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September 30, 2013

Densest array of carbon nanotubes grown to date
Washington DC (SPX) Sep 24, 2013
Carbon nanotubes' outstanding mechanical, electrical and thermal properties make them an alluring material to electronics manufacturers. However, until recently scientists believed that growing the high density of tiny graphene cylinders needed for many microelectronics applications would be difficult. Now a team from Cambridge University in England has devised a simple technique to increase the density of nanotube forests grown on conductive supports about five times over previous methods. ... read more

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Nanoscale neuronal activity measured for the first time A new technique that allows scientists to measure the electrical activity in the communication junctions of the nervous systems has been developed by a researcher at Queen Mary University of London. ... more		Container's material properties affect the viscosity of water at the nanoscale Water pours into a cup at about the same rate regardless of whether the water bottle is made of glass or plastic. But at nanometer-size scales for water and potentially other fluids, whether t ... more		How to make ceramics that bend without breaking Ceramics are not known for their flexibility: they tend to crack under stress. But researchers from MIT and Singapore have just found a way around that problem - for very tiny objects, at least. ... more
				Molecules pass through nanotubes at size-dependent speeds Like a pea going through a straw, tiny molecules can pass through microscopic cylinders known as nanotubes. This could potentially be used to select molecules according to size - for example, to pur ... more		Breakthrough in sensing at the nanoscale Researchers have made a breakthrough discovery in identifying the world's most sensitive nanoparticle and measuring it from a distance using light. These super-bright, photostable and background-fre ... more

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Accidental nanoparticle discovery could hail revolution in manufacturing A nanoparticle shaped like a spiky ball, with magnetic properties, has been uncovered in a new method of synthesising carbon nanotubes by physicists at Queen Mary University of London and the Univer ... more		Airbrushing Could Facilitate Large-Scale Manufacture of Carbon Nanofibers Researchers from North Carolina State University used airbrushing techniques to grow vertically aligned carbon nanofibers on several different metal substrates, opening the door for incorporating th ... more		Dramatic increase in research funding needed to counter productivity slowdown in farming NASA Researchers Study Coastal Wetlands, Champions of Carbon Capture Planetary Water Limits Pose Challenge to Geological Resource Production		Motorised microscopic matchsticks move in water with sense of direction Chemists, physicists and computer scientists at the University of Warwick have come together to devise a new powerful and very versatile way of controlling the speed and direction of motion of micro ... more
				Functioning 'mechanical gears' seen in nature for the first time The juvenile Issus - a plant-hopping insect found in gardens across Europe - has hind-leg joints with curved cog-like strips of opposing 'teeth' that intermesh, rotating like mechanical gears to syn ... more		Researchers produce nanostructures with potential to advance energy devices New types of nanostructures have shown promise for applications in electrochemically powered energy devices and systems, including advanced battery technologies. One process for making these nanostr ... more

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Researchers figure out how to 'grow' carbon nanotubes with specific atomic structures Move over, silicon. In a breakthrough in the quest for the next generation of computers and materials, researchers at USC have solved a longstanding challenge with carbon nanotubes: how to actually ... more		Indiana Jones meets George Jetson A team of researchers from Uppsala University in Sweden has designed a microplasma source capable of exciting matter in a controlled, efficient way. This miniature device may find use in a wide rang ... more		Hera asteroid mission captures images of Mars moon Deimos Norwegian Space Agency partners with Isar Aerospace for satellite launch from Andoya Spaceport Mars Study Suggests Mid-Crust Water May Not Be Essential to Data Interpretation		Engineers improve electronic devices using molybdenum disulfide A Kansas State University chemical engineer has discovered that a new member of the ultrathin materials family has great potential to improve electronic and thermal devices. Vikas Berry, Willi ... more
				Size Matters as Nanocrystals Go Through Phases Understanding what happens to a material as it undergoes phase transformations - changes from a solid to a liquid to a gas or a plasma - is of fundamental scientific interest and critical for optimi ... more		New breakthrough for structural characterization of metal nanoparticles Researchers at the Xiamen University in China and the University of Jyvaskyla in Finland have characterized a series of stable 1.5 nm metal nanoclusters containing 44 metal atoms, stabilized by 30 o ... more

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Desktop printing at the nano level

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Making hydrogenation greener

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Quantum engines must break down

Ingested nanoparticle toxicity

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