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Racetrack-Equipped Computers Can Help Access Data 100,000 Times Faster Than Traditional Hard Disk

Annoyed by how long it took his computer to boot up, Kläui began to think about an alternative. Hard disks are cheap and can store enormous quantities of data, but they are slow; every time a computer boots up, 2-3 minutes are lost while information is transferred from the hard disk into RAM (random access memory).

16 Nov 2010

EYP Heads to NanoTech Campus

EYP Architecture and Engineering PC (EYP) of Albany announced plans to establish and expand its headquarters and operations at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) of the University at Albany. The move...

9 Nov 2010

Australia Fosters Nanotechnology in China

The governments of Australia and China have signed an agreement to further expand nanoscience research between the two countries. The governments have announced, they will jointly fund a new state-of-the-art nanotechnolo...

8 Nov 2010

White House Wants to Broaden Applications of Nanotechnology

The White House is making efforts to garner public support for its plans for a $1.8 billion research and development program aimed at broadening the applications of nanotechnology. The National Nanotechnology Initiati...

4 Nov 2010

Medvedev Fosters Nanotechnology Growth in Russia

Reiterating its presence in the world of nanotechnology, Russia announced its plans for the establishment of an indigenous, full fledged nanotechnology branch on Wednesday. The announcement came from Russian President Dm...

4 Nov 2010

Scientists and Engineers to Receive AFOSR Funds for Basic Research

The Air Force Office of Scientific Research today announced it will award approximately $16.5 million in grants to 43 scientists and engineers who submitted winning research proposals through the Air Force's Young Investigator Research Program.

30 Oct 2010

Scientists Develop New Magnetic Method to Determine Electricity Losses in Organic Solar Cells

Scientists have been working on organic solar cells for about a decade. Their manufacture is environmentally friendly and they can be applied to all kinds of materials, such as plastic film, for instance. The trouble ...

27 Oct 2010

Understanding Inner Level Structure of Single-Molecule Magnet

In the world of the very small, researchers at Shanxi University in China have announced progress in understanding the single-molecule magnet, which combines the classical macroscale properties of a magnet with the quant...

20 Oct 2010

Scientists Discover New Type of Magnetism Among Titanium Atoms

Theoretical work done at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory has provided a key to understanding an unexpected magnetism between two dissimilar materials. The results, published in Nature Comm...

From Oak Ridge National Laboratory 19 Oct 2010

Scientists Image Monopoles Inside Artificial Magnetic Nano-Metamaterial

Scientists have captured the first direct images of magnetic monopoles which were theoretically conceived by the British-Swiss physicist Dirac in the early 1930s who showed that their existence is consistent with the ult...

18 Oct 2010