Nanoscience – Page 31

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    DNA motors on

    2011-12-22T10:44:00Z

    With the relentless rise of DNA nanotechnology's popularity, Emma Davies explores the role chemistry has played in its success

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    Nanotech decade

    2011-02-24T11:56:00Z

    Ten years of investment has turned nanotechnology into a booming research and industrial landscape. Fiona Case investigates whether it has lived up to the hype

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    News

    Molecular motor controls chirality

    2011-02-10T19:00:00Z

    Controlling the chirality of a molecule can be achieved using a light-driven molecular motor, say scientists in the Netherlands

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    Gold fever

    2010-08-27T14:41:00Z

    The catalytic potential of gold nanoparticles was overlooked for years, but researchers are making up for lost time, writes Bea Perks

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    Welcome to the machine

    2010-01-06T12:24:00Z

    Molecular machines have promised so much but are they more whimsical than technical? Philip Ball investigates

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    Feynman's fancy

    2009-01-08T12:30:00Z

    Richard Feynman's famous talk on atom-by-atom assembly is often credited with kick-starting nanotechnology. Fifty years on, Philip Ball investigates how influential it really was

  • Opinion

    Buckminsterfullerene and the quest for funny-looking molecules

    2007-06-29T12:51:00Z

    Dylan Stiles just loves those funny-looking molecules