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Now in 3-D: Video of virus-sized particle trying to enter cell (w/video)

Tiny and swift, viruses are hard to capture on video. Now researchers at Princeton University have achieved an unprecedented look at a virus-like particle as it tries to break into and infect a cell.

Feb 25th, 2014

Silver gone astray - nanoparticles in environment

A recent study conducted by the Swiss National Science Foundation revealed that the bulk of silver nanoparticles is retained in wastewater treatment plants, only little is known about the persistence and the impact of the residual nano-silver in the environment.

Feb 25th, 2014

How to create selective holes in graphene

New technique developed at MIT produces highly selective filter materials, could lead to more efficient desalination.

Feb 25th, 2014

SUNY NanoCollege expands photoresist research with new partnership

Kumho scientists to leverage CNSE's state-of-the-art facilities for advanced photoresist R+D to enable next-generation computer chips.

Feb 24th, 2014

On the road to Mottronics

'Mottronics' is a term seemingly destined to become familiar to aficionados of electronic gadgets. Named for the Nobel laureate Nevill Francis Mott, Mottronics involve materials - mostly metal oxides - that can be induced to transition between electrically conductive and insulating phases.

Feb 24th, 2014

Revealing secrets of exploding clusters

The investigation of cluster explosion dynamics under intense extreme-ultraviolet (XUV) pulses has so far been limited to large scale facilities like free-electron lasers. In a recent publication it was shown that the research on clusters is now also possible with intense XUV pulses obtained in a laboratory-scale environment with a newly developed light source that makes use of the high-order harmonic generation process.

Feb 24th, 2014

European consortium to address directed self assembly for chip industry

The just-launched PLACYD Project, coordinated by Arkema, is working on a unique block copolymer materials line to address all necessary building blocks, such as metrology, inspection and design tools, to accelerate the adoption of directed self-assembly technology by the semiconductor industry.

Feb 24th, 2014

Researchers characterize graphene's bonding effect on platinum nanoparticles

Physicists have found that platinum nanoparticles limit their size and organize into specific patterns when bonded to freestanding graphene.

Feb 24th, 2014

A fast and effective mechanism to combat an aggressive cancer

Tel Aviv University targets drug-resistant ovarian tumors with nanotechnology.

Feb 24th, 2014

Copolymerization of metal nanoparticles for the production of colloidal plasmonic copolymers

An international team of researchers have presented a report about the copolymerization of gold nanorods of various sizes as well as gold and palladium nanorods.

Feb 24th, 2014

Researchers 'design for failure' with model material

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have devised a method to study stress at the macro and micro scales at the same time, using a model system in which microscopic particles stand in for molecules.

Feb 24th, 2014

New biological scaffold home, sweet home, for stem cells

Researchers have persuaded fibroblasts, cells that makes the extracellular matrix, to make a a well-organized scaffold. Its fibers are a mere 80 nanometers across, similar to fibers in a natural matrix.

Feb 24th, 2014

Microanalysis technique makes the most of small nanoparticle samples

Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have demonstrated that they can make sensitive chemical analyses of minute samples of nanoparticles by, essentially, roasting them on top of a quartz crystal.