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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 
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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 
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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 
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