Tag: Nanotechnology
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Liquid-to-Solid Material Leads to Cheaper, More Environmentally-Friendly Solar Cell
Researchers have developed a dye-sensitized solar cell that is inexpensive to make and more environmentally friendly through the use of a new liquid-to-solid material.
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Armies of Microsubmarines Could Clean Up Oil Spills
Microsubmarines have been developed that can absorb and transport oil droplets in water. In the future, these tiny machines could be deployed in large quantities to clean up oil spills.
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"Bejeweled" Nanowires Could Be Secret to Better Batteries and Solar Cells
Stanford University researchers have come up with a way to decorate nanowires with nanoparticles, leading the way to higher-density batteries and more efficient solar cells.
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Nanosponge Absorbs 100x Its Weight in Oil, Is Guided With Magnets
A new technology for developing "nanosponges" may mean an easier way to absorb oil.
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Nanoparticles Change Intestinal Absorption of Nutrients
Humans consume 100 trillion nanoparticles a day. A study shows that nanoparticles change the intestinal wall and affect nutrient absorption.
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Deformable Nanotube Transistors Can Take a Crumpling and Keep on Ticking
A new type of transistor, made from carbon nanotubes, can be folded, crumpled, and deformed, and still work, which may lead to longer lasting gadgets.
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Nanotechnology Converts Heat to Power With Fabric
A "Power Felt" developed by researchers can use your body heat to charge up a battery.
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Nanoshell "Whispering Galleries" Trap Light in Solar Cells, Boost Absoption By 75%
Tiny hollow spheres of photovoltaic material trap and loop light the same way a whispering gallery does to sound, letting solar cells absorb more light.
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Self-Cleaning Clothes May Make Your Washing Machine History
New fabric just needs to be hung out in the sun to clean.
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When Your Dress Transports You, Fashion Design Morphed With Mobility (Photos)
Imagine your dress becomes your means of transportation! This was the briefing the students at the Istituto Europeo di Design (IED) in Barcelona received from BMW. The result are 5 concepts for future mobility
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Killer Paper Introduces Another Application for Silver Nanoparticles
The ACS' science journal Langmuir has published a paper describing a breakthrough in sonochemical coating of paper by microbiocidal silver nanoparticles. We picked up on the dramatic moniker "killer paper" over at Fast Company.
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Breakthrough Producing Hydrogen from Water + Sunlight
Image: Angewandte Chemie, Wiley Sunlight + Water = Hydrogen Gas Scientists at the University of East Anglia, led by Dr. Thomas Nann, report a breakthrough in the production of hydrogen from water using the energy of sunlight. Amidst all the hype about a
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Is Liquid Terminator Robot One Step Closer to Reality?
Image: Universal Studios Scientists Invent Self-Healing Hydrogel Strong Enough to Replace Plastics Hydrogels are not new. Contact lenses and replacement skin are just two examples of uses of these high-water content gels. But hydrogels currently suffer
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Rice University Adds Nanodragster to Nanocar Collection
Researchers are calling the newest nanotoy in the Rice University collection a "nanodragster." The name fits the modification, with the front wheels smaller and on a narrower axle than the rear wheels. The nanodragster
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Nanoparticles or No-No particles?
Image: Flickr, Argonne National Laboratory Could Nanoparticles Cause "Dramatic Mutations?" Nanoparticles, hailed as the solution for everything from the next generation of micro-electronic gadgets to curing cancer, are poorly understood. When scientists
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Cheap 3D Solar Cells Are 6x More Efficient, Work Underground
Scientists from the Georgia Institute of Technology have created the world's first 3-D photovoltaic solar
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Skip The Spray-on Sunscreen? Widely Used Nanoparticles Could Cause Cancer: Study
Photo: Getty Images It's a fact of life that nanoparticles are everywhere: from sunscreen to underwear to performance wear - they are an invisible part of everyday life. Nanotechnology has made some promising inroads, but could these undetectable bits
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Carbon Nanotube Sponge Can Absorb Toxic Oils and Solvents up to 180x Its Weight!
Photo: Peking University and Tsinghua University Is There Anything We CAN'T Do With Carbon Nanotubes? digg_url = 'http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/11/carbon-nanotube-sponge-toxic-oil-cleanup-180x-weight.php';Cleaning up toxic spills has always been
