News articles tagged with 'crystal'
Addressing the nuclear waste issue
— 6 Apr 2011 16:01 | EnvironmentResearchers from Northwestern University and Argonne National Laboratory have an enhanced understanding of a common freshwater alga and its remarkable ability to remove strontium from…
Etched quantum dots shape up as single photon emitters, NIST tests show
— 24 Feb 2011 20:17 | TechnologyLike snowflakes or fingerprints, no two quantum dots are identical. But a new etching method for shaping and positioning these semiconductor nanocrystals might change that. What's more,…
Fish provide missing piece in the marine sediment jigsaw
— 22 Feb 2011 23:21 | EnvironmentResearch published today reveals the previously unidentified role that fish play in the production of sediments in the world's oceans, and specifically of the carbonate sediments that…
Scientists customise a magnet's performance by strategically replacing key atoms
— 1 Feb 2011 21:09 | TechnologyScientists have given us a plethora of new materials - all created by combining individual elements under varying temperatures and other conditions. But to tweak an intermetallic compound…
A mix of tiny gold and viral particles - and the DNA ties that bind them
— 28 Jan 2011 16:54 | TechnologyScientists have created a diamond-like lattice composed of gold nanoparticles and viral particles, woven together and held in place by strands of DNA. The structure - a distinctive…
How the hat fits: Structural biology study reveals shape of epigenetic enzyme complex
— 21 Jan 2011 20:32 | BiologyTo understand the emerging science of epigenetics - a field that describes how genes may be regulated without altering the underlying DNA itself - scientists are deciphering the many…
Caltech-led team creates damage-tolerant metallic glass
— 13 Jan 2011 16:51 | TechnologyGlass is inherently strong, but when it cracks or otherwise fails, it proves brittle, shattering almost immediately. Steel and other metal alloys tend to be tough - they resist shattering…
Quantum quirk contained
— 13 Jan 2011 16:24 | TechnologyResearchers at the University of Calgary, in Canada, collaborating with the University of Paderborn, in Germany, are working on a way to make quantum networks a reality and have published…
Graphene grains make atom-thick patchwork 'quilts'
— 6 Jan 2011 14:59 | TechnologyArtistry from science: Cornell University researchers have unveiled striking, atomic-resolution details of what graphene 'quilts' look like at the boundaries between patches, and have…
Researchers demystify glasses by studying crystals
— 30 Nov 2010 21:59 | ChemistryGlass is something we all know about. It's what we sip our drinks from, what we look out of to see what the weather is like before going outside and it is the backbone to our high speed…