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Researchers in Japan observe for the first time that a nanometer-sized dislocation loop in a metal undergoes diffusive motion even in the absence of external stress.

Nanoscale coils with defined helical sense show promise as electroconductive materials.

Simple metal-organic building blocks form cage-like frameworks that can be functionalized.

Remarkably robust organic membranes enable the growth of even more robust inorganic membranes for high temperature applications.

Several chemicals can be combined in one nanoparticle for the imaging and targeting of cancer cells.

A simple electric field assisted procedure for depositing materials onto the walls of pores of alumina templates shows promise for producing arrays of high purity nanotubes of a wide range of metals and even semiconductors.

Artificial nanostructures can imitate nature by creating surfaces that reflect almost no light.

Nanometer sized samples of metallic glasses can take more strain than their bulk counterparts.

Arrays of liposomes could be useful in label-free biological sensing.

Conformational changes in a supramolecular organic semiconducting polymer functionalized with bulky side groups provides non-volatile flash-memory.

Fullerenes wrapped up in helical polymer bundles form highly ordered one-dimensional arrays.

Aluminium-­doped zinc oxide nanowires grown by electrospinning exhibit potentially useful photoconductivity and non-volatile memory behaviour.

Despite their lack of periodicity, amorphous structures may offer a promising alternative to fabricate perfect photonic crystals.

Two polymer based solar cells can be placed in series to improve the solar power conversion efficiency keeping the costs down.

New simulations predict that doping silicon nanowires with heavier silicon isotopes can dramatically lower their thermal conductivity-an important step towards the realization of high efficiency thermoelectric nanowire devices.

Giant spin Hall effect achieved at room temperature using FePt/Au multi-terminal devices.

The realisation of vertically emitting blue lasers based on photonic crystals could lead to a broad variety of novel applications.

Magnetic hyperthermia: Heat generated by magnetic particles in liquid suspensions when exposed to alternating magnetic fields is used to kill cancer cells.