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Thinnest superconducting metal created

Thinnest superconducting metal created

Physics / Superconductivity

created Jun 08, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 2

A superconducting sheet of lead only two atoms thick, the thinnest superconducting metal layer ever created, has been developed by physicists at The University of Texas at Austin.


Self-cleaning, low-reflectivity treatment boosts efficiency for photovoltaic cells

Self-cleaning, low-reflectivity treatment boosts efficiency for photovoltaic cells

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Mar 24, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (17) | comments 0

Using two different types of chemical etching to create features at both the micron and nanometer size scales, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a surface treatment that boosts ...





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Fujitsu Develops Technology for Low-Temperature Full-Service Direct Formation of Graphene Transistors on Large-Scale Substrates

Fujitsu Develops Technology for Low-Temperature Full-Service Direct Formation of Graphene Transistors on Large-Scale Sub

Technology / Semiconductors

created 11 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Fujitsu Laboratories today announced, as a world first, the development of a novel technology for forming graphene transistors directly on the entire surface of large-scale insulating substrates at low temperatures ...


Selling chip makers on optical computing

Selling chip makers on optical computing

Technology / Semiconductors

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (11) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Computer chips that transmit data with light instead of electricity consume much less power than conventional chips, but so far, they've remained laboratory curiosities. Professors Vladimir ...


IBM scientists create rapid disease diagnostic chip (w/ Video)

IBM scientists create rapid disease diagnostic chip (w/ Video)

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (11) | comments 0

IBM scientists have created a one-step point-of-care-diagnostic test, based on an innovative silicon chip, that requires less sample volume, is significantly faster, portable, easy to use, and can test for ...


Researchers create 'fly paper' to capture circulating cancer cells

Researchers create 'fly paper' to capture circulating cancer cells

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Just as fly paper captures insects, an innovative new device with nano-sized features developed by researchers at UCLA is able to grab cancer cells in the blood that have broken off from a tumor.


New study confirms exotic electric properties of graphene

New study confirms exotic electric properties of graphene

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (23) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- First, it was the soccer-ball-shaped molecules dubbed buckyballs. Then it was the cylindrically shaped nanotubes. Now, the hottest new material in physics and nanotechnology is graphene: ...


Small optical force can budge nanoscale objects

Small optical force can budge nanoscale objects

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (13) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Engineering researchers have used a very tiny beam of light with as little as 1 milliwatt of power to move a silicon structure up to 12 nanometers.


Understanding mechanical properties of silicon nanowires paves way for nanodevices

Understanding mechanical properties of silicon nanowires paves way for nanodevices

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Silicon nanowires are attracting significant attention from the electronics industry due to the drive for ever-smaller electronic devices, from cell phones to computers. The operation of these future devices, ...


Nano bubble gum for enhancing drug delivery in gut

Biology / Biotechnology

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Of the many characteristic traits a drug can have, one of the most desirable is the ability for a drug to be swallowed and absorbed into the bloodstream through the gut. Some drugs, like over-the-counter aspirin, lend themselves ...


3-D system based on optical fiber could provide new options for photovoltaics

3-D system based on optical fiber could provide new options for photovoltaics

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (10) | comments 0

Converting sunlight to electricity might no longer mean large panels of photovoltaic cells atop flat surfaces like roofs.


Scientists first to trap light and sound vibrations together in nanocrystal

Scientists first to trap light and sound vibrations together in nanocrystal

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (18) | comments 9

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the California Institute of Technology have created a nanoscale crystal device that, for the first time, allows scientists to confine both light and sound vibrations in the ...



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