All articles by Jon Cartwright – Page 2

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Will nanorods be the next big male contraceptive idea?

2013-06-05T00:00:00Z

Successful experiments on mice bode well for a future human contraceptive - if men can stomach the injections
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3D printer churns out bionic ear

2013-05-17T00:00:00Z

Seamless integration of electronics and tissue could be used with other artificial implants and synthetic organs
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Exoplanet spectrum hints at ‘core accretion’

2013-03-14T00:00:00Z

Direct imaging reveals unprecedented levels of detail including the presence of water and carbon monoxide
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Crystals of polystyrene

2013-02-25T00:00:00Z

Highly ordered materials made by crosslinking are super strong, say chemists, and could find use in engineering applications
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Synthetic ultramarine's recipe revealed

2013-02-21T00:00:00Z

180 years on, chemists unravel the recipe of a prized blue pigment
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Pico-gold clusters break catalysis record

2012-12-14T00:00:00Z

Clusters of just three to 10 gold atoms offer exceptional catalytic turnover rates of up to 10 million
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Magnesium oxide might go metallic in super-Earths

2012-11-22T00:00:00Z

Discovery suggests more exoplanets could generate life-preserving magnetic fields
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An ultralight graphene structure for all seasons

2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Super material is fire resistant and can absorb a record breaking 600 times its own weight in oil
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Thermoelectrics ‘pass new milestone’

2012-09-19T00:00:00Z

Material converts heat to electricity more efficiently than ever before, say US scientists
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‘Genetic code’ guides nanoparticle growth

2012-08-09T00:00:00Z

DNA can be programmed to create nanoparticles of various shapes
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Curiosity – searching in vain?

2012-08-02T00:00:00Z

NASA’s latest Mars probe is set to land this weekend, but the question remains of whether it is able to detect the signatures of life
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Electrode dip to freshen up saltwater

2012-06-10T00:00:00Z

Desalination technique could treat brackish water in a cheaper 'merry-go-round' process
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Tiny buckyball grown around metal atom

2012-05-30T00:00:00Z

28-atom strong fullerene might be stable enough to test superconductivity, researchers say
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Cracks break the rules of nanofabrication

2012-05-10T00:00:00Z

Controlled cracks offer a cheaper and easier way to create nano-sized patterns, say researchers in South Korea
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Hydrogen that mimics graphene

2012-04-02T00:00:00Z

Dense, solid hydrogen forms six-atom rings under high pressure and could be a stepping stone to a metallic form
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Watching the double-slit experiment in real time

2012-03-26T14:00:00Z

Demonstration allows observer to watch build up of interference pattern using fluorescence microscopy
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DVD player burns graphene to disc

2012-03-15T18:00:00Z

Technique can produce high-performance, flexible capacitors using a simple fabrication process
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Antimicrobial pyroelectric crystals kill bacteria

2012-03-07T11:59:00Z

Powdered pyroelectric crystals that catalyse the formation of reactive oxygen species could be harnessed to kill bacteria
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Nanorobots seek and destroy disease

2012-02-17T08:27:00Z

DNA-based robots can perform simple computation to detect cell type, then offload cargo, say US researchers
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Nanoparticles slow iron absorption in the gut

2012-02-12T18:00:00Z

Study shows even 'safe' nanoparticles can have physiological consequences, say US researchers