News tagged with piezoelectric materials
Researchers take the lead out of piezoelectrics
Nov 13, 2009 |
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There is good news for the global effort to reduce the amount of lead in the environment and for the growing array of technologies that rely upon the piezoelectric effect. A lead-free alternative to the current ...
Researchers Pressing on in Their Mission to Power the Nanodevices of Tomorrow
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jul 27, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Much like humans, materials are capable of some pretty remarkable things when they're placed under pressure. In fact, under the right conditions, materials can even produce electricity.
Engineers to investigate energy independent monitoring system for bridges
Feb 02, 2009 |
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Virginia Tech's Center for Intelligent Material Systems and Structures (CIMSS) has teamed with Physical Acoustics Corporation (PAC), of Princeton Junction, N.J., to develop a suite of new technologies to provide ...
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NEC Integrates NanoBridge in the Cu Interconnects of Si LSI
9 hours ago |
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NEC Corporation, in collaboration with the National Institute of Materials Science, today announced the successful integration of NanoBridge, a solid electrolyte non-volatile crossbar switch, in Cu interconnects ...
Scientists discover mechanism behind superinsulation
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory have discovered the microscopic mechanism behind the phenomenon of superinsulation, the ability of certain materials ...
New structure could produce efficient semiconductor laser sources
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(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers have achieved a nanoscale laser structure they anticipate will produce semiconductor lasers in the next two years that are more than twice as efficient ...
A new kind of micro-mobility: Moving tiny particles using magnetic fields (w/ Video)
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A new microscopic system devised by researchers in MIT's department of materials science and engineering could provide a novel method for moving tiny objects inside a microchip, and could also provide new ...
Going vertical: Fleeing tsunamis by moving up, not out
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
13 hours ago |
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In the minutes after a strong earthquake struck offshore of the Indonesian city of Padang on Sept. 30, fears of a tsunami prompted hundreds of thousands of residents to evacuate the coastal city. Or try to.
Tracking new cancer-killing particles with MRI
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
13 hours ago |
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Researchers at Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) have created a single nanoparticle that can be tracked in real time with MRI as it homes in on cancer cells, tags them with a fluorescent ...
Interactive animations give science students a boost
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
14 hours ago |
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For a generation of students raised and nurtured at the computer keyboard, it seems like a no-brainer that computer-assisted learning would have a prominent role in the college science classroom.
Math goes viral: Researchers make math and science real for high-school students
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
16 hours ago |
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At least a dozen Alberta high-school calculus classrooms were exposed to the West Nile virus recently.
New curriculum mixes nanotechnology and skiing (w/ Video)
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
16 hours ago |
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Nanotechnology seems a daunting subject, but for mechanical engineering students at the University of Nevada, Reno, it has taken on a real world approach - in Ski Building 101.
Science not faked, but not pretty
Dec 12, 2009 |
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(AP) -- E-mails stolen from climate scientists show they stonewalled skeptics and discussed hiding data - but the messages don't support claims that the science of global warming was faked, according to an ...
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