This new microscope technology uses helium ions to generate the signal used to image extremely small objects, a technique analogous to the scanning electron microscope, which was first introduced commercially in the 1960s. Paradoxically, although helium ions are far larger than electrons, they can provide higher resolution images with higher contrast.
Sep 3rd, 2008
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Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Seoul National University (SNU) have learned how to tweak a new class of polymer-based semiconductors to better control the location and alignment of the components of the blend.
Sep 3rd, 2008
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Researchers want to know if particles can be transported through food chain.
Sep 3rd, 2008
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Futuropolis 2058 conference will be during week-long celebration of opening of Fusionopolis, Singapore's science and technology powerhouse
Sep 3rd, 2008
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Scientists have detected previously unnoticed chemical signals that individual cells in the immune system use to communicate with each other over short distances.
Sep 3rd, 2008
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MIT researchers may have found a way to overcome a key barrier to the advent of super-fast quantum computers, which could be powerful tools for applications such as code breaking.
Sep 3rd, 2008
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UCLA scientists have succeeded in making unique nanoscale droplets that are much smaller than a human cell and can potentially be used to deliver pharmaceuticals.
Sep 3rd, 2008
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Three Johns Hopkins University researchers affiliated with the Institute for NanoBioTechnology hope to gain some insight by studying the ability of nanometals to access lung tissues, their potential to trigger pro-inflammatory reactions by cells that line the lung airways, and even the extent to which workers are exposed in a nanomaterials manufacturing setting.
Sep 3rd, 2008
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Seven pioneering scientists who have transformed human knowledge in the fields of nanoscience, neuroscience and astrophysics will receive the first Kavli Prize awarded by the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.
Sep 3rd, 2008
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Nanophotonics pioneer honored for contributions to nanoparticle synthesis
Sep 3rd, 2008
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The Honourable Jim Prentice, Minister of Industry, today announced federal government support for the research and development of next-generation nanotechnology-based coatings for the multinational Joint Strike Fighter program.
Sep 3rd, 2008
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Dr. Marcus Conrad of the Institute of Clinical Molecular Biology and Tumor Genetics at the Helmholtz Zentrum Munich has decrypted the molecular mechanism through which the death of cells is caused by oxidative stress.
Sep 3rd, 2008
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Der Cluster 'Cool Silicon - Energy Efficiency Innovations from Silicon Saxony' ist einer der Sieger des mit 200 Millionen Euro dotierten bundesweitem Spitzencluster-Wettbewerb.
Sep 3rd, 2008
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Wissenschaftler wollen die grundlegenden Mechanismen der Reibung verstehen und untersuchen die Prozesse auf allerkleinster Ebene: im Nanobereich.
Sep 3rd, 2008
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According to a new paper in the latest issue of Optics Express, the Optical Society's open-access journal, certain materials underneath an invisibility cloak would allow invisible objects be seen again.
Sep 3rd, 2008
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Electrons have something in common with people: the more information they acquire about their setting, the more they become aware of their individuality and the more belonging to a group loses its importance. As a result, the coherent harmony that binds the electrons into a fixed relationship with their environment is lost.
Sep 2nd, 2008
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