News tagged with storage device

New energy storage device could recharge electric vehicles in minutes

(PhysOrg.com) -- It has all the appearances of a breakthrough in battery technology, except that it’s not a battery. Researchers at Nanotek Instruments, Inc., and its subsidiary Angstron Materials, Inc., ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Aug 19, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (53) | comments 43 | with audio podcast feature

Carbon nanoballs as data storage units

Small, smaller, "nano" data storage! Interest is growing in the use of metallofullerenes - carbon “cages” with embedded metallic compounds - as materials for miniature data storage devices. Researchers at ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Sep 01, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (52) | comments 4

Physicists capture first images of atomic spin

(PhysOrg.com) -- Though scientists argue that the emerging technology of spintronics may trump conventional electronics for building the next generation of faster, smaller, more efficient computers and high-tech ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Apr 26, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (39) | comments 12 | with audio podcast

Researchers use super-high pressures to create super battery

The world's biggest Roman candle has got nothing on this. Using super-high pressures similar to those found deep in the Earth or on a giant planet, Washington State University researchers have created a compact, ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jul 04, 2010 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (42) | comments 37 | with audio podcast

Japanese team discovers 'super disc' material

A Japanese research team has found a material that could be used to make a low-price super disc with data storage capacity thousands of times greater than a DVD, the lead scientist said Monday.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created May 24, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (35) | comments 18

Using quantum methods to read classical memories offers surprising advantages

(PhysOrg.com) -- Currently, the data stored in classical digital memories such as CDs, DVDs, and barcodes is read by classical light. But as a new study shows, using quantum light to read these classical memories ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Mar 14, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (31) | comments 5 | with audio podcast feature

At Stanford, nanotubes + ink + paper = equal instant battery (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Stanford scientists are harnessing nanotechnology to quickly produce ultra-lightweight, bendable batteries and supercapacitors in the form of everyday paper.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (28) | comments 3

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

A Billion Year Ultra-Dense Memory Chip (w/Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Berkeley Lab researchers have created a unique ultra-high density memory storage medium that can preserve digital data for a billion years.

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Jun 04, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (29) | comments 12

New device may revolutionize computer memory

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a new device that represents a significant advance for computer memory, making large-scale "server farms" more energy efficient and allowing ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Jan 20, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (26) | comments 8 | with audio podcast

Scientists improve chip memory by stacking cells

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at Arizona State University have developed an elegant method for significantly improving the memory capacity of electronic chips.

Technology / Semiconductors

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (20) | comments 3

Is There a Micro-Supercapacitor in Your Future? Don't Bet Against It

(PhysOrg.com) -- A Berkeley Lab scientist was a key member of a team that developed a unique new technique for integrating high performance micro-sized supercapacitors into a variety of portable electronic ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Apr 26, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (16) | comments 8 | with audio podcast

New 'FeTRAM' is promising computer memory technology

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers are developing a new type of computer memory that could be faster than the existing commercial memory and use far less power than flash memory devices.

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Sep 27, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (17) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Scientists image the charge distribution within a single molecule for the first time

(PhysOrg.com) -- IBM scientists were able to measure for the first time how charge is distributed within a single molecule. This achievement will enable fundamental scientific insights into single-molecule ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Feb 27, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (15) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Chemists make breakthrough in nanoscience research

A team of scientists led by Eugenia Kumacheva of the Department of Chemistry at the University of Toronto has discovered a way to predict the organization of nanoparticles in larger forms by treating them much the same as ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Jul 12, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (15) | comments 0 | with audio podcast