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New 'nano-positioners' may have atomic-scale precision

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Aug 20, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (15) | comments 1

Engineers have created a tiny motorized positioning device that has twice the dexterity of similar devices being developed for applications that include biological sensors and more compact, powerful computer ...


Taking the Stress Out of Magnetic Field Detection

Taking the Stress Out of Magnetic Field Detection

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 28, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have discovered that a carefully built magnetic sandwich that interleaves layers of a magnetic alloy with a few nanometers ...


Gallium Nitride (GaN) Inverter IC

Panasonic Develops A Gallium Nitride (GaN) Inverter IC for Motor Drive with High Efficiency

Technology / Semiconductors

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Panasonic today announced the development of a Gallium Nitride (GaN) -based monolithic inverter integrated circuit (IC) for motor drive. The integrated six GaN-based transistors can be independently driven ...


NRL scientist receives patent for rugged-lightweight spectrometer assembly

NRL scientist receives patent for rugged-lightweight spectrometer assembly

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Jul 22, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) Space Science Division scientist, Dr. Christoph R. Englert, is awarded patent by the United States Patent and Trademark Office for a more cost effective, rugged and lightweight ...


Giant Rockets Could Revolutionize Astronomy

Giant Rockets Could Revolutionize Astronomy

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 14, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (6) | comments 2

In the game of astronomy, size matters. To get crisp, clear images of things billions of light years away, a telescope needs to be big.


Multinozzle Nanoelectrospray Emitter

New lab-on-a-chip device to speed proteomics research

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created May 02, 2007 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (13) | comments 0

In recent years, the science of biology has been dominated by genomics – the study of genes and their functions. The genomics era is now making way for the era of proteomics – the study of the proteins that ...


In Brief: bcgi brings its wireless payment to Asia

Technology / Telecom

created May 18, 2006 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Telogic and New England's bcgi will jointly market payment and access control solutions tailored to wireless-phone operators in Southeast Asia.


IMEC obtains record conversion efficiency of 24.7% for GaAs solar cells on Ge substrate

IMEC obtains record conversion efficiency of 24.7% for GaAs solar cells on Ge substrate

Technology / Semiconductors

created Feb 25, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

IMEC has realized a single-junction GaAs solar cell on a Ge substrate with a record conversion efficiency of 24.7%. The efficiency was measured and confirmed by NREL (National Renewable Energy Laboratory, ...


Samsung First to Produce 90nm 1 Gb DDR2 DRAM

Technology /

created Jun 23, 2005 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., the world leader in advanced memory technology, today announced that it has begun mass producing a monolithic 1 Gigabit (Gb) DRAM chip using more operationally efficient and performance-enhancing ...


Toshiba to launch 43nm SLC NAND flash memory

Toshiba to launch 43nm SLC NAND flash memory

Technology / Semiconductors

created Oct 28, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Toshiba today announced the launch of a new line-up of 43nm single-level cell (SLC) NAND flash memory products available in densities ranging from 512Mbits to 64 gigabits (Gb) and in a total of 16 versions.


MicroRNAs Provide New Insight in Study of Autism

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jul 01, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

MicroRNAs may play an important role in the development of autism spectrum disorder, according to a new paper by University of California, Santa Barbara professor Kenneth S. Kosik.


IMEC's mechanically stacked GaAs/Ge cell

IMEC unveils promising mechanically-stacked GaAs/Ge multijunction solar cell

Technology / Semiconductors

created Sep 22, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

At the European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference (Hamburg, Germany), IMEC presents a mechanically-stacked GaAs/Ge multijunction solar cell. This is the first promising demonstrator of IMEC’s novel technology ...


Journalists need 'new, collaborative ways to tell stories'

Journalists need 'new, collaborative ways to tell stories'

Other Sciences / Other

created Sep 21, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- User-generated content may make some in the mainstream media 'uneasy' but it allows journalists to 'explore new, collaborative ways to tell stories', according to a paper published by Oxford ...


Billions spent on health IT stimulus could lead to major boom... or bust

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The more than $19 billion dollars of funding provided for health care information technology (IT) in President Obama's economic stimulus package offers a unique opportunity to deliver on the promise of computerized health ...


Avoid Inviting Termites to 'Dinner' at Your House

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

It is the nightmare of many a homeowner: Termites merrily eating away at the family castle.