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Technology Research News May 21, 2003	Nanotubes smash length record Duke University researchers produced nanotubes as long as two millimeters, which is 100 times longer than previous efforts. Nanotubes have great potential as components of nanomachines and nanoelectronics.
Technology Research News April 9, 2003	Liquid crystals go 3D Researchers from Sheffield University in England and the University of Pennsylvania have unlocked some of the secrets of liquid crystals, materials that self-assemble into lattices of geometric shapes that are neither solid nor liquid, but somewhere between.
Reactive Reports Issue 30 David Bradley	Alloys spring to mind Alloys that 'remember' their original shape after being deformed and revert to it on heating are widely used in many diverse applications. Now, researchers have deposited a range of Ni-Mn-Ga alloys with different compositions simultaneously on to silicon substrates.
Reactive Reports Issue 30	Star Picks A chemistry education site provides several Java applets that give you a chance to explore various scientific principles in the same way as a professional scientist might... The Chemist's Art Gallery contains spectacular visualization and animations in chemistry... etc.
Bio-IT World February 10, 2003 Malorye Branca	Conquering Infinity with Chemical Genetics Harvard superchemist Stuart Schreiber defines the convergence of chemistry and biology. Now the field of chemical genetics is heading toward the clinic.
Technology Research News January 29, 2003 Kimberly Patch	Bumpy surface stores data Cramming more data into a given storage device is all about making bits that are extremely small and consistently spaced. Using individual molecules to store bits would be a tremendous leap forward. One molecule gaining researchers' attention is rotaxane.
Technology Research News January 29, 2003 Kimberly Patch	Tiny hole guides atoms against tide Researchers in Poland have made a synthetic device that uses an electrical field and an extremely small, conical pore in a thin film of material to coax potassium ions through the artificial membrane against their electrochemical potential.
Science News January 25, 2003 Ivars Peterson	Chemical Dissections In recreational mathematics, a geometric dissection involves cutting a geometric figure into pieces that you can reassemble into another figure. Now, chemists have gotten into the dissection game, as a novel strategy for getting small objects to assemble themselves into different regular forms.
Technology Research News January 15, 2003 Eric Smalley	Metal stores more hydrogen One reason the world isn't running on hydrogen fuel is that it's hard to store. Researchers from the National University of Singapore have made an accidental discovery that brings the promise of clean hydrogen energy a big step forward.
Technology Research News January 15, 2003 Kimberly Patch	Plastic process produces puny pores The size of the microscopic pores in a material determines how the material scatters the sun's rays and how much light will shine through. Making microscopic pores precisely the right size, however, is tricky.
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