Extreme nature helps scientists design nano materials
Tuesday, October 14, 2008 - 10:49
in Physics & Chemistry
Scientists are using designs in nature from extreme environments to overcome the challenges of producing materials on the nanometre scale. A team from the UK's John Innes Centre, the Scripps Research Institute in California and the Institut Pasteur in Paris have identified a stable, modifiable virus that could be used as a nanobuilding block.
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