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Researchers discover new fluorescent silicon nanoparticles
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jun 30, 2009 |
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Researchers in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Leicester have developed a new synthesis method, which has led them to the discovery of fluorescent silicon nanoparticles and may ...
US firm investing billions in crisis-hit chip industry
Apr 09, 2009 |
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Despite the economic slump that has battered the semiconductor business, a new player from the United States' Silicon Valley technology belt is investing billions of dollars in a bid to catch the next wave ...
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Hydrogen storage in nanoparticles works
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Mar 31, 2008 |
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Dutch chemist Kees Baldé has demonstrated that hydrogen can be efficiently stored in nanoparticles. This allows hydrogen storage to be more easily used in mobile applications. Baldé discovered that 30 nanometre particles ...
Scientists show how some solids mimic liquids on nanoscale
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Feb 01, 2008 |
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A University of Waterloo physics and astronomy research team, in a paper to be published Friday in Science Magazine, shows how some solids behave like liquids on the nanoscale.
Data storage using ultra-small needles
Mar 31, 2008 |
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Dutch researcher Alexander le Fèbre has demonstrated that a field-emission current signal can be used to arrange the position of thousands of nanometre-sharp needles. These probes can be applied to write and read in new storage ...
Graphene used to create world's smallest transistor
Apr 17, 2008 |
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Researchers have used the world's thinnest material to create the world's smallest transistor, one atom thick and ten atoms wide.
Breakthrough with light could help viral research
Oct 20, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have developed a method using the force of light to gently trap, manipulate and study tiny, active objects as miniscule as viruses -- opening doors to expanded viral research.
A sonic boom in the world of lasers
Jun 17, 2009 |
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It was an idea born out of curiosity in the physics lab, but now a new type of ‘laser’ for generating ultra-high frequency sound waves instead of light has taken a major step towards becoming a unique and highly useful 21st ...
Scientists take the sharpest image ever made with light
Aug 29, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of scientists from the Technische Universität Dresden (Germany) and the ESRF in Grenoble (France) has produced the image of an object at the highest resolution ever achieved with X-ray ...
Polymers 'battered' with nanoparticles could create self healing paints and clever packaging
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Nov 24, 2008 |
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Research chemists at the University of Warwick have devised an elegant process which simply and cheaply covers small particles of polymer with a layer of silica-based nanoparticles. The final result provides ...
Major breakthrough in lithium battery technology reported
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
May 18, 2009 |
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An NSERC-funded lab at the University Of Waterloo has laid the groundwork for a lithium battery that can store and deliver more than three times the power of conventional lithium ion batteries.
The Future of Car Manufacturing? Sticky 'Velcro' Car Parts
Aug 20, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- It may sound improbable but plastic car parts could one day be joined together like Velcro, and peeled apart when it comes to recycling or disposal.
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