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Foresight Institute Announces Feynman Prize Winners

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Oct 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Foresight Institute, a nanotechnology education and public policy think tank based in Palo Alto, has announced the winners of the prestigious 2009 Foresight Institute Feynman Prizes in Nanotechnology.


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Scientists Image the 'Anatomy' of a Molecule (w/ Video)

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Aug 28, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (44) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time, IBM researchers in Zurich, Switzerland, have taken a 3D image of an individual molecule. Using an atomic force microscope, the researchers constructed a "force map" of ...


Scientists invent 1.2nm molecular gear

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jun 15, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 1

Scientists from A*STAR's Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE), led by Professor Christian Joachim, have scored a breakthrough in nanotechnology by becoming the first in the world to invent a molecular gear ...


K-State physics lab becoming a frontrunner in ultrafast laser research

Physics / General Physics

created Oct 28, 2008 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0

For decades, the J.R. Macdonald Laboratory at Kansas State University has been known worldwide as a center for atomic collision physics using particle accelerators. Now, researchers at the lab are working toward making it ...


EphA4 -- the molecular transformer

EphA4 -- the molecular transformer

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Oct 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- EphA4 is a protein which is attached to the surfaces of many types of human cells and plays a role in a wide range of biological processes. EphA4 functions by binding to ephrin ligands, cell ...


Geneticist reveals molecular view of key epigenetic regulator

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In a paper published this week in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Dr. Michael Kobor reported the structure and function of a key player in regulating chromatin in yeast and humans.


Body's anti-HIV drug explained

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Oct 12, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (34) | comments 1

Humans have a built-in weapon against HIV, but until recently no one knew how to unlock its potential.


Atomic-Level Mechanisms of Phase-Change Memory Materials Revealed

Atomic-Level Mechanisms of Phase-Change Memory Materials Revealed

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Apr 15, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (44) | comments 1

Scientists from the University of Cambridge in the UK have uncovered the atomic-level interactions that occur when a class of “phase-change” memory materials stores information. Their work, reported in the ...


A little magic provides an atomic-level look at bone

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study using solid-state NMR spectroscopy to analyze intact bone paves the way for atomic-level explorations of how disease and aging affect bone. The research by scientists at the University of Michigan ...


New molecular force probe stretches molecules, atom by atom

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Mar 29, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 5

Chemists at the University of Illinois have created a simple and inexpensive molecular technique that replaces an expensive atomic force microscope for studying what happens to small molecules when they are stretched or compressed.


Scientists directly measure charge states of atoms using an atomic force microscope

Scientists directly measure charge states of atoms using an atomic force microscope

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Jun 23, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- IBM scientists in collaboration with the University of Regensburg, Germany, and Utrecht University, Netherlands, for the first time demonstrated the ability to measure the charge state of ...


Watching Proteins Direct Crystal Growth One Step at a Time (w/ Video)

Watching Proteins Direct Crystal Growth One Step at a Time (w/ Video)

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at Berkeley Lab's Molecular Foundry imaged the growth of protein-studded mineral surfaces with unprecedented resolution and provided a glimpse into how living systems engineer key ...


Atomic Coilgun Halts Supersonic Beams

Atomic Coilgun Halts Supersonic Beams

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 17, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (63) | comments 9

By magnetically pulsing a sequence of 64 copper coils in an “atomic coilgun,” scientists have succeeded in stopping a supersonic neon beam in its tracks in just microseconds.


Physicists work to understand atomic collisions important to ultracold quantum gasses

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Sep 30, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 2

A Kansas State University physicist is continuing his study of atomic collisions with the help of a National Science Foundation grant awarded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.


Femtogram-level chemical measurements now possible

Chemistry /

created Mar 27, 2008 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Finding a simple and convenient technique that combines nanoscale structural measurements and chemical identification has been an elusive goal. With current analytical instruments, spatial resolution is too low, signal-to-noise ...