How nanotechnology is shaping the future

Scientists use enzymes to sober up inebriated mice

IBM develops hydrogel to fight drug-resistant 'superbugs' like MRSA

IBM and IBN team up to save lives

MIT researchers may have found a replacement for silicon processors with new transistor

IBM researchers claim breakthrough in chip-manufacturing using carbon nanotubes

How RIM's Mike Lazaridis plans to turn Waterloo into the ‘Quantum Valley’

On the campus of the University of Waterloo, RIM co-founder Mike Lazaridis is helping to build the Quantum-Nano Centre: a building he believes will become the "Bell Labs of the 21st century."

Eco-anarchists fight nanotechnology research with bombs

An eco-anarchist group known as Individuals Tending Towards Savagery (ITS) has been responsible for several bombings at prominent nanotechnology universities in Mexico over the past two years, Nature reports.

Scientists create waterproof, magnetic, and even antibacterial paper

Researchers at the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia have developed a method that allows paper and other materials to become waterproof, magnetic, or even antibacterial while still maintaining its fundamental properties.

Carbon nanotubes used to sniff out airborne toxins

University of California researcher Nosang Myung has developed a way of using carbon nanotubes to 'smell' airborne toxins.

Single-atom transistor hailed as a landmark in the development of quantum computing

Researchers based at the University of New South Wales, Australia, have created a single-atom transistor which has been described as "perfect".

Research team develops OLED display with built-in photovoltaic cells

A research team has developed an OLED display technology with built-in photovoltaic cells to harvest wasted energy.

Researchers create one-atom-high wire, quantum computers get a little closer

Researchers have created a wire four atoms wide and one atom high with the same conductivity as a piece of traditional copper wiring, opening the door to the practical construction of quantum computers.

Hologram-on-a-wafer may be the answer to the problem of bad 3D

A seemingly promising new technique for creating holograms comes from IMEC over in Belgium, where researchers are working to create a nanoscale system of moving pixels.

Single-molecule car is fully electric, gets terrible mileage

Researchers in the Netherlands have created a car that's made of a single molecule and is able to be controlled using small electrical impulses.

Nanoscale LEDs make optical data transfers 2,000 times more efficient than lasers

Researchers from Stanford University have developed nanoscale LEDs, which promise optical computing with very low power consumption as compared to laser-based systems.

Nanomaterial promises reconfigurable electronics