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CIO July 15, 2003 John Edwards |
Sensitive Sensors Get those gigs. The State University of New York at Buffalo's Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department has developed sensors that could boost hard drive capacity by a factor of 1,000 -- without also driving up price.  |
Technology Research News December 31, 2003 |
Shape key to strong sensors Researchers have found a possible explanation for why a pair of semiconducting compounds -- mixes of silver and selenium or tellurium -- are strong magnetic sensors over a wide range of magnetic field strengths.  |
Chemistry World August 19, 2010 James Urquhart |
Strain creates rare type of magnet Scientists have created the world's strongest ferroelectric ferromagnet - a rare material that is electrically polarised while also having a permanent magnetic field.  |
Technology Research News December 11, 2002 Eric Smalley |
Microscopic mix strengthens magnet Magnets are usually an either-or proposition. They either generate a strong magnetic field or they hold up well in the presence of external magnetic fields. A method that mixes the two types of magnets at the nanoscale could pave the way for smaller electric motors and generators.  |
Technology Research News January 1, 2003 Kimberly Patch |
Aligned fields could speed storage Researchers from three institutes in Germany and Russia have found a material whose electric and magnetic domains line up together. The work could bring together the currently separate fields of magnetic and electronic data storage, which would give both methods more flexibility.  |
Reactive Reports December 2003 David Bradley |
Airy magnets Spanish researchers have created a new type of magnetic material that is ultra-light and transparent. The airy magnets could have applications in flat screen displays and magneto-optical memory devices for computers.  |
Chemistry World September 25, 2007 Richard Van Noorden |
Magnetic Dreams Disputed Magnetochemists are disputing the breakthrough discovery of a metal-organic material which its inventors claimed to be magnetic at room temperature and stable in air.  |
Chemistry World July 8, 2015 Tim Wogan |
Conduction conundrum puts scientists on path to radical conclusions Two bizarre, apparently contradictory properties have been discovered in samarium hexaboride by researchers in the UK and the US.  |
Reactive Reports Issue 67 David Bradley |
Attractive Changing Colors Chemists have discovered that a simple magnet can be used to change the color of nanoparticles of iron oxide in aqueous suspension.  |
IEEE Spectrum September 2006 Charles Q. Choi |
Nanomagnets to the Rescue If, as seems possible, magnetic nanocomposites can be manufactured directly on chips, engineers could design computers that are smaller and, equally important, cooler than anything available today.  |
IEEE Spectrum September 2008 Willie D. Jones |
World's Most Powerful Magnet Under Construction One hundred tesla without self-destructing  |
Chemistry World January 17, 2007 Richard Van Noorden |
Molecular Magnets of Mystery Researchers have discovered a new class of molecular magnets which work above room temperature. But why the magnets work, and what their structures are, remains a perplexing mystery.  |
Chemistry World May 13, 2015 Heather Powell |
Electricity harvested from magnetic noise Wireless battery charging may benefit from a new generator that harnesses magnetic energy from our environment.  |
Technology Research News February 23, 2005 |
Metal atoms make silicon magnetic Devices made from magnetic semiconductors can make use of the spin of the electron in addition to its charge. These spintronics devices are potentially faster and consume less power than today' electronics.  |
Chemistry World January 26, 2012 Simon Hadlington |
The world's first magnetic soap Researchers have created a liquid surfactant that can be moved by a magnet.  |
Chemistry World July 19, 2011 Jon Cartwright |
Magnetic Sponge Can Squeeze Itself Out Researchers in Japan and Singapore have created a sponge that can wring itself out upon application of a magnetic field.  |
Chemistry World February 11, 2014 Stephen McCarthy |
Multiferroic material breaks symmetry with layers Scientists have made a material capable of both piezoelectric and ferromagnetic behavior. The discovery opens up the possibility of a new class of polarizable and magnetic compounds, and could lead to better devices for storing electronic information.  |
