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Researchers have explained pattern formation in oscillatory chemical reactions by considering surface anisotropies

Gold nanorods can solder tissues together, paving the way for stitching wounds and transplants

A scanning tunnelling microscope can be used to switch the chirality of an adsorbed complex

Collections of colloidal particles in a magnetized ferrofluid can spontaneously form a variety of different superstructures

Researchers have observed that the electronic properties of graphene nanostructures vary with the character of their edges

Trends in the production of nanoproducts show a potential burden on energy consumption and global warming

Highly active catalysts made from clusters of only 8–10 platinum atoms

Magnetized molecules anchored onto a gold surface could act as new memory arrays for computing

New research by social scientists is presenting a clearer picture of the factors that influence the public perception of nanotechnology and, as Chris Toumey reports, the results present challenges for those working to increase public acceptance of nanoscience and technology. See focus on public perceptions of nanotechnology.

The scanning transmission electron microscope can image whole cells in liquid with nanometre resolution

A variant on Fourier-transform scanning tunnelling microscopy shows that the Fermi surfaces of cuprate superconductors change on nanometre-length scales

A new way to measure the temperature drop across very short distances

As research into the public perception of nanotechnology becomes more complex and rigorous, it is increasingly clear that greater public awareness of nanotechnology will not, on its own, automatically lead to widespread public acceptance.

From solar power to supercapacitors, nanoscience and technology have the potential to help solve a number of pressing energy problems but, as Richard Jones reports, the credit crunch and wild swings in the price of oil could get in the way of these solutions.

Researchers have rationalized radial Young's modulus measurements of carbon nanotubes by assuming it varies with radial strain

The reactivity of aluminium clusters with water depends on geometric structure rather than electronic structure