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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 »

SAN ANTONIO – Assistant Professor and program coordinator Qiaoying Zhou from Northwest Vista College stopped by the SA Living Show to explain what nanotechnology is and how their program is run. Click here to watch… Professor Zhou explained that Nanotechnology is the study of science and engineering on a molecular scale. You can bet that brains are a huge part ... Read More »

Nanolithography, the process of carving circuits into computer chips far smaller than the electronic components currently embedded in digital devices, could produce faster, more powerful processors. Unfortunately, every process of nanolithography remains too expensive and too slow for commercial applications. Enter beam-pen nanolithography. By using tiny beams of light, this method offers a means to rapidly and inexpensively make and ... Read More »

The U.S. Economic Development Administration has awarded the World Trade Center of Greater Philadelphia a three- year, $1 million grant to help boost energy and technology exports. WTCGP will use the grant to launch a regional economic development program to promote exports and export-related jobs for Greater Philadelphia firms. The programs will target the energy and environment, high tech and ... Read More »

Researchers have overcome a fundamental obstacle in using new “metamaterials” for radical advances in optical technologies, including ultra-powerful microscopes and computers and a possible invisibility cloak. The metamaterials have been plagued by a major limitation: too much light is “lost,” or absorbed by metals such as silver and gold contained in the metamaterials, making them impractical for optical devices. August ... Read More »