Moore's Law - which holds that the number of transistors on an integrated circuit, and hence its processing power, doubles every 18 months - has been the guiding principal of chip design for almost half a century. But with ...
Electronics & Semiconductors
Oct 4, 2013
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Recent advances in nanotechnology are providing new possibilities for medical imaging and sensing. Gold nanostructures, for example, can enhance the fluorescence of marker dyes that are commonly used to detect biomolecules ...
Nanophysics
Sep 25, 2013
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(Phys.org) —University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign researchers have developed arrays of tiny nano-antennas that can enable sensing of molecules that resonate in the infrared (IR) spectrum.
Nanophysics
Sep 24, 2013
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The female common market squid –– AKA Doryteuthis opalescens –– may not be so common after all. Researchers at UC Santa Barbara have discovered that this glamorous cephalopod possesses a pair of stripes that can sparkle ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 18, 2013
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(Phys.org) —A team of physicists working at Oxford University in the UK has found that it's possible to use some types of perovskite as a replacement for thin film silicon cells using the same basic processing technique ...
A new study has revealed that the stunning iridescent wings of the tropical blue Morpho butterfly could expand the range of innovative technologies. Scientific lessons learnt from these butterflies have already inspired designs ...
Materials Science
Sep 9, 2013
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New types of nanostructures have shown promise for applications in electrochemically powered energy devices and systems, including advanced battery technologies.
Nanomaterials
Sep 4, 2013
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An international group of researchers from the University of Minnesota, Argonne National Laboratory and Seoul National University have discovered a groundbreaking technique in manufacturing nanostructures that has the potential ...
Nanophysics
Sep 3, 2013
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QUT's research to develop cheap plastic solar cells to charge mobile phones and other electronic devices has been boosted with the installation of one of the most powerful nanotechnology microscopes in the world.
Nanomaterials
Sep 2, 2013
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Engineers at the NIST Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology (CNST) have developed a new technique for fabricating high aspect ratio three-dimensional (3D) nanostructures over large device areas using a combination of ...
Nanophysics
Aug 29, 2013
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