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How small is small? How about 0.000000001 meters! That's only about 10 atoms BIG, but nanotechnologists today are making new electronics and machines at this tiny size scale. We are truly living in a nanoworld.

Posted by Matthew Dearing
26 June, 2002 06:06:18

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Since the invention of the transistor in 1947, scientists and engineers have strived to make these computing elements ever smaller. From this somewhat utilitarian goal, a great many big ideas have come from thinking small.

Nanotechnology has emerged into a critical technological field that is helping scientists delve into new fundamental studies in quantum mechanics and engineers reach new limits in device fabrication. Developments from this work will significantly affect your lives in the future, certainly in good ways (despite the many doomsday, hyperactive worries about self-replicating nanobots taking over Planet Earth).

Many new nanotech companies will begin sprouting up around the globe, and will be presenting amazing devices and tools that are so small, yet so powerful. Discover more about nanotechnology today with our guided links, and prepare yourself to be wowed and excited by new developments in the field.

Related Links

Nanotechnology Database
http://itri.loyola.edu/nanobase/
A huge collection of references to nano-tech organizations, companies, and publications.

Nanodot: News and Discussion of Coming Technologies
http://www.nanodot.org/
Weblog-style nano-news.

NanoTechnology Magazine
http://www.nanozine.com/
Provides a good overview of nano-related issues from technologies to economies.

Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science and Technology
http://www.vjnano.org
A weekly virtual journal that scours the major print-journal publications for nano-related articles. (They provide free access and links to the title's of the articles, but you may need a subscription to read them.)

The Foresight Institute
http://www.foresight.org/
A non-profit organization supporting and guiding the development of nanotechnology. They provides a great deal of news and information about the field, and sponsors conferences on molecular nanotechnology.

The Institute of Nanotechnology
http://www.nano.org.uk/
A large resource for nano-information and nano-news, from this organization in Scotland.

National Nanotechnology Initiative
http://www.nano.gov/
Presenting the United States government's support for nanotechnology. (Their budget is getting bigger...)

National Nanofabrication Users Network
http://www.nnun.org/
Want to find out where you can do nanotech stuff? This United States network of University nanofabrication facilities provides sophisticated equipment for users from academia, government, and industry.

NASA’s Nanotechnology Gallery
http://www.ipt.arc.nasa.gov/gallery.html
Images and presentations showing nanotechnology in action.

IBM Research in Nanoscale Science
http://www.research.ibm.com/nanoscience/
Big Blue is learning how to manipulate Small Materials. They push, shove, slice, and dice molecules and atoms around to create new nanodevices.

Zyvex, a Molecular Nanotechnology Company
http://www.zyvex.com/
A good example of nanotechnology trying to make it commercially. Zyvex is a private company trying to develop manufacturing systems that will build nano-sized devices molecule-by-molecule.

NanoTech News
http://www.nanotechnews.com
An extensive and active news site for nanotechnologists... and those interested in nanotechnologies.