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The future of Nanotechnology

  • 104articles
  • 2016first covered
  • 16 May 2026latest update
  • 5linked technologies

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  1. CATL eyes 12 000 Wh kg theoretical battery limit to end EV range anxiety foreverEarth and energy
  2. Millions of injectable nanobots help heal spinal injuries fasterBiotech and enhanced humans
  3. Scientists use Metalenses to 3D print nanoscale objects accuratelyIndustry and manufacturing
  4. Sci-fi adaptive camouflage gets an upgrade with synthetic Octopus skinIndustry and manufacturing
  5. New reconfigurable DNA nanorobots compute, store data and deliver stuffIndustry and manufacturing
  6. MIT just developed a vaccine to stop the next PandemicBiotech and enhanced humans
  7. These new Infra Red contact lenses let you see in the darkBiotech and enhanced humans
  8. Nanobots can now enter your brains cells to spy on themBiotech and enhanced humans
  9. Nanoscale computer accurately controls the behaviour of cells for the first timeComputing
  10. These programmable DNA nanobots can make new things and replicate infinitelyIndustry and manufacturing
  11. New mini transistors reduce AI’s energy consumption by a hundred foldComputing
  12. Single shot gene therapy treatment could end blood disorders like Sickle CellBiotech and enhanced humans
  13. Nanorobotic swarms get busy shredding brain tumors from the insideBiotech and enhanced humans
  14. Electrifying Nanochips help reverse dramatic muscle loss in patientsBiotech and enhanced humans
  15. This new nanotextured plasmonic paint based on nature never ever fadesIndustry and manufacturing
  16. New Laser on a Chip tech brings holographic smartphones closer to sci-factIndustry and manufacturing
  17. Tiny autonomous brainy robots get ready to explore your body from withinRobotics
  18. Researchers tap nanotubes and BNNT’s to create next gen hypersonic materialsIndustry and manufacturing
  19. Animal shaped morphing robots can deliver cancer drugs precisely where they’re neededBiotech and enhanced humans
  20. New exotic protein rotors and axles will help nanomachines move fasterIndustry and manufacturing
  21. Teeth cleaning nanobots are here to make your teeth feel awesomeBiotech and enhanced humans
  22. A new DNA tool is speeding up vaccine development by a million foldBiotech and enhanced humans
  23. Researchers made the world’s smallest antenna out of DNAConnected society
  24. Amazing new grain sized nanocamera snaps amazing hi def imagesIndustry and manufacturing
  25. This new nanochip re-programs human cells and tissue to cure diseaseBiotech and enhanced humans
  26. GE teams up with NIH to put a COVID-19 sensor in your smartphoneIndustry and manufacturing
  27. A new ultra thin film gives your ordinary glasses night visionIndustry and manufacturing
  28. Futuristic Spinach can send you emails about climate change, life, and stuffConnected society
  29. Promising single shot nano-vaccine could immunise everyone against all CoronavirusesBiotech and enhanced humans
  30. Energy scavenging nano tech generates energy from everythingEarth and energy
  31. A DNA motor to power future nanomachines just set a world speed recordIndustry and manufacturing
  32. Re-igniting Moore’s Law, MIT’s radical Carbon Nanotube computer leaps from lab to factoryComputing
  33. Researchers unveil the world’s smallest motor to power nanobots and nanomachinesIndustry and manufacturing
  34. Scientists have visualised stress in plants for the first timeIndustry and manufacturing
  35. MIT invents a cryptographic “Tag of Everything” to defeat counterfeitersSecurity and privacy
  36. Stanford researchers built a particle accelerator on a computer chipIndustry and manufacturing
  37. MIT invented a computer circuit that works by using magnetism not electricityComputing
  38. Scientists created a blueprint for a Quantum Battery that never looses its chargeEarth and energy
  39. World’s most advanced nanotube computer keeps Moore’s Law alive, for nowComputing
  40. Scientists use “Predator particles” to create super mice with infra red visionBiotech and enhanced humans
  41. University nabs multi-million pound to create next gen reconfigurable electronicsIndustry and manufacturing
  42. Scientists unveil self-healing asphalt to end potholesIndustry and manufacturing
  43. Scientists create Nanobionic plants that detect chemicals and could grow on MarsIndustry and manufacturing
  44. Russian researchers used a common inkjet printer to print advanced Nano-SensorsIndustry and manufacturing
  45. World first as nanobots get to work choking cancers to deathRobotics
  46. Scientists have created the blackest material ever, and it’s great for gamingIndustry and manufacturing
  47. MIT discover a way to mass produce cell sized robotsRobotics
  48. World first as scientists create nanobot swarms capable of performing surgeries in humansRobotics
  49. RNA breakthrough makes it possible to cure Cystic Fibrosis with an inhalerBiotech and enhanced humans
  50. Drexel’s new spray on antennas can connect everything to the internetIndustry and manufacturing
  51. World’s first space elevator hitches a ride to the ISS to begin first trialsSpace
