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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.

April 2, 2007 Read more

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.

April 2, 2007 Read more

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.

April 2, 2007 Read more

Nanotechnology protection for houses in earthquake zones

A villa designed to resist earthquakes with self-healing cracks in its walls is to be built on a Greek mountainside.

April 2, 2007 Read more

Predicting the performance of nanostructured batteries

Researchers can now predict how nanostructuring will affect the performance of Li-ion batteries.

April 2, 2007 Read more

Nanotechnology day in New York

If you are in New York City today don't miss out visitin the NanoDay at City College New York.

March 31, 2007 Read more

The wacky world of nanotechnology consumer products

Nanotechnology brings us foam condoms and nano-tea...

March 31, 2007 Read more

Nanotechnology air purification system

Porous manganese oxide garnished with gold nanoparticles removes volatile organic compounds from air and breaks them down.

March 30, 2007 Read more

Cement yields its nanoscale secrets

Using a brace of the most modern tools of materials research, new light is shed on one of mankind's older construction materials - cement.

March 30, 2007 Read more

Traces of nanobubbles determine nano-boiling

Using a microscope and photography with shutter speeds only a few nanoseconds long, researchers have uncovered the traces of ephemeral nanobubbles formed in boiling water on a microheater.

March 30, 2007 Read more

Titanium dioxide - it slices, it dices ...

Chemists have proposed an elegantly simple technique for cleaving proteins into convenient pieces for analysis.

March 30, 2007 Read more

Nanotechnology risks: Cells selectively absorb short nanotubes

New research indicates that DNA-wrapped single-walled carbon nanotubes shorter than about 200 nanometers readily enter into human lung cells and so may pose an increased risk to health.

March 30, 2007 Read more

Nanotechnology and the regulatory framework for nanopesticides

The American Bar Association is hosting a Nanotechnology Teleconference Series this afternoon. Title: Nanotechnology and the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act.

March 30, 2007 Read more

Nanotechnology creates intelligent materials to regenerate bone tissue

The European Nanobiocom project is working on the regeneration and repair of bone tissue.

March 30, 2007 Read more

Nanotechnology newsletter addresses potentials and pitfalls of nanomedicine

The April issue of nanoRISK addresses 'The Potentials and the Pitfalls of Nanomedicine.'

March 30, 2007 Read more

New project attempts breakthrough to one-nanometer resolution in optical imaging

Producing optical images at resolutions as low as one nanometer is the goal of a researcher who has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) Award.

March 29, 2007 Read more