The laser process creates a unique array of nano- and micro-scale structures on the surface of a regular tungsten filament—the tiny wire inside a light bulb—and theses structures make the tungsten become far more effective at radiating light. More Articles

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The lamp's filament is just 100 atoms wide. It is made from a single carbon nanotube. When lit, the itty bitty bulb can be seen with the unaided eye as a point of light, the scientists say. More Articles

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Nobody's above the law. But tiny clusters of colliding atoms may duck below the second law of thermodynamics. In simulations, researchers in Japan found that in rare cases, tiny clusters of atoms ricochet off each other faster than their approaching speeds. More Articles

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The substance absorbs between 97 percent and 99 percent of wavelengths that can be directly measured or extrapolated.

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Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories, in Livermore, CA, have created the first carbon-nanotube devices that can detect the entire visible spectrum of light.

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Powered only by natural sunlight, an array of nanotubes is able to convert a mixture of carbon dioxide and water vapour into natural gas at unprecedented rates.

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Researchers at The Pennsylvania State University have determined a way to use arrays of nanotubes in a solar-based process to convert carbon dioxide and water into methane and other hydrocarbon fuels.

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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.

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For the past several years, researchers have been trying to take advantage of carbon nanotubes' good electrical properties for future nanoscale electronics applications.

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Carbon nanotubes are the crucial chemical ingredient that could make artificial photosynthesis possible, say a team of Chinese researchers. The team has found that nanotubes mimic an important step in photosynthesis that chemists have been unable to copy until now.

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Most innovations don't go far unless there is a way to turn them into products that are manufacturable on a mass scale. That's why new research on carbon nanotubes, presented June 19 by a group of Stanford electrical engineers, is likely to draw industry attention.

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A new study into the potential health hazards of the revolutionary nano-sized particles known as 'buckyballs' predicts that the molecules are easily absorbed into animal cells, providing a possible explanation for how the molecules could be toxic to humans and other organisms.

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Researchers and analysts are calling on the federal government to fund a study of the potential health risks of carbon nanotubes -- the building blocks of nanotechnology.

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Edinburgh, Scotland, researchers have found that nanotube strengtheners used in computers, auto bodies and electrical brushes could be as dangerous as asbestos. They said long nanotubes injected into mice caused a reaction that typically leads to the fatal cancer mesothelioma.

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One of the most promising materials for the future of technology, carbon nanotubes, might be as harmful as asbestos if inhaled, according to a new study published Tuesday in the scientific journal Nature Nanotechnology.

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Carbon may be losing its monopoly over the nanoworld. According to the latest calculations, tubes built out of the element boron could have many of the same properties as carbon nanotubes, the ubiquitous components of nanoengineering.

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Antiballistic materials can stop deadly bullets in their tracks, but the force of the impact can still cause severe bruising and even damage to internal organs.

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Best known as the ultra-strong material that might one day form the cables of a "space elevator" capable of raising people into Earth orbit, carbon nanotubes also have a springy side.

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Scientists have recently described a way to make large quantities of fluorescent carbon nanotubes. The fluorescence of nanotubes is remarkable because it lasts for months, unlike quantum dots which lasts only a few days.

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Nanocomp Technologies Inc. is one of the few companies currently working to commercialize nanotube fabrics. They have found a way to mass produce long carbon nanotube fibers and thread them into yarns and felts for various purposes.

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A transparent lacquer containing carbon nanotubes could clear car windscreens or mirrors by acting as a heater. Thicker, opaque versions of the coating could turn entire floors of buildings into radiators, researchers claim.

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Imagine that it would be possible to implant devices in humans that can - act as artificial nerve cells, - control severe pain, or - allow otherwise paralyzed muscles to be moved. It's not yet possible, but it doesn't seem so impossible anymore as it once seemed.

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The use of carbon nanotubes in ultrafast computers and other electronic devices has been stymied because batches of the material contain nanotubes with varying electronic properties. One nanotube is semiconducting, while the next is conducting.

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Microscopic superconductivity can be enhanced by the application of magnetic fields, but the most important part of this work may be the theory which explains it.

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Once regarded as costly and impractical, solar technology is now poised to play a larger role in the future, thanks to new developments that could result in lower costs and improved efficiency

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