News tagged with silicon nitride
New nanocrystalline diamond probes overcome wear
Nov 10, 2009 |
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Researchers at the McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science at Northwestern University have developed, characterized, and modeled a new kind of probe used in atomic force microscopy (AFM), which images, measures, ...
Optical chip detects blood molecules
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Jul 15, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A portable 'lab on a chip' that can identify target molecules in blood samples has been created by European researchers. It is being used to measure fertility hormones and detect the genes ...
Aluminum-oxide nanopore beats other materials for DNA analysis
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jun 02, 2009 |
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Fast and affordable genome sequencing has moved a step closer with a new solid-state nanopore sensor being developed by researchers at the University of Illinois.
Scientists Measure Differences Between Normal and Cancer Cell Surfaces
May 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists know that cancerous cells and normal cells have different physical features, but the details of these differences, and why they occur, are not well understood. In a recent edition ...
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Caltech scientists film photons with electrons
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Techniques recently invented by researchers at the California Institute of Technology -- which allow the real-time, real-space visualization of fleeting changes in the structure of nanoscale ...
Growing Europe's nanowires
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(PhysOrg.com) -- European researchers have developed state-of-the-art nanowire 'growing' technology, opening the way for faster, smaller microchips and creating a promising new avenue of research and industrial ...
Thermochemical nanolithography now allows multiple chemicals on a chip
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at Georgia Tech have developed a nanolithographic technique that can produce high-resolution patterns of at least three different chemicals on a single chip at writing speeds of ...
Micromachined piezoelectric harvester drives fully autonomous wireless sensor
Dec 15, 2009 |
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For the first time, a piezoelectric harvesting device fabricated by MEMS technology generates a record of 85μW electrical power from vibrations. A wafer level packaging method was developed for robustness. ...
Our devices will spin denser webs of data in 2010s
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Dec 15, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Ten years ago, we would have been blown away by a cell phone with far more computing power and memory than the average PC had in 1999, along with a built-in camera and programs to manage every aspect ...
Rare earth metal enhances phosphate glass
Dec 15, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Adding cerium oxide to phosphate glass rather than the commonly used silicate glass may make glasses that block ultraviolet light and have increased radiation damage resistance while remaining colorless, ...
Efforts under way to make Web more accessible
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Dec 15, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Imagine not being able to use a mouse to open a Web browser or a keyboard to type an e-mail. What if you couldn't distinguish colors on a computer screen or type the distorted letters in order to ...
A new kind of micro-mobility: Moving tiny particles using magnetic fields (w/ Video)
Dec 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- 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 microfluidic chip, and ...
Brussels welcomes Oracle's concessions in Sun bid
Dec 14, 2009 |
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The EU's competition watchdog on Monday welcomed concessions made by US business software giant Oracle over its bid for Sun Microsystems, saying the deal is now likely to be approved.
Tech blog, Singapore startup feud over tablet PC
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Dec 11, 2009 |
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(AP) -- About 18 months ago, a technology blogger got fed up with the industry and forged an alliance with a startup to make his dream computer. It almost worked.
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