Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Andrey Prokhorov Do you know what an exciton is? Excitons are formed by linking a negatively-charged electron with a positively-charged "hole". An exciton...
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How small is a molecule? The answer depends on the type of molecule. Researchers at the Michigan Technological University (Department of Physics) and the Advanced Nano Characterization Center...
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Everyone relies on batteries. In fact, almost everyone living in industrialized nations rely on rechargeable batteries. Think about all those people using mobile phones. Thankfully, these devices...
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It still amazes me when I think about mobile hard drive technology. Currently, 2.5" hard drives with 320 GB capacity sell for roughly 130-150 USD. My old IBM Thinkpad 760 EL that I purchased in...
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Nanotechnology may be bringing a bit of science fiction closer to reality with the advent of "invisible" electronics. "You can imagine a variety of applications for new electronics...
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The bottom-up construction of molecular computers has come one step nearer with the development of a plug-and-socket molecular system that is an analog of a macroscopic electrical extension cord,...
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A story in yesterday's New York Times is touting nanotechnology as the answer to that Holy Grail of personal computing, the instant boot up. "This technology could enable instant-on...
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In another reminder that nanotechnology is all around us, Samsung has begun mass producing an 8-Gigabit (Gb) NAND flash memory device, providing a much larger and more affordable storage density for...
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Researchers at the University of Toronto have created a semiconductor device that outperforms today's conventional chips -- and they made it simply by painting a liquid onto a piece of glass. The...
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One of the most talked about long-term benefits of nanotechnology is its potential to augment human performance by integrating nanoscale computation and communication hardware into the human brain...
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Nanotube-based/ Nonvolatile RAM (NRAM) by Nantero is bringing the idea of " universal memory " , which experts estimate could make it possible within 20 years to fit the content of all the...
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A team of researchers from Georgia Institute of Technology recently sent a message unlike any other in history. The sender and receiver were single atoms, and the " message " was a single...
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