 A look into the nanoscale June 23, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 19 vote(s)
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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory researchers have captured time-series snapshots of a solid as it evolves on the ultra-fast timescale.
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 Physicists Store Images in Vapor June 23, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 89 vote(s)
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Books are written on solid pieces of paper for an obvious reason: the atoms in a solid don’t move around much, keeping the words and pictures in place for centuries. Trying to store letters and images in a ... | |
 Microwave Synthesis Connects With the (Quantum) Dots June 11, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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Materials researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have developed a simplified, low-cost process for producing high-quality, water-soluble “quantum dots” for biological research. By ... | |
 Stripes key to nanoparticle drug delivery June 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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In work that could at the same time impact the delivery of drugs and explain a biological mystery, MIT engineers have created the first synthetic nanoparticles that can penetrate a cell without poking a hole ... | |
 New Nanowire-Based Memory Could Beef Up Information Storage July 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 45 vote(s)
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Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania have created a type of nanowire-based information storage device that is capable of storing three bit values rather than the usual two—that is, "0," "1," and ... | |
Nanotechnology, biomolecules and light unite to 'cook' cancer cells June 16, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 20 vote(s)
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Researchers are testing a new way to kill cancer cells selectively by attaching cancer-seeking antibodies to tiny carbon tubes that heat up when exposed to near-infrared light. | |
 Researchers form metal nanoparticles into porous structures June 27, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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For 5,000 years or so, the only way to shape metal has been to "heat and beat." Even in modern nanotechnology, working with metals involves carving with electron beams or etching with acid.
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 Visualizing atomic-scale acoustic wavesin nanostructures July 03, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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Acoustic waves play many everyday roles - from communication between people to ultrasound imaging. Now the highest frequency acoustic waves in materials, with nearly atomic-scale wavelengths, promise to be ... | |
 New paper offers insights into 'blinking' phenomena July 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 24 vote(s)
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A new paper by a team of researchers led by University of Notre Dame physicist Bolizsár Jankó provides an overview of research into one of the few remaining unsolved problems of quantum mechanics. | |
 Super strong antimicrobial coatings for medicine, defense July 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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One of the world' strongest materials meets one of Nature's most powerful germ killers in a new research project that produced incredibly tough anti-bacterial surfaces with multiple applications in home appliances, ... | |
 A better image for plastic solar cells July 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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A new way to help technologists develop efficient and inexpensive plastic electronic devices, such as plastic solar cells and a new type of transistor was showcased by physicist Andrea Liscio, who is supported ... | |
University of Pennsylvania engineers reveal what makes diamonds slippery at the nanoscale June 23, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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They call diamonds "ice," and not just because they sparkle. Engineers and physicists have long studied diamond because even though the material is as hard as an ice ball to the head, diamond slips and slides with remarkably ... | |
 'Super paper:' New nanopaper more break-resistant than cast iron June 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 43 vote(s)
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Researchers in Sweden and Japan report development of a new type of paper that resists breaking when pulled almost as well as cast iron. The new material, called "cellulose nanopaper," is made of sub-microscopic ... | |
 Tethered molecules act as light-driven reversible nanoswitches June 23, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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Our ability to see is based on molecules in the eye that flip from one conformation to another when exposed to visible light. Now, a new technique for attaching light-sensitive organic molecules to metal ... | |
 New nano technique significantly boosts boiling efficiency June 26, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 33 vote(s)
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Whoever penned the old adage "a watched pot never boils" surely never tried to heat up water in a pot lined with copper nanorods. | |
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