 'Nanomechanical Oscillators' Could Lead to New Class of Computers May 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 68 vote(s)
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More than 50 years ago, a graduate student in Japan conceived the “Parametron,” an electrical circuit that could form the basis for digital computers. The concept ultimately fell flat, but recently a pair ... | |
Tiny buckyballs squeeze hydrogen like giant Jupiter March 20, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 55 vote(s)
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Hydrogen could be a clean, abundant energy source, but it's difficult to store in bulk. In new research, materials scientists at Rice University have made the surprising discovery that tiny carbon capsules called buckyballs ... | |
 Evolution in the nanoworld October 30, 2007 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 24 vote(s)
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The automatic molecular assembly and selection steps exhibited by the molecules, which start as random mixtures, demonstrates a fundamental step in the evolution of life. The organization is activated by instructions ... | |
 Researchers demonstrate 'avalanche effect' in solar cells May 26, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 117 vote(s)
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Researchers at TU Delft (Netherlands) and the FOM Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter have found irrefutable proof that the so-called avalanche effect by electrons occurs in specific, very small ... | |
 Feeling the Heat: Berkeley Researchers Make Thermoelectric Breakthrough in Silicon Nanowires January 10, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 56 vote(s)
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Energy now lost as heat during the production of electricity could be harnessed through the use of silicon nanowires synthesized via a technique developed by researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy’s ... | |
 New Properties Discovered for Nanotube Sheets April 25, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 55 vote(s)
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A team of nanotechnologists at The University of Texas at Dallas, along with Brazilian collaborators, have discovered that sheets of carbon nanotubes can produce bizarre mechanical properties when stretched ... | |
Using fireballs to uncover the mysteries of ball lightning February 18, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 51 vote(s)
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“People have been pondering ball lightning for a couple of centuries,” says James Brian Mitchell, a scientist the University of Rennes in France. Mitchell says that different theories of how it forms, and why it burns in ... | |
 Physicists show electrons can travel over 100 times faster in graphene than in silicon March 24, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 81 vote(s)
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University of Maryland physicists have shown that in graphene the intrinsic limit to the mobility, a measure of how well a material conducts electricity, is higher than any other known material at room temperature. ... | |
 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,” ... | |
 Carbon Nanotube Windmills Powered by 'Electron Wind' 10 hours ago | User rating: 5 / 5 after 26 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. | |
Researchers Discover New Way to Store Information Via DNA February 20, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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Researchers at UC Riverside have found a way to get into your body and your bloodstream. No, they’re not spiritual gurus or B-movie mad scientists. Nathaniel G. Portney, Yonghui Wu, Stefano Lonardi, and Mihri Ozkan from UCR’s ... | |
 Tiny Brain-Like Transistor Controls Nanobots March 12, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 86 vote(s)
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For years, researchers have been building tiny nanobots that could one day serve a variety of purposes. But, until now, nanobots couldn't work together. | |
Carbon Nanotubes Improve Fuel Cells March 27, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 46 vote(s)
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A group of scientists has created a new, improved fuel-cell electrode that is very lightweight and thin. Composed of a network of single-walled carbon nanotubes, the electrode functions nearly as well as conventional electrodes ... | |
 Scientists Solve Problem of Quantum Dot 'Blinking' January 23, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 28 vote(s)
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Quantum dots—tiny, intense, tunable sources of colorful light—are illuminating new opportunities in biomedical research, cryptography and other fields. But these semiconductor nanocrystals also have a secret ... | |
 Nanowires hold promise for more affordable solar cells January 25, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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Millions of nearly invisible wires may hold the answer to making solar cells a more affordable source of alternative energy. | |
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