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Chemistry World November 2, 2010 Hayley Birch	Nanoparticle detector promises fast virus identification The technique, developed by US researchers, can discriminate between different viruses and is sensitive enough to detect the presence of a single virus particle.
Chemistry World March 26, 2012 Jon Cartwright	Watching the Double-Slit Experiment in Real Time An international team of scientists has refined the famous double-slit experiment, allowing the untrained observer to watch it unfold in real time.
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Technology Research News October 20, 2004 Eric Smalley	Biochip spots single viruses A detector recently built from nanowire transistors can identify individual virus particles in real time in unpurified samples. Labs-on-a-chip based on the device could be used to monitor diseases.
Chemistry World November 1, 2014	An interdisciplinary celebration Rather than some biologists being woken up by a call from Stockholm to discover they are chemists, as the old joke goes, this year it was two physicists and a physical chemist.
Chemistry World January 22, 2007 Richard Van Noorden	First Synchrotron for Neutral Molecules Scientists have built and demonstrated the first synchrotron to work on neutral molecules. It could be used to study collisions of cold, slow-moving molecules, allowing chemists to probe their behavior with a resolution impossible to achieve at higher temperatures.
Fast Company July 2006 Tracy Staedter	A Virus With a Charge Researchers at MIT have figured out how to genetically manipulate viruses to build structures packed with tiny conductive wires. One goal -- battery cells that are much smaller and last a lot longer.
Chemistry World August 27, 2015 Matthew Gunther	Nanoscale microscopy casts light on cellular dynamics Scientists at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, US, have fine tuned an off-shoot of their super-resolution microscopy technique to image dynamic processes within the cell membrane for the first time.
Chemistry World August 24, 2015 Kira Welter	Trapped nanoparticles could bring 'wet' computing a step closer Scientists in Switzerland have developed a way to quickly and reliably store, read, erase and rewrite information using colloidal nanoparticles.
Chemistry World September 23, 2008 Simon Hadlington	Nanoparticles Hide Behind Protein Cloak Polymer nanoparticles suspended in human blood become cloaked in plasma proteins, new research has shown.
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Chemistry World April 19, 2011 Simon Hadlington	Cell factories package drugs for delivery Scientists in Australia and Germany have used living cells as 'factories' to encapsulate particles such as drugs in biological membranes.
Chemistry World October 15, 2009 Simon Hadlington	Optical conveyor belt gathers up molecules Researchers in Germany have developed a novel way to 'round up' biological molecules that are freely suspended in solution and trap them in a confined space using nothing more than light.
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Chemistry World March 4, 2010 Hayley Birch	Accumulation of acid in atmosphere explained The research could also have implications for global climate modelling, enabling scientists to reduce uncertainties related to the effects of aerosols in their predictions.
Chemistry World March 21, 2010 Lewis Brindley	Drinking water from sunlight and seawater A device that can 'push' the salt out of seawater has been developed by US researchers.
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Chemistry World October 23, 2014	The resolution revolution Super-resolution fluorescence microscopy earned three of its creators a Nobel prize this year.
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Technology Research News April 7, 2004	Chip-camera combo tracks viruses Researchers from Purdue University have devised methods of labeling virus structural elements and DNA, of imaging virus particles as they flow through labs-on-a-chip, and of concentrating virus particles.
Chemistry World August 11, 2014 Hayley Simon	Supermarket scales for the microscopic world A new method for weighing the dry biomass of individual biological particles has been developed by researchers in the US.
Science News February 26, 2005	Particle Physics Phun An array of games, such as Particle Pinball and Race for Energy, challenge visitors at a Web site hosted by the high-energy physics center known as the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory.
Technology Research News September 24, 2003 Kimberly Patch	Heated plastic holds proteins One important task for biochips is sorting proteins, but it's tricky business getting protein molecules to be where you want them and stay away from where you don't. A tiny, plastic-coated hot plate allows scientists to trap and release proteins on command.
IEEE Spectrum August 2007 Stick et al.	The Trap Technique In this first part of a two-part series, the authors discuss how today's computers are running out of room for classical physics to work and how working with the quantum nature of things instead of against it will open up vast new frontiers for computing.
Chemistry World September 5, 2011 David Bradley	Spiders, Grubbs' and polymer-powered nanomotors A chemical spider that spins a polymer thread using a simple catalyst could drive a nanomotor, according to researchers at Pennsylvania State University, US.
Chemistry World October 8, 2014	Super-resolution light microscopy wins chemistry Nobel The 2014 chemistry Nobel prize has been given to three pioneers of biomedical imaging, whose work has enabled nanoscale features within cells to be captured in exquisite detail.
Chemistry World November 3, 2006 Richard Van Noorden	Antimatter Cancer Treatment Researchers working at Cern's particle accelerator laboratory have just reported a successful first experiment into the biological effects of antiproton radiation on living cells. A US biotech firm already owns the intellectual property rights on the development of an antiproton clinic.
Chemistry World August 14, 2015 Matthew Gunther	CERN takes aim at proton and antiproton A Penning trap was used to determine that charge-to-mass ratio difference between a proton and antiproton
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Bio-IT World February 18, 2004	Quantum Dot Thinks Big People pay good money for Quantum Dot's products -- tiny semiconductors just about 10 nanometers across. To pharmaceutical companies, medical researchers, and diagnostic labs, these "quantum dots" are more valuable than precious metals.
Chemistry World July 12, 2012 Jon Evans	Why can we walk on custard? Being a mixture of cornflour and milk, with a dash of a vanilla essence, instant custard consists of a dense suspension of microscopic particles. Such suspensions are well known to harden on impact, but no one really knew why.
Financial Planning November 1, 2005 Michael B. Horwitz	Metaphorically Speaking Despite the obvious communicative advantages, there is also significant risk in using metaphors and analogies to describe financial markets and other complex phenomena. Financial advisers need to exert caution when speaking with clients.
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Chemistry World April 27, 2015 Jon Cartwright	E-paper display draws on child's toy The idea behind the Magna Doodle has been given a new lease of life by scientists in Japan, who have created an electronic-paper version that could be used as a large interactive display for classrooms.
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Technology Research News April 20, 2005	Spiral Laser Beam Demoed Researchers have found a way to generate helico-conical, or spiral-shaped light beams. The unusual-shaped beams are potentially useful in trapping and manipulating particles in biological and medical devices, including biochips.
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Chemistry World May 10, 2009 Jon Cartwright	Nanocrystals Stop Blinking Researchers in the US have created the first semiconductor nanocrystals that do not intermittently 'blink' while emitting light.
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Chemistry World November 27, 2007 James Mitchell Crow	A Flare for Gene Silencing US scientists have developed nanoparticle probes coated with DNA that release fluorescent 'flares' when they silence genes inside cells.
BusinessWeek December 13, 2004 Kate Murphy	Cholesterol: The Bigger the Better Many doctors are convinced that getting a more thorough cholesterol test, one that identifies the types of LDL particles, can improve treatment and save lives.
Technology Research News February 23, 2005	Process yields semiconductor foam Researchers from Wayne State University have made crystalline aerogels -- new semiconductor materials that are very porous, giving them very high surface areas.
Technology Research News January 12, 2005	Ultrasound Makes Blood Stand Out Researchers have found a way to use ultrasonic vibrations to take images of tumors. The method involves using ultrasonic vibrations to image colloidal objects, which are spherical objects like particles and blood cells that are suspended in fluid.