Scientists can now take a peek into a single plant cell and - within minutes - get a view of the small molecules, including metabolites, hormones, nutrients, and lipids, inside it.
Aug 27th, 2015
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Discovery of a compound that undergoes a colorimetric response to a whole host of different ions. However, the most remarkable facet of the chemistry is that the detecting species is not made directly by the scientist, but because the response spontaneously self-assembles to give a sensor for each specific anion.
Aug 27th, 2015
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Physicists succeeded in synthesizing boron-doped graphene nanoribbons and characterizing their structural, electronic and chemical properties. The modified material could potentially be used as a sensor for the ecologically damaging nitrogen oxides.
Aug 27th, 2015
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Silicon electronics faces a challenge: the latest circuits measure just 7nm wide - between a red blood cell (7,500nm) and a single strand of DNA (2.5nm). The size of individual silicon atoms (around 0.2nm) would be a hard physical limit (with circuits one atom wide), but its behaviour becomes unstable and difficult to control before then.
Aug 27th, 2015
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Physicists have found a radical new way confine electromagnetic energy without it leaking away, akin to throwing a pebble into a pond with no splash.
Aug 27th, 2015
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Miniscule artificial scaffolding units made from nano-fibre polymers and built to house plant cells have enabled scientists to see for the first time how individual plant cells behave and interact with each other in a three-dimensional environment.
Aug 26th, 2015
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The University of Nottingham is to lead a GBP6.5m research project which aims to make the leap from 2D to 3D in the development of advanced materials and realise the true potential of regenerative medicine and medical devices for the future.
Aug 26th, 2015
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Researchers are using high-performance computing to simulate the processes that take place during the first moments of photosynthesis.
Aug 26th, 2015
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By using supercomputers, researchers create virtual atomic models that interact under different conditions before being taken to the real world, allowing savings in time and money.
Aug 26th, 2015
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Researchers demonstrate a novel method to build microscopic robots with complex shapes and functionalities.
Aug 26th, 2015
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Simulations show why platinum nanoparticles become less effective catalysts at small sizes.
Aug 26th, 2015
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More efficient chips based on plasmonics are a step closer to reality through better control of the directional excitation of plasmons in a gold grating.
Aug 26th, 2015
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Scientists have caught a glimpse of the elusive toxic form of the Alzheimer's molecule, during its attempt to bore into the outer covering of a cell decoy, using a new method involving laser light and fat-coated silver nanoparticles.
Aug 25th, 2015
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LEGO2NANO aims to bring the world of nanotechnology to school classrooms by initiating projects to develop low-cost scientific instruments such as the Open AFM - an open-source atomic force microscope assembled from cheap, off-the-shelf electronic components, Arduino, Lego and 3D printable parts.
Aug 25th, 2015
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A new technique to measure ultrcold atoms works by inserting an optical nanofiber into a cold atomic cloud.
Aug 25th, 2015
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Scientists combined two techniques to determine the structure of cyanostar, a new abiological molecule that captures unwanted negative ions in solutions.
Aug 25th, 2015
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