Image of alyssum flowers
featurepics.com
nanotechnology

Plants to detox land, generate nanoparticles

Owl tease
Zheng Liu / Rice University
innovation

Coming soon: Atomic-scale, 2-D electronics 

Examples of hydroglyphic writing.
Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering
water

Idea not all wet: Messages can be written with water 

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Lightbulb
Ken Bennett, Wake Forest University photographer
tech

Glowing plastic lets you make light bulbs in any shape

Image of solar steam device
Jeff Fitlow / Rice University
energy

Sunlight instantly turns ice water to steam using nanoparticles

Graphic of carbon nanotube
IBM
innovation

Nanotube chip breakthrough means smaller, faster computers

Nanoparticles
Zhipeng Li
medical-devices

Glowing nanoparticles light you from the inside out

Image of Lena
Yang, et. al.
innovation

Best possible high-res printing achieved 

Graphic of experiment
University of Warwick
innovation

For cleaner laundry, add diamonds

Fiber
Xiaodong Li
energy

Your cotton T-shirt could soon charge your phone

Bacteria make iron for hard drives
University of Leeds
innovation

Magnetic bacteria may help build computer hard drives

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Students pose with a check
University of Utah
clean-energy-innovation

Business students win green for green energy ideas 

Microscopic view of fog-free glass
MIT
glass

Amazing new glass not only self-cleans but avoids glare and fogging

Battery
DOE / BNL
innovation

Tiny insights: Microscope makes 3-D images of nano structures

Canadiens Sabres Hockey
sensor

Tiny sensors that measure amplitude are big step

john-roach

Yarn goes high-tech and nano-small