Nanotechnology

MIT researchers have developed cardiac patches made with gold nanowires that could help those who have suffered a heart attack.

2 | September 26, 2011 11:27am | By Andrew Nusca

Researchers from Cornell, Penn and UNC determine that we all harbor a subtle bias against creativity -- and it comes from a need for certainty.

7 | September 8, 2011 4:58am | By Andrew Nusca

A tiny motor that measures a mere 1 nanometer across may lead to a whole new class of medical and engineering devices.

8 | September 6, 2011 7:36am | By Tuan C. Nguyen

Indianapolis and Nashville have become the hubs for life sciences and companies that create medical devices and patient-care systems, respectively. A look at what makes a spot hot.

August 25, 2011 11:55am | By Janet Fang

IBM has prototypes of two experimental semiconductors that aim to match the human brain and its ability to interpret its surroundings and learn.

5 | August 17, 2011 9:01pm | By Larry Dignan

As the Internet buckles under the pressures of age and an enormous explosion of content and traffic, researchers are hard at work trying to build a new, more improved version.

7 | August 3, 2011 8:33am | By Christie Nicholson

Ohio astronomers are developing a potential cancer treatment that, while years away, could reduce the amount of radiation cancer patients endure.

1 | July 7, 2011 4:00am | By Christina Hernandez

Tiny magnetic nanoparticles destroy tumors with no apparent side effects, while big electromagnets keep blood flowing smoothly.

3 | July 1, 2011 3:26pm | By Janet Fang

Normally, typing on your phone uses up a bit of its battery life. But a new breakthrough could use the pressure from your typing to charge the battery.

11 | June 21, 2011 8:34pm | By Laura Shin

Researchers at Stanford University are using nanosensors to transform a centimeter-sized microchip into a stand-in for the human body in the drug development process.

1 | May 3, 2011 4:00am | By Christina Hernandez

Welcome to the new, improved and redesigned SmartPlanet. Here's why we changed things, and why we're so gosh darn excited about it.

17 | April 26, 2011 3:18pm | By Andrew Nusca

University of Southern California researchers developed a carbon nanotube synapse circuit. Enter the synthetic brain.

6 | April 25, 2011 6:50pm | By Boonsri Dickinson

Earth Day Special Feature 2011: The global healthcare industry must begin lobbying for a low-carbon future. Why? Because the effects of lowering greenhouse gas emissions benefit health, a study says.

23 | April 22, 2011 5:38am | By Janet Fang

Researchers at Stanford University have figured out how to use the same sensor technology used in computer hard drives, which could one day speed up drug discovery.

April 19, 2011 3:30pm | By Boonsri Dickinson

IBM researchers and scientists from the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology will unveil a nanomedicine breakthrough---biodegradable nanoparticles that make antibiotics physically...

1 | April 3, 2011 10:00am | By Larry Dignan

An ideal battery would charge quickly, store a lots of energy, and release it quickly. Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign offer a potential way to bring such batteries...

3 | March 21, 2011 4:00am | By Melissa Mahony

Hewlett-Packard's 2010 research annual report includes an interesting concept that revolves around CeNSE (Central Nervous System for the Earth).

February 18, 2011 5:42am | By Larry Dignan

NASA Ames Research Park director Michael Marlaire discusses the plan to build a new research and development facility in Silicon Valley.

February 12, 2011 2:08am | By Boonsri Dickinson

Researchers developed a new sensor that can respond to the environment and detect small changes in pH levels. It can detect glucose levels in blood, for instance.

2 | February 8, 2011 10:16pm | By Boonsri Dickinson

Swiss physicists throw another, more energy efficient, material into the ring as a potential silicon substitute: molybdenite.

January 31, 2011 4:00am | By Melissa Mahony