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News: August 2009
Breath-testing for cancer using gold
Aug 30, 2009 1 comment
Electric response of nanoparticles reveals cancerous compounds
Plasmonic laser puts the squeeze on light
Aug 30, 2009
US researchers claim world's smallest semiconductor laser
Engineers call for 'artificial trees' to reduce CO2
Aug 27, 2009 12 comments
100,000 such trees could remove all the UK's transport emissions
Molecules revealed in all their glory by microscope
Aug 27, 2009 8 comments
Modified form of atomic force microscopy gives chemical signature of molecules
'Gigantic jets' caught on camera
Aug 26, 2009 2 comments
Rare phenomenon of 'upward' lightning quantified by US researchers
Arm dentists with lasers, urge researchers
Aug 24, 2009
New dental technique can assess mineral content in teeth
DNA scaffolds could make nano-circuits
Aug 21, 2009
New 'DNA origami' technique could boost electronics
Metamaterials learn to remember
Aug 21, 2009 1 comment
First 'memory metamaterials' allow for easy tuning
Producing tiny inorganic LEDs in bulk
Aug 20, 2009
Novel printing process could boost inorganic LED industry
Cloud watching goes hi-tech
Aug 20, 2009
New device could reveal cloud structure in unprecedented detail
Seeing quantum effects on a big scale
Aug 19, 2009 11 comments
Researchers propose way to couple a single atom to a mechanical oscillator
Making graphene in a flash
Aug 17, 2009
A common camera flashbulb can turn graphite oxide into graphene
Neutrino trigger could reveal gravitational waves
Aug 14, 2009 11 comments
Existing detectors could score the first measurement
Friction keeps molecular motors on track
Aug 13, 2009
Biophysicists gain a better understanding of motion in living cells
Don’t fret over the phase problem
Aug 13, 2009 2 comments
Proposed X-ray diffraction technique could unambiguously determine the structure of solids
Tiny device is first complete 'quantum computer'
Aug 11, 2009
NIST researchers demonstrate sustained quantum computing in trapped ions
New form of carbon created
Aug 7, 2009 1 comment
Researchers claim multilayer epitaxial graphene could be used for application in carbon electronics
Soap films burst like flapping flags
Aug 6, 2009 1 comment
High-speed photography reveals how punctures expand in soap films
Exposing the flaw in Planck’s law
Aug 6, 2009 1 comment
A novel cantilever uncovers a tremendous hike in radiation transfer at the nanoscale
DNA twists and bends on demand
Aug 6, 2009
Building block of life can be transformed into curved shapes for building nanoscale devices
Parity violation in ytterbium is largest ever seen
Aug 3, 2009 2 comments
Berkeley physicists boost parity violation to explore weak force