News tagged with nanoscale science
Nanofluidics sorts DNA for cancer research
(Phys.org) -- Cornell nanotechnology researchers have devised a new tool to study epigenetic changes in DNA that can cause cancer and other diseases: a nanoscale fluidic device that sorts and collects DNA, ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
May 24, 2012 |
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Imaging complex domain wall structures in magnetic nanostripes
(Phys.org) -- Researchers from the NIST Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology and Massachusetts Institute of Technology have used the scanning electron microscopy with polarization analysis (SEMPA) technique to provide ...
Apr 19, 2012 |
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In-situ observations reveal how nanoparticle catalysts lower operating temperatures in fuel cells
Researchers from the NIST Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology and Arizona State University have used environmental transmission electron microscopy (ETEM) to explain the role of nickel nanoparticles in lowering the ...
Apr 11, 2012 |
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Carbon nanotubes: The weird world of 'remote Joule heating'
(Phys.org) -- A team of University of Maryland scientists have discovered that when electric current is run through carbon nanotubes, objects nearby heat up while the nanotubes themselves stay cool, like a ...
Apr 10, 2012 |
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New study may lead to MRIs on a nanoscale
(PhysOrg.com) -- Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) on the nanoscale and the ever-elusive quantum computer are among the advancements edging closer toward the realm of possibility, and a new study co-authored ...
Feb 23, 2012 |
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Researchers publish a detailed review of electrical contacts in one and two dimensional nanomaterials
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from the NIST Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology and Sandia National Laboratories have published a detailed review of recent experimental and theoretical work highlighting the unusual ...
Feb 16, 2012 |
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Harnessing plasmonics, engineers weld nanowires with light
At the nano level, researchers at Stanford have discovered a new way to weld together meshes of tiny wires. Their work could lead to exciting new electronics and solar applications. To succeed, they called ...
Feb 06, 2012 |
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Researchers produce ultra-short light pulses using on-chip microresonator
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from the NIST Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology and Purdue University have designed and fabricated an on-chip microresonator that converts continuous laser light into ultra-short pulses ...
Jan 19, 2012 |
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Team models ionic conductivity in doped ceria for use as a fuel cell electrolyte
(PhysOrg.com) -- Optimizing the conductivity of ceria based oxides, or doped ceria, is crucial to their use as electrolytes in future solid oxide fuel cells.
Jan 12, 2012 |
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Researchers demonstrate earthquake friction effect at the nanoscale
(PhysOrg.com) -- Earthquakes are some of the most daunting natural disasters that scientists try to analyze. Though the earth's major fault lines are well known, there is little scientists can do to predict ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 30, 2011 |
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Disorder is key to nanotube mystery
Scientists often find strange and unexpected things when they look at materials at the nanoscale -- the level of single atoms and molecules. This holds true even for the most common materials, such as water.
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Aug 12, 2011 |
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Like superman's X-Ray vision, new microscope reveals nanoscale details
Physicists at UC San Diego have developed a new kind of X-ray microscope that can penetrate deep within materials like Superman's fabled X-ray vision and see minute details at the scale of a single nanometer, or one billionth ...
Aug 08, 2011 |
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CNST offers insights into metallic ferromagnetism using spin polarized electron probes
The Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology's Daniel Pierce has provided an overview of three decades of applications of spin-polarized measurement techniques to understanding metallic ferromagnetism.
Jun 16, 2011 |
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Better batteries from the bottom up
(PhysOrg.com) -- Rice University researchers have moved a step closer to creating robust, three-dimensional microbatteries that would charge faster and hold other advantages over conventional lithium-ion batteries. ...
Dec 09, 2010 |
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Molecular beam epitaxy facility to design custom materials for scientists
The instrument used for molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) looks a little like the lunar module, with spindly metal legs feeding into a large cylindrical canister. But this device isn't headed for the moon -- it ...
Dec 08, 2010 |
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