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A Rose in the Nano World

Don't let this image fool you; this "rose" is actually less than a millimeter across.

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Nanomesh

This image shows the predicted nanomesh of a single layer of hexagonal boron nitride suspended on a surface of Ruthenium. Abstract: A25.00011,

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Magnetism Affects Light Emissions

The calculated amount of light emitted by copper-based superconductors near magnetic stripes can be seen here ranging from blue (low) to white (high).

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Microwave Photons and Artificial Atoms

Microwave photons interacting with artificial atoms to produce nonlinear effects in superconductor systems.

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Algae in Orbit

Two colonies of microscopic volvox, a freshwater algae, orbit each other as their many flagella move them through water.

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Molecular Structure of Graphene

The molecular structure of graphene can be seen here through a scanning tunneling microscope.

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Electrons Behaving Like Light

Electrons can sometime behave like light in a newly discovered electronic state of matter.

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Frost Fractals

Frost on a pane of glass forms a twinkling fractal pattern.

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Twisting DNA

Twisting DNA coils around itself just like a hose or a rubber band. Animated

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Virus's Tough Outer Shell

A virus’s tough outer shell is built through the molecular self-assembly of the proteins shown here.

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How E. Coli Grows Best

The chart shows that E. Coli grow best by reducing the number of metabolic reactions in their systems.

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Electron Density

The electron density of a single atom of graphite reveals the molecule’s structure over the course of 26 attoseconds (26 millionths of a trillionth of a second). Animated

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Electron Micrograph

This electron micrograph shows a previously unknown grain structure in a variety of liquid crystals.

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Silicon Atoms Replacing Tin Atoms

An Atomic Force Microscope manipulates individual silicon atoms to replace tin atoms and create atom-sized patterns. Animated

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Controlling Superconductor Data

The data stored in superconducting qubits in the foreground can be controlled by individual photons stored in the blue circuit background.

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Intermingled Yeast Populations

Colorful fluorescent markers make these two intermingled yeast populations glow like holiday lights.

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Fingering Patterns on Broken Glass

Microscopic fingering patterns on broken glass shows how differently it behaves from the broken silicon on the left.

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Grey Carbon Atoms Over Silicon Dioxide

This is a simulation depicting grey carbon atoms of two graphene sheets suspended over a layer of silicon dioxid

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Artificial Cellular Membrane

A fluorescence microscope image shows the structure of an artificial cellular membrane prototype.

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Details of Confined DNA

Fluorescent labeling reveals details of confined DNA when illuminated with polarized light.

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The Great Copper Wall

One hundred thousand atoms of oxidized copper form a nano-sized Great Wall of China.

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Interacting Silica Particles

This computer simulation shows two polymer-coated silica particles interacting in water.

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Stretchable Graphene Electrodes

Carbon nano-tubes arranged on a flexible surface could one day lead to transparent bendable touch screen displays.

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Graphene Covers Bubble

A film of graphene one atom thick encloses small bubbles of gas.

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Before and After Nanoindentation

A capsid, part of a cluster of proteins that form a virus’s tough outer layer, shows the aftereffect of being tested by nanoindentation in this before (bottom) and after (top) image.

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DNA Hybrid

A DNA molecule wraps around a carbon nanotube.

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Clues From Crumpled Paper

The crumpling of paper can tell a lot about how cloths can get wrinkled, or how a car gets mangled in a crash.

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Peptides and Lipids Self-Assemble

A simulation offers a glimpse of antimicrobial peptides and lipids in the midst of self assembly.

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Silica Network

An electron microscope reveals tiny silica particles forming orderly networks after emerging from their liquid crystal phase.

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Micron-Sized Spheres

Micron-sized spheres suspended in water show regions where small crystalline structures have begun to form.

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