Researchers announce new nanotech developments almost daily.
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In the News
- Doctors Use Nanotech Windwpipe to Replace Cancerous One
- New Storage Device is Very Small: Just 12 Atoms
- Tiny Silk Microneedles Effective at Delivering Drugs
- Company Unveils DNA Sequencing Device Meant to Be Portable, Disposable and Cheap
- Physicists Create a Working Transistor From a Single Atom
- Microneedle Vaccine Patch Boosts Flu Protection
- Viral Nanoparticles Could Improve Detection of Cancer Cells
- Carbon Nanotube Sensors Could Help Keep Your Fruit Fresh
- New Graphene-Based Material Could Revolutionize Electronics Industry
- How Teeny, Tiny Transistors Are Born in a Near-Total Vacuum
- Ultrasensitive Biosensor Promising for Medical Diagnostics
- Rap music powers rhythmic action of medical sensor
Videos
These short videos from NASA and other sources are pretty cool and can also further expand your understanding of Nano’s world.
"Blacker Than Black" NASA scientists work on a carbon nanotube coating that's 10 times blacker than the blackest paint that's used inside space telescopes to maximize light gathering. (4.5 min)
"Nanotube Structural Integrity Sensors" NASA researchers are developing sensors from carbon nanotubes to monitor the structural integrity of new inflatable space structures. (2 min)
"Nanotechnology and the iPod" Interviews with people on the street and with staff at the University of Sheffield and Sheffield Hallam University explore some of the science behind the iPod's ability to store large amounts of data in a small space. (3 min)
"Nanotechnology and Drug Delivery" Nanotechnology researchers work to create a device that can carry a drug payload to its target in the body without being destroyed by the body's natural defenses. (3 min)
"Nanotechnology and Photovoltaics" Nanotechnology could produce a new kind of relatively inexpensive solar cell. (3.5 min)
"What’s Next for Nanotech?" A Northwestern University professor answers the question "What's next for nanotechnology?" in October 2011. (1.5 min)
Websites
Fighting Cancer With Nanotechnology: The Center for Nanotechnology for the Treatment, Understanding and Monitoring of Cancer (NanoTumor).
Dartmouth Electron Microscope Facility: Features a variety of images from scanning and transmission electron microscopes.
Birck Nanotechnology Center at Purdue University is a leading institution for nanoscale science and engineering research.
U.S. Nanotechnology Initiative: The initiative serves as the central point of communication for U.S. agencies engaged in nanotechnology research.
Nature Nanotechnology is a journal from the authoritative Nature Publishing Group: The journal's papers can be difficult reading, but the abstract at the beginning of each paper often provides a clear summary.
ScienceDaily's nanotechnology section contains some of the very latest nanotech research news.