumer electronics from digital cameras to laptops. Read more

31 October 2007: Carbon nanotubes have been employed for a variety of uses including composite materials, biosensors, nano-electronic circuits and membranes. Read more

31 October 2007: Researchers at Northwestern University designed the polymer to mimic a protein-based glue that mussels use to attach themselves to rocks, wood, plastic, and steel--indeed, just about any material they encounter. Read more

31 October 2007: The automatic molecular assembly and selection steps exhibited by the molecules, which start as random mixtures, demonstrates a fundamental step in the evolution of life. Read more

31 October 2007: A professor at Harvard University has come up with an innovative way to provide nano power. It comes to us in the form of a solar-cell nanowire. Read more

31 October 2007: Nanotechnology could revolutionize the natural gas industry across the whole lifecycle from extraction to pollution reduction or be an enormous missed opportunity, claim two industry experts writing in Inderscience's International Journal of Nanotechnology. Read more

31 October 2007: A new EUREKA programme on microelectronics research will be established in 2008 when the current MEDEA+ programme comes to an end. Read more

31 October 2007: The University of Texas at San Antonio and The University of Texas at Austin are two of five research universities in a nationwide consortium awarded $1.4 million from the National Science Foundation. Read more

29 October 2007: Designing better solar cells might seem a question of electronics or chemistry, but for one University of Florida engineer, it starts with bugs. Read more

29 October 2007: In the growing catalog of nanoscale technologies, nanowires—tiny rows of conductor or semiconductor atoms—have attracted a great deal of interest for their potential to build unique atomic-scale electronics. Read more

29 October 2007: The birth secret of buckyballs -- hollow spheres of carbon no wider than a strand of DNA -- has been caught on tape by researchers at Sandia National Laboratory and Rice University. Read more

25 October 2007: Dutch researcher Cristianne Rijcken has developed a new type of biodegradable nanoparticle. The spherical structures can encapsulate various fat-soluble medicines, which makes it easier to target tumour tissue. Read more

25 October 2007: Wireless biosensors that monitor pathogens in water and measure blood pressure or cancer biomarkers in the body are shrinking to nanometer dimensions. Read more

24 October 2007: Arizona State University’s Center for Applied Nanoionics (CANi) has a new take on old memory, one that promises to boost the performance, capacity and battery life of consumer electronics from digital cameras to laptops. Best of all, it is cheap, made from common materials and compatible with just about anything currently on the market. Read more

24 October 2007: Blocks of carbon nanotubes can be used to create effective and powerful pressure sensors, according to a new study by researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Read more

24 October 2007: In a major feat of nanotechnology engineering researchers from Harvard University have demonstrated a laser with a wide-range of potential applications in chemistry, biology and medicine. Read more

24 October 2007: Harvard chemists have built a new wire out of photosensitive materials that is hundreds of times smaller than a human hair. The wire not only carries electricity to be used in vanishingly small circuits, but generates power as well. Read more

23 October 2007: Researchers have been working on nanowires and microchips so tiny that they could be used to build supercomputers that could fit in the palm of your hand. Read more

23 October 2007: Researchers at Harvard University [profile] have made solar cells that are a small fraction of the width of a human hair. The cells, each made from a single nanowire just 300 nanometers wide, could be useful for powering tiny sensors or robots for environmental monitoring or military applications. Read more

19 October 2007: Organic based solution processable devices are promising to revolutionise the lighting and photovoltaic industries of the future. Read more

19 October 2007: Researchers have shown how tiny "nanorods" of gold can be triggered by a laser beam to blast holes in the membranes of tumor cells, setting in motion a complex biochemical mechanism that leads to a tumor cell's self-destruction. Read more

18 October 2007: Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory [profile] have developed a method for correlating the results of microscopic imaging techniques in a way that could lead to improved understanding, diagnosis, and possibly treatment of a variety of disease conditions, including Alzheimer's disease. Read more

18 October 2007: Shuvo Roy, Ph.D., of Cleveland Clinic's Lerner Research Institute to develop alternative to dialysis using silicon nanotechnology. Read more

18 October 2007: Nanomaterials are often cited as being up to a thousand times stronger than steel, but researchers have had a difficult time transferring that strength to bulk materials. Read more

18 October 2007: Northwestern University [profile] researchers have shown that nanodiamonds -- much like the carbon structure as that of a sparkling 14 karat diamond but on a much smaller scale -- are very effective at delivering chemotherapy drugs to cells without the negative effects associated with current drug delivery agents. Read more

18 October 2007: A nanowire that harvests enough electricity from light to power a nanoscale circuit has been demonstrated by US researchers. Read more

18 October 2007: Scientists have developed solar cells 200 hundred times thinner than a human hair that they believe will power the nanoscale gadgetry of tomorrow. Read more

18 October 2007: Toward world's smallest radio: nano-sized detector turns radio waves into music. Read more

17 October 2007: Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE:HIT) (TOKYO:6501) [profile] and Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (Hitachi GST) announced that they have developed the world's smallest read-head technology for hard disk drives, which is expected to quadruple current storage capacity limits to four terabytes (TB) on a desktop hard drive and one TB on a notebook hard drive. Read more

17 October 2007: In the past year, the media have been abuzz with talk of an exotic class of materials, called metamaterials. Read more

17 October 2007: Carbon nanotubes have been employed for a variety of uses including composite materials, biosensors, nano-electronic circuits and membranes. Read more

16 October 2007: IBM scientists have measured distribution of electrical charges in tubes of carbon that measure less than 2 nanometers in diameter, 50,000 times thinner than a strand of human hair. Read more

15 October 2007: Nature is truly a brilliant nano engineer and has been so for billions of years. There is an abundance of 'smart' biological materials with hierarchical nanostructures - built from proteins - that are capable of adapting to new tasks, are self-healing, and can self-assemble autonomously simply out of a solution of building blocks. Read more

15 October 2007: The effect is called giant magnetoresistance, but it enables amazing things at the miniature level. Two European scientists won the 2007 Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for their discoveries of the phenomenon, which spurred some of computing's most astonishing developments, from video-playing handheld devices to PCs whose storage capacity now seems all but limitless. Read more

15 October 2007: A University of Arkansas researcher and his colleagues have found a novel way to "look" at atomic orbitals, and have directly shown for the first time that they change substantially when interacting at the interface of a ferromagnet and a  high-temperature superconductor. Read more

15 October 2007: New sol-gel inks developed by researchers at the University of Illinois [profile] can be printed into patterns to produce three-dimensional structures of metal oxides with nanoscale features. Read more

