News tagged with applied physics
Nanotechnology gets a new light touch
(PhysOrg.com) -- Building the super-fast computers of the future has just become much easier thanks to an advance by Australian researchers that lets them grab hold of tiny electronics components and probe ...
Oct 02, 2009 |
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Why they grow? Getting to the roots of lethal metal whiskers
(PhysOrg.com) -- A short circuit can be quite hairy: satellites have failed, a NASA computer centre was repeatedly paralysed and the US public heath authority recalled thousands of pacemakers - all because ...
Sep 29, 2009 |
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Physicists create first atomic-scale map of quantum dots
(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Michigan physicists have created the first atomic-scale maps of quantum dots, a major step toward the goal of producing "designer dots" that can be tailored for specific applications.
Sep 29, 2009 |
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Graphene Shows High Current Capacity and Thermal Conductivity
(PhysOrg.com) -- Recent research into the properties of graphene nanoribbons provides two new reasons for using the material as interconnects in future computer chips. In widths as narrow as 16 nanometers, ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jul 29, 2009 |
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Scientists create first electronic quantum processor
A team led by Yale University researchers has created the first rudimentary solid-state quantum processor, taking another step toward the ultimate dream of building a quantum computer.
Jun 28, 2009 |
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Highly conductive nanocomposites: Inexpensive plastic used in CDs could improve electronics
If one University of Houston professor has his way, the inexpensive plastic now used to manufacture CDs and DVDs will one day soon be put to use in improving the integrity of electronics in aircraft, computers and iPhones.
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
May 15, 2009 |
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Brains or beauty: New study confirms having both leads to higher pay
People looking for a good job at a good salary could find their intelligence may not be the only trait that puts them at the top of the pay scale, according to researchers. A new study finds attractiveness, along with confidence, ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 14, 2009 |
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Scientists demonstrate effect of confining dielectrics on semiconductor nanowire conductivity
Researchers at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), in collaboration with researchers from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), have demonstrated, for the first time, that the activation energy ...
May 05, 2009 |
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Stretchable Nanotube Films May Advance Medical Electronics (Update)
(PhysOrg.com) -- One of the issues hindering the development of medical electronic devices capable of being implanted in the human body is the lack of suitable materials. Most semiconducting materials are ...
May 04, 2009 |
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Scientists demonstrate laser with controlled polarization
Applied scientists at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) in collaboration with researchers from Hamamatsu Photonics in Hamamatsu City, Japan, have demonstrated, for the first time, ...
Apr 13, 2009 |
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Cheap, efficient white light LEDs new design
Roughly 20 percent of the electricity consumed worldwide is used to light homes, businesses, and other private and public spaces. Though this consumption represents a large drain on resources, it also presents ...
Apr 07, 2009 |
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Flexible, transparent supercapacitors -- bend and twist them like a poker card
It is a completely transparent and flexible energy conversion and storage device that you can bend and twist like a poker card.
Mar 31, 2009 |
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High-speed signal mixer demonstrates capabilities of transistor laser
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the University of Illinois have successfully demonstrated a microwave signal mixer made from a tunnel-junction transistor laser. Development of the device brings researchers ...
Mar 19, 2009 |
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Will carbon nanotubes replace indium tin oxide?
(PhysOrg.com) -- Up until now, George Grüner tells PhysOrg.com, most of the studies regarding the properties - and uses - of carbon nanotubes have been restricted to the visible spectral range. “We, however, were interested in the ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Mar 09, 2009 |
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Mental fatigue can affect physical endurance
When participants performed a mentally fatiguing task prior to a difficult exercise test, they reached exhaustion more quickly than when they did the same exercise when mentally rested, a new study finds.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 24, 2009 |
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