News tagged with spheres
New nanoscale parameter resolves dilemmas on silicon property
The new discovery by Aalto University can have major impact on future nanoscale device design, such as ultraviolet photo detectors and drug delivery.
Aug 24, 2011 |
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New 3-D photonic crystal has both electronic, optical properties
In an advance that could open new avenues for solar cells, lasers, metamaterials and more, researchers at the University of Illinois have demonstrated the first optoelectronically active 3-D photonic crystal.
Jul 24, 2011 |
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Research outlines math framework that could help convert 'junk' energy into useful power
A University at Buffalo-led research team has developed a mathematical framework that could one day form the basis of technologies that turn road vibrations, airport runway noise and other "junk" energy into ...
Jul 20, 2011 |
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NASA's smartphone-powered satellite
In 1999, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) professor David Miller showed the movie, "Star Wars" to his students on their first day of class. Following the scene where Luke Skywalker spars with a ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 11, 2011 |
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Mini disks for data storage: Slanted edges favor tiny magnetic vortices
Slanted exterior edges on tiny magnetic disks could lead to a breakthrough in data processing. Materials researchers of the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Germany, were able to create magnetic vortices with a diameter ...
Mar 14, 2011 |
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Packing it all in for the holidays: Scientists see how many polyhedrons can fit into a box
Whether it is Christmas shoppers mailing last minute gifts, or a steelyard dispatching ball bearings to factories, everyone wants to maximize the number of objects that fit into a container. Naturally the ...
Dec 20, 2010 |
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New method for making tiny catalysts holds promise for air quality
Fortified with iron: It's not just for breakfast cereal anymore. University of Illinois researchers have demonstrated a simpler method of adding iron to tiny carbon spheres to create catalytic materials that ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Dec 15, 2010 |
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Researchers investigate mysterious stone spheres in Costa Rica
The ancient stone spheres of Costa Rica were made world-famous by the opening sequence of "Raiders of the Lost Ark," when a mockup of one of the mysterious relics nearly crushed Indiana Jones.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Mar 22, 2010 |
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MO-SCI to manufacture SRNL's unique porous walled hollow glass microspheres
A licensing agreement between the U.S. Department of Energy's Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) and specialty glass provider Mo-Sci Corporation will make SRNL's unique Porous Walled Hollow Glass Microspheres available ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Dec 17, 2009 |
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Physicist makes new high-res panorama of Milky Way
Cobbling together 3000 individual photographs, a physicist has made a new high-resolution panoramic image of the full night sky, with the Milky Way galaxy as its centerpiece. Axel Mellinger, a professor at ...
Oct 28, 2009 |
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Hollow spheres made of metal
Producing metallic hollow spheres is complicated: It has not yet been possible to make the small sizes required for new high-tech applications. Now for the first time researchers have manufactured ground hollow ...
Oct 13, 2009 |
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Life Sticks: Bioengineer Publishes Sticky Insights in journal Science
(PhysOrg.com) -- Sticky is good. A University of California, San Diego bioengineer is the first author on an article in the journal Science that provides insights on the “stickiness of life.” The big idea i ...
Apr 10, 2009 |
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World’s First Nanofluidic Device with Complex 3-D Surfaces Built
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology and Cornell University have capitalized on a process for manufacturing integrated circuits at the nanometer level to engineer ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Apr 08, 2009 |
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Spacetime May Have Fractal Properties on a Quantum Scale
(PhysOrg.com) -- Usually, we think of spacetime as being four-dimensional, with three dimensions of space and one dimension of time. However, this Euclidean perspective is just one of many possible multi-dimensional ...
Mar 25, 2009 |
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Electrochemical technique follows the motion of individual microparticles in space and time
(PhysOrg.com) -- Many bacteria are able to 'swim' through liquids by means of a flagellum. When doing this, some bacteria follow attractants, some flee from harmful substances, and others align themselves using light, gravity, ...
Mar 13, 2009 |
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