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Nanopillars Promise Cheap, Efficient, Flexible Solar Cells
NanoTechNews.eu – News in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology | July 30th 2009 by Vasco
Beginning with low-cost, aluminum foil substrates, Berkeley Lab researchers grow dense arrays of single-crystal, negative-type semiconductors arranged as nanoscale pillars. When the nanopillars are combined with a transparent, positive-type semicondu read more
New silver nanoparticle skin gel for healing burns
NanoTechNews.eu – News in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology | July 30th 2009 by Vasco
Scientists in India are reporting successful laboratory tests of a new and potentially safer alternative to silver-based gels applied to the skin of burn patients to treat infections. With names like silver sulfadiazine and silver nitrate, these germ read more
Spicing Up Nano Science
Science News Forum - SciScoop | July 29th 2009 by David Bradley Science Writer
The heat is on for an online social networking community for nanoscientists. The Internet Nanoscience Community, TINC, was cooked up by Hungarian chemistry student Andras Paszternak. It now provides a rich menu of communication tools for the internat read more
Video: Smart Materials and Nanomachines Explained
Sensing Architecture | July 29th 2009 by Maria Lorena Lehman
Nanotechnology is allowing for the development of new materials that will revolutionize how buildings work. It is important for architects to understand some fundamentals about how nanotechnology can change materials and their behaviors. As smart mat read more
CanTitanium Dioxide Nanoparticles Trigger Autism?
Facing Autism in New Brunswick | July 29th 2009 by AutismRealityNB
Add Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles to the growing list of possible environmental triggers or causes of autism spectrum disorders. The die hard proponents of the belief that the astounding increases in rates of autism diagnosis are entirely due to ch read more
For Anonymous: Where Does It End?
Ask Me Anything | July 24th 2009 by Stephanie Barr
Anonymous asked : Do you ever think there will be a limit to how advanced technology can get with the resources we have? I mean there has to be a limit to how small you can make the components to things and still have them work just as efficient and read more
Nanotechnology: To weigh an atom
hello engineers..! | July 23rd 2009 by guna
The European researchers find the way to weigh a single atom!Carbon nanotubes are ultra-thin fibres of carbon and a biotechnologist's dream.They are made from thin sheets of carbon only one atom thick – known as graphene – rolled into a tube only read more
Nanotechnology -- Too Much Too Fast?
The Healthy Mom | July 22nd 2009 by Skinny Rydell
I thought I would post a link to the petition I received from Care 2 regarding the rapid commercialization of nanotechnology. I’m a long way from an expert on this subject – and that’s putting it mildly – but nanotechnology involves controll read more
President Wants Anti-Death Coverage Included in Health-care Overh…
Future Update: Humorous Headlines of Tomorrow | July 22nd 2009 by Skip Dekades
July 22, 2029—President Angelina Jolie said yesterday that her administration will forge ahead with a plan to expand the nation’s health-care system to cover new nanotechnologies so that every American is guaranteed access to cosmetic enhancement read more
A.I. Commentary by Eliezer Yudkowsky
Blogging the Singularity | July 21st 2009 by Chris Williamson
A review of the ideas behind the Singularity/intelligence explosion concept as presented in a video by Eliezer Yudkowsky. This video comes from The Singularity Summit at Stanford 2006. If you haven’t seen it, I strongly recommend watching i read more
Mattresses and Nanotechnology – The Quest For Nano-Mattress
Introduction to Nanotechnology | July 21st 2009 by Tomaz Mencinger
We all know from sad experience that even if an innerspring mattress seems perfectly fine when you buy it new, however after a while the springs wear out and you’re left with a creaky, uncomfortable, sad excuse for a bed. Nanotechnology is here to read more
Global Nanophotonic Market Worth US$37.6 Billion by 2014
MarketsandMarkets: Market Rsearch Reports | July 17th 2009 by Steve Morgan
Original News: Nanophotonics According to a new market research report, ‘Nanophotonics – Advanced Technologies and Global Market (2009-2014)’, published by MarketsandMarkets (www.marketsandmarkets.com), the global nanophotonics market is e read more
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
Malaysian Education Blog | July 14th 2009 by Mansid
A World Leader in New Tropical AgricultureUniversity Putra Malaysia (UPM), one of the fastest growing research universities in the region, has set its sights on spearheading and revolutionizing the nation’s agricultural sector in order to achieve i read more
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