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Nano futures

April 2014

  • Graphene

    The foundations of a sustainable future?

    Nanoparticles have the potential to revolutionise the construction industry, but we need to tread carefully until the potential hazards of these "wonder materials" are fully understood
  • Nano: Nanorobots attacking cancer, artwork

    Small science, big future

  • Nano: Medical nanorobots

    The life-saving future of medicine

  • Nano: Single SNA

    What on earth is this thing and how exactly can it help me?

  • Nano: Nano-medicine. Drug delivery research

    What are the risks of nanotech?

  • Silicon electronic

    Nanotechnology so good you can eat it

    Electroednics that dissolve in the environment or are even edible are the answer to the ever-growing problem of e-waste 

February 2014

  • Cuttable sensor

    Could nanoprinting kick-start a world of versatile home manufacturing?

    Nanoparticle inks can turn your existing 2D printer into a circuit board production line – and the possibilities for 3D printers are mind-boggling

January 2014

  • Man tests blood sugar

    Nanomedicines set to revolutionise the treatment of diabetes

    The treatment of diabetes could be transformed by using nanotechnology to create a 'smart delivery' system that regulates glucose levels from within the body – effectively replicating the work of the pancreatic cells that produce insulin

November 2013

  • Nanotech: A scientist examines a fingerprint sample in Intelligent Fingerprinting’s laboratory

    Nanotechnology on the crime scene

    Scientists are working at nanotechnology applications that may steer the power of forensics, but the challenge is bringing them from lab to court

October 2013

  • Girls eating chips.

    Nanotech's role in feeding the planet

  • Nano: feature 7 trail

    Nano: a cleaner option?

September 2013

  • Gold Light nanojewellery

    Precious particles

    Valuable metals acquire unusual colours and textures when they are reduced to the nano scale. But nano-jewellery raises a question: is it wise to use a debated technology for purely aesthetic means?

August 2013

  • Nano: Fabrics trail

    Nanotech's Sunday best

    Amidst fears of nanobots crawling under our skin, or "grey goo" infiltrating our world, there are some areas where consumers are happily embracing nanotechnology

July 2013

  • Nano: Scanning Electron Micrograph (SEM) of Carbon Nanotubes, magnification of x40,000

    Big ambition for nanotechnology

    Could nanotubes be the next big thing for detecting disease early? One high school student in the US hopes so

June 2013

  • Nano-medicine. Drug delivery research

    Putting nanotechnology regulation under the microscope

    An international survey suggests current regulations are sufficient to ensure products containing nanotechnology are safe – but should more be done?

May 2013

  • An image of a brain scan

    Mapping the mind with nanotechnology

    The Brain Initiative is combining neuroscience with nanotechnology in the world's biggest project to understand the mind. By Katharine Sanderson

  • Nanotechnology: the global picture – infographic

  • Nanotechnology in food

    What you need to know about nano-food

  • Nanotechnology in food

    Nanotechnology offers small food for thought

  • Nanotechnology in food

    Nanotechnology in food: more than a question of taste

    Tim Lang and Frans Kampers
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