Nanotechnology

FiberCell Inc. and Wake Forest University add a splash of purple to solar cells. The fruit-dye coating may enhance efficiency but can it bring affordable solar energy to developing countries?

May 5, 2010 4:00am | By Melissa Mahony

One in four Germans would be happy to have a microchip implanted in their body if they derived concrete benefits from it, according to a new survey.

10 | March 5, 2010 12:38pm | By Andrew Nusca

This is a chemical test, that could be administered before the cancer is large enough to be extractable for a biopsy. It could also be used on blood to detect single-cell cancers after treatment,...

February 19, 2010 10:29am | By Dana Blankenhorn

Battery technology is undergoing unprecedented change. The change is so rapid that innovations can't get into mass production before another innovation promising even more takes its place in the...

12 | February 2, 2010 12:26pm | By Dana Blankenhorn

Here's a look at the major technology and science priorities listed in President Obama's $3.8 trillion proposed fiscal 2011 budget.

February 2, 2010 10:40am | By Larry Dignan

Engineers have developed a new sensor that could inexpensively test for glucose levels in the exhaled breaths of diabetics or indicators for breast cancer using saliva.

3 | January 22, 2010 11:53am | By Andrew Nusca

In 2030, some of the most popular jobs could be vertical farmer, limb maker, waste data handler or narrowcaster, according to a new U.K. report.

7 | January 19, 2010 10:48am | By Andrew Nusca

Green building, earthquakes, NASA algae, lighting design, ultrasound, instant translation, boarding passes 2.0, user interface, automated driving, diabetic nanotechnology. Here are the Top 10 most...

December 20, 2009 9:55am | By Andrew Nusca

Researchers at Tel Aviv University have developed a nanotechnological way to make solar panels more resistant to dust and water.

1 | December 15, 2009 2:35pm | By Andrew Nusca

Stanford scientists have developed featherweight, pliable batteries and supercapacitors in the form of everyday paper.

5 | December 9, 2009 8:04am | By Andrew Nusca

Insulin injections may soon be a thing of the past for diabetics thanks to nano-technology. At UCSF Professor of bioengineering, Tejal Desai, implants millions of pancreatic cells that secrete...

90 | December 7, 2009 9:48am

Exponential growth in machine intelligence is creating new opportunities for growth and problem-solving unimaginable even a few years ago

14 | November 18, 2009 9:22pm | By Joe McKendrick

Researchers have created hydrogen using modified algae, offering a clean alternative fuel source that could help the U.S. wean its dependence on foreign oil.

November 17, 2009 8:15am | By Andrew Nusca

Researchers have created the first-ever "transition contact lenses," which darken automatically in response to bright sunlight and could replace sunglasses.

7 | November 11, 2009 11:34am | By Andrew Nusca

Radioactive waste is seeping from mountain burial sites in the canyons of northern New Mexico and moving toward the area's springs and streams, but officials insist it's not a health risk.

9 | November 3, 2009 11:34am | By Andrew Nusca

Scientists have long debated if gasses could display the same magnetic properties as solids. With a little help from lasers, a team of researchers has proven it to be true.

September 21, 2009 12:28pm | By Andrew Nusca

Engineers have invented a new nanotechnology that could improve the performance and lower the cost of eyeglasses.

3 | September 17, 2009 2:16pm | By Andrew Nusca

I thought this post particularly appropriate for a day on which it was widely reported that Amazon will make good on copies of "1984" that it deleted from Kindles over the summer with no warning....

1 | September 4, 2009 2:32pm | By Heather Clancy

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June 3, 2009 12:01am | By Andrew Nusca