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Carbon Nanotube Windmills Powered by 'Electron Wind'

10 hours ago | User rating: 5 / 5 after 26 vote(s) | User comments: 6

Theoretical physicists from Lancaster University in the UK have designed a nanomotor that operates by a novel mechanism: an electron wind.


New Nanowire-Based Memory Could Beef Up Information Storage

July 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 45 vote(s) | User comments: 4

Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania have created a type of nanowire-based information storage device that is capable of storing three bit values rather than the usual two—that is, "0," "1," and ...


Engineers show nanotube circuits can be made en masse

July 04, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 28 vote(s) | User comments: 1

Most innovations don't go far unless there is a way to turn them into products that are manufacturable on a mass scale. That's why new research on carbon nanotubes, presented June 19 by a group of Stanford electrical engineers, ...


Super strong antimicrobial coatings for medicine, defense

July 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 13 vote(s) | User comments: 1

One of the world' strongest materials meets one of Nature's most powerful germ killers in a new research project that produced incredibly tough anti-bacterial surfaces with multiple applications in home appliances, ...


Researchers report finer lines for microchips: Advance could lead to next-generation computer chips, solar cells

10 hours ago | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 18 vote(s) | User comments: 1

MIT researchers have achieved a significant advance in nanoscale lithographic technology, used in the manufacture of computer chips and other electronic devices, to make finer patterns of lines over larger ...