The semiconductor, called a plasmon, can focus light the size of a single protein in a space that is smaller than half its wavelength while maintaining laser-like qualities that allow it to not dissipate over time.
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Physicists face the daunting task of developing new, reliable ways of measuring extreme low temperatures.
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Dip ordinary paper into ink infused with nanotubes and nanowires to create an instant battery.
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The findings could dramatically improve the speed and sensitivity of tests used to detect cancer biomarkers, blood disorders, viruses and other diseases.
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Together with nine students who were awarded degrees in May, the total of 24 CNSE students who received graduate degrees during 2009 represents the largest number of graduates since the first class was admitted at CNSE in September 2004.
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An ultra-high-resolution imaging technique using X-ray diffraction is a step closer to fulfilling its promise as a window on nanometer-scale structures in biological samples.
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University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers have achieved a nanoscale laser structure they anticipate will produce semiconductor lasers in the next two years that are more than twice as efficient as current continuous-wave lasers emitting in the mid-infrared.
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New imaging technique to change the way we see disease.
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Wissenschaftler der Kieler Universitaet haben in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Berliner Max-Planck-Institut fuer Infektionsbiologie herausgefunden, wie kleine regulatorische RNAs in Methan-produzierenden Einzellern funktionieren.
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Researchers at Burnham Institute for Medical Research at University of California, Santa Barbara have identified a peptide (a chain of amino acids) that specifically recognizes and penetrates cancerous tumors but not normal tissues.
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MIT researchers have developed a new way to tune the frequency of lasers that operate in the terahertz spectrum. The result is an important step toward airport scanners that could tell whether a vial in a closed suitcase contains aspirin, methamphetamines or an explosive.
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Research team discovers a new use for metamaterials that promises to eliminate mechanical friction in nanotechnology.
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Very often in science, the unexpected discovery turns out to be the most significant. Rice University Professor Junichiro Kono and his team weren't looking for a breakthrough in the transmission of terahertz signals, but there it was: a plasmonic material that would, with adjustments to its temperature and/or magnetic field, either stop a terahertz beam cold or let it pass completely.
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When are we sufficiently protected from danger? Does the state ensure that risks are kept to a minimum? The question about how far state risk prevention can go and the degree of safety that state measures can, may and must offer is raised not only in the field of consumer health protection.
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Tata Chemicals today unveils Tata Swach - a unique and innovative water purifier.
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Researchers from Yale University and Mirna Therapeutics, Inc., reversed the growth of lung tumors in mice using a naturally occurring tumor suppressor microRNA.
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