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Technology Research News January 14, 2004 Eric Smalley	Nanoparticle dyes boost storage The idea of storing data in fluorescent dyes has been around for a while, and researchers have been trying to boost storage capacity by recording multiple bits of information in a single spot using several types of dye. A new solution to this problem uses layered nanoparticles.
Chemistry World January 10, 2013 Holly Sheahan	Manipulating microswimmers US scientists have found a way to control the direction of microscopic swimming robots using lasers. This is the first time that anyone has used a method like this to control a microscale particle in solution, they say.
Chemistry World July 10, 2014	Emily Weiss: Tuneable illumination Research in the Weiss group looks at the fundamental physical chemistry of colloidal semiconductor quantum dots in both the solution and solid phase.
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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.
Reactive Reports Issue 53 David Bradley	Repulsive Particles Particles that one might expect to mutually repel somehow manage to form clusters in solution. This finding could be important for understanding how polymers become organized and improve the prospects of the burgeoning field of soft matter research.
Chemistry World October 13, 2010 James Urquhart	Aerosol theory solidifies An international team of researchers has found that atmospheric aerosol particles long thought to be liquid can in fact be amorphous solids. The discovery could improve atmospheric models and climate predictions.
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Chemistry World September 23, 2013 Raphael Levy	Gold nanoparticles for physics, chemistry and biology The varied perspectives in this textbook combine to give an agreeable read and a solid foundation in this topic.
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Chemistry World June 27, 2010 Simon Hadlington	Nanoparticles allow remote control of cells In an experiment reminiscent of the mind-control rays that featured prominently in B-movies from the 1950s, scientists in the US have used a magnetic field to alter the behavior of an animal.
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Chemistry World October 19, 2009 Lewis Brindley	Nanoparticles brought to order US researchers have developed a process that could bring the unusual properties of nanoparticles to a larger scale, by using small molecules to evenly space nanoparticles in a polymer composite.
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Chemistry World April 25, 2007 Victoria Gill	Nanoscale Scales Scientists at MIT have designed a device able to accurately weigh single nanoparticles within a liquid. The new technique is based on the ultra-sensitive mass detection made possible by nanomechanical resonators.
Reactive Reports Issue 67 David Bradley	Attractive Changing Colors Chemists have discovered that a simple magnet can be used to change the color of nanoparticles of iron oxide in aqueous suspension.
Chemistry World July 4, 2006 Jon Evans	Colloidal crystals enter period of trial separation The implications of this work could lead to new separation principles and techniques that will have significant impact on chemical separations.
Chemistry World August 25, 2010 Phillip Broadwith	Antibiotic nanoparticles go for gold Chemists in the UK and India have developed a simple, one step synthesis of gold nanoparticles incorporating an antibiotic, without using any other chemicals.
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