 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. | |
 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. | |
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 ... | |
 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, ... | |
Under pressure at the nanoscale, polymers play by different rules October 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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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. | |
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