Nanovip All things Nanotechnology – Nano Is The Futiure

The combination of space and nanotechnology, for decades, is becoming more popular and relevant in technological laboratories and research centers in the United States. One of the most prestigious research centers in the U.S. space is NASA’s Goddard Space Center. The Goddard Space Flight Center of NASA, in fact, one of the laboratories where they study the science of space, ... Read More »

One Chicago skyline is dazzling enough. Now imagine 15,000 of them. A Northwestern University research team has done just that — drawing 15,000 identical skylines with tiny beams of light using an innovative nanofabrication technology called beam-pen lithography (BPL). Details of the new method, which could do for nanofabrication what the desktop printer has done for printing and information transfer, ... Read More »

Compact microscope a marvel Matches performance of expensive lab gear in diagnosing TB A compact microscope invented at Rice University is proving its potential to impact global health. In a paper published online today in the journal PLoS ONE, Rice alumnus Andrew Miller and co-authors show that his portable, battery-operated fluorescence microscope, which costs $240, stacks up nicely against devices ... Read More »

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 »

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 »