nanotech
Sperm Robots Are Being Tested to Treat Cervical Cancer
The swimmers seem to be a good drug delivery system.
Researchers Think They've Found the Next Chemo
This treatment can deliver more cancer-killing drugs with fewer side effects.
Nanoengineers Made Antibiotic-Carrying Micromotors to Treat Infections
The vehicles react with acid to make microbubbles that propel them around the infection site.
Microscopic Robots Are on the Way to Replacing Your Doctor
Nanotechnology is refreshingly close to helping real, live people.
These Gold ‘Nanoneedles’ Could Be a Powerful Weapon Against Climate Change
They function like lightning rods, catalyzing a reaction that splits CO2 apart.
How Nanotechnology Will Keep Your Bananas and Mangoes From Rotting
Food waste costs Canada as much as $31 billion per year.
Canadian Students Made This Neat Nanotech Ink to Thwart Counterfeiters
A smartphone camera's flash and some fancy processing algorithms are all that's needed to verify the authenticity of whatever the ink has been applied to.
This Microscopic Beam Splitter Could Enable Light-Based Computers
Optical computers promise to be several orders of magnitude faster than electronic ones.
How Motion-Powered Fabric Could Charge Gadgets
A textile-based generator uses friction to convert mechanical energy from body movements into electricity.
How Origami Might Soon Be Used to Power the Internet of Things
Physicists offer tiny generators build from Slinky-shaped paper cutouts.