New research a 'pore' excuse for engineering
Nanoscale materials has great potential for developments in microelectronics or drug delivery systems
Mar 21/06
by Nicolle Wahl

A new study by chemists and engineers at the University of Toronto describes a nanoscale material they’ve created that could help satisfy society’s never-ending hunger for smaller digital devices and cell phones, and could even lead to new methods for delivering medications via skin patches. (…)
http://www.engineering.utoronto.ca/English/New-research-a-pore-excuse-for-engineering.html

Nanotechnologists’ new plastic can see in the dark
Infrared-sensitive material could lead to better use of solar spectrum
by Sonnet L’Abbé

Imagine a home with “smart” walls responsive to the environment in the room, a digital camera sensitive enough to work in the dark, or clothing with the capacity to turn the sun’s power into electrical energy. Researchers at University of Toronto have invented an infrared-sensitive material that could shortly turn these possibilities into realities. (…)
http://www.engineering.utoronto.ca/English/Nanotechnologists--new-plastic-can-see-in-the-dark.html

Nano paint could boost antiterrorism, rescue efforts
New technology may be used to detect cancer in the first cells to become malignant
by Karen Kelly

Night vision technology could become extremely precise thanks to an inexpensive water-based material capable of boosting particles of light in the infrared spectrum, say University of Toronto researchers. The material has the potential to enhance infrared images tenfold by coating lenses with a film a 10th of a millimetre thick and powering the material with a laser. (…)
http://www.engineering.utoronto.ca/English/Nano-paint-could-boost-antiterrorism-rescue-efforts.html

Nanotechnology to Supercharge Internet
Canadian researchers have shown that nanotechnology can be used to pave the way to a supercharged Internet based entirely on light. The discovery could lead to a network 100 times faster than today's. (…)
http://www.engineering.utoronto.ca/English/Nanotechnology-to-Supercharge-Internet.html 
 

In Professor Warren Chan's laboratory, nanosized quantum dots light up like multicoloured fireflies when exposed to ultraviolet light. But it’s nothing compared with how Chan’s face lights up when he talks about his goals for these microscopic particles — making it possible to detect, target and kill cancer cells. (…)
http://www.engineering.utoronto.ca/English/Stepping-Into-the-Light.html