News tagged with microscopic devices
Robot monitors toxic red tides
A robotic device suspended under the ocean surface from a buoy off the New Hampshire coast is monitoring seawater for evidence of the red tide, clusters of microscopic plants that release toxins into fish ...
May 24, 2012 |
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New 'metamaterial' practical for optical advances
(Phys.org) -- Researchers have taken a step toward overcoming a key obstacle in commercializing "hyperbolic metamaterials," structures that could bring optical advances including ultrapowerful microscopes, computers and solar ...
May 15, 2012 |
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Researchers discover new method of making nanoparticles
(PhysOrg.com) -- An engineering researcher at the University of Arkansas and his colleagues at the University of Utah have discovered a new method of making nanoparticles and nanofilms to be used in developing better electronic ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Mar 06, 2012 |
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Researchers combine mobile phone technology and microscopy
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed an optical accessory that turns an ordinary camera phone into a high-resolution microscope. The device is accurate to one hundredth of a millimetre. Among those who will ...
Feb 15, 2012 |
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Acoustic cloaking device echoes advances in optical cloaking
Optical cloaking devices that enable light to gracefully slip around a solid object were once strictly in the realm of science fiction. Today they have emerged as an exciting area of study, at least on microscopic scales. ...
Aug 15, 2011 |
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Fundamental discovery could lead to better memory chips
(PhysOrg.com) -- Engineering researchers at the University of Michigan have found a way to improve the performance of ferroelectric materials, which have the potential to make memory devices with more storage ...
Mar 15, 2011 |
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Laser pulses crystallize amorphous silicon, create nanostructured surface ideal for solar-cell applications
The importance of silicon for almost every element in modern-day electronic devices and computers is due largely to its crystalline atomic structure. Crystalline silicon, however, is much more expensive to ...
Mar 04, 2011 |
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Team develops nanoscale light sensor compatible with 'Etch-a-Sketch' nanoelectronic platform
(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Pittsburgh researchers have created a nanoscale light sensor that can be combined with near-atomic-size electronic circuitry to produce hybrid optic and electronic devices with ...
Nov 14, 2010 |
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First direct observation of unusual magnetic structure could lead to novel electronic, magnetic memory devices
In conventional ferromagnets, the individual magnetic moments of the atoms that together comprise the magnetism of the material are all aligned parallel, pointing in a common direction. In ...
Aug 30, 2010 |
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Multiferroic compounds used to produce smaller and cheaper digital memories
(PhysOrg.com) -- Is it possible to make even more compact digital memories for portable electronic devices and which consume even less energy? A team of French researchers has recently demonstrated that it ...
Nov 27, 2009 |
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New, light-driven nanomotor is simpler, more promising, scientists say
(PhysOrg.com) -- Sunflowers track the sun as it moves from east to west. But people usually have to convert sunlight into electricity or heat to put its power to use.
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jun 04, 2009 |
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New method for detecting explosives
A group of researchers in Tennessee and Denmark has discovered a way to sensitively detect explosives based on the physical properties of their vapors. Their technology, which is currently being developed into prototype devices ...
Mar 13, 2009 |
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