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Scientists at IBM, the Purdue University, and the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA) announce the creation of a new generation of ultrasmall transistors and advanced computer processors, which rely solely on the massive improvements made possible by semiconducting nanowires. These small-scale structures a... |
27 November 2009
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Over the past few years, the amount of work that has gone into determining the characteristics of silicon nanowires has increased considerably, mostly because they represent the future of the electronics industry, right next to their carbon nanotube cousins. In their search for ever-smaller technologies, manufacturer... |
12 November 2009
06:43 GMT |
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For a very long time, scientists have dreamed about combining electronics with the human body, and now it would appear that they have succeeded. A group of experts managed to create a type of circuit that essentially dissolved into the human body. The way they accomplished that was by combining thin, flexible silicon... |
3 November 2009
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Future nanodevices will be structures that are extremely small, and that will play a huge host of roles, both in the human body and in the industry. However, in order to make them operational, very small wires, called nanowires, are needed. These structures are made from such materials as gold, silver or, in some... |
30 October 2009
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Nanotechnology is today perhaps the most promising research field in the world. In the future, scientists believe that a large number of innovations will be based on it, ranging from better solar sensors, to better computer and electronics devices, and better treatments for a large number of conditions. However, in o... |
22 October 2009
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Experts at the University of Texas in Austin (UAT) have recently conducted a scientific experiment in what may very well be the world's smallest test tube, measuring less than one thousandth the width of a human hair, the scientists report. Because of the small size of the tube, the team could only observe what ... |
17 October 2009
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Nanoscale sensors can be used for a wide variety of applications, in fields such as detecting dangerous molecules, or for sensing sounds in artificial ears. Their main drawback is the fact that they need to be integrated in larger devices, consisting of bulky power sources and integrated circuits, which considerably ... |
29 September 2009
06:40 GMT |
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There is no doubt in any reasonable person's mind that the future of electronics will be entirely based on nanostructures, from wires to switches. Carbon nanotubes are one possible line of development, but their silicon-based counterparts are not far behind, as evidenced by the research conducted by IBM expert F... |
1 September 2009
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While current microprocessor architectures can provide researchers with vast amounts of computational power, there is no doubt that the future of processing is in 3D architectures. Scientists at the Stanford University have recently developed a new way of making that possible, when they have created a method of stack... |
27 August 2009
04:29 GMT |
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According to a new scientific paper published in the latest issue of the respected journal Nature Nanotechnology, it would appear that engineered DNA “origami” tends to self-organize, when placed on silicon substrates. The find could have major implications for the design of better circuits and more advan... |
17 August 2009
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Lithium-ion batteries have over the past few years became the best choice for most consumer applications such as laptop and mobile phone batteries. The rate at which they are constantly improved has started to decline, mostly because the existing manufacturing technology has reached its limits. But experts at the Sta... |
14 August 2009
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Experts at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) have recently managed to create a new class of artificial cells, which behave similarly to nerve cells inside the human brain, and which could in the future be used to create more accurate and efficient interfaces between the cortex of paralyzed patients or... |
11 August 2009
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The “dielectric confinement effect,” first proposed in 1979 by scientist L. V. Keldysh, has finally been confirmed with measurements conducted by a team of researchers from the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), working together with colleagues from the Worcester Polytechnic Instit... |
6 May 2009
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Despite the fact that gallium arsenide is one of the most versatile materials to be used for electronics, a series of challenges prevents the wide-scale introduction of nanowire channels in existing electronic devices. However, all that is about to change, as researchers at the University of Illinois have recently de... |
21 April 2009
03:34 GMT |
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At this point, there's no doubt in the minds of engineers that nanowires are the building material of the future, suited to construct everything from next-generation computer chips to the ominous space elevator to orbit. Still, before these goals become a reality, there are some painstaking details to work out, ... |
3 April 2009
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Research presented on Thursday at the 237th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS) hinted at the fact that, in the future, people would no longer have to plug their mobile devices in sockets in order to replenish their power source, but would only wave their hands, go for a walk, or stretch their arm... |
27 March 2009
10:14 GMT |
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Researchers from Georgia Tech are currently working on an invention that may very well change the way in which we generally produce electricity. They are attempting to create a technology that would allow even hamsters to produce electrical current, while running on their little wheels with so much speed. The tiny an... |
10 March 2009
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LEDs have been in our lives for some time now. They are more efficient than any other lighting device before them, can produce any desired color and have a life span much longer than that of light bulbs and fluorescent tubes. However, they are still imperfect. For example, light-emitting diodes currently present on t... |
24 March 2008
09:38 GMT |
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The researchers' obsession for nanotechnology is getting bigger every day, from carbon nanotubes to metamaterials and now industrial-grade nanowires. At the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) a new method for creating nanowires is being tested.Nanowires are tiny metal rods created of rows of ... |
27 October 2007
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Scientists are working on a new type of nanogenerator that could draw the necessary energy from flowing blood in the human body, by using the beating heart and pulsating blood vessels. Once completed, this new cellular engine could find various applications, even beyond medicine.Zhong Lin Wang and colleagues at the ... |
21 July 2007
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Iron-platinum nanorods and nanowires could one day find practical applications in compressed, thus more effective computer memory devices. Building them with uniform shape and magnetic alignment is a key element in creating the next generation of high-density information storage applications.So, far, controlling the... |
23 June 2007
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Rock carving, created by removing parts of a rock surface, are found worldwide and are often (but not always) associated with prehistoric peoples. They are some of the first forms of art and precursors of technology and writing systems.Modern day nanoscopic carvings are an expression of the most modern technologies ... |
19 June 2007
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