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Nanowires Geometry Makes Them Uniquely Suited for Light Detection

The geometry of semiconducting nanowires makes them uniquely suited for light detection, according to a new UC-San Diego study that highlights the possibility of nanowire light detectors with single-photon sensitivity ...

26 Apr 2007

Using the Internet to Debate Whether the Benefits of Nanotechnoplogy Outweigh the Costs

Governments, academics and commercial bodies are all waiting to see if developments in nanotechnology will cause the same uproar as that generated by the biotech industry. A University of Leicester academic, Professor...

25 Apr 2007

Improved Self Assembling Nanomaterials to Result in More Powerful Solar Cells

Novel, self-assembly techniques for fabricating inorganic nanomaterials that could pave the way for more efficient and powerful solar cells, chemical sensors and detectors currently are being developed by a University at...

20 Apr 2007

New Report Explores Where Nanotechnology is Heading

Controlling the properties and behavior of matter at the smallest scale - in effect, “domesticating atoms” - can help to overcome some of the world’s biggest challenges, concludes a new report on how di...

17 Apr 2007

Microscopic "Nanolamps" - Light-Emitting Nanofibers

To help light up the nanoworld, a Cornell interdisciplinary team of researchers has produced microscopic "nanolamps" -- light-emitting nanofibers about the size of a virus or the tiniest of bacteria. In a c...

17 Apr 2007

NanoFrontiers: Visions for the Future of Nanotechnology

Controlling the properties and behavior of matter at the smallest scale -- in effect, "domesticating atoms" -- can help to overcome some of the world's biggest challenges, concludes a new report on how dive...

From Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies 17 Apr 2007

Argonne and University of Illinois Develop Flexible Electronic Structures

Flexible electronic structures with the potential to bend, expand and manipulate electronic devices are being developed by researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory and the University...

4 Apr 2007

Podcast - The Implications for Health, Safety and the Environment of the Nanotech Revolution

Nanotechnology Victoria (NanoVic) and AZoNetwork announce the release of the second Nanotech Podcast - "The Implications for Health, Safety and the Environment of the Nanotech Revolution" Podcast available ...

1 Mar 2007

Could Nanotechnology Deliver Major Benefits to Health Care in Developing Countries

“Nanotechnology has the potential to generate enormous health benefits for the more than five billion people living in the developing world,” according to Dr. Peter A. Singer, senior scientist at the McLaughl...

From Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies 28 Feb 2007

Green Chemistry Can Help Achieve Sustainable Nanotechnology

The safest possible future for advancing nanotechnology in a sustainable world can be reached by using green chemistry, says James E. Hutchison, a professor of chemistry at the University of Oregon. "Around the w...

22 Feb 2007