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Researchers develop 'MicroMegascope': imaging with a tuning fork

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Currently, atomic force microscopes (AFMs) are one of the most widely used tools for imaging, measuring, and manipulating matter at the nanoscale. One of the key components of an AFM is a microscale oscillator, which scans the topographical featur...

Jul 3, 2018

Researchers find, and possibly fix, toxicity in nanomaterials

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

UO and Oregon State University scientists were baffled. New testing of mixtures of nanoparticles had led to an

Jul 3, 2018

Graphene and the atomic crystals that could see next big breakthrough in tech

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

What could we do with layered structures with just the right layers? What would the properties of materials be if we could really arrange the atoms the way we want them?

Jul 3, 2018

Sintering atomically thin materials with ceramics now possible

chemeurope.com   -   Scientific News Websites

For the first time, researchers have created a nanocomposite of ceramics and a two-dimensional material, opening the door for new designs of nanocomposites with such applications as solid-state batteries, thermoelectrics, varistors, catalysts, ch...

Jul 3, 2018

Scientists pump up chances for quantum computing

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

University of Adelaide-led research has moved the world one step closer to reliable, high-performance quantum computing.

Jul 3, 2018

Imperial Motion pitches the first self-healing tent

New Atlas   -   Scientific News Websites

Everything from electronics to concrete is getting the self-healing treatment nowadays, but the technology rarely seems to make it to commercial products. Now, Imperial Motion is pitching a self-healing tent, made out of a proprietary mate...

Jul 3, 2018

Graphene and the atomic crystals that could see next big breakthrough in tech

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

What could we do with layered structures with just the right layers? What would the properties of materials be if we could really arrange the atoms the way we want them?

Jul 3, 2018

Light Mixer Generates 11 Colors Simultaneously

Photonics Media   -   Scientific News Websites

An optical frequency mixer has been developed that uses a novel nanostructured metamaterial to concurrently generate 11 different colors of light. The metamaterial is made from an array of gallium arsenide (GaAs) nanocylinders. Each nanocylinder i...

Jul 2, 2018

Nanotechnology Takes Giant Leap Foward by Manipulating Molecules

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Scientists have been able to move atoms around for 30 years, but moving molecules has proven much more difficult

Jul 2, 2018

Nanotechnology Takes Giant Leap Foward by Manipulating Molecules

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Scientists have been able to move atoms around for 30 years, but moving molecules has proven much more difficult

Jul 2, 2018

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