Just a single foreign atom located in the vicinity of a molecule can change spatial arrangement of its atoms. In a spectacular experiment, an international team of researchers was able to change persistently positions of the nuclei of hydrogen atoms in a porphycene molecule by approaching a single copper atom to the molecule.
Jan 16th, 2014
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Researchers from the Shanghai institute of Ceramics have developed a new paper which is resistant to fire and high temperatures. They made this new substance from a calcium phosphate compound, hydroxyapatite. the paper can be used for both printing and writing.
Jan 16th, 2014
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Researchers located at the University of Wollongong's Australian Institute for Innovative Materials facility have successfully fabricated single-atom-layer silicene for the first time in Australia.
Jan 16th, 2014
Read moreFirst therapy to target damage after heart attack could transform field.
Jan 15th, 2014
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What's likely to be the 'next big thing'? What might be the most fertile areas for innovation? Where should countries and companies invest their limited research funds? What technology areas are a company's competitors pursuing?
Jan 15th, 2014
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A technique developed at Berkeley Lab's Advanced Light Source makes it possible for the first time to selectively study the electronic structure of buried interfaces in multilayer nanodevices. The technique is called Standing Wave Angle-Resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy.
Jan 15th, 2014
Read moreComputer security systems may one day get a boost from quantum physics, as a result of recent research from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Computer scientist Yi-Kai Liu has devised a way to make a security device that has proved notoriously difficult to build - a 'one-shot' memory unit, whose contents can be read only a single time.
Jan 15th, 2014
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Using an approach akin to assembling a club sandwich at the nanoscale, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) researchers have succeeded in crafting a uniform, multi-walled carbon-nanotube-based coating that greatly reduces the flammability of foam commonly used in upholstered furniture and other soft furnishings.
Jan 15th, 2014
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An AFM's cantilever has a fine tip that can be used to map surfaces at the nanoscale. The movements of the tip are monitored using laser light reflected from the cantilever. If you could manufacture a hollow cantilever and pass a liquid through it, as happens in a fountain pen, then you could kill two birds with one stone.
Jan 15th, 2014
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The newly developed method involves a chemical modification of a known thiol-stabilized gold nanoparticle, the so-called Au102 cluster.
Jan 15th, 2014
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As if being sick weren't bad enough, there's also the fear of frequent injections, side effects and overdosing on you medication. Now a team of researchers from University of Copenhagen, Department of Chemistry, Nano- science center and the Institut Laue-Langevin, have shown that reservoirs of anti-viral pharmaceuticals could be manufactured to bind specifically to infected tissue such as cancer cells for the slow concentrated delivery of drug treatments.
Jan 15th, 2014
Read moreBetter insulation materials are a money and energy saver for all. A new collaborative project is set to address the need. The partners will study insulation materials at the atomic level and devise solutions for a major climate challenge.
Jan 15th, 2014
Read moren just seconds, a low-cost porous organic polymer can cut toxic metal concentrations in water to inconsequential levels.
Jan 15th, 2014
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Research team applies award-winning SLIPS, a super-repellent coating, to off-the-rack fabrics.
Jan 14th, 2014
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Storing more and more in an ever-smaller space - what sounds impossible is in fact just part of the daily routine in information technology, where for decades, increasing amounts of data have been successfully stored on media with ever higher densities. An international team has now discovered a physical phenomenon that could prove suitable for use in further data aggregation.
Jan 14th, 2014
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Researches demonstrate that graphene 2.0 can barely be made.
Jan 14th, 2014
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