News tagged with domain walls


Proof of Principle for Domain-Wall Applications

Domain walls that conduct electricity

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Jan 29, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (11) | comments 1

The logic and memory functions of future electronic devices could shrink dramatically - to one or two nanometers (billionths of a meter) instead of the many tens of nanometers that characterize today's most ...





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Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Nucleation on 1806 Domain Walls

Landmark modeling study reveals how ferroelectric computer memory works

Physics / General Physics

created Oct 10, 2007 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (20) | comments 1

A collaboration of University of Pennsylvania chemists and engineers has performed multi-scale modeling of ferroelectric domain walls and provided a new theory of behavior for domain-wall motion, the “sliding ...


Egypt applies for first Arabic domain name

Technology / Internet

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Egypt's technology minister says the country has applied to register an all-Arabic domain name.


Nanoscale piezoresponse of ferroelectric domains

Highlight: Nanoscale piezoresponse of ferroelectric domains

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The first fundamental studies of the dependence of ferroelectric domain configuration and switching behavior on the shape of epitaxial BiFeO3 (BFO) nanostructures has been reported by users from Northwestern ...


Domain Wall Pattern for a Ferromagnet

Using a magnet to tune a magnet

Physics / General Physics

created Aug 01, 2007 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (26) | comments 0

An international research team, led by scientists at the London Centre for Nanotechnology (LCN), has found a way to switch a material’s magnetic properties from ‘hard’ to ‘soft’ and back again – something ...


Inhibition of Autolysis and Cell Separation in Bacterial Cultures

Deceiving cell walls

Chemistry /

created Jan 28, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Approximately 1.6 million people die worldwide every year as a result of pneumococcal infection, which causes grave illnesses, including pneumonia, meningitis, and middle-ear infections. Children ...


Researchers Move Closer To New Class of Memory

Researchers Move Closer To New Class of Memory

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 11, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (88) | comments 7

Computer memory that combines the high performance and reliability of flash with the low cost and high capacity of the hard disk drive could be closer than you think, thanks to a team of IBM scientists.


Geneticist reveals molecular view of key epigenetic regulator

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In a paper published this week in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Dr. Michael Kobor reported the structure and function of a key player in regulating chromatin in yeast and humans.


Researchers Examine How Viruses Destroy Bacteria

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Viruses are well known for attacking humans and animals, but some viruses instead attack bacteria. Texas A&M University researchers are exploring how hungry viruses, armed with transformer-like weapons, attack bacteria, which ...


China maintains strict censorship of the Internet

China issues new rules on Internet domain names

Technology / Internet

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

China's Internet watchdog issued a new set of rules on domain name registration this week in a bid to curb pornography and illegal content.


Internet set for change with non-English addresses (AP)

Internet set for change with non-English addresses

Technology / Internet

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 31

(AP) -- The Internet is set to undergo one of the biggest changes in its four-decade history with the expected approval this week of international domain names - or addresses - that can be written in languages ...



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