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Correcting a trick of the light brings molecules into view

Conventional wisdom holds that optical microscopy can't be used to 'see' something as small as an individual molecule. But science has once again overturned conventional wisdom. Secretary of Energy, Nobel laureate and former director of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Steven Chu led the development of a technique that enables the use of optical microscopy to image objects or the distance between them with resolutions as small as 0.5 nanometers - one-half of one billionth of a meter, or an order of magnitude smaller than the previous best.

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Nanotubes pass acid test

Rice researchers' method untangles long tubes, clears hurdle toward armchair quantum wire.

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Public consultation on scientific basis for a definition of the term 'nanomaterial'

The European Commission has requested the Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks (SCENIHR) to provide advice on the essential elements of a science-based working definition of "nanomaterials" and, specifically, to identify the most appropriate metrics to define materials at nanoscale, taking into account reported size ranges and other relevant characteristics and corresponding metrics, characteristics, physico-chemical properties and thresholds.

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Nanobiotechnology doctoral program in Munich

The International Doctoral Program NanoBioTechnology (IDK-NBT) is a doctoral excellence program administrated by LMU's Center for NanoScience (CeNS). It offers outstanding graduates interdisciplinary research conditions and excellent education in the highly promising field of nanobiotechnology.

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Chemical element 112 is named Copernicium

Christening ceremony at the place of discovery, the GSI Helmholtzzentrum fuer Schwerionenforschung in Darmstadt .

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Moving polymers through nanopores

The movement of long chain polymers through nanopores is a key part of many biological processes, including the transport of RNA, DNA, and proteins. New research describes an improved theoretical model for this type of motion.

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Rainbow trapping in light pulses

A group of scientists at Nanjing University in China have shown how a rather wide spectrum of light -- a rainbow of radiation -- can be trapped in a single structure.

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Submarines could use nanotechnology for sonar and stealth

Speakers made from carbon nanotube sheets that are a fraction of the width of a human hair can both generate sound and cancel out noise - properties ideal for submarine sonar to probe the ocean depths and make subs invisible to enemies.

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Adding a bit of graphene to battery materials could dramatically cut the time it takes to recharge electronics

New battery materials developed by the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Vorbeck Materials Corp. could enable electric vehicles, power tools and even cell phones to recharge in minutes rather than hours.

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Record efficiencies for large-area epitaxial thin-film silicon solar cells

Imec realized large-area (70cm2) epitaxial solar cells with efficiencies of up to 16.3% on high-quality substrates. And efficiencies of up to 14.7% were achieved on large-area low-quality substrates, showing the potential of thin-film epitaxial solar cells for industrial manufacturing.

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Imec reports breakthrough in narrow pitch interconnects

Imec sets major step towards 20nm half pitch interconnects with the realization of electrically functional copper lines embedded into silicon oxide using a spacer-defined double patterning approach.

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EUV mask cleaning program on track towards EUV mass manufacturing

Imec today reports promising results in its Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography (EUV) mask cleaning program for defect-free EUV masks which are crucial in achieving high chip manufacturing yield.

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Nanotechnology-based personal care products and brands on the rise

The new report 'Can Nanotech Unlock the Fountain of Youth?', finds that the beauty industry has begun to make an aggressive foray into nanotechnology, using tiny molecular compounds to improve the performance of creams, sunscreens, shampoos and other personal-care products.

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Semiconductor Research Corporation creates industry and university collaboration for energy research

New initiative dedicated to enabling reliable, affordable, energy-efficient systems.

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Observation of atomic processes identifies how fullerenes push their way under graphene surfaces

HZB researchers observe atomic processes while doping semicon-ductor materials.

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Nanotechnology professor Franco Cerrina found dead in his lab

Franco Cerrina, 62, chair of the College of Engineering's electrical and computer engineering department, was found dead Monday morning in a laboratory on the fifth floor of the Photonics Center.

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