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Laser surgery probe targets individual cancer cells

Mechanical engineering Assistant Professor Adela Ben-Yakar at The University of Texas at Austin has developed a laser 'microscalpel' that destroys a single cell while leaving nearby cells intact, which could improve the precision of surgeries for cancer, epilepsy and other diseases.

Jun 24th, 2008

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Laser light as coolant for semiconductors

A team of scientists has just carried out the first detailed experimental study regarding photoluminescence up-conversion in semiconductor nanostructures. Based on this, the development of a vibration-free cooling of semiconductors might be possible.

Jun 24th, 2008

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Upgrading Li-battery performance via nanotechnology

To meet the demand for batteries having higher energy density and improved cycle characteristics, in recent years, a great deal of attempt has been made to develop new electrode materials or design new structures of electrode materials.

Jun 24th, 2008

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Team teaching from a distance works for emerging nanotechnology field

It has been little more than 20 years since the discovery of buckyballs, hollow spherical molecules made entirely of carbon atoms, which serve as the starting point for this field of study. In 1996, Richard Errett Smalley won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the breakthrough. While there have been accomplishments at the pinnacle of academics in this emerging field, there is still a need for more accessible introductory curricula.

Jun 24th, 2008

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A look into the nanoscale

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory researchers have captured time-series snapshots of a solid as it evolves on the ultra-fast timescale.

Jun 23rd, 2008

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Ultrafast look into atoms and molecules

New record in ultrafast metrology: Physicists at Max-Planck Institute of Quantum Optics and the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich are the first to produce light pulses lasting only 80 attoseconds.

Jun 23rd, 2008

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