News tagged with silicon atom
Nano-ruler sets some very small marks
Sep 22, 2009 |
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology has issued a new ruler, and even for an organization that routinely deals in superlatives, it sets some records. Designed to be the most accurate commercially available "meter ...
Glowing 'Cornell dots' can show surgeons where tumors are
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Feb 19, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Brightly glowing nanoparticles known as "Cornell dots" are a safe, effective way to "light up" cancerous tumors so surgeons can find and remove them.
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Glitter-sized solar photovoltaics produce competitive results
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Sandia National Laboratories scientists have developed tiny glitter-sized photovoltaic cells that could revolutionize the way solar energy is collected and used.
Cost-cutting Yahoo to close offices for holidays
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(AP) -- Yahoo says it will close its offices from Christmas through New Year's to help save money. The cost-cutting move ends a year in which Yahoo's revenue declined for the first time since 2001.
Researchers are on the path to creating nano-MRI images
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Cornell researchers are devising methods to detect the magnetic fields of individual electrons and atomic nuclei, which they hope to use to make a nanoscale version of magnetic resonance imaging.
Scientists improve chip memory by stacking cells
Dec 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at Arizona State University have developed an elegant method for significantly improving the memory capacity of electronic chips.
Nanoparticles go platinum: NCEM instruments provide key images
Dec 21, 2009 |
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At Berkeley Lab's National Center for Electron Microscopy it was revealed that single-stranded DNA can disperse bundles of single-walled carbon nanotubes into individual tubes and serve as guideposts for synthesizing ...
Graphite oxide at high pressure opens a road to new amazing nano-materials
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Dec 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- New results by scientists at Umeľ University, Sweden, show that not only water but also alcohol solvents can be inserted to expand the structure of graphite oxide under high pressure conditions. The ...
Intel Announces Next-Generation Atom Platform (w/ Video)
Dec 21, 2009 |
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Intel Corporation announced new Intel Atom processors today that feature integrated graphics built directly into the CPU, enabling improved performance and smaller, more energy-efficient designs in a new generation ...
Physicists propose quantum entanglement for motion of microscopic objects
Dec 21, 2009 |
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Researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have proposed a new paradigm that should allow scientists to observe quantum behavior in small mechanical systems.
Researcher Uses Graphene Quilts to Keep Things Cool
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Dec 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- University of California, Riverside Professor of Electrical Engineering and Chair of Materials Science and Engineering Alexander Balandin is leading several projects to explore ways to use ...
Silicon technology offers extended X-ray vision of high-energy cosmos
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- As elements of the integrated circuits running our computers, phones and electronics, silicon wafers are everywhere. An ESA-led effort is establishing an out-of-this-world use for these ...
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