  52. MIT created a nanobot spray that gives dumb objects superpowersIndustry and manufacturing
  53. Scientists use electro-charged nanoparticles to create liquid mirrorsIndustry and manufacturing
  54. Solar panels made from cyborg bacteria promise even cheaper energyEarth and energy
  55. Scientists push the boundaries of nanotech to build the world’s smallest houseIndustry and manufacturing
  56. Japanese team show off their new flexible skin display technologyIndustry and manufacturing
  57. Scientists steered nanomachines through living cells and wrote letters in cytoplasmBiotech and enhanced humans
  58. Revolutionary Nano-antenna is hundreds times smaller than today’s state of the artIndustry and manufacturing
  59. These nanomachines can drill into diseased cells and kill themBiotech and enhanced humans
  60. Nanoparticles help researchers accurately locate metastasising cancersBiotech and enhanced humans
  61. New polymer tears up anti-biotic resistant bacteria from the inside outBiotech and enhanced humans
  62. New eye drops use nanotech to fix faulty vision and eliminate eye glassesBiotech and enhanced humans
  63. Molecular programming breakthrough could create better molecular assemblersIndustry and manufacturing
  64. Chinese scientists unveil a new material that heals itself like human skinIndustry and manufacturing
  65. Harvard’s Metalense breakthrough could pave the way for real invisibility cloaksIndustry and manufacturing
  66. World’s first DNA robots successfully move and deliver molecule sized cargoRobotics
  67. The world’s first molecular robots go to work on the production lineIndustry and manufacturing
  68. Harvard revolutionises camera technology, invents MetalenseIndustry and manufacturing
  69. Nanogenerator breakthrough can generate electricity from the blood in your veinsEarth and energy
  70. MIT breakthrough creates glowing plants that could replace street lightsEarth and energy
  71. Researchers use Biohybrid Robots made from algae to treat CancerRobotics
  72. New Smart Bandage heals wounds faster and talks to your doctorBiotech and enhanced humans
  73. Caltech’s newest Smart Pill will one day track the nanobots in your bodyComputing
  74. World’s first holographic smartphone makes its debutVirtual worlds
  75. Researchers use just 14 atoms to build the world’s first 0.5nm transistorComputing
  76. Healing touch, Regenerative Medicine breakthrough reprograms skin cellsBiotech and enhanced humans
  77. Printed transistor breakthrough opens door for printed electronics and smart goodsIndustry and manufacturing
  78. A miniature CERN, scientists create a ‘Particle Accelerator on a Chip’Industry and manufacturing
  79. Lifting the curtain on NeuraLink, Elon Musk’s adventure to connect humans and machinesBiotech and enhanced humans
  80. Cryogenics breakthrough could one day end transplant waiting listsBiotech and enhanced humans
  81. Harder than diamond, the meteorite diamond that’s made in a labIndustry and manufacturing
  82. Antivenom made from nanoparticles could treat bites from any snakeIndustry and manufacturing
  83. New nanomaterial exploits radiation to create more powerful nuclear reactorsEarth and energy
  84. This scuba mask concept lets divers swim without tanksIndustry and manufacturing
  85. Nanocrystal discovery turns normal glasses into night vision specsIndustry and manufacturing
  86. Drones are fighting back against laser attacksSecurity and privacy
  87. Scientists have created the worlds first artificial neuronBiotech and enhanced humans
  88. Scientists have found a way to turn your body into a computerComputing
  89. Scientists have designed a nanoscale computer that’s smaller than a virusComputing
  90. Berkeley Lab team pushes the limits to build a 1nm transistorComputing
  91. World first as a brain chip implant helps paralyzed man feel againBiotech and enhanced humans
  92. Scientists create breakthrough everything-phobic nanomaterialIndustry and manufacturing
  93. Scientists use brain controlled DNA nanobots to release drugs inside roachesBiotech and enhanced humans
  94. Researchers create a 5D storage crystal that outlasts the UniverseComputing
  95. An AI upgrade for your brain, Elon Musk teases the Neural LaceBiotech and enhanced humans
  96. Carbon nanotube breakthrough promises faster, lower power processorsComputing
  97. Scientists use swarms of nanobots to precisely target cancerBiotech and enhanced humans
  98. World records set to tumble on Rio 2016’s nano-tech trackIndustry and manufacturing
  99. Nanotech helps scientists create high definition colour hologramsIndustry and manufacturing
  100. Nano watermarks sort the fakes from the originalsIndustry and manufacturing
  101. Breakthrough lets researchers turn plants into electric circuits and connect them to the gridEarth and energy
  102. Nature, the world’s new factoryIndustry and manufacturing
  103. Worlds smallest molecular transistor reboots Moore’s LawComputing
  104. In the future everything will be connectedOpinion

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311 Institute has published 104 articles about Nanotechnology since 2016, most recently on 16 May 2026.

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