Posts Tagged ‘Nanotech’

Nano Refrigerators

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A pinch of iron dramatically boosts the cooling performance of a material considered key to the development of magnetic refrigerators, report researchers at the National Institute [...]

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Physicists reveal first “nanoflowers”

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Would You Like a Bouquet of Nanoflowers?
Today the Institute of Physics releases some of the most beautiful science images of the year so far, a collection of photomicrographs of tiny “flowers” and “trees” less than one thousandth the width of a human hair. The images are published in the Institute journal Nanotechnology.
These stunning images were [...]

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Tiny Miracles

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Manipulating atoms and molecules has a vast and shining future for products ranging from drugs to medical gear to computers.
In the near nanotech future, today’s medical instruments will seem crude. Take magnetic resonance imaging of the brain. A current MRI offers surgeons a macro view, comparable to a satellite picture of the Earth. Applying nanotechnology [...]

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