NANOTECHNOLOGY

Scientists capture live, atomic-level detail of nanoparticle formation

NANOTECHNOLOGY Information could lead to new and better energy conversion materials Scientists at the Sensitive Instrument Facility of the U. S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory achieved real-time atom rearrangement monitoring using aberration-corrected scanning transmission electron microscopy during the synthesis of intermetallic nanoparticles.

Nanomaterials give plants 'super' abilities

Science-fiction writers have long envisioned human¬-machine hybrids that wield extraordinary powers. However, "super plants" with integrated nanomaterials may be much closer to reality than cyborgs.

Tiny optical elements could one day replace traditional refractive lenses

It could replace the traditional refractive lenses that we have today A Northwestern University research team has developed tiny optical elements from metal nanoparticles and a polymer that one day could replace traditional refractive lenses to realize portable imaging systems and optoelectronic devices.

Nanovaccine boosts immunity in sufferers of metabolic syndrome

A new class of biomaterial developed by Cornell researchers for an infectious disease nanovaccine effectively boosted immunity in mice with metabolic disorders linked to gut bacteria – a population that shows resistance to traditional flu and polio vaccines.

Should Technology Be Used to Extend the Human Lifespan?

Technology may be able to ‘hack’ human mortality. In light of rapid gains in gene editing, nanotechnology, and robotics, some futurists expect this generation's biohackers to double their life spans.

Layered liquids arrange nanoparticles into useful configurations

Researchers have created a new "oil and vinegar" approach to forming nanoparticle structures. In this conceptual model, green and blue elements repel one another. Not only does this create a boundary layer where particles tend to congregate, researchers can attach molecules to individual nanoparticles to make them more or less repulsed by an individual layer. 

Computer scientists create reprogrammable molecular computing system

Researchers have designed self-assembling DNA molecules with unprecedented reprogrammability. Computer scientists at Caltech have designed DNA molecules that can carry out reprogrammable computations, for the first time creating so-called algorithmic self-assembly in which the same "hardware" can be configured to run different "software.
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