15 October 2007: Some nanotechnology fanciers suggest that, like proverbial birds of a feather, engineered nanoscale materials will flock – or clump – together. Read more

12 October 2007: A University of Arkansas researcher and his colleagues have found a novel way to "look" at atomic orbitals, and have directly shown for the first time that they change substantially when interacting at the interface of a ferromagnet and a high-temperature superconductor. Read more

12 October 2007: New sol-gel inks developed by researchers at the University of Illinois can be printed into patterns to produce three-dimensional structures of metal oxides with nanoscale features. Read more

11 October 2007: A novel machine that makes nanostructured fibers could be the key to a new generation of military uniforms that take on active functions such as generating and storing energy. Read more

10 October 2007:A new nanowire-based memory device being developed by researchers at IBM could combine the best qualities of the various types of memory used today, driving down costs and improving performance. Read more

10 October 2007:NanoTech Innovations LLC [profile] of Oberlin has received an investment from JK-Nano LLC to develop a more efficient way to grow carbon nanotubes, which are cylinders of carbon molecules that serve as building blocks for various nanotechnologies. Read more

9 October 2007: Nanoscale devices present a unique challenge to any optical technology -- there’s just not enough room for light to travel in a straight line. Read more

8 October 2007: An innovative and inexpensive way of making nanomaterials on a large scale has resulted in novel forms of advanced materials that pave the way for exceptional and unexpected optical properties. Read more

5 October 2007: A plastic made at room temperature from clay and a common ingredient of paint and glue is a strong as steel and a match for materials made using much higher temperatures. Read more

5 October 2007: An interdisciplinary team of Cornell nanotechnology researchers has unraveled some of the fundamental physics of a material that holds promise for light-emitting, flexible semiconductors. Read more

3 October 2007: Reliably detecting foodborne pathogens with nanotechnology and encoding/decoding techniques. Read more

2 October 2007: A team of researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have overcome a major obstacle for using refractive lenses to focus x-rays. Read more

2 October 2007: Engineers have shown how to grow forests of tiny cylinders called carbon nanotubes onto the surfaces of computer chips to enhance the flow of heat at a critical point where the chips connect to cooling devices called heat sinks. Read more

2 October 2007: UC Irvine’s Henry Samueli School of Engineering has been awarded $2.18 million to blend traditional DNA sequencing techniques with cutting-edge nanotechnology to develop a faster and less costly method of analysis. The goal is to make DNA sequencing feasible as a routine part of health care. Read more

1 October 2007: As the sizes of sensor networks and mobile devices shrink toward the microscale, and even nanoscale, there is a growing need for suitable power sources. Read more

1 October 2007: At MEMS Industry Group's annual MEMS Executive Congress, commercial manufacturers will share with an executive audience the innovative ways that they are employing Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) technology. Read more

1 October 2007: A bottom-up technique for nanotechnology electronics fabrication. Read more  

1 October 2007: Researchers are now one step closer to realizing the full potential of next-generation memory devices based on phase-changing material. Read more

1 October 2007: Even though some scientists have managed to grow boron nanotubes, the nature of their structure is unknown. Read more 

1 October 2007: This minute pair of silicon tweezers can snap off a carbon nanotube just 100 nanometres across and deposit it on the tip of a microscope. The feat could herald more precise and versatile nanoscale construction techniques. Read more

1 October 2007: A team of researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory have overcome a major obstacle for using refractive lenses to focus x-rays. Read more

1 October 2007: In the quest to turn carbon nanotubes from nanoscale wonder into clinically useful drug and imaging agent delivery agents, researchers have often added polymer coatings to the outside of the nanotubes in order to render them biocompatible. Read more. 

1 October 2007: Photodynamic therapy, in which light activates a chemical known as a photosensitizer, triggering the production of cell-killing reactive oxygen, has proven itself as an effective therapy for a limited number of cancers. Read more

1 October 2007: As the sizes of sensor networks and mobile devices shrink toward the microscale, and even nanoscale, there is a growing need for suitable power sources. Read more

28 September 2007: Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have created a razor-like material that is truly on the "cutting edge" of nanotechnology. Called nanoblades, these first-of-their-kind magnesium nanomaterials challenge conventional wisdom about nanostructure growth, and could have applications in energy storage and fuel cell technology. Read more

28 September 2007: By placing quantum dots on a specially designed photonic crystal, researchers at the University of Illinois [profile] have demonstrated enhanced fluorescence intensity by a factor of up to 108. Potential applications include high-brightness light-emitting diodes, optical switches and personalized, high-sensitivity biosensors. Read more

28 September 2007: Rice University scientists have captured the first optical images of carbon nanotubes inside a living organism. Read more

28 September 2007: As the sizes of sensor networks and mobile devices shrink toward the microscale, and even nanoscale, there is a growing need for suitable power sources. Read more

28 September 2007: Even though some scientists have managed to grow boron nanotubes, the nature of their structure is unknown. Different theories have been proposed regarding boron nanotube make-up, but they often result in structures that are not optimally stable. Read more

28 September 2007: In the quest to turn carbon nanotubes from nanoscale wonder into clinically useful drug and imaging agent delivery agents, researchers have often added polymer coatings to the outside of the nanotubes in order to render them biocompatible. Read more

28 September 2007: Adding even a small amount of carbon nanotubes can go a long way toward enhancing the strength, integrity, and safety of plastic materials widely used in engineering applications, according to a new study. Read more

27 September 2007: With the help of a device capable of depositing metals an atom at a time in the materials used in computer chips, a team of University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers has successfully blended modern semiconductor technology and nanomachines. Read more

26 September 2007: Training in research management and toxicology, interdisciplinary Masters level programmes and hands-on training experience are some of the recommendations from the Institute of Nanotechnology following a survey identifying the skills gaps and training needs in nanoscience and nanotechnology. Read more

26 September 2007: A European project called 'Nanomembranes against Global Warming' (NANOGLOWA) is attempting to find a new way of capturing CO2 emissions from power plants with the help of nanotechnology. Read more

24 September 2007: Biomedical engineers at The University of Texas School of Health Information Sciences at Houston have announced pre-clinical test results in the September issue of the International Journal of Nanomedicine demonstrating the feasibility of a smart particle insulin release system that detects spikes in glucose or blood sugar levels and releases insulin to counteract them. Read more

24 September 2007: A new EU-funded project is organising summer schools on the ethics of nanotechnologies and converging technologies for the summer of 2008. The results will be used to develop new tools for e-learning. Read more

