Researchers of ETH Zurich and ETH start-up company Scrona achieve a new world record! They have printed a color picture depicting clown fishes around their sea anemone home. This picture is as tiny as the cross-sectional ...
Nanophysics
Dec 16, 2015
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Scientists have developed a technique to perform dietary analysis of fish by analysing microscopic tooth wear.
Materials Science
Dec 10, 2015
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Rice University and Texas Heart Institute researchers are studying the use of soft, flexible fibers made of carbon nanotubes to restore electrical conductivity to damaged heart tissue.
Bio & Medicine
Aug 17, 2015
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A new super powerful electron microscope that can pinpoint the position of single atoms was unveiled today at the Science and Technology Research Council's Daresbury Laboratory in Cheshire. The microscope will help scientists ...
Nanophysics
Feb 20, 2015
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Despite having a diameter tens of thousands of times smaller than a human hair, nanopores could be the next big thing in DNA sequencing. By zipping DNA molecules through these tiny holes, scientists hope to one day read off ...
Bio & Medicine
Feb 10, 2015
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It may seem like magic, but astronomers have worked out a scheme that will allow them to detect and measure particles ten times smaller than the width of a human hair, even at many light-years distance. They can do this ...
Astronomy
Aug 29, 2014
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(Phys.org) —Laser physicists have found a way to make atomic-force microscope probes 20 times more sensitive and capable of detecting forces as small as the weight of an individual virus.
Optics & Photonics
Aug 15, 2014
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Federal regulators want to hear from companies using tiny, engineered micro-particles in their products, part of an effort to stay abreast of the growing field of nanotechnology.
Bio & Medicine
Jun 24, 2014
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In this video we see an electron gun made of many thousands of vertically aligned carbon nanotubes, each more than 1,000 times smaller than the width of a human hair. Dr Matt Cole, from the University of Cambridge, explains ...
Nanophysics
Jun 20, 2014
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Crime fighters could have a new tool at their disposal following promising research by Queen's professor Diane Beauchemin.
Analytical Chemistry
May 29, 2014
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