A new technique lets scientists efficiently resolve elements' locations in three dimensions. The technique combines scanning transmission electron microscopy and X-ray energy dispersive spectrometry with a new detector arrangement and a brighter electron beam. The result is a three-dimensional map of the elements' placement on a sample smaller than a single blood cell.
Posted: Sep 10th, 2013
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Chemists, physicists and computer scientists at the University of Warwick have come together to devise a new powerful and very versatile way of controlling the speed and direction of motion of microscopic structures in water using what they have dubbed chemically 'motorised microscopic matchsticks'.
Posted: Sep 10th, 2013
Read moreA revolutionary new solar energy technology that turns water into steam without boiling the entire container of water has become the basis for new devices to sanitize medical and dental instruments and human waste in developing countries.
Posted: Sep 10th, 2013
Read moreScientists at the University of Southampton are to study the 3D architecture of healthy human tissues down to the nanometre scale (one billionth of a meter), to develop regenerative cell techniques for musculoskeletal repair.
Posted: Sep 10th, 2013
Read moreCommercial uses for ultraviolet (UV) light are growing, and now a new kind of LED under development at The Ohio State University could lead to more portable and low-cost uses of the technology.
Posted: Sep 9th, 2013
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Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania have demonstrated a new mechanism for extracting energy from light, a finding that could improve technologies for generating electricity from solar energy and lead to more efficient optoelectronic devices used in communications.
Posted: Sep 9th, 2013
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A wide range of biologically inspired materials may now be possible by combining protein studies, materials science and RNA sequencing, according to an international team of researchers.
Posted: Sep 9th, 2013
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A nanoparticle shaped like a spiky ball, with magnetic properties, has been uncovered in a new method of synthesising carbon nanotubes by physicists at Queen Mary University of London and the University of Kent.
Posted: Sep 9th, 2013
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New method could help to reconnect injured organs or build functional human tissues from the ground up.
Posted: Sep 9th, 2013
Read moreMaking large quantities of reliable, inexpensive nanoparticles for batteries, solar cells, catalysts and other energy applications has proven challenging due to manufacturing limits. A Cornell research team is working to improve such processes with a $1.5 million National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to support scalable nanomanufacturing and device integration.
Posted: Sep 9th, 2013
Read moreOne of the world's largest graphene manufacturers has agreed a £5m collaborative research partnership to open its European base at The University of Manchester.
Posted: Sep 9th, 2013
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The Basque cooperative research centre for microtechnologies, CIC microGUNE, is investigating new technology applications in the field known as femtosecond laser technology.
Posted: Sep 9th, 2013
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Scientists at the Vienna University of Technology manage to study the physics that connect the classical the quantum world.
Posted: Sep 9th, 2013
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Researchers develop new imaging technique to study the function of entire nervous systems.
Posted: Sep 9th, 2013
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After touch screens, researchers demonstrate electronic recording and replay of human touch.
Posted: Sep 7th, 2013
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Researchers have recently developed a method by which different crystals can be separated by their density in a magnetic field. They have now demonstrated the extraordinary efficiency of separation through 'magnetic levitation'.
Posted: Sep 7th, 2013
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