Nanotechnology

Ex-Shopaholic's Survival Tips

Marjorie Hope Rothstein | Posted 11.17.2009 | Style


Marjorie Hope Rothstein

In case of total disaster, here are a few thoughts about changing your fashion habits today to be prepared:

12 Ways The World Could Be Destroyed

James Altucher | Posted 09.24.2009 | Business


James Altucher

We live in a world of nightmares. But understanding these worries -- the myriad ways the world could end -- and hedging against them is the way to turn the fear into greed, the nightmare into a dream.

Live Forever: Technology For Immortality Only 20 Years Away, Scientist Claims

Telegraph | Posted 09.22.2009 | Technology


The 61-year-old American, who has predicted new technologies arriving before, says our understanding of genes and computer technology is accelerating ...

Pope Gets Nano-Bible From Peres

Jerusalem Post | Posted 06.11.2009 | World


President Shimon Peres will present Pope Benedict XVI on Monday with a unique gift that requires an electron microscope to appreciate:...

The Big Risk of Insanely Small Nanoparticles in Our Food

Marguerite Manteau-Rao | Posted 03.07.2009 | Green


Marguerite Manteau-Rao

For now, until the FDA and the USDA get their acts together, when it comes to food and our health, it seems that we, the people, are once more on our own.

Scientists Hope To Reduce Computer Power Usage 1,000 Times

edmontonjournal.com | Keith Gerein | Posted 03.06.2009 | Green


The team, led by Robert Wolkow, has invented the world's smallest quantum dots, atom-sized devices capable of controlling electrons, using a fraction ...

"Nanobamas", Half-Milimeter Obama Heads, Carved By Michigan Researchers (PHOTO)

Sydney Morning Herald | Posted 12.12.2008 | Politics


It took approximately 150 million carbon nanotubes, each measuring tens of thousands of times smaller than a human hair, to build John Hart's unique h...

Cancer-Killing 'Ships' Sail The Bloodstream

Live Science | Robert Roy Britt | Posted 10.14.2008 | Living


Tiny ships loaded with a cargo that can identify and destroy cancerous tumors are being tested on mice and could one day ply the human bloodstream. "...

Science's Long-Term Impact On The Environment

New York Times | Cornelia Dean | Posted 09.12.2008 | Green


Last year, a private company proposed "fertilizing" parts of the ocean with iron, in hopes of encouraging carbon-absorbing blooms of plankton. Meanwhi...

Beyond Science Fiction

Buck Goldstein | Posted 07.09.2008 | Business


Buck Goldstein

Dr. Joe DeSimone has just won a big invention award for nano-particles that are 100x smaller than a red blood cell and as smart as a microprocessor.

Nanotechnology Cancer Treatment: A New Tool In Radiation Therapy

Huffington Post | Posted 06.02.2008 | Living


Nanotechnology could be the new hope of cancer patients since it's been shown to make radiation therapy of cancer more effective: A nanotech approach...