 Scientists design simpler, more accurate nanothermometer July 26, 2006 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 39 vote(s)
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By using carbon nanotubes containing gallium for measuring temperature at the nanoscale, scientists have invented a new nanothermometer that works simply by heating and cooling the tubes. | |
 Graphene Takes the Heat February 20, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 90 vote(s)
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Carbon nanotubes are being touted by many scientists and engineers as the material of the future, with the potential to revolutionize electronic technologies. But a new study shows that nanotubes may not be ... | |
 Nanocaps help scientists control magnetism reversal March 03, 2006 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 75 vote(s)
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By fabricating curved “nanocaps” to study nanoscale magnetism, scientists have discovered how to partly control magnetism reversal, which could improve applications such as data storage, recording media and ... | |
 Physicists show electrons can travel over 100 times faster in graphene than in silicon March 24, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 79 vote(s)
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University of Maryland physicists have shown that in graphene the intrinsic limit to the mobility, a measure of how well a material conducts electricity, is higher than any other known material at room temperature. ... | |
 Scientists confirm role of nano-hairs in self-cleaning lotus leaf February 17, 2006 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 118 vote(s)
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Today, thousands of buildings boast self-cleaning paint and self-cleaning roofs; self-cleaning textiles, glass windows and sprays have already sprung onto the market. German botanist Wilhelm Barthlott has even ... | |
Using fireballs to uncover the mysteries of ball lightning February 18, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 50 vote(s)
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“People have been pondering ball lightning for a couple of centuries,” says James Brian Mitchell, a scientist the University of Rennes in France. Mitchell says that different theories of how it forms, and why it burns in ... | |
 Electron spin and orbits in carbon nanotubes are coupled March 26, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 49 vote(s)
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Researchers hoping to use carbon nanotubes for quantum computing -- in which the spin of a single electron would represent a bit of data -- may have to change their approaches, according to new Cornell research. | |
Nanoparticles Provide Detailed View Inside Living Animals April 18, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Using nanoparticles designed specifically to produce a bright Raman spectroscopic signal, a team of investigators at the Center for Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence Focused on Therapy Response (Stanford CCNE) has shown that ... | |
 Making a good impression: Nanoimprint lithography tests at NIST April 29, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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In what should be good news for integrated circuit manufacturers, recent studies by the National Institute of Standards and Technology have helped resolve two important questions about an emerging microcircuit ... | |
Nanosize Rods Light Up Pancreatic Cancer Cells April 18, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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Quantum dots have shown promise as ultrabright contrast agents for use in a variety of cancer imaging studies. Now, a team of investigators at the Multifunctional Nanoparticles in Diagnosis and Therapy of Pancreatic Cancer ... | |
Tiny buckyballs squeeze hydrogen like giant Jupiter March 20, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 55 vote(s)
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Hydrogen could be a clean, abundant energy source, but it's difficult to store in bulk. In new research, materials scientists at Rice University have made the surprising discovery that tiny carbon capsules called buckyballs ... | |
 New nanotube sensor can continuously monitor minute amounts of insulin April 15, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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A new method that uses nanotechnology to rapidly measure minute amounts of insulin is a major step toward developing the ability to assess the health of the body’s insulin-producing cells in real time. | |
Researchers Suggest Quantum Dots as Media for Teleportation June 21, 2007 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 135 vote(s)
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According to recent research, tiny clusters of atoms known as quantum dots may be excellent media for quantum teleportation, a physics phenomenon in which information – in the form of a quantum state, a very specific mathematical ... | |
Scientists discover how nanocluster contaminants increase risk of spreading April 17, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
For almost half a century, scientists have struggled with plutonium contamination spreading further in groundwater than expected, increasing the risk of sickness in humans and animals. | |
 'Nanodrop' Test Tubes Created with a Flip of a Switch April 15, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have demonstrated a new device that creates nanodroplet “test tubes” for studying individual proteins under conditions that mimic the crowded ... | |
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