News tagged with force microscopy
Scientists Image the 'Anatomy' of a Molecule (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time, IBM researchers in Zurich, Switzerland, have taken a 3D image of an individual molecule. Using an atomic force microscope, the researchers constructed a "force map" of ...
Aug 28, 2009 |
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Northwestern research team turns theory of static electricity on its head
(PhysOrg.com) -- Bartosz Grzybowski, a physical chemist at Northwestern University, and his team of colleagues offer evidence in a paper published in Science, that shows that what scientists have believed to be ...
Jun 29, 2011 |
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Nanotechnologists form near-frictionless diamond material
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Wisconsin-Madison and IBM Research-Zürich have fabricated an ultra sharp, diamond-like carbon tip possessing such high strength that it is 3,000 ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Feb 25, 2010 |
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Nanostructure of 5,000-year-old mummy skin reveals insight into mummification process
(PhysOrg.com) -- Using cutting-edge microscopy techniques, researchers have gained insight into how human mummies can be extremely well-preserved for thousands of years. A team of scientists from Germany and ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Apr 20, 2010 |
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DNA engine observed in real-time traveling along base pair track
In a complex feat of nanoengineering, a team of scientists at Kyoto University and the University of Oxford have succeeded in creating a programable molecular transport system, the workings of which can be observed in real ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Feb 06, 2011 |
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Cryo-electron microscope 'sees' atoms for first time
(PhysOrg.com) -- UCLA researchers report in the April 30 edition of the journal Cell that they have imaged a virus structure at a resolution high enough to effectively "see" atoms, the first published instan ...
May 04, 2010 |
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IBM Scientists Effectively Eliminate Wear at the Nanoscale
(PhysOrg.com) -- IBM scientists have demonstrated a promising and practical method that effectively eliminates the mechanical wear in the nanometer-sharp tips used in scanning probe-based techniques. This discovery can potentially ...
Sep 07, 2009 |
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An easy way to see the world's thinnest material
It's been used to dye the Chicago River green on St. Patrick's Day. It's been used to find latent blood stains at crime scenes. And now researchers at Northwestern University have used it to examine the thinnest material ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Dec 23, 2009 |
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Scientists achieve highest-resolution MRI of a magnet
In a development that holds potential for both data storage and biomedical imaging, Ohio State University researchers have used a new technique to obtain the highest-ever resolution MRI scan of the inside ...
Aug 11, 2010 |
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15 Moore's Years: 3D chip stacking will take Moore's Law past 2020
Some laws are made to be broken, and others are made to be followed. A team of IBM Researchers in collaboration with two Swiss partners are looking to keep one law in particular alive and well for another 15 years: Moore's ...
Mar 10, 2010 |
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Super sticky barnacle glue cures like blood clots
Barnacles are a big problem for boats. Adhering to the undersides of vessels, carpets of the crustaceans can increase fuel consumption by as much as 25%. Ship owners would love to know how to stop these hitchhikers gluing ...
Oct 16, 2009 |
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Gold and silver nanowires bond naturally, stay strong
(PhysOrg.com) -- Welding uses heat to join pieces of metal in everything from circuits to skyscrapers. But Rice University researchers have found a way to beat the heat on the nanoscale.
Feb 15, 2010 |
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A Little Less Force: Making Atomic Force Microscopy Work for Cells
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists with Berkeley Lab?s Molecular Foundry have developed a nanowire-based imaging technique by which atomic force microscopy could be used to study biological cells and other soft ...
Apr 20, 2010 |
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New views at the nanoscale
(PhysOrg.com) -- Magnetic resonance imaging, first developed in the early 1970s, has become a standard diagnostic tool for cancer, cardiovascular disease and neurological disorders, among others. MRI is ideally ...
Apr 27, 2010 |
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Chemists create two-armed nanorobotic device to maneuver world's tiniest particles
Chemists at New York University and China's Nanjing University have developed a two-armed nanorobotic device that can manipulate molecules within a device built from DNA. The device is described in the latest issue of the ...
Feb 15, 2009 |
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