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'Core-Shell' Silicon Nanowires May Improve Lithium-Ion Batteries

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have found a way to incorporate silicon into the structure of rechargeable lithium-ion batteries, which are used to power a wide variety of portable electronic devices, including ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Jan 20, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (13) | comments 9 feature

Silicon-carbon electrodes snap, swell, don't pop

A study that examines a new type of silicon-carbon nanocomposite electrode reveals details of how they function and how repeated use could wear them down. The study also provides clues to why this material ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Mar 14, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists watch a next-generation ferroelectric memory bit switch in real time

For the first time, engineering researchers have been able to watch in real time the nanoscale process of a ferroelectric memory bit switching between the 0 and 1 states.

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New technology improves both energy capacity and charge rate in rechargeable batteries

Imagine a cellphone battery that stayed charged for more than a week and recharged in just 15 minutes. That dream battery could be closer to reality thanks to Northwestern University research.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Nov 14, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (18) | comments 17 | with audio podcast

Revolutionary conducting polymer enables silicon use as next generation of lithium-ion battery anodes

Lithium-ion batteries are everywhere, in smart phones, laptops, an array of other consumer electronics, and the newest electric cars. Good as they are, they could be much better, especially when it comes to ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Sep 23, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (10) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Predatory fish have large guts to help them through famine

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study by scientists in the US has solved the mystery of why predatory fish have a far greater digestive capacity than they actually need. The study suggests the reason is that the extra-large ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jul 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast report

New semiconductor nanowire laser technology could kill viruses, improve DVDs

A team led by a professor at the University of California, Riverside Bourns College of Engineering has made a discovery in semiconductor nanowire laser technology that could potentially do everything from kill viruses to ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Jul 05, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Activated graphene makes superior supercapacitors for energy storage

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have helped to uncover the nanoscale structure of a novel form of carbon, contributing to an explanation of why ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created May 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (14) | comments 8 | with audio podcast

Rainbow-trapping scientist now strives to slow light waves even further

An electrical engineer at the University at Buffalo, who previously demonstrated experimentally the "rainbow trapping effect" -- a phenomenon that could boost optical data storage and communications -- is ...

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 12, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Batteries charge quickly and retain capacity, thanks to new 3D nanostructure

The batteries in Illinois professor Paul Braun's lab look like any others, but they pack a surprise inside.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Mar 20, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (23) | comments 63 | with audio podcast

Upgrading the vanadium redox battery

Though considered a promising large-scale energy storage device, the vanadium redox battery's use has been limited by its inability to work well in a wide range of temperatures and its high cost. But new research ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Mar 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

How much information is there in the world? Scientists calculate the world's total technological capacity

(PhysOrg.com) -- Think you're overloaded with information? Not even close. A study appearing on Feb. 10 in Science Express calculates the world's total technological capacity -- how much information humank ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Feb 10, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (22) | comments 13 | with audio podcast

Hong Kong researchers store data in bacteria

The US' national archives occupy more than 500 miles (800 kilometres) of shelving; France's archives stretch for more than 100 miles of shelves, as do Britain's.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jan 09, 2011 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (19) | comments 15

Bad virus put to good use: Breakthrough batteries

(PhysOrg.com) -- Viruses have a bad rep--and rightly so. The ability of a virus to quickly and precisely replicate itself makes it a destructive scourge to animals and plants alike. Now an interdisciplinary ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Dec 07, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (23) | comments 34 | with audio podcast

Researchers demystify glasses by studying crystals

Glass is something we all know about. It's what we sip our drinks from, what we look out of to see what the weather is like before going outside and it is the backbone to our high speed communications infrastructure (optical ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Nov 30, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (10) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Capacity

Capacity is the ability to hold a fluid, very similar to volume.

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