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Nanotechnology and your views

What are the implications of nanotechnology for the general public? What use is it to them? What are the risks and benefits? These are the types of questions that an online Knowledge Debate hopes to provoke.

Under the Microscope #4 – Liquid crystals

Dr Tim Wilkinson is combining liquid crystals with nanotechnology to try and create 3D displays which would look like real life.

Weaving electronics into the fabric of our physical world

The integration of electronics with materials opens up a world of possibilities, the surface of which is just being scratched. Professor Arokia Nathan has joined the University to take up a new Chair in Engineering, where he will be exploring the application of research that allows us to glimpse a world rivalling our wildest dreams of the future.

Research reveals shocking new way to create nanoporous materials

Research demonstrates simple, scaleable method with realistic capability of industrial cross-over.

Physics of sustainability programme launched

Funded by a £20 million donation from David Harding, the Winton Programme for the Physics of Sustainability aims to address some of the major challenges affecting the modern world.

Organic solar cells

How can the cost of solar cells be reduced enough to make them a feasible source of large-scale renewable energy? The answer is to make them thin.

Squeezing more from light: coupling nanoscience and photonics

Cambridge's new NanoPhotonics Centre is creating novel properties of light and matter at the nanoscale.

Brushing up on soft materials for nanotechnology

Taking their cue from the building blocks of life, Cambridge chemists are assembling polymers that move.

Morph: reshaping phones of the future

A joint nanotechnology partnership between the University of Cambridge and Nokia has unveiled its concept for the future of mobile phones.