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Energy Storage For Hybrid Vehicles
Hybrid technology combines
the advantages of combustion
engines and electric motors.
Scientists are developing
high-performance energy
storage units, a
prerequisite for effective
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Toward Plastic Spin Transistors: Ultrafast Computers And Electronics On The Horizon?
Physicists successfully
controlled an electrical
current using the "spin"
within electrons -- a step
toward building an organic
... > full story
Scientists Overcome Nanotechnology Hurdle
When you make a new material
on a nano scale how can you
see what you have made? This
research shows a newly
developed technique to
examine tiny protein
molecules on the surface of
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Chemists Take Gold, Mass-produce Beijing Olympic Logo
Nanoscientists have
mass-produced the 2008
Summer Olympics logo --
15,000 times. All the logos
take up one square
centimeter of space. The
... > full story
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New Nanomaterial Makes Plastic Stiffer, Lighter And Stronger
August 15, 2008 — Scientists have developed a nanomaterial that makes plastic stiffer, lighter and stronger and could result in more fuel-efficient airplanes and cars as well as more durable medical and sports ... > full story -
True Properties Of Carbon Nanotubes Measured
August 15, 2008 — Carbon nanotubes' atomic structure should, in theory, give them mechanical and electrical properties far superior to most common materials. Unfortunately, theory and experiments have failed to ... > full story -
Electronic Tongue Tastes Wine Variety, Vintage
August 12, 2008 — You don't need a wine expert to identify a '74 Pinot Noir from Burgundy -- a handheld "electronic tongue" devised by European scientists will tell you the grape variety and vintage at the press of a ... > full story -
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Flexible Nanoantenna Arrays Capture Abundant Solar Energy
August 12, 2008 — Researchers have devised an inexpensive way to produce plastic sheets containing billions of nanoantennas that collect heat energy generated by the sun and other sources. The new technology is the ... > full story -
Large Area Transistors Get Helping Hand From Quantum Effects
August 11, 2008 — Researchers report that nano-designed transistors for the large area display and sensor application field benefit hugely from quantum size effects. The unexpected superior switching performance (low ... > full story -
U.S. Swimmers Trim Times At Beijing Olympics Using 'Top Secret' Technology
August 10, 2008 — Milliseconds can mean the difference between triumph and defeat in the world of Olympic sports, leading more trainers and athletes to look toward technology as a tool to get an edge on the ... > full story -
Beyond 3G: Ultra-fast Mobile Radio Networks Of The Future
August 8, 2008 — Today's growing third generation (3G) of mobile data services are only a taste of what is to come. Now, European researchers are paving the way to a world where ultra-fast internet access is ... > full story -
Quantum Physics: Disentangling Strange Behavior Of Qubits
August 8, 2008 — Current technology enables the building of electrical circuits similar to those we use at home but reduced thousands of times in size to a micrometric scale of thousandths of a millimeter. When these ... > full story -
Stretchable Silicon Camera Next Step To Artificial Retina
August 7, 2008 — Digital cameras have transformed the world of photography. Now new technology inspired by the human eye could push the photographic image farther forward by producing improved images with a wider ... > full story -
Mobile Phone Technology Brings Robot Swarm To Research Labs
August 6, 2008 — A new low cost platform for swarm robotics research which makes it possible to produce robots for as little as £24 each is being presented at the first European conference on Artificial ... > full story
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