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Ryan Hayward studies nanomaterials and how they self-assemble.
Engineers explore using nanoparticles both as a preventative and a treatment for disease.
Hari Manoharan recently created the world’s smallest letters – an S and a U, for Stanford University – each only one third of one billionth of a meter across and crafted from a flow of electrons on a copper surface.
Power generated from flowing blood could one day be converted to electricity.
Researcher Adrienne Stiff-Roberts explains how new nanotechnology can enhance and fine-tune vital optical devices.
By replicating and learning from biological species, we can build materials and structures that have superior performance.
Group of engineers use carbon nanotubes to make mini-portraits of Barack Obama.
A scientist can make tiny, metallic objects swim using nano-motors.
Diane Hinkens was a clothing designer. Now she's designing solar cells.
Scientists have created the world's thinnest balloon, made of a single layer of carbon.
If the white blood cells of our immune system—particularly the powerhouse "killer" t-cells—could easily identify cancer, they would become a nanoscale army dedicated solely to eradicating mutated cells.
A mat of nanowires with the feel of paper could be a new tool in the cleanup of oil.
Tiny nanocatalysts manipulate chemicals to eliminate pollution.
Biodegradable soap-like molecule gives rodents some ability to move limbs.
MIT scientists use light beam to move minuscule particles.
New process crates strong material from nanoscale building blocks.
We'll have the ability to print batteries, researcher says.
Tiny robots will pass a “soccer ball†the width of a human hair.
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