The nano-guitar string that plays itself
Scientists at Lancaster University and the University of Oxford have created a nano-electronic circuit which vibrates without any external force.
Scientists at Lancaster University and the University of Oxford have created a nano-electronic circuit which vibrates without any external force.
Nanophysics
Oct 14, 2019
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Researchers at the UAB and ICMAB have succeeded in bringing wireless technology to the fundamental level of magnetic devices. The emergence and control of magnetic properties in cobalt nitride layers (initially non-magnetic) ...
General Physics
Oct 30, 2023
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Something is happening to the sun. One of the regions of the solar atmosphere currently exhibiting sunspots caught the attention of observatories on July 11, when there was a sudden increase in ultraviolet and X-ray brightness. ...
Astronomy
Jul 21, 2022
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A Stanford University research team has designed a high-efficiency charging system that uses magnetic fields to wirelessly transmit large electric currents between metal coils placed several feet apart. The long-term goal ...
Energy & Green Tech
Feb 1, 2012
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Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) have designed a new type of magnet that could aid devices ranging from doughnut-shaped fusion facilities known as tokamaks to ...
Superconductivity
Mar 4, 2022
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A new study by the University of Leeds and University of California at San Diego reveals that changes in the direction of the Earth's magnetic field may take place 10 times faster than previously thought.
Earth Sciences
Jul 6, 2020
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Scientists at Northwestern University have developed a new nanomaterial that can "steer" electrical currents. The development could lead to a computer that can simply reconfigure its internal wiring and become an entirely ...
Nanomaterials
Oct 16, 2011
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NASA researchers who developed a new way to power robotic underwater vehicles believe a spin-off technology could help convert ocean energy into electrical energy on a much larger scale. The researchers hope that clean, renewable ...
Engineering
Mar 6, 2009
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Any device that sends out a Wi-Fi signal also emits terahertz waves —electromagnetic waves with a frequency somewhere between microwaves and infrared light. These high-frequency radiation waves, known as "T-rays," are also ...
General Physics
Mar 30, 2020
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Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have replicated one of the most well-known electromagnetic effects in physics, the Hall Effect, using radio waves (photons) instead of electric current (electrons). ...
General Physics
Sep 12, 2019
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