Richard Overill of the Department of Informatics at King's College London is working in the field of digital forensics to develop the necessary tools to pre-empt the cyber-criminals as quantum computing becomes reality.
Nov 16th, 2012
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In order to build the next generation of nuclear reactors, materials scientists are trying to unlock the secrets of certain materials that are radiation-damage tolerant. Now researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have brought new understanding to one of those secrets - how the interfaces between two carefully selected metals can absorb, or heal, radiation damage.
Nov 16th, 2012
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Realizes a room temperature operation switching transistor by helium ion irradiation.
Nov 16th, 2012
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Next-generation device enabling improved smartphone battery life and high definition in televisions.
Nov 16th, 2012
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Die Bundesanstalt f�r Arbeitsschutz und Arbeitsmedizin (BAuA) hat den Forschungsauftrag zur "Charakterisierung von nanoskaligen Eigenschaften chemischer Stoffe als Grundlage f�r die Regulierung im Rahmen der Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1907/2006 (REACH)" vergeben. Der jetzt ver�ffentlichte Endbericht zeigt, wie sich die f�r die REACH-Verordnung geltenden physikalisch-chemischen Pr�fnachweise auf Nanomaterialien anwenden lassen.
Nov 16th, 2012
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Researchers discover technique to kick a record number of electrons out of an atom with an X-ray laser
Nov 16th, 2012
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Electron microscopy at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory is providing unprecedented views of the individual atoms in graphene, offering scientists a chance to unlock the material's full potential for uses from engine combustion to consumer electronics.
Nov 16th, 2012
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The remarkable properties and subsequent applications of graphene have been well-documented since it was first isolated in 2004; however, researchers are still trying to find a quick, cheap and efficient way of measuring its thickness. A group of researchers from China appear to have solved this problem by devising a universal method using just a standard optical microscope.
Nov 16th, 2012
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Gels that can be injected into the body, carrying drugs or cells that regenerate damaged tissue, hold promise for treating many types of disease, including cancer. MIT chemical engineers have now designed an injectable gel that responds to the body's high temperature by forming a reinforcing network that makes the gel much more durable, allowing it to function over a longer period of time.
Nov 16th, 2012
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A technique that dissolves DNA in organic solvents, without affecting its function, will advance the use of DNA in nanotechnology.
Nov 16th, 2012
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Fractal Antenna Systems today disclosed that it has successfully rendered a man invisible. The firm's new invisibility cloak hid a man at microwaves over a wide bandwidth at high fidelity. This is the first time any large object has been rendered invisible and the first time a person has disappeared from view using invisibility cloak technology.
Nov 15th, 2012
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Using tiny radiation pressure forces - generated each time light is reflected off a surface - University of Oregon physicists converted an optical field, or signal, from one color to another. Aided by a "dark mode", the conversion occurs through the coupling between light and a mechanical oscillator, without interruption by thermal mechanical vibrations.
Nov 15th, 2012
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New artificial muscles made from nanotech yarns and infused with paraffin wax can lift more than 100,000 times their own weight and generate 85 times more mechanical power than the same size natural muscle, according to scientists at The University of Texas at Dallas and their international team from Australia, China, South Korea, Canada and Brazil.
Nov 15th, 2012
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MIT researchers find that heat moving in materials called superlattices behaves like waves; finding could enable better thermoelectrics.
Nov 15th, 2012
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The main findings ofa new study show that REACh apparently does not offer sufficient incentives to register nanomaterials and to apply nano-specific safety assessment procedures.
Nov 15th, 2012
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CIC nanoGUNE gathered over 70 international experts in lithography between the 13 and 15 November during the Nanolito 2012 workshop held at the centre's installation in San Sebastian.
Nov 15th, 2012
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