News tagged with applied physics
Graphene transistor could advance nanodevices
(PhysOrg.com) -- For years, scientists and researchers have been looking into the properties of carbon nanotubes and graphene for use in nanoelectronics. "There is no real mass application of devices based ...
May 11, 2010 |
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Graphene Outperforms Carbon Nanotubes for Creating Stronger, More Crack-Resistant Materials
(PhysOrg.com) -- Three new studies from researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute illustrate why graphene should be the nanomaterial of choice to strengthen composite materials used in everything from ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Apr 26, 2010 |
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Caltech researchers create 'sound bullets'
Taking inspiration from a popular executive toy ("Newton's cradle"), researchers at the California Institute of Technology have built a device -- called a nonlinear acoustic lens -- that produces highly focused, high-amp ...
Apr 21, 2010 |
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Magnetic vortex memory shows memory potential of nanodots
(PhysOrg.com) -- Using magnetic nanodots in the vortex state, researchers have designed a new kind of non-volatile memory that could offer increased speed and density for next-generation non-volatile random ...
Apr 21, 2010 |
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Toshiba researchers achieve new record bit rate for quantum key distribution
The Cambridge Lab of Toshiba Research Europe today announced a major breakthrough that will allow ultra-secure encryption of sensitive data sent by banks, hospitals and government organisations.
Apr 20, 2010 |
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Toward more efficient wireless power delivery
In 2007, MIT researchers announced that they had discovered a novel way of transmitting electricity without the use of wires. Now, the researchers have demonstrated that the system?s efficiency at transmitting ...
Apr 13, 2010 |
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Researchers develop new method to detect melamine in milk
University of Miami assistant professor in the College of Engineering, Na Li and her collaborators have developed a fast, economical and easy method to detect melamine in milk. Melamine is the compound found ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Apr 01, 2010 |
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Ultra-powerful Laser Makes Silicon Pump Liquid Uphill with No Added Energy
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Rochester's Institute of Optics have discovered a way to make liquid flow vertically upward along a silicon surface, overcoming the pull of gravity, without pumps or other ...
Mar 16, 2010 |
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Carbon Nanotube Speakers Could Be Powered by Lasers, Transform Noisy Spaces into Peaceful Sanctums
(PhysOrg.com) -- A UT Dallas team's study published in the Journal of Applied Physics expands the extraordinary capabilities of nanotechnology to include laser-powered acoustic speakers made from assemblies of car ...
Mar 11, 2010 |
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Sensitive nano oscillator can detect pathogens
(PhysOrg.com) -- By watching how energy moves across a tiny device akin to a springing diving board, Cornell researchers are a step closer to creating extraordinarily tiny sensors that can instantly recognize ...
Mar 11, 2010 |
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Coil in wall could wirelessly power multiple electronic devices
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of MIT physicists has developed a system that can wirelessly transfer power to multiple electronic devices simultaneously with high efficiency. The system takes advantage of electromagnetic ...
Feb 12, 2010 |
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Graphene Electronics: Single-step Technique Produces Both P-type and N-type Doping for Future Devices
(PhysOrg.com) -- A simple one-step process that produces both n-type and p-type doping of large-area graphene surfaces could facilitate use of the promising material for future electronic devices. The doping ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Feb 11, 2010 |
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Sunny Record: Breakthrough for Hybrid Solar Cells
German scientists at the Department of Microsystems Engineering (IMTEK) and the Freiburg Materials Research Center (FMF) have succeeded in developing a method for treating the surface of nanoparticles which ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Feb 02, 2010 |
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Physicists develop 3D metamaterial nanolens that achieves super-resolution imaging
(PhysOrg.com) -- A research team from Northeastern University has developed a new nanolens that can beat the diffraction limit to achieve so-called super-resolution imaging, better than can be achieved by current technology. ...
Jan 18, 2010 |
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Quantum age edges closer
(PhysOrg.com) -- The arrival of superfast quantum computing is closer following recent breakthroughs by an international team led by UNSW researchers.
Jan 05, 2010 |
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