 Carbon Nanotube Windmills Powered by 'Electron Wind' July 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 63 vote(s)
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Theoretical physicists from Lancaster University in the UK have designed a nanomotor that operates by a novel mechanism: an electron wind. | |
 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,” ... | |
 New Nanowire-Based Memory Could Beef Up Information Storage July 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 54 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 ... | |
 New nano technique significantly boosts boiling efficiency June 26, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 45 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. | |
 Researchers report finer lines for microchips: Advance could lead to next-generation computer chips, solar cells July 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 46 vote(s)
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MIT researchers have achieved a significant advance in nanoscale lithographic technology, used in the manufacture of computer chips and other electronic devices, to make finer patterns of lines over larger ... | |
 Nano-sized electronic circuit promises bright view of early universe July 10, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 20 vote(s)
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A newly developed nano-sized electronic device is an important step toward helping astronomers see invisible light dating from the creation of the universe. This invisible light makes up 98% of the light emitted ... | |
 Study reveals principles behind stability and electronic properties of gold nanoclusters July 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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A report published in the July 8 issue of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) is the first to describe the principles behind the stability and electronic properties ... | |
 'Nanonet' circuits closer to making flexible electronics reality July 23, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 23 vote(s)
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Researchers have overcome a major obstacle in producing transistors from networks of carbon nanotubes, a technology that could make it possible to print circuits on plastic sheets for applications including ... | |
 Controlling the Size of Nanoclusters: First Step in Making New Catalysts July 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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Researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory and Stony Brook University have developed a new instrument that allows them to control the size of nanoclusters — groups of 10 ... | |
‘Electron Trapping’ May Impact Future Microelectronics Measurements June 26, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Using an ultra-fast method of measuring how a transistor switches from the “off” to the “on” state, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently reported that they have uncovered an unusual ... | |
Engineers show nanotube circuits can be made en masse July 04, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 31 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, ... | |
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