The Once and Future Nanomachine

Biology outmatches futurists' most elaborate fantasies for molecular robots

Little Big Science

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

Killer Drops: Working Knowledge on Flea Treatments

Machine-Phase Nanotechnology

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

The Art of Building Small

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

Plenty of Room, Indeed

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

The Incredible Shrinking Circuit

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

Less is more in Medicine

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

Of Chemistry, Love and Nanobots

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

Nanobot Construction Crews

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

Shamans of Small

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