News tagged with tiny magnets
Creating nanostructures from the bottom up
Microscopic particles are being coaxed by Duke University engineers to assemble themselves into larger crystalline structures by the use of varying concentrations of microscopic particles and magnetic fields.
Apr 24, 2012 |
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New system may one day steer microrobots through blood vessels for disease treatment
Researchers use a magnetic field to generate both side-to-side and corkscrew-like motions of tiny robots.
Dec 16, 2011 |
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Physicists to develop new way of electronic computing
The University of California, Riverside has received a $1.85 million grant to develop a new way of computing that is beyond the scope of conventional silicon electronics.
Oct 05, 2011 |
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Scientists make magnetic new graphene discovery
(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Maryland researchers have discovered a way to control magnetic properties of graphene that could lead to powerful new applications in magnetic storage and magnetic random access ...
Apr 14, 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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Scientists make quantum leap in developing faster computers
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have created a molecular device which could act as a building block for future generations of superfast computers.
Mar 19, 2009 |
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Microswimmers" make a big splash for improved drug delivery
They may never pose a challenge to Olympic superstar Michael Phelps, but the "microswimmers" developed by researchers in Spain and the United Kingdom could break a long-standing barrier to improving delivery of medications ...
Jan 12, 2009 |
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