Nanotechnology — the manipulation of matter on a molecular level — to shape the future of a wide variety of industries. Consumer electronics, silicon, and health care are a few major areas where nanotechnology could provide major advances in the future, but those aren't the only places where it can make an impact — researchers at UCLA recently used nanotechnology to create a "booze pill" that lowers the intoxication level of lab rats. While it may take years for the nanotech findings to make their way into consumer-facing products, this research may lend a clue as to what kind of technology we have to look forward to.
Jan 24, 2013, 10:52 AM UTCAaron Souppouris
IBM develops hydrogel to fight drug-resistant 'superbugs' like MRSA
IBM and IBN team up to save lives
Dec 10, 2012, 11:45 PM UTCKimber Streams
MIT researchers may have found a replacement for silicon processors with new transistor
Oct 29, 2012, 3:26 PM UTCKimber Streams
IBM researchers claim breakthrough in chip-manufacturing using carbon nanotubes
Sep 24, 2012, 5:30 PM UTCAndrew Webster
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."
Sep 2, 2012, 10:49 AM UTCKimber Streams
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.
Apr 16, 2012, 1:25 PM UTCJamie Keene
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.
Apr 9, 2012, 4:19 PM UTCJamie Keene
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.
Feb 20, 2012, 11:57 AM UTCJamie Keene
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".
Jan 20, 2012, 1:33 PM UTCAaron Souppouris
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.
Jan 7, 2012, 3:02 AM UTCBryan Bishop
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.
Dec 26, 2011, 11:37 AM UTCVlad Savov
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.
Nov 19, 2011, 3:38 PM UTCDavid Pierce
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.
Nov 17, 2011, 11:28 AM UTCJamie Keene
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.
