 |  Quantum Square Dance
Physicists at the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have induced thousands of atoms trapped by laser beams to swap "spins" with partners simultaneously.
http://hypography.com/gallery/files/9/9/8/qbits_thumb.jpgThe repeated exchanges, like a...  |
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08-02-2007
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08-01-2007
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| | MIT duo see people-powered "Crowd Farm"
Two graduate students at MIT's School of Architecture and Planning want to harvest the energy of human movement in urban settings, like commuters in a train station or fans at a concert.
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2007/sap-crowd.jpgThe so-called "Crowd Farm," as envisioned by... |
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07-27-2007
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| | Tightly packed molecules lend unexpected strength
Scientists at the University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory have discovered the surprising strength of a sheet of nanoparticles that measures just 50 atoms in thickness.
http://hypography.com/gallery/files/9/9/8/nanosheet_thumb.jpg"It's an amazing little marvel," said... |
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07-23-2007
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07-18-2007
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| | Nanoparticles unlock the future of superalloy metals
Sandia National Laboratories is pioneering the future of superalloy materials by advancing the science behind how those superalloys are made.
http://hypography.com/gallery/files/9/9/8/nano_gold_thumb.jpgAs part of Sandia's nanoscale research, a group of experts specializing in... |
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06-20-2007
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| | Nanotube Adhesive Sticks Better Than a Gecko’s Foot
Mimicking the agile gecko, with its uncanny ability to run up walls and across ceilings, has long been a goal of materials scientists. Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the University of Akron have taken one sticky step in the right direction, creating synthetic “gecko... |
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06-19-2007
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| | FUSE satellite catches collision of titans
Using NASA's Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) satellite and ground-based telescopes, astronomers have determined, for the first time, the properties of a rare, extremely massive, and young binary star system.
http://hypography.com/gallery/files/5/4121_web_thumb.jpgThe... |
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05-29-2007
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| | Three Wishes for a Future Internet?
If the proverbial genie gave Internet users three wishes for an improved network what would they ask for? Peace of mind about secure financial transactions? Protection from hackers? Inventive new applications that improve the quality of life? ... |
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05-28-2007
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05-05-2007
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| | New Materials for Making "Spintronic" Devices
An interdisciplinary group of scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory has devised methods to make a new class of electronic devices based on a property of electrons known as "spin," rather than merely their electric charge. ... |
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04-27-2007
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| | Polymers can get "older than universe"
Polymer glasses are versatile plastics widely used in applications ranging from aircraft windshields to DVDs. Researchers at the University of Illinois have developed a theory that predicts how these materials age. The theory also explains why motions at the molecular level can have... |
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04-25-2007
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| | Engineers create 'optical cloaking' design for invisibility
Researchers using nanotechnology have taken a step toward creating an "optical cloaking" device that could render objects invisible by guiding light around anything placed inside this "cloak."
http://hypography.com/gallery/files/9/9/8/cloakoff_thumb.jpgThe Purdue University... |
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| | Nanogenerator Provides Continuous Electrical Power
Researchers have demonstrated a prototype nanometer-scale generator that produces continuous direct-current electricity by harvesting mechanical energy from such environmental sources as ultrasonic waves, mechanical vibration or blood flow. ... |
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04-11-2007
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| | From Farm Waste to Fuel Tanks
Using corncob waste as a starting material, researchers have created carbon briquettes with complex nanopores capable of storing natural gas at an unprecedented density of 180 times their own volume and at one seventh the pressure of conventional natural gas tanks. ... |
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03-12-2007
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03-12-2007
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| | Invisible for Electrons
As thin as it gets: the carbon membranes recently created by Max Planck scientists are only one atom thick. For electrons, such membranes are almost completely transparent - using an electron microscope, scientists may thus be able to examine absorbed individual molecules on the membranes,... |
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03-08-2007
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| | MIT 'optics on a chip'
In work that could lead to completely new devices, systems and applications in computing and telecommunications, MIT researchers are bringing the long-sought goal of "optics on a chip" one step closer to market.
http://hypography.com/gallery/files/9/9/8/optics-diagram_thumb.jpgIn the... |
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02-10-2007
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| | Origami Lens Slims High Resolution Cameras
Engineers at UC San Diego have built a powerful yet ultrathin digital camera by folding up the telephoto lens. This technology may yield lightweight, ultrathin, high resolution miniature cameras for unmanned surveillance aircraft, cell phones and infrared night vision applications. ... |
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01-31-2007
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