Researchers wrap nanotubes around rubber core, sparking a creation that may lead to artificial muscles, sensors

New, block-by-block assembly method could pave way for applications in opto-electronics, drug delivery.

Sandia, Rice University, Tokyo Institute of Technology developing terahertz detectors with carbon nanotubes.

Researchers with the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences took what some would consider garbage and made a remarkable scientific tool, one that could someday help to correct genetic disorders or treat cancer without chemotherapy’s nasty side effects.

Nanotechnology is advancing tools likened to Star Trek's "tricorder" that perform on-the-spot chemical analysis for a range of applications including medical testing, explosives detection and food safety.

Who cares about old plastic? Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) do, so that you won’t have to years down the road, when today’s plastic concoctions start to break down and disintegrate from weather exposure. Experiments* at NIST may help scientists devise better tests to make sure aging plastics won’t turn into environmental or health hazards as time goes by.

University of Illinois researchers have developed a way to heal gaps in wires too small for even the world’s tiniest soldering iron.