Science Jun 08 Injectable nanoscopic mesh could one day be used to monitor our organs This electronic mesh might one day tell doctors when your brain needs a tuneup. By Nsikan Akpan
Science Sep 24 Will cancer-sniffing dogs lose their jobs to a machine? At the Penn Vet Working Dog Center in Philadelphia, Ffoster, a Labrador retriever, is hard at work. The dog sniffs furiously at an array of metal boxes containing blood samples mounted on a metal wheel, pauses by one of the… By Mori Rothman
Science May 23 Engineers look to scale up nanomanufacturing Nanotechnology is labor intensive, so tiny sensors are expensive to produce. Mass manufacturing flat, flexible sensors would reduce the cost. By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy
Science May 02 Nanosponges soak up superbugs and even snake venom in your blood Drug-resistant bacteria are difficult to treat, even deadly. But instead of pummeling the bugs with drugs, what if you could soak them up with a sponge? That's what engineer Liangfang Zhang at the University of California San Diego is trying… By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy
Mar 19 Reimagining Nanotechnology By Business Desk Editor’s note: On Friday’s NewsHour, Paul speaks to Felice Frankel and George Whitesides, authors of an extraordinary new book, No Small Matter: Science on the Nanoscale. Frankel and Whitesides bring the virtually invisible world of nanotech to life… Continue reading
Mar 19 Watch Tiny Technology Holds Big Economic Potential In the latest in a series of reports making sense of the economy, economics correspondent Paul Solman examines the small scale of nanosciences and the big impact they could have on the economy. Continue watching
Jan 09 Nanoscale ‘Levitation’ Discovery Could Lead to Better Nanomachines By PBS News Hour By exploiting a quantum mechanical quirk, a team of researchers has discovered how to levitate a tiny object. The finding sounds magical, but it could have an important practical application -- helping scientists build better nanoscale machines. Continue reading
May 31 Nanotechnology Tapped to Boost Hybrid Car Efficiency By PBS News Hour A day after President Bush instructed his Cabinet to develop a plan to improve fuel efficiency in cars and trucks, Nissan opened a facility to explore cutting-edge science like nanotechnology in its quest for environmentally friendly vehicles. Continue reading
May 07 Watch Intel Works on Faster Computer Chip Technology Intel's new computer chip, due out later this year, uses hafnium rather than silicon in its transistors. This innovation will double the number of transistors that can fit on a chip, Intel says, leading to faster and more powerful computers. Continue watching