Search results for efficient coupling
Clicking synthetic and biological molecules together
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Feb 19, 2008 |
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Dutch researcher Joost Opsteen has developed a method to click polymers together in a controlled manner. Using this method, he can even attach proteins to nanoballs. For instance, this approach could be used to transport ...
Can a single molecule behave as a mirror?
Nov 18, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- “We have shown for the first time, theoretically, that a single molecule can behave as a perfect mirror,” Mario Agio tells PhysOrg.com. “Imagine that your mirror at home becomes a single molecule and that y ...
Making quantum computing scalable
Mar 20, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Quantum information processing is one of the hottest areas of science and technology right now. Making quantum information processing scalable is an important part of the efforts involved with regard to practical ...
Super-sleepers could help super-sizers!
Jun 29, 2009 |
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Burrowing frogs can survive buried for several years without food or water. Scientists have discovered that the metabolism of their cells changes radically during the dormancy period allowing the frogs to ...
Simulations help explain fast water transport in nanotubes
Sep 16, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- By discovering the physical mechanism behind the rapid transport of water in carbon nanotubes, scientists at the University of Illinois have moved a step closer to ultra-efficient, next-generation ...
A broadband single-photon source
Sep 19, 2008 |
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As science makes progress toward practical quantum computing, improved quantum cryptography and scalable quantum communications systems, single photon sources will become more important. Until now, though, ...
Philips Research reveals ultra-thin backlight technology for TVs
Aug 28, 2008 |
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In the Future Zone of this year’s IFA trade fair in Berlin, Philips Research will demonstrate its thinnest 32’’ liquid crystal display (LCD) prototype on show. With a 1mm light guide, Philips Research has ...
IMEC reports method to integrate plasmonic technology with state-of-the-art ICs
Apr 30, 2009 |
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IMEC reports a method to integrate high-speed CMOS electronics and nanophotonic circuitry based on plasmonic effects. Metal-based nanophotonics (plasmonics) can squeeze light into nanoscale structures that ...
Discovery brings new type of fast computers closer to reality
Sep 27, 2009 |
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Physicists at UC San Diego have successfully created speedy integrated circuits with particles called "excitons" that operate at commercially cold temperatures, bringing the possibility of a new type of extremely ...
Modeling How Electric Charges Move
Mar 13, 2008 |
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Learning how to control the movement of electrons on the molecular and nanometer scales could help scientists devise small-scale circuits for many applications, including more efficient ways of storing and using solar energy. ...
Sony Develops New Close Proximity Wireless Transfer Technology 'TransferJet'
Jan 07, 2008 |
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Sony today announced "TransferJet", a new Close Proximity Wireless Transfer Technology enabling the high speed transfer of large data files (photos, HD images, etc.) between electronic devices such as mobile phones, digital ...
New lasers drive powerful applications
Aug 12, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Telecoms, healthcare and display technology will be the major beneficiaries of a new generation of semiconductor lasers developed in a massive European research effort. Better cancer treatment, wider bandwidth ...
Keep on spinning: A persistent spin state that could revolutionize spintronics
Apr 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- By controlling the collective spin state of highly mobile electrons in semiconductors, researchers in the Materials Sciences Division (MSD) at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley ...
Marine microbes creating green waves in industry
Aug 07, 2009 |
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New technology designed to analyse large numbers of novel marine microbes could lead to more efficient and greener ways to manufacture new drugs for conditions such as epilepsy, diabetes, flu and other viruses, as well as ...
Hybrid computer materials may lead to faster, cheaper technology
Apr 03, 2008 |
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A modern computer contains two different types of components: magnetic components, which perform memory functions, and semiconductor components, which perform logic operations. A University of Missouri researcher, as part ...
