Nanotechnology can be defined as the branch of technology dedicated to the study, control and manipulation of matter on a ...

W. Patrick McCray is attempting to understand the history of nanotechnology as it emerges, a goal that he will pursue with his research group at the new Center for Nanotechnology in Society. Funded by ...

Scanning probe microscopes feature prominently in the history of nanotechnology but, as a recent book on the subject makes clear, this history could have been very different. Chris Toumey explains.

Many people trace the origin of the field of nanotechnology to a famous lecture given by visionary physicist Richard Feynman back in 1959, entitled “There’s Plenty of Room At The Bottom,” – although ...

This theory turned into a thought-provoking vision after the publication of K. Eric Drexler’s Engines of Creation, the Coming Age of Nanotechnology in 1990. The fact is that a few applications of ...

Chris Toumey illustrates how different groups of people involved with nanotechnology have different views on the history of the field and feel differently about its importance. How important is it ...

As commentaries appear in scientific journals, the nanotechnology community will have multiple opportunities to think about the role of Feynman’s talk in the history of nanotechnology. "There’s Plenty ...

Each class includes approximately 25 students and provides an overview of nanotechnology, covering topics, such as its history, early pioneers in the field, and everyday items that rely on ...

"This was a singular event in the history of nanotechnology," said Neal Lane, senior fellow in science and technology at Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy several years ago.

The 2023 Nobel Prize for chemistry isn’t the first Nobel awarded for research in nanotechnology. But it is perhaps the most colorful application of the technology to be associated with the accolade.

He's referring to the year physicist Richard P. Feynman addressed the prospects for nanotechnology at the annual meeting of the American Physical Society at the California Institute of Technology. In ...