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Physicists create simulative process to gauge unseen forces of quantum mechanics

For the first time, physicists at Harvard University have tracked individual atoms in a gas cooled to extreme temperatures as the particles reorganized into a crystal, a process driven by quantum mechanics. The research opens new possibilities for particle-by-particle study and engineering of artificial quantum materials.

June 19, 2010 Read more

The White House wants to hear your ideas about nanotechnology

The President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) wants to hear from you about how the Federal government can best use its resources so three of the newest and most promising technologies provide the greatest economic benefits to society.

June 19, 2010 Read more

TZMI releases new pigment-focused periodical - Pigment Industry Annual Review

The all-encompassing annual review on TiO2 pigment for industry participants including producers, end-consumers, new entrants and the financial community.

June 19, 2010 Read more

LCD television waste could help prevent bacterial infections

The fastest growing waste in the EU could soon be helping to combat hospital infections, according to scientists at the University of York.

June 18, 2010 Read more

Classical thought experiment on molecular motors brought to life in granular gas

Researchers have for the first time experimentally realised, almost a century later, an idea dating from 1912. In that year the physicist Smoluchowski devised a prototype for an engine at the molecular scale in which he thought he could ingeniously convert Brownian motion into work.

June 18, 2010 Read more

Light chip breaks speed records

Physicists at the University of Sydney have brought silicon chips closer to performing all-optical computing and information processing that could overcome the speed limitations intrinsic to electronics, with the first report published of an on-chip all-optical temporal integrator.

June 18, 2010 Read more

Researchers clear major hurdle in road to high-efficiency solar cells

A team of University of Minnesota-led researchers has cleared a major hurdle in the drive to build solar cells with potential efficiencies up to twice as high as current levels, which rarely exceed 30 percent.

June 18, 2010 Read more

Researchers capture the 'evolution' of nanoparticles as they remove contaminants in water

Now, thanks to Lehigh University's unrivaled electron microscopy and spectroscopy facilities, researchers have gained unmatched insights that could improve the efficiency and extend the applications of the powerful nanoparticles.

June 18, 2010 Read more

How to grow ultra-thin manganite films while retaining their magnetic properties

Using cutting-edge spectroscopy at atomic resolutions, researchers have discovered how to grow ultra-thin manganite films while retaining their magnetic properties.

June 18, 2010 Read more

Quantengas im freien Fall

Physiker erzeugen ein Bose-Einstein-Kondensat in der Schwerelosigkeit - ein Schritt hin zu extrem sensiblen Quantensensoren fuer die Gravitation.

June 18, 2010 Read more

Molecular blockade in semiconductor materials

Artificial 'molecules' with an asymmetric structure can control the flow of electrons in semiconductor materials.

June 18, 2010 Read more

EU ups its stake in COST science programme

The EU will add EUR 40 million to its contribution to the international Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) programme.

June 17, 2010 Read more

Physicists help biologists to understand protein folding

Physicists at UC Santa Barbara have created a microscopic device to assist biologists in making very fast molecular measurements that aid the understanding of protein folding.

June 17, 2010 Read more

Physicists get an up-close look at synthetic quantum materials

Physicists at Harvard University have, for the first time, tracked individual atoms in a gas cooled to extreme temperatures as the particles reorganized into a crystal, a process driven by quantum mechanics.

June 17, 2010 Read more

Quantum dot research could lead to highly efficient solar cells

Conventional solar cell efficiency could be increased from the current limit of 30 percent to more than 60 percent, suggests new research on semiconductor nanocrystals, or quantum dots, led by chemist Xiaoyang Zhu at The University of Texas at Austin.

June 17, 2010 Read more

Auftaktveranstaltung des Landesexzellenzclusters 'Nano-Spintronics'

Als Eroeffnungsveranstaltung des Landesexzellenzclusters Nanospintronics findet vom 16. bis 18. Juni 2010 im Hotel Vierjahreszeiten in Hamburg das Europaeische Symposium Nanospintronics mit 150 internationalen und nationalen Wissenschaftlern statt, die ueber neueste Erkenntnisse und Innovationen auf dem Gebiet der Nano-Spintronik diskutieren werden.

June 17, 2010 Read more