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New Way to Introduce Magnetic Impurities in a Semiconductor Crystal

Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Naval Research Laboratory have developed a new way to introduce magnetic impurities in a semiconductor crystal by prodding it with a scanning tunneling microscope (STM).

From National Institute of Standards and Tech (NIST) 1 Dec 2009

Finding May Offer New Ways to Explore Quantum Chromodynamics

An experiment has confirmed that spinons, particle-like magnetic excitations, can be confined in a magnetic insulator similar to the way elementary quarks are confined within individual protons and neutrons. The finding,...

From Brookhaven National Laboratory 29 Nov 2009

Physicists Discover Hitherto Unknown Metallic Properties of High-Temperature Superconductors

Physicists at the Walther Meissner Institute of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities (Garching) conducted very precise measurements, discovering hitherto unknown metallic properties of high-temperature superconductors.

23 Nov 2009

MagForce Nanotechnologies Completes Clinical Trial on Efficacy of Thermotherapy using Nanoparticles

MagForce Nanotechnologies AG has successfully completed its single-arm clinical trial on the efficacy of thermotherapy using superparamagnetic nanoparticles in patients with recurrent glioblastoma. The primary study ...

From MagForce Nanotechnologies AG 3 Nov 2009

Solution that Combines Magnetism with Nanotechnology

Many medical conditions, such as cancer, diabetes and chronic pain, require medications that cannot be taken orally, but must be dosed intermittently, on an as-needed basis, over a long period of time. A few delivery tec...

29 Oct 2009

UD Wins $4.4 Million to Develop Next-Generation Magnets using Nanotechnology

The University of Delaware has won a $4.4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA-E) to lead a multidisciplinary, multi-institutional research project to develop the next generation of high-performance permanent magnets.

27 Oct 2009

New Technology Allows the Design and Manufacture of Programmable Magnets

Correlated Magnetics Research, LLC (CMR) announced today the development of a new technology that will allow the design and manufacture of programmable magnets for use across industry and worldwide. Coded magnetic st...

23 Oct 2009

Argonne's Center for Nanoscale Materials Dedicate New Scanning Probing Microscopy Building

The Center for Nanoscale Materials (CNM) at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory dedicated its new scanning probing microscopy building recently during its annual users conference. The new building will house a new scanning probe microscope that measures spin-polarized electrons on surfaces.

From Argonne National Laboratory 21 Oct 2009

Research Could Lead to a Reassessment of Current Magnetism Theories

A magnetic charge can behave and interact just like an electric charge in some materials, according to new research led by the London Centre for Nanotechnology (LCN) which could lead to a reassessment of current magnetis...

14 Oct 2009

Exploring the Limits of Antiferromagnetism in a Nanostructured Material

Researchers in the Electronic + Magnetic Materials + Devices Group (Argonne National Laboratory) and at Politecnico di Milano in Italy explored the limits of antiferromagnetism in a nanostructured material for the first time, measuring the temperature required to support antiferromagnetic order in atomic monolayers of manganese on tungsten as the dimensions of the structures are reduced.

From Argonne National Laboratory 9 Oct 2009