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A tip top approach to analysis

December 20, 2013
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Nanotechnology can only develop with appropriate analysis and measurement. The ‘Lab on a chip’ capabilities of AFM is one way of achieving this – here we get a rundown of...
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Comets: The planetary architects

December 19, 2013
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One wiped out the dinosaurs; others have formed some of the world’s lakes; and the Moon is thought to have formed following a collision between the Earth and a body...
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Graphene nanoribbons – an exercise in control

December 18, 2013
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Graphene nanoribbons offer a range of useful properties. Now, with clever use of water and incredibly precise slicing, a research team from Rice University thinks they have mastered their difficult...
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Unlocking the hidden value of your lab

December 17, 2013
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It is the norm that a science company or educational institution in possession of used lab equipment will simply discard it for want of new equipment. But there could be...
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How to flex, bend and stretch

December 13, 2013
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As microprocessors get smaller only nanotechnology can further the miniaturisation of technology. Here we learn how a nanotech approach is helping to bring flexible electronic devices to market   Today’s information...
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A window into live cell RNA

December 12, 2013
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Detecting intracellular gene expression is vital when performing knockdown studies – it is also difficult. Here, Don Weldon and Grace Johnston demonstrate a way of examining RNA levels in live...
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Meet MERIL

December 10, 2013
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Martin Hynes and Sarah Moore introduce us to MERIL, a recently launched public database of Europe’s scientific research facilitiesMERIL has been established as an open online resource providing information on...
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Searching for a nano-blockbuster

December 9, 2013
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Andreas M. Nyström offers a perspective on nanomedicine advances and challenges in research and businessNanomedicine is a broad scientific area spanning the research areas of biology, medicine, chemistry, and engineering,...
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Saving the most beautiful experiment in physics

December 5, 2013
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Described as the “most beautiful experiment in physics”,  Richard Feynman spoke of the double-slit experiment as the heart of quantum physics. He was underscoring that the diffraction of individual particles at...
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Keeping tabs on nanoparticles

December 4, 2013
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As the importance of nanoparticles increases in both industry and academia, measuring and characterising them is becoming vital. With legislative issues also becoming a concern, a technique is needed which...
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Inspiring the next generation…how are we doing?

December 3, 2013
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If you are already a STEMNET ambassador then congratulations – your hard work is really paying off. If not, then perhaps you will be inspired by this independent report into...
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Tales from a broad kinome profiler

November 26, 2013
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After early promise, drugs targeting kinases have lacked the pharmacautical punch it was once thought they would deliver. Yet – as Lee Tessler discusses here – with new approaches, things...
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