Location: Berkeley, United States
Ultracold atoms are still too hot. This may seem a ridiculous claim—after
all, the low-temperature exploits of the purveyors of quantum gases are
notorious. Laser cooling can flash-freeze atoms to temperatures in the micro-
and nanokelvin...
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Location: California, United States
The aim of this research is to develop devices based upon two dimensional arrays of metallic nanoparticles, with an optical signatures that are tunable and can measure changes their environment. We have synthesized silver nanoparticles of 3-6 nm...
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Location: Los Angeles, United States
New research suggests that the layer of insulation coating neural wiring in
the brain plays a critical role in determining intelligence. In addition, the
quality of this insulation appears to be largely genetically determined,
providing...
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Location: Austin, United States
A new "graphene-based" material that helps solve the structure of graphite oxide and could lead to other potential discoveries of the one-atom thick substance called graphene, which has applications in nanoelectronics, energy storage and...
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Location: New York, United States
Orolia group company, SpectraTime today confirms its position as a strategic supplier in the market for atomic clocks on board and as the world leader in technologies clocks to satellite navigation. Less than a month after winning a program in the...
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Location: MIT, United States
The WiTricity system developed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is capable of supplying wireless bulb from 60W up to 2 meters away.
A team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has managed to operate a 60W bulb by...
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Location: Paris, France
For the first time a French researcher, Jean-Claude Dreher of cognitive
neuroscience Center , in collaboration with a U.S. team of National Institute of
Mental Health (Bethesda, Maryland), just to show, among humans, how the activity
of a...
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Location: McGill University, Canada
Researchers at McGill
University's Department of Physics – along with colleagues from several
countries – have confirmed a long-held prediction of Albert Einstein's theory of
general...
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Location: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, United States
Researchers have identified a signature for water inside single-walled carbon
nanotubes, helping them understand how water is structured and how it moves
within these tiny channels.
This is the first time researchers were able to...
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Location: College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, United States
Researchers at North Carolina
State University have found that quantum dot nanoparticles can penetrate the
skin if there is an abrasion, providing insight into potential workplace...
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Location: American Chemical Society (ACS), United States
Nanotechnology is now available in a store near you. Valued
for it’s antibacterial and odor-fighting properties, nanoparticle silver is
becoming the star attraction in a range of products from socks to bandages to
washing...
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Location: University of Missouri, Colombia
A modern computer contains two different types of components:
magnetic components, which perform memory functions, and semiconductor
components, which perform logic operations. A
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Location: Stanford University, United States
The camera you own has one main lens and produces a flat,
two-dimensional photograph, whether you hold it in your hand or view it on your
computer screen. On the other hand, a camera with two lenses (or two cameras
placed...
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Location: Purdue University, United States
A team led by a
Purdue University
researcher has achieved images of a virus in detail two times greater than had
previously been achieved.
Wen...
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Location: University of the Basque Country, Spain
An international team led by Physics and Chemistry teams from
the Faculty of Science and Technology at the
University of the...
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Location: University of California, Riverside, United States
A
University of California - Riverside -led study in the Mojave Desert,
Calif., has found that soils under “desert pavement” have an unusually high...
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Location: Argonne National Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy, United States
X-rays have been used for decades to take pictures of broken bones, but
scientists at the U.S. Department of
Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory
and their collaborators have...
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Location: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), United States
A super-sensitive mini-sensor developed at the National
Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) can detect nuclear magnetic
resonance (NMR) in tiny samples of fluids flowing through a...
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Location: University at Buffalo, United States
A comprehensive new study authored by University
at Buffalo scientists and their colleagues for the first time documents in
detail the dynamics of parts of Greenland's ice sheet, important...
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