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• Nanogenerators produce electricity by squeezing your fingers together, while you dance

  

  It's been a while since we last heard about nanogeneratos -- you know, those insanely tiny fibers that could potentially be woven into your hoodie to juice up your smartphone. Dr. Zhong Lin Wang of the Georgia Institute of Technology has reported that he and his team of Einsteins constructed...

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  March 31, 2011, 5:23 pm| Read full article | More articles from engadget.com

• Carbon nanotubes used to more easily detect cancer cells, HIV

  

  Cancer's not slowing its march to ruining as many lives as it possibly can, so it's always pleasing to hear of any new developments that act as hurdles. The latest in the world of disease-prevention comes from Harvard University, where researches have created a dime-sized carbon nanotube forest (read: lots...

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  March 30, 2011, 10:31 pm| Read full article | More articles from engadget.com

• Carbon nanotubes used more easily detect cancer cells, HIV

  

  Cancer's not slowing its march to ruining as many lives as it possibly can, so it's always pleasing to hear of any new developments that act as hurdles. The latest in the world of disease-prevention comes from Harvard University, where researches have created a dime-sized carbon nanotube forest (read: lots...

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  March 30, 2011, 10:31 pm| Read full article | More articles from engadget.com

• Silicine might be the new graphene, now that it's been physically constructed

  

  Surely you've heard of graphene, the one-atom-thick layer of pencil lead that has the potential to change the world of computers, batteries and screens? You might want to familiarize yourself with the term "silicine," too. It's basically a version of graphene constructed out of silicon, which doesn't naturally align itself...

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  March 28, 2011, 3:29 am| Read full article | More articles from engadget.com

• Researchers produce cheaper, 'cooler' semiconductor nanowires

  

  Advances in nanowires may occur on a pretty regular basis these days, but this new development out of Germany's Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems could have a particularly big impact on one all-important area: cost. As PhysOrg reports, manufacturing semiconducter nanowires at an industrial scale is currently very expensive...

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  March 25, 2011, 6:18 am| Read full article | More articles from engadget.com

• University of Twente's new lens reveals the sub-100nm level with visible light

  

  Small is beautiful, but only when you can see it. Specifically, we're talking about nanostructures -- including cellular organelles and nanoelectronic circuits -- around the order of 100nm. The problem is with a microscope, visible light only takes us down to a resolution of 200nm at best, and it's not...

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  March 24, 2011, 8:50 pm| Read full article | More articles from engadget.com

• Scientists separate plasma from blood with working biochip

  

  Disposable biotech sensors won't let you diagnose your own diseases quite yet, but we've taken the first step -- a research team spanning three universities has successfully prototyped a lab-on-a-chip. Called the Self-powered Integrated Microfluidic Blood Analysis System (or SIMBAS for short, thankfully), the device takes a single drop of...

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  March 21, 2011, 5:44 pm| Read full article | More articles from engadget.com

• GE's new phase-change based thermal conductor could mean cooler laptops -- literally

  

  It's no secret: if your laptop sits atop your lap for an extended period of time, you're going to get burned -- okay, so maybe not burned, but you're definitely going to feel the heat. Luckily GE has been working (under contract for DARPA) on a new phase-change based thermal...

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  March 16, 2011, 2:59 pm| Read full article | More articles from engadget.com