Spintronics: Resetting the future of heat assisted magnetic recording
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jun 17, 2016 -
This paves the way to fast and energy efficient ultrahigh density data storage. The results are published now in the new journal Physical Review Applied. To increase data density further in storage media, materials systems with stable magnetic domains on the nanoscale are needed. For overwriting a specific nanoscopic region with new information, a laser is used to heat locally the bit close to t ...
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OPDE builds three community solar farms in UK with a total capacity of 15 MW
Somerset UK (SPX) Jun 17, 2016 -
The multinational OPDE, who specialises in the development, construction and operation of photovoltaic farms, has completed the construction of three new photovoltaic plants located in England. The new installations will reach a combined power of 15 MW with an electrical generation sufficient to power 6,000 homes.
The new Solar farms are located near the towns of Colston Bassett, Nottingha ...
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New 3-D printed polymer can convert methane to methanol
Livermore CA (SPX) Jun 17, 2016 -
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory scientists have combined biology and 3-D printing to create the first reactor that can continuously produce methanol from methane at room temperature and pressure. The team removed enzymes from methanotrophs, bacteria that eat methane, and mixed them with polymers that they printed or molded into innovative reactors.
The research, which could lead to ...
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Weird, water-oozing material could help quench thirst
Richland WA (SPX) Jun 16, 2016 -
After their nanorods were accidentally created when an experiment didn't go as planned, the researchers gave the microscopic, unplanned spawns of science a closer look. Chemist Satish Nune was inspecting the solid, carbon-rich nanorods with a vapor analysis instrument when he noticed the nanorods mysteriously lost weight as humidity increased. Thinking the instrument had malfunctioned, Nune and ...
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Oregon chemists build a new, stable open-shell molecule
Eugene OR (SPX) Jun 14, 2016 -
University of Oregon chemists have synthesized a stable and long-lasting carbon-based molecule that, they say, potentially could be applicable in solar cells and electronic devices.
The molecule changes its bonding patterns to a magnetic biradical state when heated; it then returns to a fully bonded non-magnetic closed state at room temperature. That transition, they report, can be done re ...
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Discovery of gold nanocluster 'double' hints at other shape changing particles
New York NY (SPX) Jun 17, 2016 -
Chemically the same, graphite and diamonds are as physically distinct as two minerals can be, one opaque and soft, the other translucent and hard. What makes them unique is their differing arrangement of carbon atoms.
Polymorphs, or materials with the same composition but different structures, are common in bulk materials, and now a new study in Nature Communications confirms they exist in ...
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New 'ukidama' nanoparticle structure revealed
Onna, Okinawa, Japan (SPX) Jun 17, 2016 -
Sometimes it is the tiny things in the world that can make an incredible difference. One of these things is the nanoparticle. Nanoparticles may be small, but they have a variety of important applications in areas such as, medicine, manufacturing, and energy. A team of researchers from Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) recently discovered a unique copper-silve ...
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