Production of Anticorrosive Chromate Nanocoatings in Iran
Rosetta to deploy lander on 12 November
The European Space Agency’s Rosetta mission will deploy its lander, Philae, to the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko on 12 November.
World's smallest reference material is big plus for nanotechnology

A structural model of a typical silicon nanocrystal (yellow) was stabilized within an organic shell of cyclohexane (blue).
On the Road to Artificial Photosynthesis: Berkeley Lab Study Reveals Key Catalytic Factors in Carbon Dioxide Reduction

This TEM shows gold–copper bimetallic nanoparticles used as catalysts for the reduction of carbon dioxide, a key reaction for artificial...
Penn Team Studies Nanocrystals by Passing Them Through Tiny Pores

An illustration of a nanocrystal passing through a nanopore.
Smallest-possible diamonds form ultra-thin nanothread

"Diamond nanothreads" promise extraordinary properties, including strength and stiffness greater than that of today's strongest nanotubes...
Nanotechnology leads to better, cheaper LEDs for phones and lighting
U.S. Releases Enhanced Shuttle Land Elevation Data

Elevation data at the highest possible resolution from NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission in February 2000...