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Acoustic tweezers can position tiny objects

(PhysOrg.com) -- Manipulating tiny objects like single cells or nanosized beads often requires relatively large, unwieldy equipment, but now a system that uses sound as a tiny tweezers can be small enough ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Aug 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 1




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Physicists develop nano-level sound detector

(PhysOrg.com) -- For a couple of decades now, physicists have known that if a very small laser beam is pointed at a microscopic particle, it could be held in place due to the very small electrical field that ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2 | with audio podcast report

The shell makes the difference

(PhysOrg.com) -- Contrast echography is a commonly used medical imaging technique that is used to show up abnormal blood circulation in organs and tumours. The method makes use of ultrasound and a contrast ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Apr 12, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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