 Melting defects could lead to smaller, more powerful microchips May 04, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 26 vote(s)
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As microchips shrink, even tiny defects in the lines, dots and other shapes etched on them become major barriers to performance. Princeton engineers have now found a way to literally melt away such defects, ... | |
 Researchers target tumors with tiny 'nanoworms' May 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 27 vote(s)
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Scientists at UC San Diego, UC Santa Barbara and MIT have developed nanometer-sized “nanoworms” that can cruise through the bloodstream without significant interference from the body’s immune defense system ... | |
 Chemists measure chilli sauce hotness with nanotubes May 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 19 vote(s)
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Oxford chemists have found a way of using carbon nanotubes to judge the heat of chilli sauces. The technology might soon be available commercially as a cheap, disposable sensor for use in the food industry. | |
 Nanotube production leaps from sooty mess in test tube to ready formed chemical microsensors May 06, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 20 vote(s)
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Carbon nanotubes’ potential as a super material is blighted by the fact that when first made they often take the form of an unprepossessing pile of sooty black mess in the bottom of a test tube. Now researchers ... | |
 Scientists demonstrate method for integrating nanowire devices directly onto silicon May 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 24 vote(s)
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Applied scientists at Harvard University in collaboration with researchers from the German universities of Jena, Gottingen, and Bremen, have developed a new technique for fabricating nanowire photonic and ... | |
 Researchers identify pressure effects on nanomaterials May 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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Transistors, lasers and solar-energy conversion devices may be easier to manipulate because of recent research by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory scientists. The researchers defined the role high pressure ... | |
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