Nanotechnology | smithsonianmag.comhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/tag/nanotechnology/RSS feed for NanotechnologyenFri, 08 Aug 2025 18:45:00 +0000Could We Send a Superlight Spacecraft to a Theoretical Nearby Black Hole?https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-is-how-an-astrophysicist-thinks-we-could-send-a-superlight-spacecraft-to-a-theoretical-nearby-black-hole-180987134/An astrophysicist argues that the interstellar mission would be extremely challenging but not completely unrealisticFri, 08 Aug 2025 18:45:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-is-how-an-astrophysicist-thinks-we-could-send-a-superlight-spacecraft-to-a-theoretical-nearby-black-hole-180987134/These Super-Resolution Microscopes Are Revealing the Inner Lives of Cellshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/these-super-resolution-microscopes-are-revealing-the-inner-lives-of-cells-180987005/Advanced light microscopy techniques are giving scientists a new understanding of human biology and what goes wrong in diseasesWed, 30 Jul 2025 12:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/these-super-resolution-microscopes-are-revealing-the-inner-lives-of-cells-180987005/New Contact Lenses Give Users Super-Vision to See Infrared Light—Even With Their Eyes Closedhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/new-contact-lenses-give-users-supervision-even-with-their-eyes-closed-180986679/Researchers have developed experimental contact lenses that use nanoparticles to convert the invisible wavelengths of near-infrared light into visible colorsTue, 27 May 2025 20:37:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/new-contact-lenses-give-users-supervision-even-with-their-eyes-closed-180986679/This New, Yellow Powder Quickly Pulls Carbon Dioxide From the Air, and Researchers Say 'There's Nothing Like It'https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-new-yellow-powder-quickly-pulls-carbon-dioxide-from-the-air-and-researchers-say-theres-nothing-like-it-180985512/Scientists say just 200 grams of the material could capture 44 pounds of the greenhouse gas per year—the same as a large treeFri, 22 Nov 2024 17:46:14 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-new-yellow-powder-quickly-pulls-carbon-dioxide-from-the-air-and-researchers-say-theres-nothing-like-it-180985512/In Case Humans Go Extinct, This Memory Crystal Will Store Our Genome for Billions of Yearshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/in-case-humans-go-extinct-this-memory-crystal-will-store-our-genome-for-billions-of-years-180985114/Scientists have created "a form of information immortality" meant to instruct future species on how to recreate humans. But who, or what, will find it?Fri, 20 Sep 2024 17:47:45 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/in-case-humans-go-extinct-this-memory-crystal-will-store-our-genome-for-billions-of-years-180985114/Scientists Create a More Sustainable LED From Fish Scaleshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-create-more-sustainable-led-from-fish-scales-180980551/Researchers microwaved fish waste to produce a unique nanoform of carbon that could be used for LED devices in the futureTue, 09 Aug 2022 19:29:25 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-create-more-sustainable-led-from-fish-scales-180980551/Ten Scientific Discoveries From 2020 That May Lead to New Inventionshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/ten-scientific-discoveries-2020-may-lead-new-inventions-180976616/From soaring snakes to surfing suckerfish, nature is an endless source of inspirationMon, 28 Dec 2020 13:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/ten-scientific-discoveries-2020-may-lead-new-inventions-180976616/With a Simple Piece of Paper, Engineers Create Self-Powered, Wireless Keyboardhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/your-next-digital-tablet-could-be-made-paper-180975727/Scientists at Purdue University have found a way to make a piece of paper digitally interactiveFri, 04 Sep 2020 19:58:42 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/your-next-digital-tablet-could-be-made-paper-180975727/How Innovators Are Adapting Existing Technologies to Fight COVID-19https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/how-innovators-are-adapting-existing-technologies-fight-covid-19-180974662/Engineers around the world are tweaking drones, robots and smart tools to help prevent the spread of the virusTue, 14 Apr 2020 12:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/how-innovators-are-adapting-existing-technologies-fight-covid-19-180974662/Watch First-Ever Footage of Atoms Forming and Breaking Bondshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-catch-video-atoms-forming-and-breaking-bonds-180974032/The team used transmission electron microscopy to film the atoms dancing down a carbon nanotubeWed, 22 Jan 2020 20:26:48 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-catch-video-atoms-forming-and-breaking-bonds-180974032/