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Engineering Phase Changes in Nanoparticle Arrays: Scientists alter attractive and repulsive forces between DNA-linked particles to make dynamic, phase-shifting forms of nanomaterials

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Introducing "reprogramming" DNA strands into an already assembled nanoparticle array triggers a transition from a "mother phase," where...

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Basel physicists develop efficient method of signal transmission from nanocomponents

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The clever arrangement of two electrical conductors around the carbon nanotube leads to an efficient signal transmission between the...

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Iranian Scientists Use Magnetic Field to Transfer Anticancer Drug to Tumor Tissue

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Nanostructures Increase Corrosion Resistance in Metallic Body Implants

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This Slinky lookalike 'hyperlens' helps us see tiny objects: The photonics advancement could improve early cancer detection, nanoelectronics manufacturing and scientists' ability to observe single molecules

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The image shows a metamaterial hyperlens. The light-colored slivers are gold and the darker ones are PMMA (a transparent thermoplastic)....

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'Deep Web Search' May Help Scientists

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What you see when you do a basic Web search is only the tip of the iceberg. Most of the information is buried in the "...

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Critical NASA Research Returns to Earth Aboard U.S. SpaceX Dragon Spacecraft

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The SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft was released from the International Space Station's robotic arm at 7:04 a.m. EDT Thursday. The capsule...

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Visualizing How Radiation Bombardment Boosts Superconductivity: Atomic-level flyovers show how impact sites of high-energy ions pin potentially disruptive vortices to keep high-current superconductivity flowing

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High-energy gold ions impact the crystal surface from above at the sites indicated schematically by dashed circles. Measurement of the...

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