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Faster computers, electronic devices possible after scientists create large-area graphene on copper

Scientists create large-area graphene on copper: Faster computers, electronics possible

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created May 07, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (14) | comments 1

The creation of large-area graphene using copper may enable the manufacture of new graphene-based devices that meet the scaling requirements of the semiconductor industry, leading to faster computers and electronics, ...





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Cassini Images Bizarre Hexagon on Saturn

Cassini Images Bizarre Hexagon on Saturn

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Mar 27, 2007 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (75) | comments 1

An odd, six-sided, honeycomb-shaped feature circling the entire north pole of Saturn has captured the interest of scientists with NASA's Cassini mission.


Bucky's brother -- The boron buckyball makes its debut

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Apr 23, 2007 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (26) | comments 0

A new study by Rice University scientists predicts the existence and stability of another "buckyball" consisting entirely of boron atoms.


Hot Cyclones Churn at Both Ends of Saturn

Hot Cyclones Churn at Both Ends of Saturn

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jan 04, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (32) | comments 10

Despite more than a decade of winter darkness, Saturn's north pole is home to an unexpected hot spot remarkably similar to one at the planet's sunny south pole. The source of its heat is a mystery. Now, the ...


BaBar Re-feathers its Nest

BaBar Re-feathers its Nest

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 16, 2006 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Like a bird in molt, the BaBar detector is temporarily vulnerable while it acquires better plumage.


Giant Cyclones at Saturn's Poles Create a Swirl of Mystery

Giant Cyclones at Saturn's Poles Create a Swirl of Mystery

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 13, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (15) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- New images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft reveal a giant cyclone at Saturn's north pole, and show that a similarly monstrous cyclone churning at Saturn's south pole is powered by Earth-like ...


A supra new kind of froth

A 'supra' new kind of froth

Physics / General Physics

created Jun 05, 2008 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (15) | comments 6

To see the latest science of type-I superconductors, look no further than the froth on a morning cup of cappuccino. A team of U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory physicists and collaborating students ...


Carbon nanotube building blocks open up possibilities for advanced electronics

Carbon nanotube building blocks open up possibilities for advanced electronics

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jul 05, 2006 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (25) | comments 0

A new method to systematically modify the structure of single-walled carbon nanotubes could expand their electronic properties and open the path to nano-electronics.


Adidas's 'Teamgeist' World Cup ball

New World Cup football will unsettle goalkeepers, predicts scientist

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Jun 07, 2006 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (18) | comments 0

The new football that will be used for the first time in the World Cup’s opening game today is likely to “bamboozle” goalkeepers at some stage of the tournament, a leading scientist has warned.


Molecules spontaneously form honeycomb network featuring pores of unprecedented size

Molecules spontaneously form honeycomb network featuring pores of unprecedented size

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Aug 17, 2006 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (44) | comments 0

UC Riverside researchers have discovered a new way in which nature creates complex patterns: the assembly of molecules with no guidance from an outside source. Potential applications of the finding are paints, ...


Study finds advanced geometry in 15th century tilings

Study finds advanced 20th-century geometry in 15th-century tilings

Other Sciences / Other

created Feb 23, 2007 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (55) | comments 0

Intricate decorative tilework found in medieval architecture across the Islamic world appears to exhibit advanced decagonal quasicrystal geometry -- a concept discovered by Western mathematicians and physicists ...



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