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Nanowire technology could make LCDs brighter, thinner, and cheaper

October 03, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 49 vote(s) | User comments: 3

(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, ...


Nanopencil Can Provide Terabit Data Storage Density

September 22, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 53 vote(s) | User comments: 7

(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.


Under pressure at the nanoscale, polymers play by different rules

October 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 8 vote(s) | User comments: 1

Scientists putting the squeeze on thin films of polystyrene have discovered that at very short length scales the polymer doesn't play by the rules.


New nanoscale process will help computers run faster and more efficiently

September 25, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 39 vote(s) | User comments: 9

(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.


Important Twist in Supercapacitor Research

September 19, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 176 vote(s) | User comments: 16

(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 ...


Future nanoelectronics may face obstacles

September 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 26 vote(s) | No comments yet

(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 ...


Playing Pinball with Atoms

8 hours ago | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 11 vote(s) | No comments yet

With nanotechnology yielding a burgeoning menagerie of microscopic pumps, motors, and other machines for potential use in medicine and industry, here is one good question: How will humans turn those devices ...


New material could speed development of hydrogen powered vehicles

8 hours ago | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 17 vote(s) | User comments: 5

Researchers in Greece report design of a new material that almost meets the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) 2010 goals for hydrogen storage and could help eliminate a key roadblock to practical hydrogen-powered ...


Models of Eel Cells Suggest Electrifying Possibilities

October 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 33 vote(s) | User comments: 2

(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 ...


New study on properties of carbon nanotubes, water could have wide-ranging implications

October 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 12 vote(s) | No comments yet

A fresh discovery about the way water behaves inside carbon nanotubes could have implications in fields ranging from the function of ultra-tiny high-tech devices to scientists' understanding of biological processes, according ...


Nanodiamond drug device could transform cancer treatment

October 02, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 8 vote(s) | No comments yet

A Northwestern University research team has developed a promising nanomaterial-based biomedical device that could be used to deliver chemotherapy drugs locally to sites where cancerous tumors have been surgically ...


First atomic–scale compositional images of fuel-cell nanoparticles

October 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 10 vote(s) | No comments yet

(PhysOrg.com) -- In a step toward developing better fuel cells for electric cars and more, engineers at MIT and two other institutions have taken the first images of individual atoms on and near the surface ...


Researchers use nanoparticles to deliver treatment for brain, spinal cord injuries

October 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 9 vote(s) | User comments: 1

Purdue University researchers have developed a method of using nanoparticles to deliver treatments to injured brain and spinal cord cells. A team led by Richard Borgens of the School of Veterinary Medicine's Center for Paralysis ...


Researchers use nanoparticles to deliver treatment for brain, spinal cord injuries

October 01, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

Purdue University researchers have developed a method of using nanoparticles to deliver treatments to injured brain and spinal cord cells. A team led by Richard Borgens of the School of Veterinary Medicine's Center for Paralysis ...


When particles are so small that they seep right through skin

September 30, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 45 vote(s) | User comments: 2

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 ...


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