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New Class of Unconventional Superconductors
July 3, 2012 Researchers have discovered a new class of exotic unconventional superconductors. When a superconductor is cooled below its 'critical temperature', the fluid of electrons, which is responsible for ... > full story -
New Spin on Old Method to Develop More Efficient Electronics
July 1, 2012 With the advent of semiconductor transistors -- invented in 1947 as a replacement for bulky and inefficient vacuum tubes -- has come the consistent demand for faster, more energy-efficient ... > full story -
New Technique Controls Graphite to Graphene Transition
June 29, 2012 Physicists have found a way to systematically study and control the transition of graphite, the “lead” found in pencils, to graphene, one of the strongest, lightest and most conductive ... > full story -
Rewriting Quantum Chips With a Beam of Light: Laser Technique Brings Ultrafast Computing Closer to Reality
June 26, 2012 The promise of ultrafast quantum computing has moved a step closer to reality with a technique to create rewritable computer chips using a beam of light. Researchers used light to control the spin of ... > full story -
Cheaper Cell Phones With Better Signal Quality: World's Most Powerful Nanoscale Microwave Oscillators Developed
June 26, 2012 Researchers have developed the world's most powerful nanoscale microwave oscillators. The new electron spin-based oscillators use a spin-transfer torque magnetoresistive random access memory or ... > full story -
Researchers Tune the Strain in Graphene Drumheads to Create Quantum Dots
June 21, 2012 Researchers have shown that they can tune the strain in graphene suspended like drumheads over microscopic holes in a substrate of silicon oxide using the tip of an advanced scanning probe microscope ... > full story -
Quantum Computing? Quantum Bar Magnets in a Transparent Salt
June 15, 2012 Scientists have managed to switch on and off the magnetism of a new material using quantum mechanics, making the material a test bed for future quantum ... > full story -
A 'Dirt Cheap' Magnetic Field Sensor from 'Plastic Paint'
June 12, 2012 Physicists have developed an inexpensive, highly accurate magnetic field sensor for scientific and possibly consumer uses based on a “spintronic” organic thin-film semiconductor that ... > full story -
Spin Structure Reveals Key to New Forms of Digital Storage, Study Shows
June 7, 2012 A synthetic compound long known to exhibit interesting transition properties may hold the key to new, non-magnetic forms of information storage, say researchers. The latest findings shed light on the ... > full story -
Sensors Detect Contaminants in Water in Low Concentrations
June 6, 2012 Many organic contaminants in the air and in drinking water need to be detected at very low-level concentrations. New research could be beneficial in detecting those ... > full story
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