When most people think about nanotechnology, they conjure visions of really tiny robots that could cruise through a person’s bloodstream looking for pathogens to fight. One worry, fostered by… ...

Miniscule magnetic nanobots that can travel deep inside the brain to repair deadly aneurysms have been created by the University of Edinburgh. The sphere-shaped nanobots, which are about a 20th of ...

Sixteen years later, nanobots like the ones on “The X-Files” are now a real thing. And although the microscopic critters are still a bit creepy, scientists say the technology could have a ...

If you think BIND-014 seems a little too passive to qualify as a nanobot, you might be more excited by the stunning nanoparticles created by Avi Schroeder, Michael S. Goldberg, and Christian ...

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The nanobots, millions of magnetic nanoparticles, can change their form to whatever environment they're interacting with. They can reportedly extend, shrink, split and merge, in their swarm.

In “The Singularity Is Nearer: When We Merge With AI,” the spiritual sequel to his (in)famous first book, Ray Kurzweil doubles down on the promise of immortality.

Researchers developed self-propelled nanobots powered by a waste substance in urine that penetrate bladder tumors. After one dose, tumors in mouse models shrank by almost 90%, opening the door to ...