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Actuator design offers nanoimprint upgrade Jul 24, 2008

Nanopositioning tool set to simplify ultra-high precision layer-over-layer fabrication

Microscopy reveals hidden nanostructures Jul 23, 2008

New imaging technique allows deep nanoscale features to be unearthed

Chiral structures record laser helicity Jul 22, 2008

Tiny propeller-like structures formed in fused silica reveal the handedness of polarized light

Electrochemistry facilitates nanoparticle production Jul 21, 2008

Solid metals transformed into tiny particles in one easy step

Graphene has record-breaking strength Jul 18, 2008

Material's stiffness is 'off the chart'

Graphene substrate reveals hydrogen atoms Jul 17, 2008

2D carbon support allows light atoms such as hydrogen to be observed using TEM

CNTs reinforce alumina composites Jul 17, 2008

Pitted carbon nanotubes may help to "lock" material together

Magnetic refrigeration materials resist oxidation Jul 16, 2008

No need to encapsulate DyCo2 nanoparticles

Electric field embeds MWCNTs in polymer Jul 15, 2008

Dielectrophoresis is being used to develop carbon nanotube-based tissue scaffolds

Nanowire quantum dot counts electrons Jul 14, 2008

New current measuring technique could compete with conventional methods

Fullerene resist appeals to green scientists Jul 11, 2008

Water-soluble lithography resist delivers 30-35 nm features

Nano-imaging technique reveals catalyst secrets Jul 10, 2008

Method could be used to image a wide range of technological materials

C60 transistors show high-electron mobility at last Jul 9, 2008 1 comment

n-channel FETs could find use in large-area organic electronics

Ultrasmall nanoparticles pin-point cancer Jul 8, 2008

Functionalized nanoparticles show promise as disease-specific MRI contrast agents

Nanotubes get sorted Jul 7, 2008

Surface grabs hold of semiconducting tubes but leaves metallic ones alone

Nanowires make bendy solar cells Jul 4, 2008

Devices could find applications in mobile phone chargers, clothes and umbrellas

CNTs take the heat out of LEDs Jul 3, 2008

Vertically aligned carbon nanotubes help high-brightness LEDs to stay cool

NEMS device gets active Jul 2, 2008

New nanomechanical resonator does not need external driving source to keep working

MWCNT crack-bridging success continues Jul 1, 2008

Optimized nanocomposite gives 20-fold reduction in fatigue crack propagation rate

Magnetic nanoparticles seek out artery plaques Jun 30, 2008

MRI-assisted imaging technique could help in fight against heart disease