24 September 2007: Researchers from IBM's Zurich Research Lab have devised a way to print particles as small as 60 nanometers in diameter with single-particle resolution. Read more

24 September 2007: Nanotechnology based magnetic separation could revolutionize separation technology. Read more  

20 September 2007: Is the vortex in a stirred liquid swirling clockwise or counterclockwise? A zinc porphyrin dendrimer—a branched molecule with a central zinc atom—can answer this question. As Japanese researchers report in the journal Angewandte Chemie, the optical activity of a solution containing this substance changes rapidly when the direction of stirring is changed. Read more

19 September 2007: All researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology [profile] wanted was a simple, quick method for making thin films of block copolymers or BCPs (chemically distinct polymers linked together) in order to have decent samples for taking measurements important to the microelectronics industry. Read more

19 September 2007: As technology becomes smaller and smaller, scientists work to find solutions to a variety of problems in many different fields. The problem is how to reduce size of such optical devices to the level compatible with modern nanotechnology. Read more

19 September 2007: A novel technology to trap large-scale greenhouse gas emissions caused by coal mining and power generation is being developed by a University of Queensland researcher. Read more

19 September 2007: Using nanotechnology, engineering researchers at the University of Missouri-Columbia have developed a small but powerful device capable of enhancing the delivery of drugs to treat life-threatening illnesses. Read more

19 September 2007: Good news for public health: Bioengineering researchers from the EPFL in Lausanne, Switzerland, have developed and patented a nanoparticle that can deliver vaccines more effectively, with fewer side effects, and at a fraction of the cost of current vaccine technologies. Read more

19 September 2007: For the first time scientists have been able to film, in real time, the nanoscale interaction of an enzyme and a DNA strand from an attacking virus. Read more

18 September 2007: A team led by biophysicist Jeremy Smith of the University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Laboratory has taken a significant step toward unraveling the mystery of how proteins fold into unique, three-dimensional shapes. Read more

18 September 2007: Bone-forming cells grow faster and produce more calcium on anodized titanium covered in carbon nanotubes compared with plain anodized titanium and the non-anodized version currently used in orthopaedic implant. Read more 

18 September 2007: Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have developed new ways to make or modify nanorods and nanotubes of titanium oxide, a material used in a variety of industrial and medical applications. Read more

17 September: Using a focused laser beam to selectively burn regions of a dense forest of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs), researchers have demonstrated a method that may enable rapid prototyping of nanotube microstructures. Read more

17 September: INVISIBILITY cloaks that work at optical wavelengths are a step closer to reality thanks to a different take on the problem. Read more

17 September: A game of billiards may never get smaller than this. Physicists at UC Riverside have demonstrated that graphene – a one-atom thick sheet of carbon atoms arranged in hexagonal rings – can act as an atomic-scale billiard table, with electric charges acting as billiard balls. Read more

17 September: The European Commission has authorised state aid worth EUR119 million that the French government intends to provide to two research and development (R&D) projects. Read more

17 September: The European Commission has become the world's largest public investor in nanotechnology, and has improved the standards, metrology and patenting environment for nanotechnology research. Read more

14 September 2007: An innovative and inexpensive way of making nanomaterials on a large scale has resulted in novel forms of advanced materials that pave the way for exceptional and unexpected optical properties. Read more

14 September 2007: Almost a year in the making, a federal plan to prioritize research on the potential environmental, health, and safety (EHS) impacts of nanoscale materials has so many failings that its begs the question as to whether the government’s 13-agency nanotechnology research effort is able to deliver an effective risk research strategy. Read more

14 September 2007: New research led by the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory physicist Matthias Bode provides a more thorough understanding of new mechanisms, which makes it possible to switch a magnetic nanoparticle without any magnetic field and may enable computers to more accurately write and store information. Read more

13 September 2007: Method Safely Deposits Novel Metal Oxide Thin Films on Substrates. Read more

13 September 2007: Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have developed a new method for controlling the self-assembly of nanometer and micrometer-sized particles. Read more

12 September 2007: The autumn meeting of the EU-funded Nano2Life network will be held in Lund, Sweden, from 22 to 24 October. Read more

12 September 2007: Creating ultrasmall grooves on microchips -- a key part of many modern technologies -- is about to become as easy as making a sandwich, using a new process invented by Princeton engineers. Read more  

12 September 2007: An innovative and inexpensive way of making nanomaterials on a large scale has resulted in novel forms of advanced materials that pave the way for exceptional and unexpected optical properties. Read more

12 September 2007: Scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a new technique for nanolithography that is extremely fast and capable of being used in a range of environments including air (outside a vacuum) and liquids. Read more

12 September 2007: The highest-resolution images ever seen in (S)TEM electron microscopy have been recorded using a new instrument developed jointly by U.S. Department of Energy national laboratories, FEI Company (Nasdaq: FEIC) [profile] and CEOS GmbH, in Heidelberg, Germany. Read more

12 September 2007: Computer engineering professor at UH receives NSF grant to partner with UC-Riverside, Seagate Technology. Read more

11 September 2007:To make something useful, one typically doesn't think of breaking things and pulling them apart. But researchers at Princeton University have found that the approach could work in making a key nano component of optical devices Read more

11 September 2007:Cement manufacturers have already known that reducing the particle size of cements results in faster-binding formulations. By taking the ultimate reduction down to the nanoscale, researchers in Switzerland have shown that a one-step preparation of nanoparticulate cement with a conventional Portland cement composition results in a drastically increased early reactivity of the cement. Read more

11 September 2007:Teaming up with co-workers at home and abroad, researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) affiliated National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST) recently succeeded in fabricating a hetero-structured nano-ring in their laboratory. Read more

11 September 2007:IBM scientists have created a novel molecular switch that is able to turn on and off without altering its shape. Read more

11 September 2007:Scientists from the California Institute of Technology [profile] have fabricated a motor that runs autonomously, and is powered only by the free energy of DNA hybridization. Read more

7 September 2007: A nanotechnology developed by a University at Buffalo professor has enabled researchers to identify a molecular signature common to both familial and sporadic cases of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), or Lou Gehrig's disease. Read more

7 September 2007: Although relatively new to the market, liquid crystal display (LCD) televisions may soon be obsolete, thanks to a new technique created by University of Houston professors. Read more

7 September 2007: Nanoscience and nanotechnology are two of the hottest fields in research, investment, and manufacturing. Some hail nanotechnology as enabling "The Next Industrial Revolution." Read more

