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Book on Nanotechnology Addresses the Role of Nanotech in Sustainable Development

Nanotechnology: Engines On, recently developed by NanoWiki, addresses the issues of controlling climate change, destroying dependency on fossil fuels and using nanotechnology to promote sustainable de…

Nanotechnology Could Make Your Laptop Battery Last For A Month

Nanotechnology could see enable your laptops and mobiles to run for months on battery on a single charge. A nanotech research from the University of Illinois could soon make mobile devices last much l…

Nanotechnology Centre Receives $20 Million Donation

Krishna Singh, President and CEO of Holtec International, an energy technology company that specializes in nuclear power plants, recently donated $20 million for construction of a Nanotechnology Cente…

Berkeley Researchers Develop Molecular Paper

Berkeley Lab researchers have developed the largest two-dimensional polymer crystal self-assembled in water to date.
"The biologically inspired sheet is made of polymers, or long molecules with …

Nanotech Cancer-Fighting Robots

Caltech researchers are exploring ways of using nanotech robots to disable cancerous genes.
"These small nanoparticle robots enter a patient's blood stream and then get to work on the tumors…

APAC to Lead Nanotech Market Growth

A new report from industry research firm RNCOS, entitled Nanotechnology Market Forecast to 2013, anticipates that the market for nanotechnology incorporated into manufactured goods will reach $1.6 tr…

Thermal Imaging to Aid Diabetes Research

At the ICONN-2010 conference, Baldev Raj stated that thermal imaging can be enormously helpful in studying the implications of diabetes with regard to the healing of wounds and blood flow to outer li…

Artificial Artery Developed

Professor Alexander Seifalian of University College London has developed an articial artery using nanotechnology.
"[The] new device is made from a polymer flexible enough to pulse like a normal …

Stanford Researchers Turn Paper into Batteries

Stanford University researchers have developed a method of turning paper into ultra-lightweight, bendable batteries.
"The paper batteries are designed to be folded, crumpled or even soaked in …

Introducing the World’s Smallest Snowman

The UK’s National Physical Laboratory has created the world’s smallest snowman, measuring 10 µm across.
"This minuscule model — about a fifth the width of a human hair — is not made out of s…