Lithium-ion batteries have transformed our lives. Without them, we wouldn't have laptop computers or cell phones—at least, not the long-lived, lightweight kindwe're used to—and in the near future they ...

Technology - Energy & Green Tech

Apr 16, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 5

Nonvolatile memory that can store data even when not powered is currently used for portable electronics such as smart phones, tablets, and laptop computers. Flash memory is a dominant technology in this field, ...

Nanotechnology - Nanophysics

Mar 18, 2013 3 / 5 (2) 0

Barbara Capone of the Computational Physics Group of the University of Vienna has developed a new method for the construction of building blocks at the nanoscale. The researcher in Soft Matter Physics, who ...

Physics - Soft Matter

Jan 17, 2013 4.7 / 5 (6) 0

(Phys.org)—There's hardly a moment in modern life that doesn't involve electronic devices, whether they're guiding you to a destination by GPS or deciding which incoming messages merit a beep, ring or vibration. ...

Nanotechnology - Nanophysics

Jan 14, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0 |

The storage capacity of hard disk drives could increase by a factor of five thanks to processes developed by chemists and engineers at The University of Texas at Austin.

Chemistry - Polymers

Nov 13, 2012 5 / 5 (13) 0 |

(Phys.org)—Lithium batteries are used in many devices such as cell phones, computers and cameras, among others.

Chemistry - Polymers

Nov 08, 2012 3.5 / 5 (2) 0

(Phys.org)—Materials scientists at Rice University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have created very thin color-changing films that may serve as part of inexpensive sensors for food ...

Nanotechnology - Nanophysics

Oct 10, 2012 5 / 5 (4) 1 |

Imec and Tokyo Electron (TEL) announce that they will accelerate their Directed Self-Assembly (DSA) activities at imec's recent 300mm fab-compatible DSA process line. Over the past two years, both companies have been actively ...

Technology - Semiconductors

Oct 08, 2012 not rated yet 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A relatively fast, easy and inexpensive technique for inducing nanorods - rod-shaped semiconductor nanocrystals - to self-assemble into one-, two- and even three-dimensional macroscopic structures ...

Nanotechnology - Nanomaterials

Feb 01, 2012 5 / 5 (4) 0 |

A critical step in advancing medical treatment is the development of novel drug delivery methods. While a simple tablet, taken by the patient with a sip of water, may be the easiest way to administer a drug, ...

Chemistry - Polymers

Dec 23, 2011 5 / 5 (1) 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Nanomanufacturing technology has enabled scientists to create metamaterials -- stuff that never existed in nature -- with unusual optical properties. They could lead to "superlenses" able ...

Chemistry - Materials Science

Nov 02, 2011 5 / 5 (9) 7 |

Scientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst report that for the first time they have designed a much simpler method of preparing ordered magnetic materials than ever before, by coupling magnetic ...

Nanotechnology - Nanophysics

Sep 27, 2011 5 / 5 (4) 0 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- Crystals and ceramics pale when compared to a material researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory discovered that has 10 times their piezoelectric effect, making it suitable for perhaps hundreds of everyday ...

Chemistry - Polymers

Sep 23, 2011 4.9 / 5 (10) 1 |

Scientists from the University of Sheffield have developed pigment-free, intensely coloured polymer materials, which could provide new, anti-counterfeit devices on passports or banknotes due to their difficulty ...

Physics - Soft Matter

May 18, 2011 4.8 / 5 (6) 6 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- New nanomaterials research from the University at Buffalo could lead to new solutions for an age-old public health problem: how to separate bacteria from drinking water.

Nanotechnology - Nanomaterials

Feb 21, 2011 5 / 5 (5) 1 |