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World's smallest electric car made of single molecule
A team of European researchers have built a four-wheeled nano-sized "car" that can be propelled along a metal surface in a controlled manner.
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Scientists create world's first molecular transistor
Scientists from Yale University and the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology in South Korea, have succeeded in creating the first transistor made from a single molecule.
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Plasmonics could boost computer capacity by a million
A research team at Penn State has developed a plasmonic switch that may help pave the way for the next generation of super-fast computers. "If plasmonics are realized, the future will have...
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How many atoms to build a computer?
Because transistors will inevitably stop to shrink in size in the future, European researchers are studying atomic-scale computing. According to ICT Results, this would allow computer processes to...
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Using lasers to watch electrons in action
Canadian and U.S. scientists have used ultrafast lasers to take snapshots of electrons in action. The tools they've used work at a femtosecond time-scale -- a femtosecond lasts 10-15 seconds. But...
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Nanotechnology coming soon to IMAX
This winter, nanotechnology will be coming to an IMAX theater near you. A 40-minute movie, 'Molecules to the MAX,' will start its career on giant screens. This movie has very peculiar...
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Sensors to detect oral cancer in saliva
According to the American Cancer Society (ACS), there will be about 35,000 new cases of oral cancer in the U.S. this year. The ACS also estimates that 'when oral cancer is identified in its early...
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Miniaturized DNA sewing machines
Japanese researchers have found a way to build long threads of DNA using miniaturized hooks and bobbins. In fact, they've demonstrated how to manipulate delicate DNA chains without breaking them....
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Shooting movies of molecules
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have developed techniques for creating movies of biological and chemical molecules. It has been done before for...
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Image: First extra-solar organic molecule discovered
The Hubble Space Telescope has discovered methane in the atmosphere of a planet that's orbiting another star.
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Lasers for analyzing our breath?
According to the Optical Society of America (OSA), U.S. researchers have shown it is possible to use lasers to analyze our breath to detect diseases such as asthma or cancer. This technique --...
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Snowflakes or 3-D snowfakes?
Snowflakes have been puzzling mathematicians for about four centuries. Still, scientists have never been able to fully explain snowflake shapes. For example, is this true that their six-pointed...
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Predicting drug side effects
It would certainly be nice for the pharmaceutical industry to identify potential side effects of a drug before it starts to be tested on humans. Now, a research team at the University of...
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Conversations between bacteria
Did you know that bacteria 'talked' with each other by using small molecules to coordinate their behavior and decide when it's a good time to infect you? A recent American Chemical Society's...
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New oil-repelling material from MIT
MIT researchers have developed flexible surface coatings that repel oils. According to the research team, this is the first material able to do it. They say that these findings could have...
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Rice re-engineers Gleevec for Novartis
"For the first time you can take a drug with side effects and re-engineer it to curb those side effects."
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Plastic to help water and gas industries
Researchers have lots of imagination. After developing plastic as solid as steel, other scientists from in Australia, Korea and in the U.S. have created a plastic which could cut CO2 emissions and...
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Building nanowires to connect future chips
As computer chips are getting smaller and smaller, it becomes crucial to find new ways to connect them. Canadian researchers have developed a method to produce self-assembled nanowires that are...
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Photos: Novazone's pest killer
Upstart uses ozone, the three-atom molecule of pure oxygen, to kill micro-organisms on fruit, vegetables and in bottled drinks.
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Images: Hot wheels for molecules
Infinitessimally small nanocars developed at Rice University roll on streets paved with gold.
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