Underwater glue inspired by shellfish might help repair ships
Shown here is the adhesion between the silica tip of an atomic force microscope and adhesive fibers made by fusing ...
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MIT readies neutron microscope – new kind of imaging
A cylindrical mirror of the type the MIT and NASA researchers have developed for a novel type of neutron microscope ...
Underwater Atomic Force Microscopy opens new frontiers for biologists
To fully understand the processes and mechanisms that work at a cellular level, biologists should study them in their native, ...
Intelligent molecules that fold and change shape demonstrated for the first time
The new results demonstrate at the single-molecule level how solvent-induced collapse of an environmentally responsive copolymer modulates surface adhesion forces ...
Incredible molecular imaging shows individual chemical bonds for first time
Atomic level imaging has come a long way in the past decade, and after scientists first managed to image molecular ...
Scientists synthesize and image 5-ring graphite molecule in tribute to Olympics symbol
The 2012 London summer Olympic games are just a few weeks away, and as millions are set to flock to the city ...
IBM images electric charge distribution in a SINGLE molecule – world’s first!
Part of a the recent slew of revolutionary technological and scientific novelties coming off IBM's research and development lab, the company has ...