Nanovip All things Nanotechnology – Nano Is The Futiure

Nanomaterials poised for big impact in construction Rice study give pros, cons of nanotech-enhanced building materials Nanomaterials are poised for widespread use in the construction industry, where they can offer significant advantages for a variety of applications ranging from making more durable concrete to self-cleaning windows. But widespread use in building materials comes with potential environmental and health risks when ... Read More »

The biggest names in nanotechnology are preparing to gather this fall at Rice University, and everyone is welcome to join them. Registration is open for Year of Nano events to be held Oct. 10-13 in honor of the 25th anniversary of the Nobel Prize-winning discovery of the carbon 60 molecule, the buckminsterfullerene, at Rice. Buckyballs are far out It took ... Read More »

Nanoscience has garnered billions of dollars of funding and has been hailed as ushering in the Next Industrial Revolution. But, for such a richly anticipated field, it has made its way into products all around us from odor-eating socks to cosmetics and medications without much fanfare, while popular media entertain us with visions of nanotechnology as cornucopia or Armageddon. Somewhere ... Read More »