Mysterious nanobubble burst?
Dec 02, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The nanobubbles that develop on submerged surfaces should not really be able to exist. Because of the enormous internal pressure, they should disappear within a short time. Nevertheless, they ...
New holographic method could be used for lab-on-a-chip technologies
Dec 02, 2008 |
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Researchers at Purdue University have developed a technique that uses a laser and holograms to precisely position numerous tiny particles within seconds, representing a potential new tool to analyze biological ...
Self-powered devices possible, researcher says
Dec 01, 2008 |
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Imagine a self-powering cell phone that never needs to be charged because it converts sound waves produced by the user into the energy it needs to keep running. It's not as far-fetched as it may seem thanks to the recent ...
Mother of Pearl Secret Revealed
Nov 27, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In addition to its iridescent beauty, mother of pearl, or nacre, the inner lining of the shells of abalone, mussels and certain other mollusks, is also renowned for an amazing strength and ...
'The photon force is with us': Harnessing light to drive nanomachines
Nov 26, 2008 |
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Science fiction writers have long envisioned sailing a spacecraft by the optical force of the sun's light. But, the forces of sunlight are too weak to fill even the oversized sails that have been tried. Now ...
High-Temp Superconducting Nanowire System is First of its Kind
Nov 26, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists from the California Institute of Technology have, for the first time, created an array of nanowires that are superconducting at relatively high temperatures. This work, published ...
'Stress tests' probe nanoscale strains in materials
Nov 25, 2008 |
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Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have demonstrated their ability to measure relatively low levels of stress or strain in regions of a semiconductor device as small as 10 nanometers ...
Nanomanufactured polymer film could lead to lower-cost solar cells
Nov 25, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- You never know where basic research may lead. For decades materials scientists have been experimenting with a corkscrew-like polymer structure called a gyroid. Now an international team of ...
Polymers 'battered' with nanoparticles could create self healing paints and clever packaging
Nov 24, 2008 |
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Research chemists at the University of Warwick have devised an elegant process which simply and cheaply covers small particles of polymer with a layer of silica-based nanoparticles. The final result provides ...
Molecular memory a game-changer
Nov 21, 2008 |
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A team at Rice University has determined that a strip of graphite only 10 atoms thick can serve as the basic element in a new type of memory, making massive amounts of storage available for computers, handheld media players, ...
