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Ultra-fast photodetector and terahertz generator

Photodetectors made from graphene can process and conduct light signals as well as electric signals extremely fast. Within picoseconds the optical stimulation of graphene generates a photocurrent. ...

Tue 31 Jan 12 from PhysOrg

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Electronic tattoo monitors brain, heart and muscles (w/ video)

Imagine if there were electronics able to prevent epileptic seizures before they happen. Or electronics that could be placed on the surface of a beating heart to monitor its functions. The problem ...

Mon 30 Jan 12 from PhysOrg

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Scientists X-ray key enzyme of common pathogen crystallized in living cells

An international team of scientists has for the first time crystallised a key enzyme of the pathogen for African sleeping sickness in a living cell and investigated it with the world’s ...

Mon 30 Jan 12 from PhysOrg

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ESC-Kongress 2012 - Mitteilung f?ressevertreter

25/08/2012 — 29/08/2012,

Fri 3 Feb 12 from AlphaGalileo

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New Compact SPM from NT-MDT with Advanced Features

NT-MDT recently launched the SOLVER Nano Scanning Probe Microscope (SPM). The SOLVER Nano features advanced measurement capabilities suitable to research applications with an affordable ...

Tue 31 Jan 12 from AZoNano

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Eureka! Kitchen gadget inspires scientist to make more effective plastic electronics

One day in 2010, Rutgers physicist Vitaly Podzorov watched a store employee showcase a kitchen gadget that vacuum-seals food in plastic. The demo stuck with him. The simple concept – an ...

Fri 27 Jan 12 from PhysOrg

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Smallest-Ever Nanotube Transistors Outperform Silicon

A nine-nanometer device shows that nanotubes could be a viable alternative to silicon as electronics get even tinier. The smallest carbon-nanotube transistor ever made, a nine-nanometer device, ...

Thu 26 Jan 12 from MIT Technology Review

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Graphene could be a perfect absorber of light

Periodic patterning and doping is the key

Thu 26 Jan 12 from Nanotechweb

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nanox: High-Quality iPod nano Watch Conversion Kit

Do you own the latest version of the iPod nano (sixth generation)? Do you look for a way to turn it into a watch? If yes, then this watch conversion kit might be the right solution for you. ...

Mon 30 Jan 12 from TechCrunch

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Scientists shed light on magnetic mystery of graphite

The physical property of magnetism has historically been associated with metals such as iron, nickel and cobalt; however, graphite – an organic mineral made up of stacks of individual carbon ...

Thu 26 Jan 12 from PhysOrg

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