Rough Nano-Wires Hold the Secret to Efficient Heat to Electricity Conversion

"...appliances that charge using your own body heat may be on the horizon." Read on... (Cool photo too).

Forces Out Of Nothing: Nano-scale Mechanical Switches Or Sensors Now Possible

The Casimir effect can be used to cancel out forces which cause trouble with nanomachines, according to scientists at the Max Planck Institute in Stuttgart. More.