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Nanotechnologists Win Nobel

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STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Oct. 9, 2007 -- Two Europeans were awarded the 2007 Nobel Prize in Physics today for their discovery of a new technology for reading information stored on hard drives. Their research, one of the first applications of nanotechnology, has allowed the shrinking of hard drives for use today in ever-smaller devices such as MP3 players and laptop computers. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the $1.5 million prize jointly to France's Albert Fert and Germany's Peter Grünberg, who in 1988 independently discovered a new physical effect -- Giant Magnetoresistance, or GMR. The effect led to the...Read full article

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    Published: October 2007
    Glossary
    nano
    An SI prefix meaning one billionth (10-9). Nano can also be used to indicate the study of atoms, molecules and other structures and particles on the nanometer scale. Nano-optics (also referred to as nanophotonics), for example, is the study of how light and light-matter interactions behave on the nanometer scale. See nanophotonics.
    nanotechnology
    The use of atoms, molecules and molecular-scale structures to enhance existing technology and develop new materials and devices. The goal of this technology is to manipulate atomic and molecular particles to create devices that are thousands of times smaller and faster than those of the current microtechnologies.
    photonics
    The technology of generating and harnessing light and other forms of radiant energy whose quantum unit is the photon. The science includes light emission, transmission, deflection, amplification and detection by optical components and instruments, lasers and other light sources, fiber optics, electro-optical instrumentation, related hardware and electronics, and sophisticated systems. The range of applications of photonics extends from energy generation to detection to communications and...
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