Canyons im Nanokosmos - die Struktur weicher Materialien vermessen
Chemnitzer Physiker stellen neue zerstoerungsfreie Messmethode fuer die Oberflaechenstruktur weicher Materialien vor.
Dec 27th, 2010
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Researchers fabricate first single crystal diamond nanoelectromechanical switch
Researchers succeeded in the batch fabrication of suspended structures (cantilevers and bridges) of single crystal diamond for nano/micro electromechanical system (NEMS/MEMS). Based on this process, they achieved in the world the first single crystal diamond NEMS switch.
Dec 24th, 2010
Read moreA comparative methodology for estimating the economic value of innovation in nanotechnologies
Defra, the UK Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, has published a five piece set of reports (free downloads) that describe a methodology for performing a comparative valuation of a nanotechnology against an incumbent technology.
Dec 24th, 2010
Read moreBreakthrough gives a new spin to semiconductor nanoelectronics
An international team of researchers has announced a breakthrough that gives a new spin to semiconductor nanoelectronics and the world of information technology. The team has developed an electrically controllable device whose functionality is based on an electron's spin.
Dec 23rd, 2010
Read moreScientific discovery moves racetrack memory closer
IBM Researchers today revealed a previously unknown aspect of key physics inside Racetrack memory -- a new technology design which stands to improve memory capabilities within mobile phones, laptop computers and business-class servers. This new class of memory could enable devices to store much more information - as much as a factor of 100 times greater - while using much less energy than today's designs.
Dec 23rd, 2010
Read moreEngineers produce the world's smallest Christmas card
It wouldn't look good on the mantelpiece and is bound to get lost in the post - it's the world's smallest Christmas card. Invisible to the naked eye, the card is so small that 8276 of them could fit on an area the size of a first class stamp.
Dec 23rd, 2010
Read moreMilestone: A methane-metal marriage
For the first time, chemists have succeeded in plugging a metal atom into a methane gas molecule, thereby creating a new compound that could be a key in opening up new production processes for the chemical industry, especially for the synthesis of organic compounds, which in turn might have implications for drug development.
Dec 23rd, 2010
Read moreBetter control of building blocks for quantum computer
Scientists from the Kavli Institute of Nanoscience at Delft University of Technology and Eindhoven University of Technology in The Netherlands have succeeded in controlling the building blocks of a future super-fast quantum computer. They are now able to manipulate these building blocks (qubits) with electrical rather than magnetic fields, as has been the common practice up till now.
Dec 23rd, 2010
Read moreGraphene - the musical
Dec 23rd, 2010
Read moreNew study determines the biokinetics of titanium dioxide nanoparticles
A new study (pdf) just published by the Umweltbundesamt (Federal Environment Agency) in Germany has looked at the quantitative biokinetic analysis of radioactively labelled, inhaled titanium dioxide nanoparticles in a rat model.
Dec 23rd, 2010
Read moreBrain-inspired computer architectures
European Commission provides funding of 8.5 million euros for the international BrainScaleS project.
Dec 23rd, 2010
Read moreDARPA funds partnership between Singapore's Institute of Microelectronics and University of Washington for triple boost to miniaturization efforts
Advances in miniaturisation have led to the increasing adoption of microsystems in a wide array of applications. Continued miniaturisation, however, impacts the assembly of the components, the integration of passive components and overall system performance. To address these challenges, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is funding a research collaboration between the Institute of Microelectronics (IME), a research institute of the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) and University of Washington's Department of Electrical Engineering.
Dec 23rd, 2010
Read moreEver-sharp urchin teeth may yield tools that never need honing
Researchers describe the self-sharpening mechanism used by the California purple sea urchin to keep a razor-sharp edge on its choppers.
Dec 23rd, 2010
Read moreNanostructured surfaces could be an alternative to de-icing planes
Research from MIT and GE demonstrates that a proposed passive solution for preventing ice on wings won't work - but suggests an alternative.
Dec 22nd, 2010
Read moreEindhoven University builds affordable alternative to mega-laser X-FEL
Stanford University in the USA has an X-FEL (X-ray Free Electron Laser) with a pricetag of hundreds of millions. It provides images of 'molecules in action', using a kilometer-long electron accelerator. Researchers at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) have developed an alternative that can do many of the same things. However this alternative fits on a tabletop, and costs around half a million euro.
Dec 22nd, 2010
Read moreEU funds project to explore atomic scale and single-molecule logic gate technologies
On January 1, 2011, the European project AtMol will be officially launched for 4 years. AtMol is to open the atomic scale era of molecular computing integrating state of the art atomic scale technologies, new quantum architectures with multi-scale interconnection and packaging techniques for a single molecule to compute and be packaged into a molecular chip.
Dec 22nd, 2010
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