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This atomic-sized image was created by IBM researchers and is part of an exhibit opening today at the United States Patent and Trademark Museum in Alexandria Virginia. The image was made using scanning-tunneling microscope technology as part of an ef ...
This atomic-sized image was created by IBM researchers and is part of an exhibit opening today at the United States Patent and Trademark Museum in Alexandria, Virginia. The image was made using scanning-tunneling microscope technology as part of an effort to pave the way for circuits made from atomic and molecular components. Credit: IBM

Two atomic-sized images resulting from scientific work at IBM's labs are part of an art exhibit opening today at the United States Patent and Trademark Museum in Alexandria, Virginia.


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'Nanonet' circuits closer to making flexible electronics reality

Jul 23, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet
Researchers have overcome a major obstacle in producing transistors from networks of carbon nanotubes, a technology that could make it possible to print circuits on plastic sheets for applications including ...

Nanoparticle Research Points to Energy Savings

Jul 23, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet
(PhysOrg.com) -- Adding just the right dash of nanoparticles to standard mixes of lubricants and refrigerants could yield the equivalent of an energy-saving chill pill for factories, hospitals, ships, and ...

Artificial Lotus Effect: Carbon nanotubes with nanoscopic paraffin coating form superhydrophobic, self-cleaning surfaces

Jul 23, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet
Never wash your car again? Never clean your windows? These may well become reality if it becomes possible to produce the right coatings—coatings that imitate the self-cleaning effect of the lotus blossom.

Holey Nanoparticles Create New Tumor Imaging and Therapeutic Agent

Jul 22, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet
Using a polymer that has both water-soluble and water-insoluble regions, a team of investigators from the Siteman Center of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence has created a nanoparticle shaped like a bialy, a close relative ...

Engineers Prove Graphene is the Strongest Material

Jul 22, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet
(PhysOrg.com) -- Research scientists at Columbia University’s Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science have achieved a breakthrough by proving that the carbon material graphene is the strongest ...