7 September 2007: Chemists in Italy are reporting "a real breakthrough" in technology for cleaning and conserving priceless oil paintings, marble sculptures and other works of art in an article in the Aug. 14 issue of ACS' Langmuir, a bi-weekly journal. Read more

7 September 2007: In nanoscience's version of a David-and-Goliath story, scientists in Connecticut are reporting the first direct evidence that carbon nanotubes have powerful antimicrobial activity, a discovery that could help fight the growing problem of antibiotic resistant infections. Read more

7 September 2007: Jean Michel Sellier, the founder of SouthNovel, has decided to make his Aeneas3 tool, a very advanced simulator for Monte Carlo quantum transport in semiconductor devices of general 3D shape for organic and inorganic materials, available to the entire scientific community as a free software tool under GPL license. Read more

7 September 2007: Imagine using minuscule structures the size of molecules to harvest sunlight and convert it into electricity. Or employing the same structures to store hydrogen fuel so that it fits into a car's gas tank. Or replacing today's semiconductors with these structures, ushering in the next generation of small, powerful electronics.  Read more

7 September 2007: Computing researchers at Houston's Rice University [profile] and electronics specialists at Singapore's Nanyang Technological University (NTU) [profile] announced the formation of a $2.6-million Institute for Sustainable Nanoelectronics (ISNE). Read more

6 September 2007 : Creating ultrasmall grooves on microchips -- a key part of many modern technologies -- is about to become as easy as making a sandwich, using a new process invented by Princeton engineers. Read more  

6 September 2007 : A novel printing method that involves positioning individual nanoparticles with great accuracy could make smaller electronic circuits, and might eventually help prevent banknote counterfeiting, researchers say. Read more

4 September 2007: In nanoscience’s version of a David-and-Goliath story, scientists in Connecticut are reporting the first direct evidence that carbon nanotubes have powerful antimicrobial activity, a discovery that could help fight the growing problem of antibiotic resistant infections. Their research on so-called single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) is scheduled for publication in the current (Aug. 28) issue of ACS’ Langmuir. Read more

4 September 2007: Chemists in Italy are reporting “a real breakthrough” in technology for cleaning and conserving priceless oil paintings, marble sculptures and other works of art in an article in the Aug. 14 issue of ACS’ Langmuir, a bi-weekly journal. Read more

4 September 2007: International team of scientists proposes new ultramicroscope for nanostructures, allowing for the direct and non-invasive measurement of ultrafast processes on attosecond timescales with high spatial and temporal resolution. Read more

4 September 2007: Every irregularity no matter how small must disappear: Polishing silicon wafers for solar cells and computer chips demands the greatest preci-sion. Until now, wafers could only be inspected after polishing. A new polishing tool continuously monitors the process. Read more

4 September 2007: Scientists in Idaho and Korea are reporting development of a protein coating that may turn nanowires into a new drug delivery system that could allow use of lower doses of medicine that are less harmful to normal cells. Read more

4 September 2007: On August 24, a center of nanotechnology for cancer diagnosis and treatment was officially inaugurated in Tianjin/PR China. The center was jointly established by the CAS Institute of High-energy Physics (IHEP), the CAS affiliated National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, and the Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital. Read more

3 September 2007: Creating ultrasmall grooves on microchips -- a key part of many modern technologies -- is about to become as easy as making a sandwich, using a new process invented by Princeton engineers. Read more

3 September 2007: Jean Michel Sellier, the founder of SouthNovel, has decided to make his Aeneas³ tool, a very advanced simulator for Monte Carlo quantum transport in semiconductor devices of general 3D shape for organic and inorganic materials, available to the entire scientific community as a free software tool under GPL license. Read more

3 September 2007: The Nano-Network and NanoBusiness Alliance, today announced the keynote lineup for the 2007 Nano App Summit, to be held October 22-25, 2007 at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Cleveland, Ohio. Complete event information can be found online at www.nanoappsummit.com Read more

31 August 2007: IBM today announced two major scientific achievements in the field of nanotechnology that could one day lead to new kinds of devices and structures built from a few atoms or molecules. Read more

31 August 2007: Just as compact discs all but wiped out vinyl records, semiconductors could be on their way out, too. A University of Houston professor has developed a similar ‘disruptive technology,’ using magnetic cellular networks, that could yield such benefits as increased computing power that rivals what is possible with semiconductor integrated circuits. Read more

31 August 2007: A University of Leicester research team is working on a new technique for growing nanoparticles which could have extraordinary implications in electronics, medicine, the measurement of atmospheric air and the cleansing of car exhausts. Read more

31 August 2007: Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) can kill bacteria like the common pathogen E. coli by severely damaging their cell walls, according to a recent report from Yale researchers in the American Chemical Society (ACS) journal Langmuir. Read more

31 August 2007: Top scientists and researchers in the fields of materials science and corrosion are turning to nanoscience/nanotechnology in a continuous effort to be more clear and precise in explaining natural phenomena at the macromolecular level. Read more

31 August 2007: Photonic quantum information science could soon move out of the laboratory and be used in future technologies like quantum computers thanks to a grant of over £1 million ($2 million). Read more

31 August 2007: A University of Leicester research team is working on a new technique for growing nanoparticles which could have extraordinary implications in electronics, medicine, the measurement of atmospheric air and the cleansing of car exhausts. Read more

30 August 2007: A colloquium on the scientific and fundamental aspects of the Galileo (satellite navigation) programme will take place in Toulouse, France, from 1 to 4 October. Read more

29 August 2007: The international NanoSolutions 2007 conference and exhibition will be held in Frankfurt, Germany, from 21 to 23 November. Read more

29 August 2007: Rice University chemists have found a way to package some of nature's most powerful radioactive particles inside DNA-sized tubes of pure carbon -- a method they hope to use to target tiny tumors and even lone leukemia cells. Read more

28 August 2007: University of Pennsylvania researchers have designed a nanoscale system to observe and measure how individual cells react to external forces. Read more

28 August 2007: University of Arkansas researchers have found a simple, inexpensive way to create a nanowire coating on the surface of biocompatible titanium that can be used to create more effective surfaces for hip replacement, dental reconstruction and vascular stenting. Further, the material can easily be sterilized using ultraviolet light and water or using ethanol, making it useful in hospital settings and meat-processing plants. Read more

28 August 2007: In comparison to current hydrogen sensors, which are rigid and use expensive, pure palladium, Argonne's new sensors are flexible and use single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) as supports to improve efficiency and reduce cost. Read more

