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June 16, 2014

Design of self-assembling protein nanomachines starts to click
Seattle WA (SPX) Jun 10, 2014
A route for constructing protein nanomachines engineered for specific applications may be closer to reality. Biological systems produce an incredible array of self-assembling, functional protein tools. Some examples of these nanoscale protein materials are scaffolds to anchor cellular activities, molecular motors to drive physiological events, and capsules for delivering viruses into host cells. Scientists inspired by these sophisticated molecular machines want to build their own, with forms and f ... read more

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Evolution of a Bimetallic Nanocatalyst Atomic-scale snapshots of a bimetallic nanoparticle catalyst in action have provided insights that could help improve the industrial process by which fuels and chemicals are synthesized from natural ... more		Stem cells are a soft touch for nano-engineered biomaterials Scientists from Queen Mary University of London have shown that stem cell behaviour can be modified by manipulating the nanoscale properties of the material they are grown on - improving the potenti ... more		Seeing how a lithium-ion battery works New observations by researchers at MIT have revealed the inner workings of a type of electrode widely used in lithium-ion batteries. The new findings explain the unexpectedly high power and long cyc ... more
				Opening a wide window on the nano-world of surface catalysis Surface catalysts are notoriously difficult to study mechanistically, but scientists at the University of South Carolina and Rice University have shown how to get real-time reaction information from ... more		Targeting tumors using silver nanoparticles Scientists at UC Santa Barbara have designed a nanoparticle that has a couple of unique - and important - properties. Spherical in shape and silver in composition, it is encased in a shell coated wi ... more

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Nano world: Where towers construct themselves Imagine a tower builds itself into the desired structure only by choosing the appropriate bricks. Absurd - and however, in the nano world this is reality: There an unordered crowd of components can ... more		Breakthrough in energy storage: Electrical cables that can store energy Imagine being able to carry all the juice you needed to power your MP3 player, smartphone and electric car in the fabric of your jacket? Sounds like science fiction, but it may become a reality than ... more		Living microbes identified in Earth's driest desert using new technique Eight dead, 17 hurt, in China school knife attack; Police formally arrest car ramming suspect COP16 biodiversity finance deal for 'early 2025': presidency		Unexpected water explains surface chemistry of nanocrystals Danylo Zherebetskyy and his colleagues at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) found unexpected traces of water in semiconducting nanocrystals. The wa ... more
				Scientists unveil first method for controlling the growth of metal crystals Researchers have announced the first ever method for controlling the growth of metal-crystals from single atoms. Published in the journal Nature Communications and developed at the University of War ... more		DNA nanotechnology places enzyme catalysis within an arm's length Using molecules of DNA like an architectural scaffold, Arizona State University scientists, in collaboration with colleagues at the University of Michigan, have developed a 3-D artificial enzyme cas ... more

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NIST studies why quantum dots suffer from 'fluorescence intermittency' Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), working in collaboration with the Naval Research Laboratory, have found that a particular species of quantum dots that weren ... more		Bending helps to control nanomaterials A new remedy has been found to tackle the difficulty of controlling layered nanomaterials. Control can be improved by simply bending the material. The mechanism was observed by Academy Researc ... more		Next Starship Flight Test Scheduled for Tuesday with 30-Minute Launch Window US Russian officials disagree over International Space Station leak severity Big Bang: Trump and Musk could redefine US space strategy		Engineers build world's smallest, fastest nanomotor Researchers at the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin have built the smallest, fastest and longest-running tiny synthetic motor to date. The team's nanomotor is an i ... more
Rounding up the BCATs on the ISS Although it may not be herding cats exactly, all the NASA-supported Binary Colloidal Alloy Tests (BCAT) studies have ended on the International Space Station, and the experimental samples are being ... more		Nanoscale heat flow predictions Physicists are now designing novel materials with physical properties tailored to meet specific energy consumption needs. Before these so-called materials-by-design can be applied, it is essential t ... more		Organism that transmits added letters in DNA alphabet created Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have engineered a bacterium whose genetic material includes an added pair of DNA "letters," or bases, not found in nature. The cells of this uniqu ... more		Harnessing Magnetic Vortices for Making Nanoscale Antennas Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory are seeking ways to synchronize the magnetic spins in nanoscale devices to build tiny yet more powerful signal-generating ... more

	New method for measuring the temperature of nanoscale objects discovered Temperature measurements in our daily life are typically performed by bringing a thermometer in contact with the object to be measured. However, measuring the temperature of nanoscale objects is a m ... more		Fluorescent hybrid material changes colour according to the direction of the light The UPV/EHU's Molecular Spectroscopy Group, in collaboration with the Institute of Catalysis and Petroleum Chemistry of the CSIC (Spanish National Research Council), has developed a highly fluoresce ... more

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