 Physicists Store Images in Vapor June 23, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 89 vote(s)
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Books are written on solid pieces of paper for an obvious reason: the atoms in a solid don’t move around much, keeping the words and pictures in place for centuries. Trying to store letters and images in a ... | |
 New Nanowire-Based Memory Could Beef Up Information Storage July 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 45 vote(s)
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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 ... | |
Perfecting a solar cell by adding imperfections June 16, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 37 vote(s)
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Nanotechnology is paving the way toward improved solar cells. New research shows that a film of carbon nanotubes may be able to replace two of the layers normally used in a solar cell, with improved performance at a lower ... | |
 'Super paper:' New nanopaper more break-resistant than cast iron June 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 43 vote(s)
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Researchers in Sweden and Japan report development of a new type of paper that resists breaking when pulled almost as well as cast iron. The new material, called "cellulose nanopaper," is made of sub-microscopic ... | |
 Carbon Nanotubes as a Single-Photon Source June 12, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 34 vote(s)
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Carbon nanotubes, as true multi-purpose materials, have potential applications in everything from electrical circuits and drug delivery to golf clubs and space elevators. Recently, physicists have investigated ... | |
 Physicists Produce Quantum-Entangled Images June 25, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 32 vote(s)
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Using a convenient and flexible method for creating twin light beams, researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Maryland (UM) have produced “quantum images,” ... | |
 Carbon Nanotubes Compromise the Functions of Certain Protozoa, Study Shows June 18, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 28 vote(s)
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A new study by researchers from the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada, hints that carbon nanotubes may be toxic to microorganisms. When cultures of a certain key protozoan, a single-cell organism, ... | |
 Ultrafast look into atoms and molecules June 20, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 27 vote(s)
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New record in ultrafast metrology: Physicists at Max-Planck Institute of Quantum Optics and the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich are the first to produce light pulses lasting only 80 attoseconds.
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UBC physicists develop 'impossible' technique to study and develop superconductors June 23, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 29 vote(s)
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A team of University of British Columbia researchers has developed a technique that controls the number of electrons on the surface of high-temperature superconductors, a procedure considered impossible for the past two decades. | |
 New nano technique significantly boosts boiling efficiency June 26, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 33 vote(s)
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Whoever penned the old adage "a watched pot never boils" surely never tried to heat up water in a pot lined with copper nanorods. | |
A promising step towards more effective hydrogen storage June 16, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 30 vote(s)
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An international research team led by Swedish Professor Rajeev Ahuja, Uppsala University, has demonstrated an atomistic mechanism of hydrogen release in magnesium nanoparticles – a potential hydrogen storage material. The ... | |
 Trap and zap: Harnessing the power of light to pattern surfaces on the nanoscale June 18, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 27 vote(s)
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Princeton engineers have invented an affordable technique that uses lasers and plastic beads to create the ultrasmall features that are needed for new generations of microchips. | |
 New paper offers insights into 'blinking' phenomena July 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 24 vote(s)
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A new paper by a team of researchers led by University of Notre Dame physicist Bolizsár Jankó provides an overview of research into one of the few remaining unsolved problems of quantum mechanics. | |
Engineers show nanotube circuits can be made en masse July 04, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 28 vote(s)
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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, ... | |
CSIRO scientist discovers natural 'invisible' gold June 23, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 27 vote(s)
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The search for these natural but 'invisible' nanoparticles is important. If they can be proved to exist, the knowledge will help give us a deeper understanding of how gold can be transported and deposited by geological processes, ... | |
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