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World’s smallest engine created

May 17, 2016
News
Scientists from the Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge have created the world’s tiniest engine – a few billionths of a metre – that uses light to power itself.
Materials
Nanotechnology
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Apatite-like mineral

February 29, 2016
Insight
Coloured scanning electron microscopy image of an apatite-like mineral.
Materials
Focal Point, Nanotech, Nanotechnology
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New use discovered for graphene

January 13, 2016
News
Graphene has been found to be adept at filtering subatomic particles, by a team of UK scientists.
Materials
Nanotechnology
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Invisible wires could improve solar efficiency

December 29, 2015
News
Scientists have found a way to improve solar cell design, improving efficiency and lowering the cost of solar cells.
Materials
Materials Science, Nanotechnology
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Electrical paper material developed

December 24, 2015
News
Swedish scientists have developed a paper-like material with the ability to store electricity.
Materials
Nanotechnology
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A hole new approach

December 11, 2015
Insight
Jemma Rowlandson tells us how nanoporous materials are set to take on the world, and win
Materials, Physics & Engineering
Chemical Engineering, Engineering, Interviews, Materials, Materials Science, Nanotech, Nanotechnology
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Characterising the future of medicine

October 13, 2015
Feature
Nanotechnology offers great promise for the improvement of the treatment of a number of diseases. However, access to the expertise and methodologies required to characterise new nanomaterials is limited. Now,...
Chemistry, Life Sciences, Materials
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, In Depth, Nanotech, Nanotechnology, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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New sensor for MRI and fluorescent imaging

November 26, 2014
News
Nanoparticles capable of simultaneously performing fluorescent and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in living animals have been developed by chemists at MIT. These particles could track specific molecules produced in the...
Life Sciences, Materials
Biological Sciences, Biotechnology, Nanotechnology
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Lipid membrane ink gives nanometre resolution

October 16, 2014
News
Lipid membranes have been used as a biological ‘ink’ to draw in the nanometre region in a new technique developed by Leeds researchers. Resolution as low as six nanometres was...
Life Sciences, Materials
Biological Sciences, Biotechnology, Nanotechnology
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Rotating nanoparticles cause cancer cells to self-destruct

April 29, 2014
News
Magnetically controlled nanoparticles which force tumour cells to self-destruct could form part of future cancer treatment, say researchers in Sweden. The team from the University of Lund have designed a...
Life Sciences, Materials
Biological Sciences, Nanotechnology, Oncology
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