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Nanophysics Aug 29, 2012

Heat flow control for future nanoelectronics

Electronic devices and their components are getting smaller and smaller. Through his doctoral research at the Department of Applied Âé¶¹ÒùÔºics in Aalto University, Tomi Ruokola has examined how the heat generated by electronic ...

Nanomaterials Jun 24, 2012

Faster, cheaper gas and liquid separation using custom designed and built mesoscopic structures

In what may prove to be a significant boon for industry, separating mixtures of liquids or gasses has just become considerably easier.

General Âé¶¹ÒùÔºics Apr 6, 2012

Micromechanical mirror performs under pressure... of light

(Âé¶¹ÒùÔº) -- A team of scientists from PML's Quantum Measurement Division has designed and tested a novel device that may lead to substantial progress in the new and fast-moving field of optomechanics.

Quantum Âé¶¹ÒùÔºics Feb 27, 2012

Keeping it together: Protecting entanglement from decoherence and sudden death

(Âé¶¹ÒùÔºOrg.com) -- Decoherence can be metaphorically seen as a quantum fall from grace: When quantum bits, or qubits, are in superposition – such as a single qubit simultaneously having both 1 and 0 values – they’re ...

Computer Sciences Jan 27, 2012

New center developing computational bioresearch tool

The HIV virion is the virus particle that spreads the deadly AIDS infection from cell to cell.

Condensed Matter Jan 27, 2012

British team builds model showing metamaterials could be used to create gecko toe like adhesion

(Âé¶¹ÒùÔºOrg.com) -- Scientists have long been enamored by the gecko’s gravity defying ability to cling to walls and to let go at will, allowing it to walk around sideways, as have Spiderman enthusiasts. Thus far, unfortunately, ...

General Âé¶¹ÒùÔºics Sep 12, 2011

Stanford group creates miniature self-contained fluorescence microscope

(Âé¶¹ÒùÔºOrg.com) -- A team of researchers working at Stanford University have devised a means for building the smallest self-contained fluorescence microscope ever. Weighing just under 2 grams and slightly larger than the end ...

Quantum Âé¶¹ÒùÔºics Jun 29, 2011

Âé¶¹ÒùÔºicists seek to quantify macroscopic quantum states

(Âé¶¹ÒùÔºOrg.com) -- "Scientists have been interested in generating and observing macroscopic quantum superpositions in order to test quantum mechanics at the macroscopic scale," physicist Hyunseok Jeong of Seoul National University ...

Nanophysics May 9, 2011

Electromechanics also operates at the nanoscale

What limits the behaviour of a carbon nanotube? This is a question that many scientists are trying to answer. Âé¶¹ÒùÔºicists at University of Gothenburg, Sweden, have now shown that electromechanical principles are valid also ...

Computer Sciences Mar 3, 2011

LAMMPS supercomputer code developer earns special recognition

Sandia National Laboratories researcher Steve Plimpton, who led development of a widely used computer code that models how materials behave, has been invited to present a keynote lecture at the Feb. 27-March 3 Minerals, Materials ...

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