28 August 2007: Clemson University chemists have developed a method to dramatically improve the longevity of fluorescent nanoparticles that may someday help researchers track the motion of a single molecule as it travels through a living cell. Read more

28 August 2007: The 'Nanoparticles for European Industry ll' conference will be held in London, UK on 24 and 25 October. The focus of the event will be on measurement, characterisation and standardisation; manufacturing scale-up and processing; regulation, risks and toxicology. Read more

28 August 2007: Scientists and engineers are eager to understand the secret behind bone’s lightweight toughness so they can mimic it in the design of new materials, but previous studies have revealed a number of different strength mechanisms at different scales of focus, rather than a single theory. Read more

27 August 2007: Researchers from the University of Delaware and Washington University in St. Louis have figured out how to train synthetic polymer molecules to behave--to literally “self-assemble” --and form into long, multicompartment cylinders 1,000 times thinner than a human hair, with potential uses in radiology, signal communication and the delivery of therapeutic drugs in the human body. Read more

27 August 2007: Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology (CNST) have done the first theoretical determination of the dominant damping mechanism that settles down excited magnetic states—“ringing” in physics parlance—in some key metals. Read more

27 August 2007: Moving beyond carbon nanotubes, researchers are developing insights into a remarkable class of tubular nanomaterials that can be produced in water with a high degree of control over their diameter and length. Based on metal oxides in combination with silicon and germanium, such single-walled inorganic nanotubes could be useful in a range of nanotechnology applications that require precise control over nanotube dimensions. Read more

27 August 2007: Rice University chemists have found a way to package some of nature's most powerful radioactive particles inside DNA-sized tubes of pure carbon -- a method they hope to use to target tiny tumors and even lone leukemia cells. Read more

27 August 2007: A sensor developed at the University of Pittsburgh could strip the element of surprise from some asthma attacks by detecting one before its onset. Read more

23 August 2007: The annoying bulges of an overwound telephone cord that shorten its reach and limit a caller’s motion help explain why drugs called camptothecins are so effective in killing cancer cells, according to investigators led by Mary-Ann Bjornsti, Ph.D., at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, and Nynke Dekker, Ph.D., at Delft Technology University. Read more

23 August 2007: Radioactive elements, or radionuclides, are well-established anticancer agents whose main limitation is that they kill healthy cells almost as easily as they do tumors. But because nanoparticles can be targeted to tumors, researchers have seized on the idea of using nanoparticles to deliver radionuclides to tumors, thus sparing healthy tissues from radiation-induced damage. Read more

23 August 2007: Using DNA, the molecule that carries life’s genetic instructions, researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory are studying how to control both the speed of nanoparticle assembly and the structure of its resulting nanoclusters. Read more

23 August 2007: Using metal nanoshells designed to both absorb and scatter near-infrared light, a team of investigators at Rice University has shown that such nanoparticles can both image and treat tumors in animals. Read more

22 August 2007: A new analysis of by-products discharged to the environment during production of carbon nanotubes (CNTs)  expected to become the basis of multibillion-dollar industries in the 21^st Century  has identified cancer-causing compounds, air pollutants, and other substances of concern, researchers reported here today at the 234^th national meeting of the American Chemical Society. Read more

22 August 2007 Nanotechnology materials, startups highlighted at ACS symposium Aug. 19 in Boston. Read more

22 August 2007: Clemson University chemists have developed a method to dramatically improve the longevity of fluorescent nanoparticles that may someday help researchers track the motion of a single molecule as it travels through a living cell. Read more

22 August 2007: A website providing information on nanotechnology health and safety is today being launched by SAFENANO. Managed by the Institute of Occupational Medicine in Edinburgh, SAFENANO aims to become the UK’s premier resource on nanotechnology hazard and risk. Read more

22 August 2007: Japanese researchers led by Prof. Toshio Fukuda of the Department of Micro-Nano Systems Engineering at Nagoya University, have developed a nanopipette that uses an organic nanotube (ONT) as its nanochannel, and which is estimated to be capable of dispensing volumes of solution of less than 1 femtoliter. Read more

22 August 2007: April Strider, co-founder of SafeSmart, Inc., created the SafetyTies antimicrobial neckties with the goal of reducing the spread of infectious disease and foodborne illnesses in healthcare, hospitality and foodservice settings. Now independent testing performed at BCS Laboratories, Inc. in Gainesville, Fla. proves that Strider's ties live up to those expectations. Read more

21 August 2007: Most people think of hydrogen peroxide as a topical germ killer, but the medicine cabinet staple is gaining steam in the medical community as an early indicator of disease in the body. Read more

21 August 2007: Placing a film of silicon nanoparticles onto a silicon solar cell can boost power, reduce heat and prolong the cell’s life, researchers now report. Read more

21 August 2007: Living cells are highly complex synthetic machines: Numerous multistep reactions run simultaneously side by side and with unbelievable efficiency and specificity. For these mainly enzymatic reactions to work so well collectively, nature makes use of a variety of concepts. One of the most important of these is division into compartments. Enzymes are not only separated spatially, but also positioned in specific locations within the cell. Read more

21 August 2007: Carnegie Mellon University scientists have developed tiny, spherical nanogels that uniformly release encapsulated carbohydrate-based drugs. The scientists created the nanogels using atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP), which will ultimately enable the nanogels to deliver more drug directly to the target and to dispense the drug in a time-release manner. Read more

20 August 2007: Euro2.5 million (approx. $3.25 million) is earmarked in the EU's 2007 budget to support pilot projects on "Transatlantic methods for handling global challenges" (budget line 19.05.03). The objective of the pilot project is to fund innovative ventures between European and US policy makers that cannot be pursued under existing EU-US instruments of cooperation, and to promote mutual learning amongst EU and US policy researchers and policymakers on more effective transatlantic approaches to challenges with a global dimension. Read more

17 August 2007: Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have developed a reliable, reproducible method for parallel fabrication of multiple nanogap electrodes, a development crucial to the creation of mass-produced nanoscale electronics. Read more

17 August 2007: TROY, N.Y. -- U.S. nanoscientists have developed an energy storage device that resembles a sheet of black paper and might power tomorrow's electronics. Read more

17 August 2007: A vaccine against anthrax that is more effective and easier to administer than the present vaccine has proved highly effective in tests in mice and guinea pigs, report University of Michigan Medical School scientists in the August issue of Infection and Immunity. Read more

