 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, ... | |
 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. | |
Orienting Flow in Carbon Nanotubes September 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 26 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Carbon nanotubes provide some of the most interesting possibilities for future technology. One of the more intriguing possibilities – with a variety of practical applications – is using carbon nanotubes for ... | |
Researchers Produce Best-Yet Dye-Based Solar Cells July 31, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 66 vote(s)
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In work that may help solar panels become a more viable source of mainstream power, a research group has created a dye-based solar cell with a high efficiency and high stability, and that lacks the volatile chemicals used ... | |
 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 Nanowire-Based Memory Could Beef Up Information Storage July 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 55 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 ... | |
 Physicists Store Images in Vapor June 23, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 93 vote(s)
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Books are written on solid pieces of paper for an obvious reason: the atoms in a solid don’t move around much, keeping the words and pictures in place for centuries. Trying to store letters and images in a ... | |
 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 ... | |
 '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 ... | |
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 ... | |
 Graphene Takes the Heat February 20, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 101 vote(s)
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Carbon nanotubes are being touted by many scientists and engineers as the material of the future, with the potential to revolutionize electronic technologies. But a new study shows that nanotubes may not be ... | |
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 ... | |
 Microscope Sees with Nanoscale Resolution January 28, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 73 vote(s)
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Researchers have recently built an x-ray microscope that has a pixel resolution of just 15 nanometers, allowing scientists to study the properties of materials at the molecular scale and beyond. | |
Scientists Make 'Perfect' Nanowires January 23, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 55 vote(s)
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Scientists have created silicon nanowires that are perfect—at least atomically. Down at the single-atom level, the identical wires have no bumps, bends, or other imperfections. They are perfectly crystalline, even more so ... | |
 Nanoparticles Generate Supersonic Shock Waves to Target Cancer January 16, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 59 vote(s)
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By mixing nanomaterials that act as fuel and oxidizer, researchers have created a combustible nano explosive that can generate shock waves with Mach numbers up to 3. | |
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