 Important Twist in Supercapacitor Research September 19, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 176 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Car batteries as we know them today may soon be relics. Storing energy in clunky containers with limited shelf lives has plagued car makers and military engineers who need lightweight, powerful ... | |
 Breakthrough for carbon nanotube materials September 29, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 79 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In collaboration with scientists from the NanoTech Institute of the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) – CSIRO has achieved a major breakthrough in the development of a commercially-viable ... | |
 Nanopencil Can Provide Terabit Data Storage Density September 22, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 53 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have fabricated a 'nanopencil' with a tip so small that it can be used as a scanning probe in ultrahigh-density computer data storage systems. | |
MU scientists go green with gold, distribute environmentally friendly nanoparticles September 28, 2008 | User rating: 2.9 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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Gold nanoparticles are everywhere. They are used in cancer treatments, automobile sensors, cell phones, blood sugar monitors and hydrogen gas production. However, until recently, scientists couldn't create the nanoparticles ... | |
 Researchers develop nano-sized 'cargo ships' to target and destroy tumors September 12, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 48 vote(s)
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Scientists have developed nanometer-sized 'cargo ships' that can sail throughout the body via the bloodstream without immediate detection from the body's immune radar system and ferry their cargo of anti-cancer ... | |
New carbon nanomaterial shows promise of storing large quantities of renewable electrical energy September 16, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 49 vote(s)
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Engineers and scientists at The University of Texas at Austin have achieved a breakthrough in the use of a one-atom thick structure called "graphene" as a new carbon-based material for storing electrical charge in ultracapacitor ... | |
 Nanowire technology could make LCDs brighter, thinner, and cheaper October 03, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 49 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- As nanoimprinting technology advances, scientists have shown that using nano-sized polarizers could significantly enhance the contrast ratio in liquid crystal displays (LCDs). For consumers, ... | |
When particles are so small that they seep right through skin September 30, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 45 vote(s)
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Scientists are finding that particles that are barely there – tiny objects known as nanoparticles that have found a home in electronics, food containers, sunscreens, and a variety of applications – can breech our most personal ... | |
 New nanoscale process will help computers run faster and more efficiently September 25, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 39 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Smaller. Faster. More efficient. These are the qualities that drive science and industry to create new nanoscale structures that will help to speed up computers. | |
Future nanoelectronics may face obstacles September 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 26 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Combining ordinary electronics with light has been a potential way to create minimal computer circuits with super fast information transfer. Researchers at Umeå University in Sweden and the University of ... | |
 Models of Eel Cells Suggest Electrifying Possibilities October 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 33 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Engineers long have known that great ideas can be lifted from Mother Nature, but a new paper by researchers at Yale University and the National Institute of Standards and Technology takes ... | |
Hybrid Nanoparticles Image and Treat Tumors September 26, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 19 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- By combining a magnetic nanoparticle, a fluorescent quantum dot, and an anticancer drug within a lipid-based nanoparticle, a multi-institutional research team headed by members of the National Cancer Institute’s ... | |
Researchers Discover Nanoparticles Can Break On Through September 16, 2008 | User rating: 3 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In a finding that could speed the use of sensors or barcodes at the nanoscale, North Carolina State University engineers have shown that certain types of tiny organic particles, when heated to the proper ... | |
How Small is Too Small? Researchers Find that Polarization Changes at the Nanoscale September 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 22 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- How small is too small to be useful? Researchers at North Carolina State University have done nanoscale analysis on ferroelectric thin films – materials that are used in electronic devices from computer ... | |
Switched-on new nanotechnology paints for hospitals could kill superbugs September 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 25 vote(s)
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New nanotechnology paints for walls, ceilings, and surfaces could be used to kill hospital superbugs when fluorescent lights are switched on, scientists heard today at the Society for General Microbiology's Autumn meeting ... | |
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