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more about #nanotechnology more comments → Wookie1972: I guess Kurzweill's singularity is going to be on hold for awhile. #nanotechnology more » Arryma: Very interesting. I suppose that if these fibers will migrate to the mesothelium, then they are good candidates to cause mesothelioma. The mechanism... more » Klebert L. Hall: Carbon nanotubes are more nanomaterial than nanotech. -Kle. #nanotechnology more » lazyeight: I do have a question - Is that actually a photo of a nanotube? Correct me, but it appears to be a twisted bunch of fibers. Are the individual 'fibers'... more » Pope John Peeps II: I remember my grandfather passing away from carbon nanotube lung. He'd go down all day into the carbon nanotube mines, chipping away with those tiny, ... more » Tomb: R.O.A.C.H.: didn't find the "carbon nanotube" in the iphone app store. #nanotechnology more » senatormayer: Oh great. So what your telling me is I've got to expect some new annoying commercials extolling the dangers of carbon nanotubes and mesothelioma? That... more » johnconnorjudgementday: A bunch of factory workers getting cancer is worse than the planet being consumed by nanobots? I respectfully disagree. more » Anekanta - killed by a cacodemon: This seems like one of the few times in the history that we've known about the health consequences of a new technology before it became widely impleme... more » Dirk Anger: Oh, who would have seen this coming... more » gorehound: Awesome !!!! Men all over the world will need their nanos and soon they will offer hair growth on TV in bad infomercials more » ManchuCandidate: If any drug researcher wants to get the attention of Big Pharma they should add the phrase "Makes Your Dick Hard" somewhere in the drug they're workin... more » acrobatic rabbit: "Eureka!" - Scientist 1 "You finally discovered a topical cream to cure skin cancer?" - Scientist 2 "Probably not, but it makes my dick hard!!" more » GreyHammer: we have plenty of dick medicine can we please help real deseases now? more » I Think We're Property: I'm suddenly reminded of the intro spiel for Idiocracy. "Science could have countered this problem, but was too busy solving the problems of hair los... more » -
#disease
Worst Nanotech Threat Isn't Gray Goo - It's Black Lung
The "killer app" of current nanotechnology is the carbon nanotube, which could revolutionize circuit boards and other technologies. But these nanoscopic tubes also cause a new kind of industrial disease that could scar your lungs and give you cancer. More » -
#madscience
Nanoparticle Drugs' First Target: Improving Your Sex Life
We've mentioned before the amazing promise nanoparticles hold for our future health: zapping tumors, destroying drug-resistant bacteria, and diagnosing lung cancer. But it looks like the first nanoparticle drug we'll see on the market treats a more intimate problem. More » -
#futureweapons
Nanotech Could Make Nuclear Weapons Much, Much Tinier
Are you ready for nano-weapons of mass destruction? Nanotechnology could be used to create "miniaturized nuclear weapons" that would have virtually no fallout, and super-efficient bioterrorism, warns Jane's Defense Quarterly. And they could be triggered with a super-laser! More » -
#madscience
Golden Breathalyzer Could Diagnose Lung Cancer
Lung cancer diagnosis can be an invasive process, involving CT scans and tissue biopsies. But a new nanotechnological process for cancer detection could make diagnosis lung cancer as simple as breathing into a tube. More » -
#nanowireporn
A Fresh Crop of Mushroom-Shaped Nanowires Keeps Your Circuits Shrinking
Researchers at IBM are farming nanowires, growing wires a thousand times thinner than a human hair like microscopic silicon bonsai trees. This image shows the wires sprouting silicon. More » -
#nanotech
Nanotech And Lasers Team Up To Cure Cancer
When nanotech and lasers team up, is there anything they can't do? Apparently not. New research shows a combined nanotube/laser treatment zaps kidney tumors in 80 percent of mice. Nanotech is teaming up with viruses to kill ovarian tumors, too. More » -
#madbiotech
First Steps Toward A Machine-Controlled Human Cell
A semipermeable membrane encloses each of your cells, selectively allowing molecules in and out. And now, scientists have figured out how to use nanowires to control the mechanism that makes your cells permeable, thus creating a computer-regulated cell.
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#bookreview
Will G.I. Joe Be The Worst Movie Of The Year?
We're all expecting G.I. Joe to be one of the worst movies of all time — but we were actually overestimating it. Judging from the novelization, G.I. Joe will be a masterpiece of badness, Showgirls meets Plan 9. Spoilers ahead...
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#miniaturelight
Who Needs Electricity When You Can Power Things With Light Alone?
Your iPod nano may today rely on electrical power (until its battery dies), but future nanodevices might be powered strictly by a combination of attractive and repulsive lights. More » -
#thenanosong
Awesome New Showtune Explains Nanotechnology... With Puppets
If Sesame Street taught us to love nanotechnology, it might look a bit like "The Nano Song," from U.C. Berkeley and singer Glory Liu. It's easy to see why it won ACS-Nanonation's nano-video contest: you'll be singing it all weekend. -
#nanotechnology
New Nanotechnology Breakthrough Is A Working Nano-Gear, 1.2nm Across
Nano-scale robotics is getting closer and closer. Scientists at A*STAR in Singapore have created a nano-gear that's 1.2 nanometers across, or a few atoms wide. That's ten thousand times smaller than the ones pictured here, next to a dust mite. More » -
#madscience
Pentagon Closer To Creating Liquid Metal Terminators
Progress continues on a Pentagon-backed fringe science project to develop matter that can assemble itself into 3D forms (such as weapons) and flow like mercury through barriers. We all know where this leads, don't we? More » -
#miniaturescience
Three Recent Breakthroughs That Will Change Your Computer Forever
Scientists are engaged in a race to make electronics components even tinier. Now, three breakthroughs in the manufacture of chips and superconductors are about to make computer components so small that they can operate on the quantum level. More » -
#nanotech
Hamsters And Teeny Factory Workers Show Us Our Nanotech Future
Two new nano-bio breakthroughs give us hope that our shining nanotech future could be closer than we think. One researcher harnessed the power of crazed hamsters, while another one has perfected ambidextrous DNA-based nano-machines. More » -
#nanotech
Your Twitter Stream Could Soon Be Printed On Your Skin
Check out that piece of cellophane-like material: it's actually filled with transparent circuits, using carbon nanotube transistors. Scientists have been fabricating transparent circuits for years, but now they're getting way closer to commercial viability. -
#madscience
Carbon Nanotubes Will Rewire Your Brain, Make You Smarter
Carbon nanotubes, or hollow microscopic wires made of carbon (pictured), may one day replace some of the neurons in your brain. They could repair brain damage, or give a turbo boost to healthy brains. -
#askabiogeek
Where Is My Cure for Cancer?
Welcome back to Ask a Biogeek, a column where you ask biology researcher Terry Johnson any question you want — no matter how weird. Reader Charlie writes: More »
