News tagged with nano scale
Microprocessors from pencil lead
(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Arizona physicists are making discoveries that may advance electronic circuit technology.
Mar 30, 2012 |
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Miracle material: Graphene
(PhysOrg.com) -- In the 19th century novel, Flatland, by Edward A. Abbott, residents of that fictional country exist in only two dimensions. Women are born as line segments, while men come in a range of geometric ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
May 19, 2011 |
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A (nano-) window that washes itself?
A coating on windows or solar panels that repels grime and dirt? Expanded battery storage capacities for the next electric car? New Tel Aviv University research, just published in Nature Nanotechnology, detail ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Dec 03, 2009 |
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Report suggests more rigorous assessment of nanosilver use
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new report published in the journal Science suggests the risks to the environment of nanosilver used in consumer goods should be examined more stringently.
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Nov 22, 2010 |
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Nanoscale waveguide for future photonics
The creation of a new quasiparticle called the "hybrid plasmon polariton" may throw open the doors to integrated photonic circuits and optical computing for the 21st century. Researchers with the U.S. Department ...
May 31, 2011 |
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Glasgow scientists predict the unpredictable to guide future nano-chip design
Scientists at the University of Glasgow, in collaboration with colleagues from Edinburgh, Manchester, Southampton and York universities, have developed technology which will help microchip designers create ...
Nov 29, 2009 |
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Single molecule tracking helps reveal mechanism of chromosome separation in dividing cells
(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Washington (UW) researchers are helping to write the operating manual for the nano-scale machine that separates chromosomes before cell division. The apparatus is called a spindle ...
Mar 06, 2009 |
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Nanodiamonds could be used in disease diagnosis
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists in Taiwan have developed fluorescent nanodiamonds that may in the future be used in the diagnosis and treatment of human disease.
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Sep 09, 2010 |
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Cell viscosity research improves our knowledge of cancer cells
EU-funded researchers from Germany and Poland have made some groundbreaking discoveries about cell cytoplasm viscosity, which could further our knowledge of the cytoplasm of cancer cells.
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
May 16, 2011 |
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Nanobelts support manipulation of light
(PhysOrg.com) -- They look like 2-by-4s, but the materials being created in a Rice University lab are more suited to construction with light.
Oct 14, 2011 |
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New imaging method lets scientists 'see' cell molecules more clearly
Scientists have always wanted to take a closer look at biological systems and materials. From the magnifying glass to the electron microscope, they have developed ever-increasingly sophisticated imaging devices.
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Jan 19, 2009 |
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Paper electrified by copper particles
The Polymer Chemistry Research Group at the University of Helsinki, Finland, has succeeded in producing nano-sized metallic copper particles. When the size of particles is reduced to a nano-scale (one nanometre being one ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Mar 16, 2009 |
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