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The structural quality of metal nanocrystals can be assessed by watching how they vibrate

The fabrication of superconducting single-photon detectors on silicon substrates opens the possibility of integrating high-performance light detectors with low-cost silicon circuits

When pressurized in water, graphite oxide expands

Nitrogen defects in diamond are showing their potential for very-high-resolution magnetic sensing

Electrons confined in two-dimensional nanostructures can affect the colour of light emitted from a scanning tunnelling microscope junction

A Swiss collaboration has found that many more nanoparticles can leave an experimental sewage works than was previously thought.

When a research council in the UK consulted the public about different aspects of nanomedicine, the feedback was loud and clear. Richard Jones reports.

A fundamental understanding of many factors — including composition, size, shape and surface structure — is vital for the development of new and improved catalysts.

A new optical imaging technique shows how fluids are affected by nanopatterned surfaces

Fullerene molecules demonstrate their potential as anchoring groups in molecular junctions

Nanoparticle shape changes that occur during a catalytic cycle can be monitored using X-ray diffraction

Two analytical methods can determine the content and size of titanium dioxide nanoparticles in commercial sunscreens

Magnetic colloids can be used to create chiral clusters

Flexible microtubules can orient themselves parallel or perpendicular to an electric field

Highly focused coherent X-rays can be used to image single gold nanoparticles with a spatial resolution of 5 nm

Single-walled carbon nanotubes can block the ability of neurons to internalize materials

A graphene transistor has been built with high on/off ratios

Carbon nanotube pipettes can be used to release tiny amounts of copper iodide in a controlled fashion using electrical pulses