 Nanowire technology could make LCDs brighter, thinner, and cheaper October 03, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 56 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, ... | |
 Nano sculptures in gold August 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 19 vote(s)
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If someone is charged up, the colour of their face might change, but they don't immediately pull off one of their arms, only to reattach it as a third leg. With some molecules, however, the situation is quite ... | |
 Carbon Nanotubes as a Single-Photon Source June 12, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 39 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 ... | |
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 ... | |
Nanotechnology paves way for super iPods April 18, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 50 vote(s)
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A breakthrough by scientists from the University of Glasgow could see the storage capacity of an iPod increase 150,000 times. | |
 Graphene used to create world's smallest transistor April 17, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 50 vote(s)
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Researchers have used the world's thinnest material to create the world's smallest transistor, one atom thick and ten atoms wide. | |
 Scientists Solve Problem of Quantum Dot 'Blinking' January 23, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 29 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 ... | |
 Caltech 4-D microscope revolutionizes the way we look at the nano world November 20, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 43 vote(s)
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More than a century ago, the development of the earliest motion picture technology made what had been previously thought "magical" a reality: capturing and recreating the movement and dynamism of the world ... | |
 New nanoscale process will help computers run faster and more efficiently September 25, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 41 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. | |
 Big step in tiny technology August 27, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 46 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A crucial step in developing minuscule structures with application potential in sophisticated sensors, catalysis, and nanoelectronics has been developed by Scottish researchers. | |
 Self-assembling polymer arrays improve data storage potential August 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 21 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new manufacturing approach holds the potential to overcome the technological limitations currently facing the microelectronics and data-storage industries, paving the way to smaller electronic ... | |
 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 ... | |
 Carbon Nanotube Windmills Powered by 'Electron Wind' July 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 65 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. | |
 New Properties Discovered for Nanotube Sheets April 25, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 56 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 ... | |
 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 ... | |
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