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Seeing gold in tumors

Researchers at The University of Western Australia and Griffith University's Institute for Glycomics describe how using two imaging techniques allows scientists to see where gold complexes used in potential chemotherapeutic treatments end up in cells.

Aug 8th, 2011

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Light unlocks fragrance

At a recent Gordon Research Conference, Anna Gudmundsdottir described the work of her research team, including efforts to build organic magnets, and systems using light to release chemicals, including fragarances.

Aug 8th, 2011

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Flowing structures in soft crystals

A liquid does not have to be a disordered bunch of particles: A team of researchers at Vienna University of Technology (TU Vienna) and the University of Vienna has discovered intriguing structures formed by tiny particles floating in liquids. Under mechanical strain, particle clusters in liquids can spontaneously form strings and dramatically alter the properties of the liquid.

Aug 8th, 2011

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An octave spanning chip-based optical ruler

New microresonators produce light over a range of more than an octave and are at the same time precisely tunable. This achievement brings a variety of applications into reach, such as optical telecommunications or the precise calibration of spectrographs in astrophysics.

Aug 8th, 2011

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Wo Elektronen im Stau stehen

Der duennste Draht der Welt, hergestellt aus purem Gold, wird von Physikern der Universitaeten Wuerzburg und Kassel untersucht. Fuer Aufsehen sorgt jetzt seine ungewoehnliche elektrische Leitfaehigkeit: Die Elektronen bewegen sich nicht frei durch den Draht, sondern wie Autos im Stop-and-Go-Verkehr.

Aug 8th, 2011

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