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Quantum Physics Aug 15, 2011

New study proves that much-sought exotic quantum state of matter can exist

(PhysOrg.com) -- The world economy is becoming ever more reliant on high tech electronics such as computers featuring fingernail-sized microprocessors crammed with billions of transistors. For progress to continue, for Moore’s ...

General Physics Jul 20, 2011

Chilled atoms are going to heat up scientific opportunities

A collection of atoms in the basement of Small Hall is a million times colder than outer space. It’s one of the coldest spots in the universe, but it’s not cold enough. Yet.

Nanophysics Jul 20, 2011

An advance toward ultra-portable electronic devices

Scientists are reporting a key advance toward the long-awaited era of "single-molecule electronics," when common electronic circuits in computers, smart phones, audio players, and other devices may shrink to the size of a ...

Nanomaterials Jul 18, 2011

Hydrogen may be key to growth of high-quality graphene

A new approach to growing graphene greatly reduces problems that have plagued researchers in the past and clears a path to the crystalline form of graphite's use in sophisticated electronic devices of tomorrow.

Nanomaterials Jul 5, 2011

The wonders of graphene on display

Graphene, discovered in 2004 at The University of Manchester by Professor Andre Geim and Professor Kostya Novoselov, is one of the world's most versatile materials, and is already being used in such varied applications as ...

Nanomaterials Jun 24, 2011

Breakthrough reported in transconductance in ink-jet printing

MRS Communications, the recently launched journal from the Materials Research Society and Cambridge University Press, was designed to serve the fast-moving international materials research community.

Nanophysics Jun 21, 2011

Patent for arrays of nanoscale electrical probes awarded to NJIT today

Reginald C. Farrow and Zafer Iqbal, research professors at NJIT, were awarded a patent today for an improved method of fabricating arrays of nanoscale electrical probes. Their discovery may lead to improved diagnostic tools ...

Nanophysics Jun 2, 2011

Largest biochemical circuit built out of small synthetic DNA molecules

In many ways, life is like a computer. An organism's genome is the software that tells the cellular and molecular machinery—the hardware—what to do. But instead of electronic circuitry, life relies on biochemical ...

Optics & Photonics May 31, 2011

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 of Energy ...

Cell & Microbiology May 26, 2011

Biological circuits for synthetic biology

(PhysOrg.com) -- "If you don't like the news, go out and make some of your own." ... Wes "Scoop" Nisker

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