A bacterium's built-in compass, explained: Single-cell magnetometry confirms Earth-field alignment

They use Earth's magnetic field to orient themselves. To better understand this mechanism, the team led by Argovia-Professor Martino Poggio from the Swiss Nanoscience Institute and the Department of ...
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Path Following Control of an Atomic Force Microscope Driven by a Piezoelectric Inertia Actuated Robot Inside a Scanning Electron Microscope

Abstract: Path following control of micrometer-sized tools is the key to improve automation capabilities at the small scales. This paper addresses the issue of path following control for piezoelectric ...
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Digital Nanoelectromechanical Non-Volatile Memory Cell

Abstract: Nanoelectromechanical relays are inherently radiation hard and can operate at high temperatures. Thus, they have potential to serve as the building blocks in non-volatile memory that can be ...