17 August 2007: Sandia National Laboratories [profile] has entered into a relationship with universities and industries around the country to establish the National Institute for Nano-Engineering (NINE). Read more

17 August 2007: Smaller not always better: Microcapsules beat nanoparticles for making drugs with less waste. Read more

17 August 2007: If a new approach to cancer therapy, still experimental and in a phase I clinical trial, turns out as well as hoped, the credit will go as much to technology transfer as to scientific acumen. Read more

16 August 2007: Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute profile have developed a new energy storage device that easily could be mistaken for a simple sheet of black paper. Read more

16 August 2007: As mechanical devices shrink down to the nanoscale, they fall victim to a strange quantum effect that makes their moving parts stick together. But theoretical physicists at the University of St. Andrews, in Scotland, have found a way to turn that effect against itself, producing completely frictionless nanomachines. Read more

16 August 2007: The third European conference on the fundamental problems of mesoscopic physics and nanoelectronics will take place in Mojacar, Spain, from 9 to 14 September. Read more

10 August 2007: New membrane technology that would halve the amount of energy required to desalinate seawater is the goal of the latest Water for a Healthy Country Flagship initiative involving CSIRO and nine Australian universities. Read more

10 August 2007: A nanoscopic '"resonator"' that could form the building blocks forof the logic gates inside an electromechanical computer has been developed by US researchers. Read more

10 August 2007: Nanoscale patterns of nanoparticles have the potential to be used in miniature electronic circuits or in plasmon waveguides to guide the transport of electromagnetic energy below the diffraction limit. Read more

10 August 2007: Ultra-strong, flexible nanofiber-based 'paper' step closer to commercialization. Read more

9 August 2007: Scientists discover way of levitating small objects Read more

9 August 2007: Australia is making a name for itself in materials, nano-biotechnology, electronics and photonics, energy and environment and quantum technology. Read more

9 August 2007: Purdue University researchers have developed new miniature devices designed to be implanted in the brain to predict and prevent epileptic seizures and a nanotech sensor for implantation in the eye to treat glaucoma. Read more

8 August 2007: Tiny vibrating silicon resonators are of intense interest in nanotechnology circles for their potential ability to detect bacteria, viruses, DNA and other biological molecules. Read more

8 August 2007: Electric car company ZAP and lithium-polymer and nanotech battery developer Advanced Battery Technologies have opened a joint development office in Beijing to expand research, manufacturing and marketing of advanced batteries for electric cars. Read more

8 August 2007: The University of Pennsylvania's School of Engineering and Applied Science said Friday it has received a $20 million gift for a planned nanotechnology center. Read more

8 August 2007: A team of researchers from Canada have demonstrated an innovative technique for producing very small conductive nano-wires on silicon chips. Read more

8 August 2007: A layer of ruthenium just a few atoms thick can be used to fine-tune the sensitivity and enhance the reliability of magnetic sensors. Read more

8 August 2007: The third European conference on the fundamental problems of mesoscopic physics and nanoelectronics will take place in Mojacar, Spain, from 9 to 14 September. Read more

7 August 2007: One key to saving the environment, improving our economy and reducing our dependence on foreign oil might just be sitting in your mother's medicine cabinet. Read more

7 August 2007: Nanotechnology is not science fiction -- and New Zealand farmers need to be gearing up to take advantages of the opportunities it will offer, agricultural economists say. Read more

7 August 2007: Devices made from plastic semiconductors, like solar cells and light-emitting diodes (LEDs), could be improved based on information gained using a new nanoparticle technique developed at The University of Texas at Austin. Read more

6 August 2007: The Institute of Nanotechnology in the UK is organising a special guest lecture on 'Chemistry and molecular nanotechnology for tomorrow's world', which will be given by the renowned chemist, Professor Sir Fraser Stoddart in London on 13 September. Read more

6 August 2007: A layer of ruthenium just a few atoms thick can be used to fine-tune the sensitivity and enhance the reliability of magnetic sensors, tests at the National Institute of Standards and Technology show. Read more

6 August 2007: Under magnetic force, nanoparticles may deliver gene therapy. Read more

2 August 2007: The 2007 NanoEurope conference and fair will take place from 11 to 13 September in St Gallen, Switzerland. Read more

2 August 2007: Unidym Inc., a subsidiary of Arrowhead Research Corp. (Pasadena, Calif.), claims its transparent nanotube-based thin films will enable consumer electronic devices like Nintendo's handheld video games to use a more durable touch screen. Read more

2 August 2007: One of the sizzling hot topics within nanophotonics is plasmonics, which holds the promise of a class of subwavelength-scale optoelectronic components that could form the building blocks of a chip-based optical device technology that is scaleable to molecular dimensions. Read more

2 August 2007: Resistive pulse sensing represents a very attractive method for identifying and quantifying biomedical species such as drugs, DNA, proteins, and viruses in solution. Read more  

2 August 2007: Researchers at the University of Manchester have used the world's thinnest material to create sensors that can detect just a single molecule of a toxic gas. Read more

2 August 2007: In an assist in the quest for ever smaller electronic devices, Duke University engineers have adapted a decades-old computer aided design and manufacturing process to reproduce nanosize structures with features on the order of single molecules. Read more

2 August 2007: Recently, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory have used their insights into nanomaterials to create bendy hydrogen sensors, which are at the heart of hydrogen fuel cells used in hydrogen vehicles Read more

31 July 2007: An independent report has urged the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to make key decisions concerning oversight of nanotechnologies. Read more

31 July 2007: The German Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF) has issued a call for research projects that deal with nanotechnology applications in the construction industry - "Nanotechnology in construction engineering - NanoTecture." (in German). Read more

31 July 2007: Scientists have recently taken an important step toward the development of "see-through" flexible electronic displays by fabricating fully transparent, high-speed nanowire transistors. Read more

31 July 2007: Cleaning up contaminated water is big business. World demand for treatment is forecast to increase 6 percent per year through 2009 to more than $35 billion, according to a 2006 report by research firm Freedonia. Read more

27 July 2007: Scientists have succeeded in developing an aligned and highly densely packed carbon nanotubes material that retains the excellent physical and chemical properties of individual single-walled carbon nanotubes. Read more

27 July 2007: Physicists create first superconductor hybrid nanoscale heat transistor. Read more

27 July 2007: Researchers at the University of Warwick's Department of Chemistry have found a way of replacing the soap used to stabilize latex emulsion paints with nanotech sized clay armour that can create a much more hard wearing and fire resistant paint. Read more

