News tagged with micro scale

New architectures for nano brushes: Bitty structures can be tailored in many shapes

(PhysOrg.com) -- Just as cilia lining the lungs help keep passages clear by moving particles along the tips of the tiny hair-structures, man-made miniscule bristles known as nano-brushes can help reduce friction ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Aug 24, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Researchers develop revolutionary technology for manufacturing micro-scale devices

(PhysOrg.com) -- Cranfield University has developed new technology that could significantly reduce the manufacturing costs of complex devices such as electronic noses that sniff out explosives and dangerous chemicals and ...

Technology / Engineering

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

NMR on a microscale

(PhysOrg.com) -- The technique well known from its use in MRI scanning - actually based on nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) - can now also be applied to extremely small samples thanks to an ingenious combination ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created May 12, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0




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Innovation promises expanded roles for microsensors

Researchers have learned how to improve the performance of sensors that use tiny vibrating microcantilevers to detect chemical and biological agents for applications from national security to food processing.

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Understanding properties of polyelectrolytes gives control over responsive polymer microstructures

Polymer films that undergo nanoscale structural transformations in response to external stimuli are key components of devices like biosensors and artificial membranes. One of the best materials for manufacturing ...

Chemistry / Polymers

created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Of microchemistry and molecules: Electronic microfluidic device synthesizes biocompatible probes

(PhysOrg.com) -- Microfluidic chemistry is fast gaining popularity – and for good reason: In addition to allowing highly-precise reaction control, micro-reactions often exhibit higher yield and proceed ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast feature

Curtin geologists make a 'shocking' discovery

Research led by Curtin University geologists has uncovered a wealth of new evidence in the mineral zircon from lunar rock samples recovered during NASA’s Apollo missions, revealing indisputable proof ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (10) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Microreactors: Improving manufacturing by going small

The invention being developed by EPFL’s Group of Catalytic Reaction Engineering (GGRC) will soon make it possible to manufacture drugs, cosmetics and household products in a safer and more efficient manner. The scientists ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jan 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

MHI develops 12-inch wafer bonding machine capable of producing 3-D integrated LSI circuits at room temperature

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd (MHI) has developed the world's first fully automated 12-inch (300 millimeters) wafer bonding machine, dubbed the "Bond Meister MWB-12-ST," capable of producing 3-dimensionally integrated LSI ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Jan 16, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Particle-free silver ink prints small, high-performance electronics

University of Illinois materials scientists have developed a new reactive silver ink for printing high-performance electronics on ubiquitous, low-cost materials such as flexible plastic, paper or fabric substrates.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jan 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (10) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

New silicon probe assists in disease diagnostics and drug discovery

IBM scientists have developed a flexible, non-contact microfluidic probe made from silicon can aid researchers and pathologists to investigate critical tissue samples accurately for disease diagnostics and ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Jan 13, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Demonstration of ultra-high speed piezoelectric thin film with nanodomain structure

The Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology, the National Institute for Materials Science, and Kyoto University confirmed for the first time in the world that it is possible to achieve ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Dec 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Oldest obsidian bracelet reveals amazing craftsmen's skills in the eighth millennium BC

Researchers from the Institut Français d'Etudes Anatoliennes in Istanbul and the Laboratoire de Tribologie et de Dynamiques des Systèmes have analyzed the oldest obsidian bracelet ever identified, ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Dec 21, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (8) | comments 16


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