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IEEE Spectrum July 2007 Saswato R. Das |
Power Tool for Making Nanoscale Objects A physics team uses a special electron microscope to carve tiny gold, silver, and aluminum structures a few nanometers across.  |
Food Processing July 2013 David Phillips |
Food Processors Find New Sodium Alternatives Manufacturers continue looking for ways to lower sodium without losing flavor.  |
Chemistry World March 11, 2009 Phillip Broadwith |
Building nano-scale electronic contacts An international team of researchers has discovered a way of firmly 'welding' carbon nanotubes to metal particles that could lead to new nano-scale electronic contacts.  |
Chemistry World October 21, 2010 |
Dancing Facets Reveal Nanowire Kinetics In certain circumstances, sapphire nanowires grow by executing an unexpectedly frenetic dance, where oxygen atoms change between partners in vapour, liquid and solid phases. That dance has now been captured by Sang Ho Oh.  |
Chemistry World May 1, 2008 Richard Van Noorden |
Nanotrees without the seeds Lead sulfide wires that sprout in intricate tree-like patterns show you don't need templates or catalysts to control nanowire growth, say US-based chemists.  |
Technology Research News October 6, 2004 |
Crystal structure tunes nanowires A new process that controls the crystal structure of nanowires made from specific semiconductors may enable electronic components, such as light-emitting diodes and laser diodes, with tunable properties.  |
Chemistry World March 3, 2008 Simon Hadlington |
Atomic Etch A Sketch Researchers can inscribe nanowires onto a surface and rub them out again afterwards. The finding could eventually lead to a new generation of nano-scale electronic devices to rival silicon for the processing and storage of information.  |
Chemistry World October 14, 2014 James Urquhart |
Good vibrations for electron microscopy The physical and chemical properties of materials will be better understood thanks to researchers who added vibrational spectroscopy to the electron microscope at a spatial resolution of just a few nanometers.  |
Prepared Foods January 2008 David Kilcast |
Cutting Sodium An overview of salt's technical functions and impact on human sensory perception is provided, along with suggestions for salt-reduction strategies.  |
Food Processing September 2009 Diane Toops |
Demonizing Salt: America's Assault on Salt Shaking out sodium looks like the next trans fat for food processors.  |
Food Processing February 2010 |
Ingredient Round Up: Salts Salt is the focus for our February Ingredient Round Up.  |
Chemistry World July 14, 2006 Victoria Gill |
Ultimate Apex Achieved Researchers have devised a method of coating a tungsten point with a protective layer of nitrogen, which holds all of the metal atoms in place and maintains the tiniest point possible.  |
Food Processing August 2011 Anthony & Feder |
Salt Pinches Back While a closer look at sodium means processors may now feel better looking for their long-lost shaker of salt, consumers still are taking their wariness to the checkout counter.  |
Food Processing October 2012 |
Potassium Chloride Improves its Aftertaste While vendors tweak the sodium replacer, other mineral salts jockey for position.  |
Chemistry World October 29, 2009 Simon Hadlington |
Changes in atomic-scale structures observed in real time The method relies on an electron beam being focused to a spot on the sample material only a few tens of nanometres across and pulsed at a rate of femtoseconds.  |
Food Processing July 2012 Diane Toops |
Food Processors Chip Away at Salt Salty snacks present unique challenges for sodium reduction.  |
Food Processing March 2010 Diane Toops |
Challenges of Lowering Sodium Consumers want to be assured that lower sodium does not mean less taste.  |
Chemistry World November 20, 2006 Richard Van Noorden |
Microscopy Enters the Fourth Dimension Researchers have taken electron microscopy into the fourth dimension, by recording atoms darting around on a surface in real time.  |
Chemistry World February 18, 2014 Alan Dronsfield |
Early days of x-ray crystallography This book by Andre Authier can be enjoyed on two levels.  |
Chemistry World April 27, 2015 Tom Wilson |
Fighting crime with covert nanowires Scientists in China have made invisible barcodes, which could prove useful in the fight against fraud and theft, out of nanowires.  |
Chemistry World May 2, 2007 Richard Van Noorden |
Ionic Liquids' Etch-A-Sketch Surprise UK chemists have discovered how to draw and erase pictures on the surfaces of ionic liquids.  |
Chemistry World March 25, 2013 David Bradley |
Hydrogen bond under the microscope Scientists in Japan have designed a scanning tunnelling microscope tip that allowed them to measure electron transfer across a single hydrogen bond.  |
Chemistry World October 20, 2006 Tom Westgate |
UK Researchers Unveil Country's Most Powerful Microscope For the first time in the UK, researchers will be able to see atoms and the bonds between them, thanks to the brand new FEI Titan 80-300 monochromated scanning transmission electron microscope.  |
Chemistry World August 11, 2006 Tom Westgate |
Nanomachines Power up with Piezoelectricity Nanomachines sound like a great idea, but where is the nanobattery to power them? The problem could be solved with piezolelectric nanowires (NWs), tiny strips of matter a few atoms wide that give out electricity when they are flexed.  |
Chemistry World December 9, 2010 Mike Brown |
Lithiation through the lens Scientists have generated high resolution images of lithium ions being deposited on a single nanowire anode, revealing how the material grows and flexes in response to charge.  |
Food Processing August 2008 Mark Anthony |
Season with (only) a grain of salt The demand for low-sodium formulations is still big enough to stimulate creative solutions to the problem of lowering the salt content of prepared food while retaining customer appeal.  |
Chemistry World April 5, 2012 Simon Hadlington |
