News tagged with ion conductance microscopy

Helium raises resolution of whole cell imaging

The ability to obtain an accurate three-dimensional image of an intact cell is critical for unraveling the mysteries of cellular structure and function. However, for many years, tiny structures buried deep inside cells have ...

Physics / General Physics

created Oct 03, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Researchers gain detailed insight into failing heart cells using new nanotechnique

Researchers have been able to see how heart failure affects the surface of an individual heart muscle cell in minute detail, using a new nanoscale scanning technique developed at Imperial College London. The findings may ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Feb 25, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast




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Triple play for liquid probing: Technical advance allows researchers to watch liquid surfaces interact

(Phys.org) -- An ingenious technique, developed by scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, enables real-time examination of molecular-scale interactions on liquid surfaces. This novel creation ...

Physics / General Physics

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Inspired by steel, nanomanufacturing gets wear-resistant carbide tip

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Wisconsin-Madison and IBM Research - Zurich have fabricated an ultrasharp silicon carbide tip possessing such high strength ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Revolutionary conducting polymer enables silicon use as next generation of lithium-ion battery anodes

Lithium-ion batteries are everywhere, in smart phones, laptops, an array of other consumer electronics, and the newest electric cars. Good as they are, they could be much better, especially when it comes to ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Sep 23, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (10) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

New imaging techniques reveal the workings of supramolecular nanomachines

Supramolecules comprising many kinds of proteins and nucleic acids are present in all living organisms. Often with precise structures and a variety of parts, these supramolecules exhibit complex movements ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Jul 25, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

New insights on an old polymer material, Nafion, will enable design of better batteries

Designing new materials depends upon understanding the properties of today's materials. One such material, Nafion, is a polymer that efficiently conducts ions (a polymer electrolyte) and water through its ...

Chemistry / Polymers

created Jun 19, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researching niobium gilding in bid for better beams

For thousands of years, craftsmen have applied gilding, a thin layer of gold, to objects to enhance their value. Now, researchers at DOE's Jefferson Lab are using this same idea to enhance materials for accelerator ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jun 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Activated graphene makes superior supercapacitors for energy storage

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have helped to uncover the nanoscale structure of a novel form of carbon, contributing to an explanation of why ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created May 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (14) | comments 8 | with audio podcast

Microwave guiding of electrons

For the first time scientists at Max Planck Institute in Germany have achieved guiding of electrons by purely electric fields.

Physics / General Physics

created May 10, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Building a better battery

(PhysOrg.com) -- “What we are trying to do is put different pieces of a puzzle together,” said Argonne National Laboratory scientist Daniel P. Abraham. The puzzle is a lithium-rich compound material, ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Apr 26, 2011 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

A new type of composite material with peapod structures can help improve performance of lithium-ion batteries

Lithium-ion batteries are used to power a wide range of electronic devices, including computers, cameras, digital audio players and calculators. Tremendous effort has been devoted to the development of lithium-ion ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Feb 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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