Nanotechnology – Page 9

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    Observing charge distribution in molecules

    2012-02-29T00:00:00Z

    Microscopists have mapped the distribution of charge across a single organic molecule for the first time

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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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    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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    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