Graphene puts wet chemistry under the microscope Scientists in the US and Korea have shown that the single-atom thick carbon membrane can be used as a cover slip for an electron microscope to allow atomic-resolution observations of wet chemistry - something that is notoriously tricky to achieve.  |
Technology Research News August 11, 2004 |
Single gold atoms altered The gold atom, positioned on an ultrathin film of sodium chloride, remained stable during the operation, despite the change in charge.  |
Technology Research News September 22, 2004 |
Microscope Etches Ultrathin Lines Researchers have shown that it is possible to match electron beam resolution for organic materials using an ultraviolet laser shown through a near-field optical microscope.  |
Chemistry World September 23, 2014 Katrina Kramer |
One-shot tomography gives atomic-scale 3D images Researchers from Germany and China have developed a method to obtain a 3D image of a nanocrystal, with atomic resolution, using just a single 1D snapshot.  |
Technology Research News August 27, 2003 |
Tool sketches quantum circuits Researchers from Cambridge University in England and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a lithographic technique, dubbed erasable electrostatic lithography, that allows a quantum device to be drawn in a few hours rather than a couple of weeks.  |
Technology Research News January 26, 2005 |
The How It Works Files Nanotechnology: The laws of physics behave differently at very small scales. At the nanoscale, electrons travel more quickly through wires, transistors can mete out electrons one at a time, objects stick to each other, and light can bend matter.  |
IEEE Spectrum May 2013 Alexander Hellemans |
Nanowire Transistors Could Keep Moore's Law Alive Researchers are perfecting ways to produce gate-all-around devices  |
Chemistry World March 7, 2010 Simon Hadlington |
Solvated electron mystery solved Researchers have answered a riddle that has been puzzling scientists for decades: why is it that electrons in an aqueous environment appear to exist in two distinct states  |
Chemistry World November 19, 2008 Hayley Birch |
Colourful future for nanowires Dutch scientists have worked out how to fine tune the stripes of alternating crystal lattices that form in semi-conducting nanowires.  |
The Motley Fool February 27, 2006 Brian Gorman |
Campbell Soups Up Soup The soup outfit's new product initiative should give it a major marketing advantage. What will it mean to investors?  |
Chemistry World June 2, 2014 Caryl Richards |
Diamond set to sparkle for nanoelectronics Scientists in Australia are the first to etch structures less than a hundred nanometers in size on the inclined surfaces of diamond by simply using a variable pressure scanning electron microscope.  |
Chemistry World July 2, 2008 Richard Van Noorden |
Atomic Scale Microscopy Goes Commercial The state-of-the-art technique for seeing atoms will become an important tool for chemical analysis over the next decade as instrument manufacturers commercialize advances pioneered in laboratories.  |
IEEE Spectrum March 2008 Prachi Patel-Predd |
A Nanometer-Scale Etch A Sketch Scientists use a microscope to write and erase nanowires.  |
Technology Research News June 2, 2004 |
Plastic Nanowires Sense Gasses Cornell University researchers have devised a simple way to position conducting polymer nanowires on an electrode, and have made a prototype high-speed chemical detector that is capable of sensing minuscule amounts of ammonia gas.  |
Chemistry World November 1, 2007 Jonathan Edwards |
Gold Sets Nanowires Straight Mass-producing nanodevices may become a reality now that scientists in the US have demonstrated a new way of making millions of tiny electronic components at once.  |
Geotimes March 2003 Christina Reed |
Io's salty atmosphere Now, after two years of searching Io's atmosphere for a trace of sodium chloride (NaCl), scientists have identified some using a millimeter-wavelength radio telescope in Spain. The source of the salt, however, is still unclear.  |
Chemistry World December 11, 2012 Phillip Broadwith |
Seeing the helix of DNA Italian scientists have developed a technique to improve the contrast of electron microscopy images of DNA fibers.  |
Chemistry World February 25, 2015 Dannielle Whittaker |
Computational tool leaves electrides with nowhere to hide Scientists in Spain have proven the existence of gas-phase electride materials through a computational method with the ability to distinguish electrides from similar ionic compounds.  |
Geotimes December 2005 Kathryn Hansen |
Road Salt Contaminates Water When faced with a winter storm, cities deploy trucks to cover city streets with salt. The nation's favorite deicer, however, pollutes freshwater, and new research suggests the effects of road salt may be more widespread than previously thought.  |
Chemistry World February 16, 2012 Elinor Richards |
Making crisps healthier An investigation by UK scientists into how salt is released from crisps (known as potato chips in the US) as you eat them could lead to a healthier crisp that tastes just as good.  |
Seasoned Cooking September 2005 Michael Fick |
Should You Reduce Your Salt Intake? The Center for Science in the Public Interest says yes, but the Salt Institute offers a strong defense against it. Here are some sound bites from each side -- and several ways to reduce your sodium intake.  |
Technology Research News July 30, 2003 |
Crystal cracks nurture nanowires Researchers from the University of Tokyo in Japan have devised a way to form titanium nanowires within an intentionally flawed sapphire.  |
Chemistry World October 17, 2007 Lewis Brindley |
Shining a New Light on Nanowires Scientists have created tiny solar power cells using silicon nanowires 200 times thinner than a human hair. The cells could provide renewable energy for both nano- and large-scale applications.  |
AskMen.com Jacob Franek |
Low-Sodium Diet And Men Most men consume far too much sodium, usually because we add too much table salt to our food.  |