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Light, instead of electrodes, could control deformable mirrors

(PhysOrg.com) -- The field of adaptive optics is advancing in interest as technology makes it possible to use deformable mirrors for a number of applications in optoelectronics. Deformable mirrors usually make use of rigid ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Jul 15, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (62) | comments 5 | with audio podcast feature

Paper-thin supercapacitor has higher capacitance when twisted than any non-twisted supercapacitor

(PhysOrg.com) -- In an effort to develop wearable electronics, researchers have designed a new ultra-thin supercapacitor that has a capacitance that is six times higher than that of any current commercial ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Sep 21, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (57) | comments 9 | with audio podcast feature

Research team creates photoelectrowetting circuit

(PhysOrg.com) -- Working together, Matthieu Gaudet and Steve Arscott from the University of Lille (IEMN lab) in France have built a circuit using a phenomenon known as photoelectrowetting, which allows a switch ...

Physics / Soft Matter

created Jan 20, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (48) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

New rechargeable zinc-air batteries coming soon

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new breed of rechargeable zinc-air batteries is soon to be available, and may replace lithium-ion batteries in cell phones, laptops and other consumer items. Lithium-ion batteries store ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (48) | comments 15 weblog

Scientists build 'single-atom transistor'

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from Helsinki University of Technology (Finland), University of New South Wales (Australia), and University of Melbourne (Australia) have succeeded in building a working transistor, ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Dec 06, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (38) | comments 3

Liquid Battery Offers Promising Solar Energy Storage Technique

(PhysOrg.com) -- One of the biggest challenges currently facing large-scale solar energy technology is finding an effective way to store the energy, which is essential for using the electricity at night or ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Mar 06, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (46) | comments 13 weblog

Lithium-ion battery with new chemistry could power electric vehicles

(PhysOrg.com) -- While car companies race to develop electric and hybrid electric vehicles, one of the biggest challenges they face is finding a suitable energy storage system. Lithium-ion batteries, which ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Feb 21, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (32) | comments 57 | with audio podcast feature

Large sheets of graphene film produced for transparent electrodes (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Graphene is a relatively new material with outstanding electrical, chemical and mechanical properties that make it an attractive material for use as flexible conductors of the sort used in ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jun 21, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (29) | comments 11 | with audio podcast report

Renewable Energy Made by Mixing Salt and Fresh Water

(PhysOrg.com) -- When a river flows into the sea, the location is more than just a haven for water commerce. The mixing of fresh and salt water that occurs at an estuary also dissipates energy, as the different ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Sep 02, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (29) | comments 6 feature

You can control your Marilyn Monroe neuron

(PhysOrg.com) -- In a scientific first, researchers have been able to demonstrate the ability of humans to control the activity of individual brain cells.

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (27) | comments 12 weblog

Researchers develop graphene supercapacitor holding promise for portable electronics

(PhysOrg.com) -- Electrochemical capacitors (ECs), also known as supercapacitors or ultracapacitors, differ from regular capacitors that you would find in your TV or computer in that they store substantially ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Mar 15, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (25) | comments 30 | with audio podcast

Self-assembling solar panels a step closer

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists Robert J. Knuesel and Heiko O. Jacobs of the University of Minnesota have developed a way to make tiny solar cells self-assemble.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jan 14, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (26) | comments 2 | with audio podcast report

Going Beyond Moore's Law by Using the Third Dimension

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have demonstrated a new microwire fabrication technique in which microwires self-assemble themselves in a three-dimensional template made of nematic liquid crystals. Amidst concerns ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 18, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (27) | comments 7 | with audio podcast feature

Researchers find possible evidence of Majorana fermions

(Phys.org) -- Researchers working out of Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands have constructed a device that appears to offer some evidence of the existence of Majorana fermions; the elusive particles ...

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 13, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (25) | comments 4 | with audio podcast report

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

Electrode

An electrode is an electrical conductor used to make contact with a nonmetallic part of a circuit (e.g. a semiconductor, an electrolyte or a vacuum). The word was coined by the scientist Michael Faraday from the Greek words elektron (meaning amber, from which the word electricity is derived) and hodos, a way.

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