Nanophysics news
Technique allows researchers to examine how materials bond at the atomic level
(PhysOrg.com) -- An approach pioneered by researchers at North Carolina State University gives scientists new insight into the way silicon bonds with other materials at the atomic level. This technique could lead to improved ...
Oct 07, 2010 |
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Breakthrough Nanotechnology Will Bring 100 Terabyte 3.5-inch Digital Data Storage Disks
Have you ever dream of 100 terabyte of data per 3.5-inch disk? New patented innovation nanotechnology from Michael E. Thomas, president of Colossal Storage Corporation, makes it real. ...
Aug 11, 2004 |
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For a Bigger Hard-drive, Just Add Water
Imagine having computer memory so dense that a cubic centimeter contains 12.8 million gigabytes of information. Imagine an iPod playing music for 100 millennia without repeating a single song or a USB thumb-drive with room ...
May 11, 2006 |
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Nanowire battery holds 10 times the charge of existing ones
Stanford researchers have found a way to use silicon nanowires to reinvent the rechargeable lithium-ion batteries that power laptops, iPods, video cameras, cell phones, and countless other devices.
Dec 18, 2007 |
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Virtual 3D nanorobots could lead to real cancer-fighting technology
From eliminating the side effects of chemotherapy to treating Alzheimer’s disease, the potential medical applications of nanorobots are vast and ambitious. In the past decade, researchers have made many improvements ...
Dec 05, 2007 |
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Nanogenerator provides continuous power by harvesting energy from the environment
Researchers have demonstrated a prototype nanometer-scale generator that produces continuous direct-current electricity by harvesting mechanical energy from such environmental sources as ultrasonic waves, ...
Apr 05, 2007 |
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Researchers Suggest Quantum Dots as Media for Teleportation
According to recent research, tiny clusters of atoms known as quantum dots may be excellent media for quantum teleportation, a physics phenomenon in which information – in the form of a quantum state, a very specific mathematical ...
Jun 21, 2007 |
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Physicists invent 'QuIET' - single molecule transistors
University of Arizona physicists have discovered how to turn single molecules into working transistors. It's a breakthrough needed to make the next-generation of remarkably tiny, powerful computers that nanotechnologists ...
Aug 30, 2006 |
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Plastic solar cell efficiency breaks record
The global search for a sustainable energy supply is making significant strides at Wake Forest University as researchers at the university’s Center for Nanotechnology and Molecular Materials have announced that they have ...
Apr 19, 2007 |
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Graphene Takes the Heat
Carbon nanotubes are being touted by many scientists and engineers as the material of the future, with the potential to revolutionize electronic technologies. But a new study shows that nanotubes may not be ...
Feb 20, 2008 |
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How to Shrink a Carbon Nanotube
A research group has devised a way to control the diameter of a carbon nanotube – down to essentially zero nanometers. This useful new ability, designed by scientists from the University of California at Berkeley ...
Nov 30, 2006 |
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Researchers demonstrate 'avalanche effect' in solar cells
Researchers at TU Delft (Netherlands) and the FOM Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter have found irrefutable proof that the so-called avalanche effect by electrons occurs in specific, very small ...
May 26, 2008 |
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Magnetic fields created using nanotechnology could make computers up to 500 times faster
Magnetic fields created using nanotechnology could make computers up to 500 times more powerful if new research is successful.
Jun 22, 2006 |
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LCDs get brighter with nano polarization recycler
LCDs (liquid crystal displays) provide a popular method for lighting screens on everything from computers and TVs to watches, clocks, cell phones and more. However, as scientists Sang Hoon Kim, Joo-Do Park ...
Sep 06, 2006 |
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Scientists discover water is sticky on a small scale
When water vapor condenses in a nano-sized space between two surfaces, the liquid behaves more like solid ice than liquid water, even at room temperature. This solidification causes water to exert such a strong ...
May 08, 2006 |
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