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Nanotechnology quiz - test your nano-IQ
Seeded on Wed Sep 5, 2007 12:40 PM EDT ()
From mayonnaise to plasmonics, grey goo to graphene, and Star Trek's Jean-Luc Picard to Caltech's Richard Feynman - here is a fun and educational nanotechnology quiz that covers both fact and fiction.
Nanotechnology could save bridges from disaster
Seeded on Mon Aug 6, 2007 4:27 PM EDT (Nanowerk)
A new "skin" for bridges, buildings and airplanes could be a sixth sense for inspectors looking for cracks and corrosion that could lead to a catastrophic failure like the recent Minneapolis bridge collapse.
Nanotechnology could clean up the hydrogen car's dirty little secret
Seeded on Fri Jul 20, 2007 12:42 AM EDT ()
Here is the dirty little secret: while politicians and the energy industry talk about the clean future of the hydrogen economy, the DOE's Hydrogen Energy Roadmap foresees up to 90% of hydrogen production coming from fossil fuels – coal, gas, oil – the rest mostly from nuclear …
Geoethical nanotechnology workshop to explore downloading human minds
Seeded on Mon Jul 16, 2007 1:40 PM EDT (Nanowerk)
The Workshop, accessible to the general public as a webinar, will explore downloading minds into bio-nano bodies and similar technologies thought to be essential for interstellar colonization.
Nanotechnology and sex
Seeded on Tue Jul 10, 2007 4:20 PM EDT ()
The EU launched its very own YouTube platform on June 29 - complete with some of Europe's leading nanotechnology research and European film's best sex scenes.
Ethanol production inside carbon nanotubes
Seeded on Thu Jun 7, 2007 9:54 PM EDT (nanowerk.com)
While there is a heated controversy over the economic and ecological benefits of using biomass for producing ethanol fuel, it seems that nanotechnology's jack-of-all-trades, the carbon nanotube (CNT), might provide a solution here as well.
Green nanotechnology - turning diesel soot into carbon nanotubes
Seeded on Tue May 29, 2007 9:48 PM EDT (nanowerk.com)
Wouldn't it be nice if we could render diesel soot harmless before it gets released into the environment? Wouldn't it even be nicer if we could use this soot to manufacture something useful? Japanese scientists have come up not only with a unique technique for effectively collect …
Spiderman suit based on nanotechnology
Seeded on Wed Apr 25, 2007 2:11 PM EDT (nanowerk.com)
Imagine owning your own Spiderman suit, complete with gloves and boots to allow you to stick to walls, and even a sticky silk spinner to swing between buildings.
Microsoft to use nanoparticle barcode on Xbox games and DVDs
Seeded on Sat Apr 21, 2007 7:29 PM EDT (nanowerk.com)
A new, nanoparticle color barcode system developed by Microsoft will find its way onto DVDs, such as Xbox videogames, later this year. The coded items would offer added security or, potentially, links to a movie trailer or other bonus features.
Debunking the trillion dollar nanotechnology market size hype
Seeded on Wed Apr 18, 2007 12:33 AM EDT (nanowerk.com)
There seems to be an arms race going on among nanotechnology investment and consulting firms as to who can come up with the highest figure for the size of the "nanotechnology market".
Nanotechnology risks - the real issues
Seeded on Mon Apr 16, 2007 5:30 AM EDT (nanowerk.com)
The emerging polarization of opinions on nanotechnology is reminiscent of controversies about genetically modified plants or nuclear energy. Vague promises of a better life are met by equally vague, generalized fears about a worse future.
Nanotechnology to the rescue of overheating computer chips
Seeded on Wed Apr 11, 2007 10:02 PM EDT (nanowerk.com)
Heat dissipation of the latest Intel processors has become a widely discussed issue. New research suggests that the integration of carbon nanotubes as heat sinks into electronic devices might provide a solution to this problem.
Styrofoam recycling now possible
Seeded on Tue Apr 10, 2007 10:39 PM EDT (nanowerk.com)
Motivated by this problem of 'white pollution', a group of researchers in China developed a nanocomposite material that not only has superabsorbent capabilities but also utilizes waste styrofoam.
Nanotechnology protection for houses in earthquake zones
Seeded on Mon Apr 2, 2007 3:02 PM EDT (nanowerk.com)
A villa designed to resist earthquakes with "self-healing" cracks in its walls, thanks to nanotechnology applications with self-healing polymers, is to be built on a Greek mountainside.
The wacky world of nanotechnology consumer products
Seeded on Sat Mar 31, 2007 1:54 PM EDT (nanowerk.com)
Governments spend billions of dollars on nanotechnology and all we get is foam condoms and breast enhancement creams...?
Widespread hypocrisy about nanotechnology?
Seeded on Tue Mar 27, 2007 1:05 AM EDT ()
An Australian ethicist claims that widespread hypocrisy about nanotechnology is a worrying sign and he provides a detailed new critique of the contradictions inherent in the emerging debate about nanotechnology.
Nanotechnology propulsion technology for space exploration
Seeded on Sun Mar 25, 2007 9:19 PM EDT ()
A new electronic spacecraft propulsion concept proposes to utilize electrostatically charged and accelerated nanoparticles as propellant.
Turning wood into a thermal battery
Seeded on Mon Mar 19, 2007 3:08 PM EDT ()
A nano-engineering breakthrough in the most commonly used material – wood – in the most-polluting segment of the economy – housing – has the potential to slow or reverse global warming.
Nanotechnology foils diesel misuse
Seeded on Fri Mar 16, 2007 11:02 PM EDT ()
Malaysia has introduced a system of 'tagging' subsidised diesel with nanoparticles at distribution depots of all fuel companies. This will help counter subsidised diesel abuse which has reached 225 million liters or losses worth approx US$ 45 million.
Nanotechnology, ocean creatures and electronics
Seeded on Thu Mar 8, 2007 11:36 PM EST ()
The three-dimensional shells of tiny ocean creatures could provide the foundation for novel electronic devices, including gas sensors able to detect pollution faster and more efficiently than conventional devices.
Radical nanotechnology - how medicine can learn from materials science
Seeded on Mon Mar 5, 2007 8:24 PM EST ()
Can a major component of a catalytic converter lead to an eventual treatment for Parkinson's disease or arthritis? Research to date certainly hints at this possibility.
Nanotechnology and the Pentagon's 21st century military visions
Seeded on Fri Mar 2, 2007 9:35 PM EST ()
The military's quest for 'game-changing' technology.
First steps to develop artificial retina with nanotechnology
Seeded on Tue Feb 27, 2007 2:28 PM EST (nanowerk.com)
The world's first direct electrical link between nerve cells and photovoltaic nanoparticle films has been achieved. The development opens the door to applying the unique properties of nanoparticles to a wide variety of light-stimulated nerve-signaling devices.
Gutenberg + nanotechnology = printable electronics
Seeded on Mon Feb 26, 2007 8:26 PM EST (nanowerk.com)
Using a process akin to the printing press, researchers have managed to bypass the need for epitaxial growth or wafer bonding to integrate wide ranging classes of dissimilar semiconducting nanomaterials onto substrates for the purpose of constructing heterogeneous, three dimensio …
Lots of nanotechnology in roadmap of the 21st century
Seeded on Fri Feb 23, 2007 4:07 PM EST (nanowerk.com)
A year by year bullet point list of notable advances expected to happen in the 21st century, from 2006 onwards, made into a YouTube movie.
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