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It's interesting to see how the mainstream media views nanotechnology. If the media in your part of the world does a story on nanotechnology please let us know about it here. We want the good, the bad and the ugly side of nanotechnology and science reporting.

Only a week or so ago I wrote a piece for the MyAZoNano newsletter that included my thoughts that we would see nanotechnology driven advances in solar energy resulting in widespread adoption of solar electricity. The result would be a dwindling demand for coal fired electricity as homes and businesses become electricity self sufficient.

It seems that with a bit of forward thinking, this could well come quicker than even I was considering. Problems with electricity supply in Sydney, Australia ha… Continue

Some sporting equipment loaded with nanotechnology is set to make its debut at the Beijing Olympics. Nanotechnology in sporting goods is nothing new with carbon nanotubes being used in bats and racquets for some time, nanotechnology being employed to keep balls 'fresher' and a host of other things. But according to the team at Wired, there are some new nanotechnology tricks in the kit bag.

There are the super light Adidas Lone Star running shoes with "asymmetr… Continue

Wired Magazine has place a photo gallery on their website looking at a nanofabrication process.

Go here for a sneak peek inside the nano lab at UCLA

Nanosurf have released a picture of their Martian creature, Surfi, showing off the first AFM image from Mars.

Here's Surfi.