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The electromagnetic fields in and around nanostructures can be visualized by combining electron microscopy with intense optical pulses.

Rolling nanorods on the surface of polar liquids using a coulombically induced torque.

DNA molecules in biological samples can be detected and quantified by measuring their changes in stiffness.

Europium nanoparticles can be used for sensing and imaging temperature in the physiological range.

Liquid suspensions made from nanoparticles attached to short organic polymers show some remarkably slow fluid dynamics.

A nickel-based catalyst has been developed for use in hydrogen fuel cells.

It is now possible to grow nanowires with abrupt junctions between different group IV semiconductors.

RTH-type zeolites can have notable catalytic properties.

Colloidal particles made from functionalized graphene sheets can enhance fuel combustion.

Researchers in Liverpool have found a unique way to unite the physical and biological sciences.

A 1959 lecture by Richard Feynman has become an important document in the history of nanotechnology but, as Chris Toumey reports, there are disagreements about when it became important, and why.

Nanotechnology could have an impact on many areas of the food industry, including packaging, nutrient delivery and food quality, but it is too early to tell if it will be embraced by food companies and the general public.

Who was Richard Feynman and what did he actually say about nanotechnology?

Irrespective of what he got right and what he got wrong in his famous 1959 lecture, Richard Feynman's vision and imagination have had an important role in the development of nanoscience and nanotechnology, as Richard Jones reports.

In 1959 Richard Feynman called for researchers to improve the resolution of the electron microscope, and they have — but resolution is only part of the story.

Researchers have used a deformable mirror to focus 20 keV X-rays to a spot size of just 7 nm.

Magnetism hinders the formation of atomic chains in break junctions.

Three-dimensional nanoscale imaging can be performed without measuring or controlling the phase of light.

New photonic nanostructures could have tunable optical properties controlled by forces from a laser.