The latest gadgets hitting the market are smaller and faster than ever before, and rapidly-emerging 3D integration technology plays a major role in this evolution. The process, which consists in stacking 2D dies and connecting ...
Engineering
Aug 7, 2013
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New research at Rice University shows how water makes it practical to form long graphene nanoribbons less than 10 nanometers wide.
Nanophysics
Jul 30, 2013
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From the vantage point of the International Space Station, astronauts frequently observe atmospheric and surface phenomena in ways that are impossible to view from the ground. Two such phenomena—gravity waves and sunglint—are ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 23, 2013
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For thousands of years, thinkers have marvelled at the feat of engineering that is the honeycomb.
Plants & Animals
Jul 17, 2013
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A device that can instantly identify unknown liquids based on their surface tension has been selected to receive the 2013 R&D 100 Award—known as "the Oscar of Innovation"—from R&D Magazine.
Nanophysics
Jul 8, 2013
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(Phys.org) —Researchers have found a way to drive water droplets along a flat surface without applying heat, chemicals, electricity, or other forces: All that's required is varying the stiffness of the surface in the desired ...
General Physics
Jun 25, 2013
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A research team from the National Physical Laboratory (NPL), the University of Edinburgh and IBM's TJ Watson Research Center has revealed a major breakthrough in the modelling of water that could shed light on its mysterious ...
Condensed Matter
Jun 4, 2013
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Everybody who has tried to stack oranges in a box knows that a regular packing of spheres in a flat layer naturally leads to a hexagonal pattern, where each sphere is surrounded by six neighbours in a honeycomb-like fashion. ...
Soft Matter
May 24, 2013
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(Phys.org) —Waterproof fabrics that whisk away sweat could be the latest application of microfluidic technology developed by bioengineers at the University of California, Davis.
Materials Science
May 20, 2013
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Researchers at Aalto University have developed a purely geometric surface structure that is able to stop and control the spreading of liquids on different types of surfaces. The structure has an undercut edge that works for ...
Condensed Matter
Apr 24, 2013
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