26 July 2007: Using a series of gold nanorods, each with its own characteristic optical signature, researchers at Purdue University have developed a method for rapidly assaying the cellular composition of breast tumors. Read more

26 July 2007: A growing body of research has shown that nanoparticles can readily penetrate cells of various types. But it may not be the particles alone that cause trouble inside cells. Read more

26 July 2007: The blueprint for a tiny, ultra-robust mechanical computer has been outlined by US researchers. Read more

25 July 2007: Scientists have discovered a phenomenon which allows measurement of the mechanical motion of nanostructures by using the AC Josephson effect. Read more

25 July 2007: A key discovery at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute could help advance the role of graphene as a possible heir to copper and silicon in nanoelectronics. Read more

25 July 2007: Researchers have shown that a new and important effect called Multiple Exciton Generation (MEG) occurs efficiently in silicon nanocrystals. Read more

24 July 2007: The Polymer Department at Risø-DTU invites applications for a postdoctoral position in biopolymer nanocomposites research as part of a project funded in 2007 by the Danish Strategic Research Council. Read more

24 July 2007: All materials and products eventually come to the end of their useful life, and those made with nanotechnology are no different. Read more

24 July 2007: The notion of generating electricity from flowing blood, pulsating blood vessels, or a beating heart may seem like science fiction. But scientists are reporting a stride in that direction in the August 8 issue of ACS' Nano Letters, a monthly journal, with development a more powerful nanogenerator for powering implantable biomedical devices and other small electronics. Read more

24 July 2007: By taking advantage of the full range of ways in which molecules can interact with and bind to one another, a team of investigators at the Carolina Center of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence has created nanoparticles that assemble themselves layer by layer. These nanoparticles, which contain two different types of imaging agents, also contain Read more

23 July 2007: The European Commission has launched a consultation on responsible research in nanosciences and nanotechnologies. Read more

23 July 2007: Tightly packed molecules lend unexpected strength to nanothin sheet of material. The material’s characteristics make it a promising candidate for use as a highly sensitive pressure sensor in precision technological applications. Read more.

23 July 2007: Superlatticed or “striped" nanorods – crystalline materials only a few molecules in thickness and made up of two or more semiconductors – are highly valued for their potential to serve in a variety of nanodevices, including transistors, biochemical sensors and light-emitting diodes (LEDs). Read more

20 July 2007: A new technique for making a films of tiny plastic fibres with customisable properties could lead to new products as diverse as transparent electronic devices, self-cleaning surfaces and biomedical tools that manipulate strands of DNA. Read more

20 July 2007: U.S. scientists are developing a nanogenerator -- a tiny device that produces electricity from flowing blood, pulsating blood vessels, or a beating heart. Read more

19 July 2007: Engineers at the University of Pennsylvania have taken a step toward simplifying the creation of nanostructures by identifying the first inorganic material to phase separate with near-perfect order at the nanometer scale. Read more

18 July 2007: Kim Woodrow, a postdoctoral fellow in biomedical engineering at Yale, is one of the five American women recently honored by L'Oreal USA with their 2007 Fellowships for Women in Science. Woodrow is developing new drug delivery strategies and diagnostic tools for monitoring and treating infectious diseases and cancer. Read more

18 July 2007: Engineers at the University of Pennsylvania have taken a step toward simplifying the creation of nanostructures by identifying the first inorganic material to phase separate with near-perfect order at the nanometer scale. Read more

18 July 2007: Before nanotechnology can reach its full potential, researchers must understand the way things work on the nanoscale—which is often very different from the macroscopic world. One of these areas is light, and how light interacts with matter on tiny scales. Read more

17 July 2007:  A research team headed by Yadong Yin at the University of California, Riverside has now shared the secret of their wonderful liquid , Nanoscopic particles made of tiny magnetic crystals coated with a plastic shell self-assemble in solution to form photonic crystals--semiconductors for light. Read more

17 July 2007:  Nobody has yet worked out how to make a good nanobattery, so nanoscale devices are typically driven by power sources many times their own size. Read more

17 July 2007:  The ability to pump liquids at the cellular scale opens up exciting possibilities, such as precisely targeting medicines and regulating flow into and out of cells. But designing this molecular machinery has proven difficult. Read more

17 July 2007:  Turning cancer cells into mini magnets by using nanoparticles could make biopsies so sensitive and efficient that there will be no need to repeat these invasive tests. Read more

16 July 2007: Nanometer-size silicon rings could make detecting DNA and individual proteins easier. Read more

16 July 2007: The discovery that nanotubes keep bouncing back after being compressed repeatedly means this exotic form of carbon may be just the thing to give artificial muscles some extra strength. Read more

16 July 2007: In an experiment modeled on the classic “Young’s double slit experiment” and published in the journal Nature Nanotechnology, researchers have powerfully reinforced the understanding that surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) move as waves and follow analogous rules. Read more

16 July 2007: An information and networking event presenting Turkey's research expertise in the field of nanotechnologies will take place on 17 July in Brussels, Belgium. Read more

13 July 2007: Nanosciences and nanotechnologies have a key role to play in determining Poland's position in the global, competitive economy, according to the country's new strategy for research and development in the nano field. Read more

12 July 2007: U.S. scientists have developed a targeted drug delivery method that uses ultrasound to image tumors, while releasing drugs from nanobubbles. Read more

12 July 2007: Using NanoSIMS (high- resolution secondary ion mass spectrometer), Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USC and Portland State University scientists showed that they could image and track nutrient uptake in blue green algae at the nanoscale. Read more

12 July 2007: Researchers in the College of Engineering at UC Santa Barbara have discovered how to make polymeric micro- and nanoparticles in a wide variety of different shapes and sizes using commonly-available lab chemicals and equipment. Read more

12 July 2007: A nano-technology researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) [profile] is working with viruses to build faster, better, cheaper and environmentally-friendly transistors, batteries, solar cells, diagnostic materials for detecting cancer, and semiconductors for use in modern electrical devices. Read more

11 July 2007: Scientists have produced a novel type of nanoparticle that they say could make it possible to dramatically increase magnetic-based data storage on future generations of computer hard drives. Read more

11 July 2007: It looks like a tiny wagon wheel: Scanning tunneling microscope images published in the journal Angewandte Chemie depict giant molecules with a diameter of 7 nm, whose "hub", "spokes", and "rim" are clearly recognizable. Read more

