Fuse School
Buckyballs, Graphene, and Nanotubes
Graphene's uses increase almost daily since it is the strongest metal, but is also flexible, thin, and lightweight. Graphene, buckyballs, and nanotubes — all recent discoveries, revolutionized many industries. Their applications include...
SciShow
The 2016 Nobel Prizes: Chemistry and Physics!
Tiny discoveries won big at the 2016 Nobel prize ceremony, recognizing chemists who developed new machines out of molecules and pushed the limits of nanotechnology. Individuals see how physicists created new materials through topology...
SciShow
Cloaking Devices!
Cloaking devices aren't just for Star Trek and Harry Potter any more! Here's a video that explains how cloaking devices work, or don't work. It details the technology needed to perfect cloaking and offers ideas for where researchers...
SciShow
Space Elevators
Why don't we just take an elevator to space instead of wasting all of those rockets? Video begins with an explanation of the concept of space elevators, and continues with the things that must be considered in developing and operating...
SciShow
Great Minds: Richard Feynman, The Great Explainer
Who is known for his bongo playing and solving the hardest algebra problem of all time? Richard Feynman loved to solve puzzles and didn't handle being bored very well. He is known for the Feynman diagrams that explain quantum...
University of California
How Dust Is Holding Science Back
There are millions of dust particles in every breath of air. These tiny particles have a huge impact on nanotechnology, microchips, and other types of scientific research. The video highlights these concerns and how they are working to...
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Blossoms: How Much Small Is Small?
This video lesson introduces students to the concept of size. It looks at how to classify objects based on their size and how the size of an object affects its properties and behavior. In our world, we have many different sizes -...
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Hitting the "Off" Switch on Antibiotic Resistance
A nanotechnologist talks about his work on using nano particles of DNA and RNA to turn off the resistance of bacteria to antibiotics. Aired Dec. 2, 2011 [9:08]
PBS
Pbs Kids: Bone Regrowth: Nonotubes
Adam broke his leg, now what? Scientists are looking at using nanotechnology to heal broken bones by using a mixture of nanotubes and minerals like calcium that can be injected into the bone. Watch a video in which Kobel and Nathan...
National Science Foundation
National Science Foundation: Science of Innovation: Fuel Cell Efficiency
Scientists are working on trying to make fuel cells as efficient as possible using nanotechnology. The explanations are accompanied by helpful diagrams. [5:20]
National Science Foundation
National Science Foundation: Science of Innovation: Using Viruses to Make Batteries
MIT researcher, Angela Belcher uses viruses engineered in her laboratory to form nano-scale wires for tiny batteries that could eventually be used to produce a wide range of electronics at a lower cost. [5:30]
PBS
Kqed: Quest: Video: Nanotechnology Takes Off
A video exploring how nanotechnology changes material properties by working with the tiny particles at the nanometer level. Also discussed is the potential applications of nanoscience in our world. [10:28]
PBS
Pbs: Naomi Halas: Expert Q&a
For a week in April 2005, Dr. Naomi Halas, a pioneering nanotechnologist at Rice University, answered questions about nanoshells and the role of women in science. This is the Halas' interview about nanoshells.
National Science Foundation
National Science Foundation: Science of Innovation: Anti Counterfeiting Devices
Scientists are researching methods of embedding biomarkers into products to identify them as real as opposed to counterfeit items, using nanotechnology. [5:50]
National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health
National Cancer Institute: Video Journey Into Nanotechnology
Watch a video to learn how nanotechnology can be used to detect, diagnose, and treat cancer.
Crash Course
Crash Course: Growing Nanotube Forests
What if we could grow elevators to space? Or make phones that last for weeks without a charge? These things could someday be possible someday with an amazing material like carbon nanotubes. Alex takes you behind the curious way...
Other
Educational Cyberground: Trends in Computing
Are you looking for some random facts, survey results and quotes about technology in the future? Then you have come to the right place. This site contains links to many surveys with predictions about the future of technology
University of Virginia
Uva Virtual Lab: Quantum Dot Cellular Automata (Qca) Memory Cells
In computers of the future, transistors may be replaced by assemblies of quantum dots called "Quantum-dot Cellular Automata." This is a description of how QCA's can store and move information.
PBS
Pbs: Career Profile: Research Assistant Sandra Bustamante
This video details research assistant Sandra' cutting-edge work using nanotechnology, rather than needles, to deliver vaccines and also the qualities she has demonstrated that have helped her excel in her field.
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Small and Unsafe? Concerns About Nanotechnology
A former EPA administrator talks with Ira about why he thinks the agency is not prepared to protect the environment from any hazards that nanotechnology might produce.
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Nanoantenna Sheets Harvest Energy
We'll talk with the developers of flexible sheets of 'nanoantennas' that could aid in getting energy from solar energy or from other heat sources.
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Nanotube Safety
Long carbon nanotubes may behave similar to asbestos fibers in the body, a preliminary study finds. We'll talk about what still needs to be learned abotu the potential health and environmental effects of nanoscale materials.
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: No Small Matter
How do you take pictures of objects that are too small to photograph? We'll talk with the authors of an image-heavy book about nanoscience.
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Small Things Considered
We'll talk about recent developments and directions for research in the fields of nanomaterials and nanotechnology.