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LCDs get brighter with nano polarization recycler
Sep 06, 2006 |
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LCDs (liquid crystal displays) provide a popular method for lighting screens on everything from computers and TVs to watches, clocks, cell phones and more. However, as scientists Sang Hoon Kim, Joo-Do Park ...
Magnetic fields created using nanotechnology could make computers up to 500 times faster
Jun 22, 2006 |
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Magnetic fields created using nanotechnology could make computers up to 500 times more powerful if new research is successful.
Rice scientists attach motor to single-molecule car
Apr 12, 2006 |
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In follow-on work to last year's groundbreaking invention of the world's first single-molecule car, chemists at Rice University have produced the first motorized version of their tiny nanocar. The research is p ...
Scientists discover water is sticky on a small scale
May 08, 2006 |
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When water vapor condenses in a nano-sized space between two surfaces, the liquid behaves more like solid ice than liquid water, even at room temperature. This solidification causes water to exert such a strong ...
Self Assembling Chips
May 03, 2007 |
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In nature a phenomenon called "self assembly" is a delicate process that forms seashells, creates the enamel on teeth and transforms water into complex snowflakes. IBM Research has, for the first time ever, ...
Nano World: Invisibility through nano
May 25, 2006 |
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Invisibility cloaks that bend light might develop using nanotechnology, experts tell UPI's Nano World.
Nanoscale computer memory retrieves data 1,000 times faster
Sep 17, 2007 |
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Scientists from the University of Pennsylvania have developed nanowires capable of storing computer data for 100,000 years and retrieving that data a thousand times faster than existing portable memory devices such as Flash ...
IBM Brings Single-Atom Data Storage, Molecular Computers Closer to Reality
Aug 30, 2007 |
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IBM today announced two major scientific achievements in the field of nanotechnology that could one day lead to new kinds of devices and structures built from a few atoms or molecules.
Nanobacteria – Are They Alive?
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Apr 23, 2008 |
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Tiny particles called nanobacteria have intrigued researchers in many ways since their discovery 20 years ago, but perhaps the most controversial question they pose is whether or not they are alive.
Nano World: Carbon nanotube capacitors
Feb 03, 2006 |
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Carbon nanotubes could help release and hold electrical energy, for potential use in everything from microchips to hybrid cars, experts told UPI's Nano World.
Physicists Store Images in Vapor
Jun 23, 2008 |
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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 ...
Paint-on semiconductor outperforms chips
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jul 12, 2006 |
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Researchers at the University of Toronto have created a semiconductor device that outperforms today's conventional chips -- and they made it simply by painting a liquid onto a piece of glass. The finding, which ...
Titania Nanotube Arrays Harness Solar Energy
Jan 25, 2006 |
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Penn State researchers are finding new ways to harness the power of the sun using highly-ordered arrays of titania nanotubes for hydrogen production and increased solar cell efficiency.
Engineers develop revolutionary nanotech water desalination membrane
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Nov 06, 2006 |
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Researchers at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science today announced they have developed a new reverse osmosis (RO) membrane that promises to reduce the cost of seawater desalination ...
New method of growing carbon nanotubes to revolutionise electronics
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Aug 09, 2006 |
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A new method of growing carbon nanotubes is predicted to revolutionise the implementation of nanotechnology and the future of electronics. Researchers at the University of Cambridge have successfully grown nanotubes at a ...
