Items tagged with “nanoscience”
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Tubes with a Twist
2009-09-21T13:57:05-05:00
Having set out to study the passage of biological molecules through different membranes, Institute scientists recently came up with something entirely different - a...
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Sensing Material Defects
2009-09-21T13:50:13-05:00
Material failure is a grave concern in man-made structures. Wind, friction, extreme temperatures and a range of other mechanical and environmental stresses are all in...
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Quasiparticles and Quantum Computers
2009-07-01T19:16:00-05:00
In research that could be a first step toward creating powerful, highly stable quantum computers, Prof. Moty Heiblum's team in the Weizmann Institute's Department of...
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Thinking Small
2009-06-01T13:29:00-05:00
Tomorrow's computer might be a quantum one based on the physics of particles smaller than atoms. No one is quite sure what a quantum computer should look like, or even...
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Thin Films on a Scale
2008-06-01T14:05:00-05:00
Time equals money. But so does weight - when it comes to the films used in computers and optical telecommunications. Shaving off pounds from these devices could mean...
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Crystal Clear
2008-06-01T14:02:00-05:00
In November 1895, German physics professor Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen was in his laboratory studying light phenomena generated by dis-charging an electrical current in a...
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Scientific Method
2007-12-01T17:19:00-05:00
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Beyond the Parts List
2006-06-01T18:10:00-05:00
A new international project combines nanoscience and mechanics with biology in a new approach to biomedical researchEven the most inveterate tinkerer must occasionally...
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Beaming Across the Border
2006-06-01T16:03:00-05:00
Aladdin spoke the magic word "Sesame!" to open doors. Likewise, the SESAME project (Synchrotron-light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East)...
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America 2025: Precision Rx
2005-05-02T16:19:00-05:00
In medicine's DNA age, doctors will make pre-emptive, targeted strikes on disease. In one way, medicine hasn't changed much over the millennia: Doctors still wait for...
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Just Rolling Along
1997-11-01T12:54:00-05:00
A smooth, friction-free future may be in the offing - for machinery, that is. Prof. Reshef Tenne and his team in the Materials and Interfaces Department have created a...