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The Sun's Heat: Now On Demand

Nanotechnology makes the seemingly impossible true: Trapping the sun's heat for release later, whenever and wherever you need it.READ»

Today in Nanotech Developments: The Pretty and the Powerful

Brigham Young University pushes the boundaries of carbon nanotube tech and shows how to "grow" complex structures from the stuff. The Navy, meanwhile, is interested in using nanotech robots to produce new nanotech robots.READ»

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Airplane Skins: 10 Times Stronger with Nano-Stitching

Composite materials are increasingly a feature of our engineering--they're super-strong and light, outperforming metals like steel with ease, which is why they're often used in aeronautical engineering. Now a group at MIT has figured ...READ»

Horseradish To Clean Up Risky Carbon Nanotube Spills

Carbon nanotubes are one of the nanotechnology wonder materials of the near future, used in electronics, optics, for super-strong materials and as novel semiconductors, but there are emerging concerns about the environmental and ...READ»