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Harnessing plasmonics, engineers weld nanowires with light

At the nano level, researchers at Stanford have discovered a new way to weld together meshes of tiny wires. Their work could lead to exciting new electronics and solar applications. To succeed, ...

9 hours ago from PhysOrg

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Nanorod-assembled order affects diffusion rate and direction

Some of the recent advancements in nanotechnology depend critically on how nanoparticles move and diffuse on a surface or in a fluid under non-ideal to extreme conditions. Georgia Tech has a ...

7 hours ago from PhysOrg

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Crystalline materials enable high-speed electronic function in optical fibers

Scientists at the University of Southampton, in collaboration with Penn State University have, for the first time, embedded the high level of performance normally associated with chip-based ...

Sun 5 Feb 12 from PhysOrg

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Child creates molecule that could be used for energy storage or explosives

I don't know about other people, but when I was a child, I was inventing things such as a musical instrument made out of a folded piece of cardboard and some rubber bands. Ten year-old Clara ...

1 hours ago from Gizmag

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Graphene transistor goes vertical

New device can be switched on and off

Fri 3 Feb 12 from Nanotechweb

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Electronic salmon sandwich is paving the way towards cost-effective DNA memory device

In order to find a method for more cost-effective data storage, a group of researchers from the DFG-Center for Functional Nanostructures (CFN) at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) ...

Wed 1 Feb 12 from PhysOrg

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Self-assembling nanorods: Researchers obtain 1-, 2- and 3-D nanorod arrays and networks

(PhysOrg.com) -- A relatively fast, easy and inexpensive technique for inducing nanorods - rod-shaped semiconductor nanocrystals - to self-assemble into one-, two- and even three-dimensional ...

Wed 1 Feb 12 from PhysOrg

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Pacemakers of tomorrow could be powered by the beating of the heart

A heart-powered pacemaker may sound counter-intuitive, but in essence this is precisely what aerospace engineers from the University of Michigan are proposing. The engineers have come up with ...

Fri 3 Feb 12 from Gizmag

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Powering pacemakers with heartbeat vibrations

Sick hearts may help to keep themselves beating longer with a device that could harvest energy from heartbeat-induced chest cavity vibrations.

Wed 1 Feb 12 from PhysOrg

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