Berkeley Lab Reports Direct Observation of Oriented Attachment in Nanocrystal Growth

Source: SciTech Daily

Berkeley Lab researchers at the Molecular Foundry have elucidated important mechanisms behind oriented attachment that drives biomineralization and the growth of nanocrystals. Image from Jim DeYoreo A team of scientists at the Lawrence Berkeley Nati ...
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Cost-effective, high quality carbon nanotubes

Source: Nanowerk Nanotechnology Spotlight

(Nanowerk News) EU-funded researchers compared carbon nanotube synthesis techniques to develop the most cost-effective high quality electronic device products. Carbon nanotubes are, as their name suggests, tube-shaped carbon materials with ...
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Research and Markets: Structural and Chemical Characterization of Metal Alloys and Compounds - 2011: Volume 1372. MRS Proceedings

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This Materials Research Society Proceedings contains papers presented at Symposium 3 'Structural and Chemical Characterization of Metals, Alloys and Compounds' of the XX International Materials Research Congress. Thi ...
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Nanoparticles Act As 'Artificial Atoms' To Form Complex Structures

Source: RedOrbit

A new study by researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory may resolve the question over whether or not nanoparticles act as “artificial atoms” when forming molecular-type building blocks that can assemble into complex str ...
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Can volcanic crystals predict eruptions?

Source: The Money Times

Experts now believe that a chemical analysis of crystals encased in the magma within volcanic rocks can give a clearer picture of when eruptions will occur. The magma crystals about 100 to 500 microns in diameter grow i ...
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Crystals can help predict volcano eruptions, scientists say

Source: Los Angeles Times

Scientists dissecting the remains of the disastrous 1980 explosion of Mt. St. Helens in Washington state say that crystal formations trapped in volcanic rocks hold important clues about when a magma-loaded mountain is about to blow — a discovery that ...
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Gold-plated Fossil Cleanup

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Fossils are often coated with a very thin layer of gold to study the specimens under an electron microscope. The gold brings out otherwise invisible details. When the analysis is complete the fossils need to be ...
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FEI Launches "Living Lab" for Structural Biology Research at NIH

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HILLSBORO, Ore., May 23, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- FEI (Nasdaq:FEIC), a scientific instruments company, marked the official launch of the new Living Lab for Structural Biology during an event on the NIH campus today. "This ...
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Zooming in on bacterial weapons in 3D

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Bacterial infection of host cells: Pathogens of the type Salmonella typhimurium (orange) establish contact to a human host cell (blue) (credit: Christian Goosmann, Diane Schad, Rashmi Gupta and Michael Kolbe/Max Planck In ...
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