Joint research on super-resolution microscopy from the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) and the University of Cambridge has been selected as a highlight of 2013 by the Journal of Optics, making it freely available to view online.
Feb 12th, 2014
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The Spanish foundation BBVA honors Haider, together with Prof. Harald Rose, senior professor at Ulm University, and Prof. Knut Urban, Forschungszentrum J�lich, for the development of a new generation of so-called aberration-corrected electron microscopes that reach resolutions in the atomic range.
Feb 12th, 2014
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According to Fourier's law, heat spreads evenly throughout a system. For two- and one-dimensional objects such as films or the finest of wires, however, other rules seem to apply. Scientists have now pinned these down.
Feb 12th, 2014
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Adding carbon gives iron-platinum nanocrystals the ideal optical properties for heat-assisted magnetic recording.
Feb 12th, 2014
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Nanoparticles with a core-shell structure can minimize the overheating of cells during bioimaging experiments.
Feb 12th, 2014
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Simulating the magnetic properties of nanostructures could help to design electronic memories with increased storage capacity.
Feb 12th, 2014
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Scientists have used both simulations and experiments to investigate the nonlocal effects displayed by electrons in metal nanostructures.
Feb 12th, 2014
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Molecular physicists from Radboud University Nijmegen have produced images of the changes in direction of colliding nitrogen monoxide molecules (NO) with unprecedented sharpness. By combining a Stark decelerator with advanced imaging techniques, they were able to obtain very high resolution images of the collision processes.
Feb 11th, 2014
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Scientists have discovered that a polymer can provide a key to get into tumors: They have developed a new paradigm to home nanoparticles, containers that measure a few 100 nanometers in size, to endothelial cells.
Feb 11th, 2014
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Researchers at the University of Vienna unveiled the superconducting pairing mechanism in Calcium doped graphene using the ARPES method.
Feb 11th, 2014
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By varying the geometry of the nanoholes in plasmonic color filters - their diameter, shape, periodicity and pattern - it is possible to control the colors that are transmitted and to create transmit a broad spectrum of colors for imaging applications.
Feb 11th, 2014
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CEA-Leti today announced the launch of PIEZOMAT, a research project funded by the European Commission to design and implement a new technology of fingerprint sensor that enables ultra-high resolution reconstruction of the smallest features of human fingerprints.
Feb 11th, 2014
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Researchers have designed nanoparticles with one half formed of gold branches and the other of silicon oxide. They are a kind of Janus particle, so-called in honour of the Roman god with two faces, which could be used in phototherapy in the future to treat tumours.
Feb 11th, 2014
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Mit Hilfe eines Tricks ist es Physikern aus Kassel und Japan gelungen, die Bewegung von Atomen in Bismut quasi zu filmen und zu manipulieren - ein Zwischenschritt zur Entwicklung ultraschneller Schalter auf atomarer Skala.
Feb 11th, 2014
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Physicists at the University of Basel have observed a spontaneous magnetic order of electron and nuclear spins in a quantum wire at temperatures of 0.1 kelvin. In the past, this was possible only at much lower temperatures, typically in the microkelvin range.
Feb 11th, 2014
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Inspired by tiny particles that carry cholesterol through the body, MIT chemical engineers have designed nanoparticles that can deliver snippets of genetic material that turn off disease-causing genes.
Feb 11th, 2014
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