In many ways, magnets are still mysterious. They get their (often powerful) effects from the microscopic interactions of individual electrons, and from the interplay between their collective behavior at different scales. ...
Nanophysics
Jun 13, 2017
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When oil mixes with or enters into water, conventional methods of cleaning the water and removing the oil can be challenging, expensive and environmentally risky. But researchers in the Cockrell School of Engineering at The ...
Nanomaterials
Jun 8, 2017
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Scientists used one of the world's most powerful electron microscopes to map the precise location and chemical type of 23,000 atoms in an extremely small particle made of iron and platinum.
Nanophysics
Feb 1, 2017
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A UCF researcher has combined cutting-edge nanoscience with a magnetic phenomenon discovered more than 170 years ago to create a method for speedy medical tests.
Bio & Medicine
Jan 19, 2017
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Imagine a device that could transport drugs to any diseased site in the body with the help of a small magnet. Researchers at the University of California San Diego have taken a step toward that goal by developing nano-sized ...
Bio & Medicine
Aug 8, 2016
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For the past few years, scientists around the world have been studying ways to use miniature robots to better treat a variety of diseases. The robots are designed to enter the human body, where they can deliver drugs at specificlocations ...
Robotics
Jul 22, 2016
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Amorphous iron nanoparticles have a specific toxicity in tumor cells. In the journal Angewandte Chemie, Chinese scientists describe their design and synthesis of a special amorphous state of nanoparticulate iron, which can ...
Bio & Medicine
Jan 20, 2016
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If you want to form very flexible chains of nanoparticles in liquid in order to build tiny robots with flexible joints or make magnetically self-healing gels, you need to revert to childhood and think about sandcastles.
Nanomaterials
Aug 5, 2015
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Heat may be the key to killing certain types of cancer, and new research from a team including National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) scientists has yielded unexpected results that should help optimize the ...
Bio & Medicine
Jun 17, 2015
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The field of metamaterials is all about making structures that have physical properties that aren't found in nature. Predicting what kinds of structures would have those traits is one challenge; physically fabricating them ...
Nanomaterials
Mar 12, 2015
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