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Chemistry World January 22, 2015 Simon Hadlington	Diamond sensor atom scale imaging proposed Researchers in the US have devised a novel strategy for mapping multiple nuclear spins in a single molecule using quantum sensors in diamond.
Chemistry World September 2011	Diamonds are for everything No longer valued simply for its glamour and durability, diamond is turning its hand to applications in solar power, laser design and bionic eyes.
Chemistry World November 29, 2007 Simon Hadlington	Researchers Crack Mystery of Diamond's Conductivity US researchers have cracked one of the most baffling mysteries in materials science -- why diamond, the supreme insulator, becomes a conductor under certain conditions.
Technology Research News August 27, 2003	Tool sketches quantum circuits Researchers from Cambridge University in England and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a lithographic technique, dubbed erasable electrostatic lithography, that allows a quantum device to be drawn in a few hours rather than a couple of weeks.
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Chemistry World April 16, 2013 Emma Stoye	Polymer 'nano-suit' protects insects from vacuum Japanese scientists have shown that coating insect larvae with Tween-20, a common detergent, lets them survive the powerful vacuum inside an electron microscope. The technique could pave the way for high resolution live imaging.
Chemistry World July 14, 2006 Victoria Gill	Ultimate Apex Achieved Researchers have devised a method of coating a tungsten point with a protective layer of nitrogen, which holds all of the metal atoms in place and maintains the tiniest point possible.
Chemistry World July 12, 2011 Laura Howes	Structural Transformations Put Under the Microscope Using just the heat from a tunnelling electron microscope, a group from California has induced a structural transformation in a copper sulfide nanorod and then used the microscope to watch the process as it happened.
Technology Research News August 10, 2005 Eric Smalley	Ice transforms chipmaking Spraying water vapor onto cold silicon could be a simple way to make computer chips. The key is etching nanoscale lines into the resulting ice to make microscopic computer circuits. The process is environmentally friendly to boot.
Chemistry World October 14, 2014 James Urquhart	Good vibrations for electron microscopy The physical and chemical properties of materials will be better understood thanks to researchers who added vibrational spectroscopy to the electron microscope at a spatial resolution of just a few nanometers.
Chemistry World November 20, 2006 Richard Van Noorden	Microscopy Enters the Fourth Dimension Researchers have taken electron microscopy into the fourth dimension, by recording atoms darting around on a surface in real time.
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Chemistry World May 26, 2009 Phillip Broadwith	Salt nanowire surprise Common table salt - normally a brittle crystalline material - can be pulled into nanowires that will extend by more than twice their own length without breaking
Chemistry World August 5, 2015 Simon Hadlington	New two-dimensional tin material created Two-dimensional tin has been predicted to exhibit a range of unusual electronic phenomena, such as topological insulation.
Technology Research News December 11, 2002 Kimberly Patch	DNA prefers diamond DNA is particularly useful for sensing pathogens like those used in biological weapons. The trick to making sensors that can be used in the field may involve attaching strands of DNA to a thin film of diamond, preparing sensors to withstand the rigors of the real world.
Chemistry World October 22, 2015 Andy Extance	Crystals allow peek at picosecond DNA damage Right now, light is damaging DNA in your cells, but the chemistry that causes this damage remains murky.
Chemistry World November 29, 2010 Simon Hadlington	Mystery of diamond polishing solved? Mike Ashfold, an expert on the chemistry of diamond at the University of Bristol in the UK, says, 'Polishers have long recognised that some diamond surfaces polish more easily, and more successfully, than others.
Technology Research News August 11, 2004 Eric Smalley	Chips measure electron spin Practical quantum computers are at least a decade away, and some researchers are betting that they will never be built. But a pair of recent experiments may prove them wrong.
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2005 Hubert Kostal	Nano-optics: robust, optical devices for demanding applications In harsh environments, conventional optics and optical engineering have significant physical limitations. But, through nanometer-scale structuring of various materials, "Nano-optics" creates a new class of optical devices with desirable optical effects.
Smithsonian January 2007 Cate Lineberry	Diamonds Unearthed In part two of this series, Smithsonian diamond expert Jeffrey Post, curator of the National Gem and Mineral Collection, discusses conflict diamonds, colored diamonds and synthetic gems grown in the lab
Chemistry World August 8, 2013 Anthony King	Diamond encrusted nano-saw to slash silicon waste Scientists at Fraunhofer in Germany and CSIRO in Australia have teamed up to make an ultra-thin saw made of carbon nanotubes sprinkled with diamonds. Their new nano-saw promises to slice thinner silicon wafers.
Geotimes July 2004 Megan Sever	Next Best Friend: Cultured Diamonds Conventional thinking about diamonds may soon be changing. Diamonds -- long prized for their beauty, rarity and long generation times -- are now being created in a matter of hours in laboratories.
Chemistry World January 2, 2013 Philip Robinson	Shine on you crazy Diamond The UK's Diamond Light Source is celebrating five years since it opened its doors to scientists. The joint venture between the Science and Technology Facilities Council and the Wellcome Trust established Diamond as the successor to the UK's previous synchrotron source at Daresbury.
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Technology Research News September 24, 2003	Teamed lasers make smaller spots Researchers from Boston University have tapped the properties of polarization in order to focus a laser beam more tightly in space. The method could be used to scan objects in finer detail and to make finer features in processes like rapid prototyping and photolithography.
Chemistry World October 29, 2009 Simon Hadlington	Changes in atomic-scale structures observed in real time The method relies on an electron beam being focused to a spot on the sample material only a few tens of nanometres across and pulsed at a rate of femtoseconds.
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Technology Research News September 10, 2003 Eric Smalley	Electron teams make bigger qubits Making quantum computers from electronic chips rather than cumbersome laboratory equipment requires control over individual electrons. A scheme that has a string of electrons acting as one could ease the task by expanding the target to a whopping 250 millionths of a millimeter.
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Food Engineering November 1, 2008	Engineering R&D: Diamonds are a seal's best friend Mechanical seals coated with nanodiamonds is the first commercial application for a technology transitioning from basic research to established science.
Chemistry World August 2010	Let's get physical The field of physical chemistry is booming, as more and more scientists seek to understand their work on a molecular level
IEEE Spectrum September 2007 Lieven Vandersypen	Dot-to-Dot Design Researchers are connecting tiny puddles of electrons in a chip and making them compute -- the quantum way.
Wired September 2003 Joshua Davis	The New Diamond Age Armed with new processes to manufacture inexpensive, mass-produced gems, two startups are launching an assault on the De Beers cartel. Next up: the computing industry.
Chemistry World June 11, 2014 Emma Stoye	Toughest ever diamond made from carbon onions A synthetic diamond that is even harder than its natural counterpart and able to withstand even hotter temperatures has been made by researchers in China.
Chemistry World March 13, 2014 Emma Stoye	Piece of Earth's interior 'ocean' found in diamond A tiny crystal found in a diamond has confirmed predictions about a giant store of water deep in the Earth's mantle.
Chemistry World April 19, 2007 Lewis Brindley	Superhard Material Made at Ambient Pressure Inorganic chemists in the U.S. have synthesized a material that rivals the hardness of diamond, without needing to use extremely high pressure.
Chemistry World July 8, 2013 Philip Ball	Solvent traffic responsible for electron gridlock Electron transfer is common in biochemistry, electrochemistry and redox reactions, but isn't fully understood. New research now shows that the rate at which an electron leaves its parent atom may be at the mercy of the solvent.