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The next generation of laptops, desk computers, cell phones and other semiconductor devices may get faster and more cost-effective with research from Clemson University. “We’ve developed a new process and equipment that will lead to a significant reduction in heat generated by silicon chips or microprocessors while speeding up the rate at which information is […]

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Subjects like physics, calculus and biology are challenging for most students, but imagine tackling these topics without being able to see the graphs and figures used to teach them. A new smartpen and paper technology that works with touch and records classroom audio aims to bring these subjects to life for blind students.”Mainstream approaches to […]

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Physicists at the University of Rochester have combined an atom-chiller with a molecule trap, creating for the first time a device that can generate and trap huge numbers of elusive-yet-valuable ultracold polar molecules.Scientists believe ultracold polar molecules will allow them to create exotic artificial crystals and stable quantum computers.
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Separating particular kinds of cells from a sample could become faster, cheaper and easier thanks to a new system developed by MIT researchers that involves pushing up the cells with a laser beam “fire hose.”The system, which can sort up to 10,000 cells on a conventional glass microscope slide, could enable a variety of biological […]

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The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed an imaging system that quickly maps the mechanical properties of materials–how stiff or stretchy they are, for example–at scales on the order of billionths of a meter. The new tool can be a cost-effective way to design and characterize mixed nanoscale materials such as composites […]

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