Gutenberg started a technological revolution with the printing press, and it appears printing will continue to revolutionize our world, thanks to nanotechnology. As I described in yesterday's...

The Experimedia Center at the State Library of Victoria in Melbourne, Australia will be the site of "Questions for the Future: Ethics, Nanotechnology and Design," on July 13. The conference...

Sitting in a culture dish, a layer of chicken heart cells beats in synchrony. But this muscle layer was not sliced from an intact heart, nor even grown laboriously in the lab. Instead, it was...

Researchers at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) have developed a new technology that can greatly enhance the ballistic-proof strength of ultra high molecular weight...

Researchers at MIT have copied the structure of a beetle's wings to make surfaces with hydrophilic/superhydrophobic patterning, says a report at nanotechweb.org: The Stenocara beetle, which lives...

The German division of Kellogg's cereals has dedicated the back of their "Toppas" cereal boxes to nanotechnology information. That looks to me like an effort to ease European consumers...

Nanoscale capsules that stabilize extremely dangerous compounds normally prone to igniting or exploding can safely generate more than enough hydrogen gas to beat U.S. Department of Energy goals for...

There may not be a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, but there appears to be nanocrystalline diamonds at the end of a process to produce and store hydrogen using anthracite coal, according to a...

Investigators at the Université Pierre et Marie Curie in Paris, France, have developed a versatile new method for creating nanoparticles that are both magnetic and fluorescent, says a report at...

Germany's food safety risk assessment agency has commissioned a study on the potential health effects of nanotechnologies used in food, cosmetics and other everyday items, according to a report...

One of the greatest advances in modern medicine has been our ability to probe inside the living body, diagnosing and treating organs from the inside. Now, nanotechnology is bringing the day closer...

Self-organizing networks of brain cells have been created by researchers at Tel Aviv University using clustered nanotube dots. The technique could allow the development of sophisticated biological...

QD Vision, Inc. announced it has manufactured the world's first quantum dot display ("QD Display"). The company said in a press release that the monochrome display demonstrates the...

The US is about to nearly triple its production of solar cells, thanks to nanotechnology and California-based Nanosolar. The company is currently looking for sites in the San Francisco bay area to...

Soon, you should be able to throw out your toilet brush and clean your toilet with the flip of a switch, according to a new Popular Science article. The switch would activate titanium dioxide...

Now thanks to nanotechnology your attire can be tres chic . . . and sniff out lethal biological agents. Researchers at Wilkes University in Pennsylvania are working to turn ordinary clothing into a...

Changing a surface from sticky to slippery could now be as easy as flipping a molecular light switch. Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) have created an "optically...

Scientists in the US have combined spider silk with biological silica to make an extremely strong composite nanomaterial that could be used in industrial and medical applications. The new...

Bombarding a carbon nanotube with electrons causes it to collapse with such incredible force that it can squeeze out even the hardest of materials, much like a tube of toothpaste. Now, research at...

For the first time, scientists have coupled living brain tissue to a chip like the ones that run computers. The technique, developed at the Max-Planck Institute for Biochemistry, involves culturing...

According to recent tests at Johns Hopkins University, a nanotech-based topical microbicide now in clinical development may prove to be a potent contraceptive. Starpharma announced the results of the...