11 July 2007:  If you have seen the movie The Matrix then you are familiar with 'jacking in' - a brain-machine neural interface that connects a human brain to a computer network. What is already reality today is something called neuroprosthetics, an area of neuroscience that uses artificial microdevices to replace the function of impaired nervous systems or sensory organs. Read more

11 July 2007: Researchers show that nanoscale materials self-assembled in artificially determined patterns can improve upon nature’s designs. Read more

11 July 2007: The Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN) and the Federal Office of Public Health  (FOPH) have published the Basis Report to the Swiss Actionplan Risk Assessment and --management of engineered nanoparticles. Read more

10 July 2007: Portugal hopes to stimulate initiatives in three key areas during its stint in the EU's Presidency seat: publishing and scientific information; nanosciences and nanotechnologies; reform and modernisation of universities. Read more

10 July 2007: The Federation Council on Friday approved the law "On the Russian Nanotechnology Corporation". The law was drafted pursuant to President Vladimir Putin's Annual Address to the Federal Assembly and the Nanoindustry Development Program up the Year 2015. Read more

10 July 2007: The ceremony for unveiling the nameplate of the China-Korea Nanotechnology Research Center was held on the afternoon of July 2, in Beijing. Read more

10 July 2007: A new way to make cubic zirconia with very small crystal sizes could be key to making hydrogen fuel cells more reliable and cost-effective. Read more

10 July 2007: Researchers in the College of Engineering at UC Santa Barbara have discovered how to make polymeric micro- and nanoparticles in a wide variety of different shapes and sizes using commonly-available lab chemicals and equipment. Read more

10 July 2007: Nanotechnology researcher Angela Belcher is working with viruses to make them do good things. By exploiting a virus's ability to replicate rapidly and combine with semiconductor and electronic materials, she is coaxing them to grow and self-assemble nanomaterials into a functional electronic device. Read more

10 July 2007: The annoying bulges of an over-wound telephone cord that shorten its reach and limit a caller’s motion help to explain why drugs called camptothecins are so effective in killing cancer cells, according to investigators at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and Delft University of Technology. Read more

5 July 2007: The European Commission has launched a public consultation on whether current EU risk assessment methodologies are appropriate for evaluating the risks associated with nanomaterials in cosmetic products. Read more

5 July 2007: University of California, Riverside nanotechnologists have succeeded in controlling the color of very small particles of iron oxide suspended in water simply by applying an external magnetic field to the solution. Read more

4 July 2007: Nanotechnologies are not contributing exceptionally to an increase in the substitution of hazardous substances for safer ones. However, experts believe that this could well change in the future. Read more

4 July 2007: Ohio State University researchers claim to have created a flat, glass-like transparent surface made up of tiny strands of nano fibres that could hold the key to some diverse technologies of the future. Read more

4 July 2007: The nanoparticles and methods to create nanoparticle-protein complexes can be used to help decipher protein structures, to identify functional parts of proteins, and to "glue" together new protein complexes. Read more

4 July 2007: There are some real challenges ahead for chip designers, particularly in moving deeper and deeper into the nanoscale, where at some point in the near future they will reach physical limits of the traditional logic MOSFET (metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor) structure. Read more

4 July 2007: The European Commission's Directorate-General for Research has published a call for tenders for exploitation strategy and innovation consultants (ESIC) for nanosciences, nanotechnologies, materials and new production technologies (NMP). Read more

3 July 2007: The ability of carbon nanotubes to withstand repeated stress yet retain their structural and mechanical integrity is similar to the behavior of soft tissue, according to a new study from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Read more

3 July 2007: A new report from Nanoforum, titled "Nanotechnology and Civil Security" describes nanotechnology applications for civil security and divides this into four broad sections Read more

3 July 2007: An international workshop on nanosciences and nanotechnologies (NN07) will take place from 16 to 18 July in Thessaloniki, Greece. Read more

3 July 2007: A new class of specially engineered nanoparticles that can target, image, and kill tumor cells could be a potent weapon against cancer. Read more

2 July 2007: Among the many potential applications of this nano-sized light source, once the technology is refined, are single cell endoscopy and other forms of subwavelength bio-imaging, integrated circuitry for nanophotonic technology, and new advanced methods of cyber cryptography. Read more

2 July 2007: Researchers in Delft University of Technology's Kavli Institute of Nanoscience in The Netherlands have cast new light on the workings of the important cancer inhibitor topotecan. Little had been known about the underlying molecular mechanism, but the Delft scientists can now view the effects of the medicine live at the levelin of a single DNA molecule. Read more

29 June 2007: Tiny plastic fibers could be the key to some diverse technologies in the future -- including self-cleaning surfaces, transparent electronics, and biomedical tools that manipulate strands of DNA. read more

29 June 2007: Nanoforum, the thematic network funded by the EU under the Fifth Framework Programme (FP5), has identified three key challenges for the development of nanotechnology in Europe: a low level of venture capital investment, low patenting rates, and low investment from industry. read more

29 June 2007: The German Government has launched a new strategy aimed at fortifying the application potential of nanotechnology for Germany's most important industries. The 'Nanotechnology Conquers Markets' initiative will aim to pool know-how on nanotechnology in order to leverage growth and employment in four of Germany's leading industries: automobile industry (NanoMobil), optics (NanoLux), electronics (NanoFab) and life sciences (Nano for Life). read more

28 June 2007: A symposium on biomagnetism and magnetic biosystems, organised by the European Science Foundation (ESF) and the European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO), will take place from 22 to 27 September in Sant Feliu de Guixols, Spain. The conference will bring together researchers in the diverse fields to explore the potential of recent breakthroughs in magnetic nanotechnologies to new approaches to practical bioapplications. Read more

28 June 2007: Researchers have used nanotechnology to create transparent transistors and circuits, a step that promises a broad range of applications, from e-paper and flexible color screens for consumer electronics to "smart cards" and "heads-up" displays in auto windshields. read more

28 June 2007: A new drug delivery method using nano-sized molecules to carry the chemotherapy drug doxorubicin to tumors improves the effectiveness of the drug in mice and increases their survival time, according to a study published online June 26 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. read more

28 June 2007: Researchers at the University of California, Santa Barbara have discovered that attaching polymeric nanoparticles to the surface of red blood cells dramatically increases the in vivo lifetime of the nanoparticles. The research, published in the July 07 issue of Experimental Biology and Medicine, could offer applications for the delivery of drugs and circulating bioreactors. read more

27 June 2007: A new drug delivery method using nano-sized molecules to carry the chemotherapy drug doxorubicin to tumo