Chemistry World February 28, 2006 Jon Evans |
Magnetic Appeal of Shape-Change Polymer Polymer scientists developed polymers that change shape in response to a magnetic field by incorporating magnetic iron(III)oxide nanoparticles into a shape-memory polyetherurethane compound known as TFX.  |
Technology Research News July 13, 2005 |
Magnetics Drives Particle Patterns Researchers have devised a way to use electric and magnetic fields to assemble magnetic microparticles into a wide variety of patterns, including clusters, rings, chains and networks.  |
Chemistry World July 20, 2012 Simon Hadlington |
New type of chemical bond around dwarf stars The work, led by Trygve Helgaker at the University of Oslo in Norway, not only provides insights into fundamental aspects of electronic interactions with magnetic fields, but also sheds light on the exotic chemistry that exists in stellar environments.  |
Chemistry World October 28, 2014 Simon Hadlington |
Molecular magnet goes ultracool Researchers have succeeded in cooling a molecular magnet to below 1K, the first time this has been achieved with a nanomagnet.  |
Geotimes June 2007 Kathryn Hansen |
So, When Did Earth Become Attractive? Ever since Earth's protective field was discovered in 1958, scientists have been wondering when did the planet grow up and become attractive?  |
IEEE Spectrum August 2011 Hadjipanayis & Gabay |
The Incredible Pull of Nanocomposite Magnets Nanotechnology could make rare earth magnets even stronger.  |
Chemistry World May 14, 2010 Phillip Broadwith |
Powerful pocket sized NMR magnets Arrangements of chunks of permanent magnetic material that can be tweaked to give strong, uniform fields could open the door to more sensitive and higher resolution portable nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometers, say researchers in Germany.  |
Technology Research News July 30, 2003 |
See-through magnets hang tough Researchers from the Independent University of Barcelona (UAB) and the University of Zaragoza in Spain have found a way to form transparent, durable, lightweight magnets that maintain their magnetism in magnetic fields and high temperatures.  |
Geotimes May 2004 Sara Pratt |
Deciphering Planetary Magnetism Neptune and Uranus both have unusual magnetic fields that tilt at a 60-degree angle toward their equators. Scientists are now able to model the processes that shape the planets' magnetism.  |
Chemistry World July 25, 2014 Emma Stoye |
Magnetic nanocubes self-assemble into spirals Scientists have been coaxing nano-sized cubes of magnetite (Fe 3O 4) into larger, more complex structures like helices without using a template by exposing them to a magnetic field.  |
Technology Research News January 28, 2004 |
Nanorings promise big memory Researchers have found a way to cause magnetic cobalt nanoparticles to spontaneously assemble into rings that are less than 100 nanometers across. Because the molecule is small, memory made from it could hold a great deal of information.  |
Chemistry World December 10, 2007 Killugudi Jayaraman |
Scientists Trap Light in Nano-Soup Physicists in India, have demonstrated how to trap and retrieve light using a soup of micro- and nano-sized magnetic spheres.  |
Technology Research News March 26, 2003 |
Rubber stamp writes data Scientists from IBM's Almaden research center have found a way to quickly transfer information from a magnetic mask to a magnetic disk. The method promises to make it considerably quicker to format and copy magnetic media in bulk.  |
AboutSafety October 17, 2001 |
EMFs In The Workplace Everyone in our modern society is exposed to the electric and magnetic fields (EMFs) that surround all electric devices. This fact sheet answers frequently asked questions about EMFs in the workplace...  |
Technology Research News March 9, 2005 |
Avalanches up Disk Storage Researchers have constructed a spin-valve transistor that is more sensitive to microscopic magnetic fields than the devices that read today's commercial hard drives.  |
Chemistry World February 28, 2014 Tim Wogan |
Fuel cells put in the frame with catalysts that need far less platinum US scientists have created an exceptional fuel cell catalyst that contains far less platinum -- conventional catalysts need 36 times more platinum to hit the same levels of activity.  |
Chemistry World July 21, 2011 Serin Dabb |
Small Wires Swim Through Serum for Drug Delivery US researchers have made nanowires that can be propelled through liquids with an external magnetic field. The wires could be used to deliver drugs in the human body.  |
