 Trap and zap: Harnessing the power of light to pattern surfaces on the nanoscale June 18, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 27 vote(s)
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Princeton engineers have invented an affordable technique that uses lasers and plastic beads to create the ultrasmall features that are needed for new generations of microchips. | |
 Carbon Nanotubes as a Single-Photon Source June 12, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 38 vote(s)
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Carbon nanotubes, as true multi-purpose materials, have potential applications in everything from electrical circuits and drug delivery to golf clubs and space elevators. Recently, physicists have investigated ... | |
 'Nanoglassblowing' Seen as Boon to Study of Individual Molecules June 11, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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While the results may not rival the artistry of glassblowers in Europe and Latin America, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology and Cornell University have found beauty in a new ... | |
Researchers use carbon nanotubes for molecular transport June 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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Molecular transport across cellular membranes is essential to many of life's processes, for example electrical signaling in nerves, muscles and synapses. | |
Argonne research unveiling the secrets of nanoparticle haloing June 05, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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A glass of milk, a gallon of paint, and a bottle of salad dressing all look to the naked eye like liquids. But when viewed under a microscope these everyday liquids, called "colloids," actually contain small globules or ... | |
Nanotech: Hot Technology Gets a Cool Down June 03, 2008 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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It’s the hottest technology – featherweight laptops that feature rapid response, crisp graphics and operate complex computer games; slim cell phones with Web-browsing capabilities, store high resolution photos and keep track ... | |
Moving molecules within molecules May 29, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Experts in the field of nanoscience have discovered a way of controlling the motion and detecting the forces that move molecules within molecules. | |
 Engineers whip up the first long-lived nanoscale bubbles May 29, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 18 vote(s)
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With the aid of kitchen mixers, engineers at Harvard’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have whipped up, for the first time, permanent nanoscale bubbles – bubbles that endure for more than ... | |
 Carbon nanoribbons could make smaller, speedier computer chips May 27, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 22 vote(s)
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Stanford chemists have developed a new way to make transistors out of carbon nanoribbons. The devices could someday be integrated into high-performance computer chips to increase their speed and generate less ... | |
Scientists create new nanotube structures May 27, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 18 vote(s)
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Thanks to the rising trend toward miniaturization, carbon nanotubes – which are about 100,000 times thinner than a human hair and possess several unique and very useful properties – have become the choice candidates for use ... | |
 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 ... | |
Researchers Develop Revolutionary Technology for Nanoscale Assembly at Wafer Level May 20, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 17 vote(s)
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Researchers at the NSF Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center for High-rate Nanomanufacturing (CHN) at Northeastern University, with partners UMass Lowell and University of New Hampshire, have discovered an innovative technology ... | |
 Public Invited to See Nanosoccer Robots in Action in Pittsburgh May 14, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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Nanosoccer returns to the field later this month, when the National Institute of Standards and Technology hosts for the second time the world’s most Lilliputian sport. Three student teams will participate ... | |
 Student Innovation Could Improve Data Storage, Magnetic Sensors May 14, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 20 vote(s)
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Paul Morrow has come a long way from his days as an elementary school student, pulling apart his mother’s cassette player. The talented young physicist has developed two innovations that could vastly improve ... | |
 Scientists demonstrate method for integrating nanowire devices directly onto silicon May 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 28 vote(s)
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Applied scientists at Harvard University in collaboration with researchers from the German universities of Jena, Gottingen, and Bremen, have developed a new technique for fabricating nanowire photonic and ... | |
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