This rose is smaller than a strand of hair
http://io9.com/this-rose-is-smaller-than-a-strand-of-hair-509268149
Harvard engineers have a devised a technique for designing and producing intricate microscopic models, called "hierarchical microarchitectures," and the tiny sculptures it produces are nothing short of incredible.
mashed potato concepts (27 March 2006, Interconnected)
http://interconnected.org/home/2006/03/27/mashed_potato_concepts
"The straw would have nanojaws at one end, and mechanical cilia to propel the food up the pipe."
news@nature.com - Living cells get nanosurgery
http://www.nature.com/news/2004/041213/full/041213-2.html
"Tiny needle can operate on a single cell without leaving damage."
Nanotechnology pioneer slays 'grey goo' myth
http://www.scienceblog.com/community/modules.php?file=article&name=News&sid=2937
"The authors explain why self-replication, contrary to previous understanding, is unnecessary for building an efficient and effective molecular manufacturing system."
Getting Molecules To Do The Work
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/04_18/b3881609.htm
"The era of nano-manufacturing is being born in hundreds of labs that are racing to perfect a technique called self-assembly"
Nanoscale Elevator Raises the Bar
http://www.betterhumans.com/News/news.aspx?articleID=2004-03-18-4
"Complex device demonstrates progress in designing and building molecular machines"
Solar-powered Molecular Motor Built
http://www.betterhumans.com/News/news.aspx?articleID=2004-03-18-3
Quantum Dots Capture First Movies of Cells "Talking''
http://home.businesswire.com/portal/index.jsp?beanID=202776713&epi-content=GENERIC&newsId=20040301005297&newsLang=en&viewID=news_view
Microbes Turn Waste into Power
http://www.betterhumans.com/News/news.aspx?articleID=2004-02-25-4
"Fuel cell system generates electricity while cleaning wastewater"
Responsible Nanotechnology
http://crnano.typepad.com/crnblog
"News and notes about the ongoing work of the Center for Responsible Nanotechnology (CRN)."
Nano-origami
http://www.kurzweilai.net/news/frame.html?main=/news/news_single.html?id=2950
"Scripps Research Institute scientists have designed, constructed, and imaged a single strand of DNA that spontaneously folds into a highly rigid, nanoscale octahedron."
Scientific American: Nano Patterning
http://www.sciam.com/print_version.cfm?articleID=000170D6-C99F-101E-861F83414B7F0000
"IBM brings closer to reality chips that put themselves together"
Incorporate disassembly into every self-assembled nanotech product
http://www.smalltimes.com/print_doc.cfm?doc_id=7382
Can nanopulses heal?
http://www.kurzweilai.net/news/frame.html?main=/news/news_single.html?id=2910
"Exposing cells noninvasively to an extremely powerful electric field for nanoseconds might one day be used to treat cancer, speed up healing or tackle obesity."
Three-Dimensional Nanofabrication Using Electron Beam Lithography
http://www.ntt.co.jp/news/news04e/0402/040202.html
"The world's smallest globe with a resolution 100 times higher than previously possible"
Nanotech spy eyes life inside the cell
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994615
Nanotubes grown on plastic
http://www.trnmag.com/Stories/2004/011404/Nanotubes_grown_on_plastic_Brief_011404.html
"Researchers from the University of Cambridge in England have devised a way to grow vertical forests of carbon nanotubes on flexible plastic."
Chemists build curved structures with nanoscale building blocks
http://www.kurzweilai.net/news/frame.html?main=/news/news_single.html?id=2855
Keen Eye for the Nano Guys
http://wired.com/news/medtech/0,1286,61892,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_5
Cool story, but damn I'm tired of /.* eye for the .* guy/ and all its cousins.
Tiny Heaters Could Build Body Parts
http://www.betterhumans.com/News/news.aspx?articleID=2004-01-09-4
DNA Nanotubes Could Wire Molecular Electronics
http://www.betterhumans.com/News/news.aspx?articleID=2004-01-05-4
Is Nanotechnology Real?
http://www.ghandchi.com/306-NanoEng.htm
Body handles nanofiber better
http://www.trnmag.com/Stories/2003/121703/Body_handles_nanofiber_better_121703.html
Researchers develop nanoscale fibers that are thinner than the wavelengths of light they carry
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2003-12/nsf-rdn121703.php
The Real World as One Giant Database
http://www.citris-uc.org/newsletter/2003_Newsletters/december_2003/feature.htm
Will medical nanorobots be biocompatible?
http://www.kurzweilai.net/news/frame.html?main=/news/news_single.html?id=2571