Chemistry World October 9, 2007 Richard Van Noorden |
Science Behind Your Hard Drive Scoops Physics Nobel The 2007 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to Frenchman Albert Fert and German Peter Grunberg, for their discovery of giant magnetoresistance.  |
Chemistry World November 21, 2012 James Urquhart |
Two-faced particles self-assemble in sync US scientists have synchronized the motion of colloidal magnetic spheres with a rotating magnetic field and found that the particles self-organize into micrometer-sized tubes.  |
Popular Mechanics April 2010 David Hambling |
New Magnetic Tech Could Help Coal Mine Rescue Workers Talk Underground At least 25 people died in an explosion at a West Virginia coal mine on Monday. A new magnetic communicator could help first responders contact victims in these underground disasters. Here's how the device works.  |
IEEE Spectrum April 2008 Michael Dumiak |
Magnetic Field Sensors Could Help Halt Runway Crashes European engineers harness Earth's magnetic field to improve airport safety.  |
Technology Research News April 21, 2004 |
Magnets Align Nanotubes in Resin Carbon nanotubes have great potential as components of new materials but aligning the tiny tubes can be tricky. Researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology and Florida State University have developed a way to orient the nanotubes in a polymer mix using a magnetic field.  |
Chemistry World January 30, 2008 Lewis Brindley |
Piezoelectric Compound Performs Under Pressure Piezoelectric materials could soon be made far more simply.  |
Chemistry World October 22, 2013 Simon Hadlington |
Virtual molds cast colloid Blue Mosque A way to direct colloids to self-assemble in an almost infinite variety of configurations has been devised. The technique relies on the creation of a pre-determined pattern of magnetic fields to generate a 'virtual mold' to dictate the final position of the particles.  |
Chemistry World June 20, 2010 Jon Cartwright |
Carbon nanotubes boost battery power Researchers in the US claim to have created electrodes from carbon nanotubes that can make lithium-ion batteries some ten times more powerful than conventional models.  |
PC Magazine February 14, 2007 Molly Brown |
Find Your Way: Gyroscopes and Improved Magnetic Sensors Gyroscopes and magnets join GPS chips in mobile devices of every stripe.  |
Chemistry World November 22, 2012 Jon Cartwright |
Magnesium oxide might be liquid in super-Earths There may be more planets outside our solar system with protective magnetic fields than previously thought. That's the implication of a US study, which has demonstrated that the common planetary mineral magnesium oxide turns into a metallic liquid at high pressure.  |
Chemistry World April 30, 2008 Lewis Brindley |
Chemical compass clue to migration mystery Trying to identify the mysterious innate compass that many animals use to navigate the globe, chemists at the University of Oxford, UK, have shown for the first time that the Earth's magnetic field can influence the outcome of a chemical reaction.  |
Chemistry World February 4, 2011 |
MOF magnets deliver drugs German scientists have encapsulated nanomagnets inside metal organic frameworks. The MOF magnets can be filled with a drug, which is released when a magnetic field is applied.  |
Chemistry World April 7, 2011 |
Molecular Fridge Can Reach Millikelvin Scientists have laid the foundations for a high-performance 'molecular fridge' capable of reaching temperatures within a few thousandths of a degree of absolute zero with a high degree of efficiency.  |
IEEE Spectrum November 2010 Bedair et al. |
Spintronic Memories to Revolutionize Data Storage Superdense MRAM chips based on the bizarre property of electron spin could replace all other forms of data storage  |
Popular Mechanics March 2003 Paul Eisenstein |
World's Most Powerful Magnet The "magnetar," or magnetic neutron star known as Soft Gamma Repeater 1806-20, is the most powerful known magnetic object in the universe. While it's unlikely anything man-made will ever come close to the power of a magnetar, it's not for lack of trying.  |
Technology Research News May 5, 2004 |
Nano Wires Make Tiny Compasses Researchers have built compass needles as small as 20 by 200 nanometers, which could be used to measure magnetic fields at the nanoscale and to orient nanosized wires during the process of building molecular-sized structures.  |