Scientific American Magazine

RESEARCHERS ARE DISCOVERING CHEAP, EFFICIENT WAYS TO MAKE STRUCTURES ONLY A FEW BILLIONTHS OF A METER ACROSS

There is plenty of room for practical innovation at the nanoscale. But first, scientists have to understand the unique physics that governs matter there

RESEARCHERS HAVE BUILT NANOTRANSISTORS AND NANOWIRES. NOW THEY JUST NEED TO FIND A WAY TO PUT THEM ALL TOGETHER

SOPHISTICATED FORMS OF NANOTECHNOLOGY WILL FIND SOME OF THEIR FIRST REAL-WORLD APPLICATIONS IN BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH, DISEASE DIAGNOSIS AND, POSSIBLY, THERAPY

How soon will we see the nanometer-scale robots envisaged by K. Eric Drexler and other molecular nanotechologists? The simple answer is never

Nanotechnology visionaries find out how difficult it is to develop minuscule robots that can treat diseases or perform pollution-free manufacturing

Like interstellar travel, time machines and cyberspace, nanotechnology has become one of the core plot devices on which science-fiction writers draw

Biology outmatches futurists' most elaborate fantasies for molecular robots

Nanotechnology is all the rage. But will it meet its ambitious goals?And what the heck is it?

A molecular nanotechnology pioneer predicts that the tiniest robots will revolutionize manufacturing and transform society