Nanotechnology News – Latest Headlines

Seeking the next kevlar

Researchers have added a significant new step to the creation of materials fortified by single-walled carbon nanotubes, resulting in a nylon polymer composite with greater strength and toughness.

Apr 4th, 2007

Using nanotechnology to develop a better solar cell

Taking nature's cue for cheaper solar power.

Apr 3rd, 2007

Regaining a historic sunset with surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy

US chemists are racing against time to recreate sunsets which have disappeared from the watercolors of American painter Winslow Homer.

Apr 3rd, 2007

Scratch-resistant spectacle lenses and displays, stainless-steel kitchen units without any fingerprints, antireflective glass on the instrument panels of cars and motorcycles - researchers from six institutes have been collaborating for three years to develop new classes of materials.

Apr 3rd, 2007

Making Glass From Sugar (but Hold the Sand)

A new form of glass, the unique combination of solid- and liquid-like properties of this sugar-oil emulsion might someday be used to fabricate nanoscale materials.

Apr 3rd, 2007

Atomistic model helps students visualize nanoscale problems

Civil engineers by tradition are concerned with the big picture, but some are refocusing their vision, zooming in to solve minute problems we cannot see with the naked eye, like tiny fractures in polymers, silicon or the molecular structure of proteins.

Apr 2nd, 2007

Nanotechnology at the Edinburgh International Science Festival

The Edinburgh International Science Festival in Scotland has 14 venues hosting 133 events, all designed to let you explore, discover, debate and wonder at the marvels of science - nanortechnology among them.

Apr 2nd, 2007

Brightest fluorescent nanoparticles ever synthesized

A novel method of making the brightest ever synthesized fluorescent silica particles.

Apr 2nd, 2007

Flexible electronics could find applications as sensors, artificial muscles

Flexible electronic structures with the potential to bend, expand and manipulate electronic devices are being developed.

Apr 2nd, 2007

Nanotechnology optical cloaking design for invisibility

Researchers using nanotechnology have taken a step toward creating an optical cloaking device that could render objects invisible by guiding light around anything placed inside this cloak.

Apr 2nd, 2007

Rationally designed smart nanotechnology materials

Rationally designed smart nanomaterials could be a step closer thanks to Chinese chemists, who have revealed some of the subtle effects that control how nanostructures form.

Apr 2nd, 2007

Scientists track remarkable 'breathing' in nanoporous materials

Scientists discovered an unprecedented giant and reversible swelling of nanoporous materials with exceptional properties: huge flexibility and profound selectivity.