Nanotechnology is increasingly shaping solutions to some of Africa’s most pressing challenges, with applications ranging from ...

Nanotechnology has quietly progressed through three distinct generations, and the third is now reshaping how deep-tech R&D ...

Researchers have developed a novel class of nanotube membranes that enable ultrafast ion transport. The findings open new ...

The nanoscale world appears to have a new ball to kick around. Researchers from Brown University have shown the first experimental evidence for a "buckyball" molecule made from 80 boron atoms. The new ...

Advances in nanotechnology are reshaping sustainable agriculture by enabling precise delivery of nutrients and agrochemicals, enhancing crop resilience and resource efficiency. Nanofertilisers and ...

A new study may offer a strategy that mitigates negative side effects associated with intravenous injection of nanoparticles commonly used in medicine. A new study may offer a strategy that mitigates ...

Nanotechnology has emerged as a transformative approach to water disinfection, harnessing the unique physicochemical properties of materials at the nanoscale to inactivate pathogens and degrade ...

Biotechnology provides the understanding of life at the cellular level, while nanotechnology provides the tools to deliver ...

DNA nanotechnology has become an intense research field, with hundreds of research labs engaged in it, based on the idea that DNA can be used as a programmable structural material for the creation of ...

The federal government should act quickly and decisively to shore up its investment in nanotechnology in order to maintain global leadership and ensure the U.S. fully realizes the economic and social ...

Carbon nanostructures could become easier to design and synthesize thanks to a machine learning method that predicts how they grow on metal surfaces. The new approach will make it easier to exploit ...

Twenty years ago, nanotechnology was the artificial intelligence of its time. The specific details of these technologies are, of course, a world apart. But the challenges of ensuring each technology’s ...