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Listening to ancient colors
A team of McGill chemists have discovered that a technique known as photoacoustic infrared spectroscopy could be used to identify the composition of pigments used in art work that is decades ...
10 hours ago from PhysOrg
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Researchers create new class of piezoelectric logic devices using zinc oxide nanowires
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a new class of electronic logic device in which current is switched by an electric field generated by the application of mechanical ...
10 hours ago from PhysOrg
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Laser-based missile defense for helicopters being developed
(PhysOrg.com) -- Protecting helicopters in combat from heat-seeking missiles is the goal of new laser technology created at the University of Michigan and Omni Sciences, Inc., which is a U-M ...
Wed 1 Sep 10 from PhysOrg
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Researchers develop simple technique to visualize atomic-scale structures
Researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have devised a new technique -- using a sheet of carbon just one atom thick -- to visualize the structure of molecules. The technique, ...
5 hours ago from PhysOrg
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Sensor measures yoctonewton forces fast
(PhysOrg.com) -- Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have used a small crystal of ions (electrically charged atoms) to detect forces at the scale of yoctonewtons. ...
Wed 1 Sep 10 from PhysOrg
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Researchers demonstrate new MEMS dynamic rheometer (w/ Video)
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have demonstrated a microminiaturized device that can make complex viscosity measurements -- critical data for a wide variety ...
Wed 1 Sep 10 from PhysOrg
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Silicon oxide circuits break barrier: Nanocrystal conductors could lead to massive, robust 3-D storage
Rice University scientists have created the first two-terminal memory chips that use only silicon, one of the most common substances on the planet, in a way that should be easily adaptable to ...
Tue 31 Aug 10 from PhysOrg
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Tiny rulers to measure nanoscale structures
With the advent of nanometer-sized machines, there is considerable demand for stable, precise tools to measure absolute distances and distance changes. One way to do this is with a plasmon ruler. ...
Tue 31 Aug 10 from PhysOrg
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CRAIC Technologies Introduces 308 PV UV-visible-NIR Spectrophotometer
CRAIC Technologies, the worlds leading innovator of UV-visible-NIR microspectroscopy solutions, is proud to introduce the 308 PV UV-visible-NIR spectrophotometer for your microscope. Designed ...
Tue 31 Aug 10 from AZoNano
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Development of World’s Highest Performance Thin Film Condenser
High-k Dielectric Nanosheets Realizes the Smallest, Highest Capacitance Device
Mon 30 Aug 10 from Nano Tech Wire
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