News tagged with magnetic sensors

French physicists claim breakthrough in ultra-fast data access

French physicists said on Sunday they had used ultra-fast lasers that could accelerate storage and retrieval of data on hard discs by up to 100,000 times, pointing the way to a new generation of IT wizardry.

Physics / General Physics

created May 31, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (32) | comments 16

Researchers 'stretch' a lackluster material into a possible electronics revolution

It's the Clark Kent of oxide compounds, and - on its own - it is pretty boring. But slice europium titanate nanometers thin and physically stretch it, and then it takes on super hero-like properties that could ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Aug 18, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (24) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Nanodots Breakthrough May Lead To 'A Library On One Chip'

A researcher at North Carolina State University has developed a computer chip that can store an unprecedented amount of data - enough to hold an entire library's worth of information on a single chip. The new chip stems from ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Apr 28, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (20) | comments 11 | with audio podcast

Graphite mimics iron's magnetism

Researchers of Eindhoven University of Technology and the Radboud University Nijmegen in The Netherlands show for the first time why ordinary graphite is a permanent magnet at room temperature. The results ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Oct 04, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (17) | comments 1

Researchers suggest new memory storage mineral

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researcher Derek Stewart says the mineral kotoite could be an ideal insulator for memory storage devices called magnetic tunnel junctions.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jan 21, 2010 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (16) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Magnetic sensors can measure distances between vehicles

(PhysOrg.com) -- Every vehicle has a magnetic field, and researchers have now found that a vehicle’s magnetic field has an inverse relationship with distance at small distances. The relationship provides ...

Physics / General Physics

created Oct 18, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (13) | comments 8 | with audio podcast feature

Record measurement of extremely small magnetic fields

Researchers at the research center QUANTOP at the Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen (Denmark) have constructed an atomic magnetometer, which has achieved the highest sensitivity allowed ...

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 12, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (13) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Quantum cat's 'whiskers' offer advanced sensors

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team led by Oxford University scientists has turned one of the key problems with quantum entangled systems - that they are easily ‘disturbed’ by their environment - into an advantage which ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Apr 24, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (11) | comments 11

Researchers set alarm for incoming space storms

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of researchers at the University of Alberta in Edmonton has broken new ground in outer space by pinpointing the impact epicentre of an Earthbound space storm as it crashes into the ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 27, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (10) | comments 0

Mini-sensor measures magnetic activity in human brain

A miniature atom-based magnetic sensor developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has passed an important research milestone by successfully measuring human brain activity. Experiments ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Apr 19, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (9) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Birds 'See' Earth's Magnetic Field

When birds migrate over long distances -- sometimes thousands of miles -- they usually end up in exactly the same place year after year. Such accurate feats of navigation, accomplished by millions of birds ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (9) | comments 2

Scientists map volcanic plume under Yellowstone

Scientists using electric and magnetic sensors have mapped the size and composition of a vast plume of hot rock and briny fluid down to 200 miles below Yellowstone National Park's surface, according to a new ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 15, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 0

New mini-sensor traces faint magnetic signature of human heartbeat

Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the German national metrology institute have used NIST's miniature atom-based magnetic sensor to successfully track a human heartbeat, ...

Physics / General Physics

created Oct 14, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (8) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Delving into manganite conductivity

(PhysOrg.com) -- Chemical compounds called manganites have been studied for many years since the discovery of colossal magnetoresistance, a property that promises important applications in the fields of magnetic ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Feb 09, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Magnetic mixing creates quite a stir (w/ Video)

Sandia researchers have developed a process that can mix tiny volumes of liquid, even in complicated spaces.

Physics / General Physics

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 2