The National Nanotechnology Initiative defines nanotechnology as the understanding and control of matter at the nanoscale, at dimensions of approximately 1 and 100 nanometers, where unique phenomena enable novel applications. Nanotechnology ...
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The Earth's magnetic field, or magnetosphere, stretches from the planet's core out into space, where it meets the solar wind, a stream of charged particles emitted by the sun. For the most part, the magnetosphere acts as a shield to protect ...
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Light can trigger coordinated, wavelike motions of atoms in atom-thin layers of crystal, scientists have shown. The waves, called phonon polaritons, are far shorter than light waves and can be "tuned" to particular frequencies and ...
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The ability to locate and count small numbers of impurity atoms could lead to advances in modern electronics and optical fiber communication networks. In research published today in Physical Review Letters, physicists from Monash ...
Tags: Spectrum Imaging, Measure Atom Concentrations, Atomic Resolution
An international team of scientists led by physicists from the University of York has paved the way for a new class of magnetic materials and devices with improved performance and power efficiency. Magnetic materials are currently used to ...
Researchers at Columbia University have made a significant step toward visualizing small biomolecules inside living biological systems with minimum disturbance, a longstanding goal in the scientific community. In a study published March 2nd ...
Despite skepticism in the chip industry that Moore’s Law could be reaching its limits, MIT Researchers believe that they have found a way to enable semiconductor manufacturers to continue shrinking geometries below 20 nanometer and ...
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As science and technology go nano, scientists search for new tools to manipulate, observe and modify the "building blocks" of matter at the nanometer scale. With this in mind, the recent publication in Nature Nanotechnology in which ICFO ...
Tags: Nano-Tweezers, Nano-Objects, nano
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory are revealing the mysteries of new materials using ultra-fast laser spectroscopy, similar to high-speed photography where many quick images reveal subtle movements and changes ...
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Using graphite pencils to draw on regular paper, researchers can make some very inexpensive piezoresistive (PZR) sensors. Due to the piezoresistive effect, a sensor's resistance changes under an applied strain, allowing it to sense ...
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CritterMap Software LLC today announced that it has received an award at the November Intel Codefest for its Android app,Air Hockey Penguins.The app is a game that demonstrates the use of native code on Intel tablets and other devices using ...
Producing second-generation biofuel from dead plant tissue is environmetally friendly - but it is also expensive because the process as used today needs expensive enzymes, and large companies dominate this market. Now a Danish/Iraqi ...
(Phys.org) —From steel beams to plastic Lego bricks, building blocks come in many materials and all sizes. Today, science has opened the way to manufacturing at the nanoscale with biological materials. Potential applications range ...
Tags: Crystalline Structure, DNA, NSLS, virus
(Phys.org) —You use crystals everyday: sugar in your coffee, the active ingredient in hand warmers, maybe a diamond stud in your ear. A crystal is built of atoms arranged in a repeat pattern in all three dimensions. X-rays are good ...
Tags: Atomic Displacement, Crystal, NSLS-II, CSC
Using one of the world's premier telescopes, University of Minnesota astrophysicists Evan Skillman and Kristen McQuinn have discovered a priceless relic of the Big Bang in the Milky Way's back yard. They are part of an international team ...
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