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May 31, 2016

Top-down design brings new DNA structures to life
Tempe AZ (SPX) May 30, 2016
Among the valuable holdings in London's Wellcome Library is a rough pencil sketch made in 1953 by Francis Crick. The drawing is one of the first to show the double-helix structure of DNA - Nature's blueprint for the design of sea snails, human beings, and every other living form on earth. Few could have predicted however, that DNA's simple properties of self-assembly, and its versatile information-carrying capacity, could be put to many uses never imagined by Watson and Crick, (or indeed, by Nature hers ... read more

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The next generation of carbon monoxide nanosensors The detection of carbon monoxide (CO) in the air is a vital issue, as CO is a poisonous gas and an environmental pollutant. CO typically derives from the incomplete combustion of carbon-based fuels, ... more		Physicists create first metamaterial with rewritable magnetic ordering University of Notre Dame physicists and their collaborators have produced the first rewriteable artificial magnetic charge ice. The research, described in a paper published in Science today, shows s ... more		Little ANTs: Researchers build the world's tiniest engine Researchers have developed the world's tiniest engine - just a few billionths of a metre in size - which uses light to power itself. The nanoscale engine, developed by researchers at the University ... more
				New movies from the microcosmos With the aid of terahertz radiation, Munich physicists have developed a method for generating and controlling ultrashort electron pulses. With further improvements, this technique should be capabl ... more		Rice introduces Teslaphoresis to help assemble Nanotubes Scientists at Rice University have discovered that the strong force field emitted by a Tesla coil causes carbon nanotubes to self-assemble into long wires, a phenomenon they call "Teslaphoresis." Th ... more

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Ultra-long, one-dimensional carbon chains are synthesised for the first time Elemental carbon appears in many different forms, some of which are very well-known and have been thoroughly studied: diamond, graphite, graphene, fullerenes, nanotubes and carbyne. Within this "car ... more		Intracellular recordings using nanotower electrodes Our current understanding of how the brain works is very poor. The electrical signals travel around the brain and throughout the body, and the electrical properties of the biological tissues are stu ... more		North Korea declares nuclear statehood 'permanently enshrined' ArianeGroup to develop next-generation M51.4 missile for French nuclear deterrent Comtech modem earns first sovereign certification for SES O3b mPOWER network		'Honeycomb' of nanotubes could boost genetic engineering Researchers have developed a new and highly efficient method for gene transfer. The technique, which involves culturing and transfecting cells with genetic material on an array of carbon nanotubes, ... more
				A movie of the microworld: Physicists create nanoparticle picture series Think of it as a microscopic movie: A sequence of X-ray images shows the explosion of superheated nanoparticles. The picture series reveals how the atoms in these particles move, how they form plasm ... more		NREL reveals potential for capturing waste heat via nanotubes A finely tuned carbon nanotube thin film has the potential to act as a thermoelectric power generator that captures and uses waste heat, according to researchers at the Energy Department's National ... more

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Nanotubes line up to form films A simple filtration process helped Rice University researchers create flexible, wafer-scale films of highly aligned and closely packed carbon nanotubes. Scientists at Rice, with support from Los Ala ... more		Nanoparticles can grow in cubic shape The efficiency of many applications deriving from natural sciences depends dramatically on a finite-size property of nanoparticles, so-called surface-to-volume ratio. The larger the surface of nanop ... more		New U.S.-European Sea Level Satellite Will Help Safeguard Ships at Sea Planet captures first light from Pelican-3 satellite as constellation expands Trump signs memorandum to deploy U.S. National Guard troops to Memphis		Nanoporous material's strange "breathing" behavior High-tech sponges of the infinitely small, nanoporous materials can capture and release gaseous or liquid chemicals in a controlled way. A team of French and German researchers from the Institut de ... more
Nanocage surfaces get 'makeover' in room temperature Kyoto University researchers have discovered a way of replacing surface ions of copper oxide nanocrystals at ambient conditions - a feat that will make nanocage production considerably simpler. ... more		Heat and light get larger at the nanoscale In a new study recently published in Nature Nanotechnology, researchers from Columbia Engineering, Cornell, and Stanford have demonstrated heat transfer can be made 100 times stronger than has been ... more		Nanolight at the edge Researchers from CIC nanoGUNE, in collaboration with ICFO and Graphenea, have demonstrated how infrared light can be captured by nanostructures made of graphene. This happens when light couples to c ... more		Nanocrystal self-assembly sheds its secrets The secret to a long-hidden magic trick behind the self-assembly of nanocrystal structures is starting to be revealed. The transformation of simple colloidal particles - bits of matter suspend ... more

	Organic nanowires leave manmade technologies in the dust A microbial protein fiber discovered by a Michigan State University scientist transports charges at rates high enough to be applied in manmade nanotechnologies. The discovery, featured in the ... more		Nano-enhanced textiles clean themselves with light A spot of sunshine is all it could take to get your washing done, thanks to pioneering nano research into self-cleaning textiles. Researchers at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, have develop ... more

North Korea declares nuclear statehood 'permanently enshrined'

ArianeGroup to develop next-generation M51.4 missile for French nuclear deterrent

Comtech modem earns first sovereign certification for SES O3b mPOWER network

Nature-inspired nanotubes that assemble themselves, with precision		CWRU researchers make biosensor 1 million times more sensitive		Team explores nanoscale objects with microwave microscopy		New research shows how nanowires can be formed		ASRC professor leads study on reconfigurable magnetic nanopatterns
Atomic vibrations in nanomaterials		NIST invents fleet and fast test for nanomanufacturing quality control		Building a better mouse trap, from the atoms up		From backyard pool chemical to nanomaterial		Nanoparticles on nanosteps

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