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SAN JOSE, Calif. and ZHANGJIAGANG, Jiangsu, China, Jan. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- MultiDimension Technology Co., Ltd. (MDT) announced the world's first TMR magnetic switch sensors for use in battery-powered smart flow meters, including water flow meters, heat flow meters and gas flow meters. Empowered by MultiDimension's TMR technology (Tunneling Magnetoresistance), the new magnetic switch sensors are superior choices for high-performance industrial applications, including...

Heated nanoprobes perform thermo-mechanical measurements using magnetic actuation Polymer nano-films and nano-composites are used in a wide variety of applications from food packaging to sports equipment to automotive and aerospace applications. Thermal analysis is routinely used to analyze materials for these applications, but the growing trend to use nanostructured materials has made bulk techniques insufficient. In recent years an atomic force microscope-based technique called...

SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Punctuating 30 years of nanotechnology research, scientists from IBM Research (NYSE: IBM) have successfully demonstrated the ability to store information in as few as 12 magnetic atoms. This is significantly less than today's disk drives, which use about one million atoms to store a single bit of information. The ability to manipulate matter by its most basic components - atom by atom - could lead to the vital understanding...

University of Nottingham scientists have been levitating fruit flies with magnets to determine how biological organisms are affected by weightless conditions in space. The team has shown that simulating weightlessness in fruit flies on Earth by using magnets causes the flies to walk more quickly, which is a similar finding astronauts have had in experiments on the International Space Station. “It is unfeasible to apply this technique to investigating the effects of weightlessness on a...

A TRANSforum® is different than a regular forum because women are connecting their intuition and imagination to see each other beyond the block. New York, New York (PRWEB) December 30, 2011 http://www.ChicksWithMagnetude.com will be launching a social networking site for women, February 2012. A revolutionary new element of the Social Magnetizing Site is a section called the TRANSforum®. Since the inception of social networking sites, and before social networking was so...

When people are magnetized their lives move in the direction they want without struggle, without force and without fail. New York, New York (PRWEB) December 30, 2011 Doreen Carrie (founder of ChicksWithMagnetude.com) has referred to her life as being on a “Magnetized Mission.” What began as frustration with motivation has become a transformational path for her life and the lives of so many around the world. For over 25 years Doreen has been teaching people how to keep themselves...

Sabona announces a limited product mix is now sold in Rite Aid Wellness Stores across the country. Sikeston, MO (PRWEB) December 29, 2011 Sabona products, such as Magnetic and Copper Bracelets and Copper Thread Supports, are now available at select Rite Aid pharmacies nationwide. “Wellness initiatives are a growing part of everyday living, as people become increasingly aware of new forms of alternative healthcare,” says Ted Faber, Sabona’s National Key Accounts Manager. “Rite...

DALLAS, December 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- According to a new market research report "Global Magnetic Field Sensors Market (2011-2016)" published by MarketsandMarkets (http://www.marketsandmarkets.com), the demand for magnetic field sensors in the year 2010 was 3.67 billion units; which are expected to reach 7.14 billion units in 2016 at a CAGR of 10.3%. In value terms, the market for magnetic field sensors stood at $1.1 billion in year 2010 and is expected to reach $2.0...

A fundamental problem that has puzzled generations of scientists has finally been solved after more than 70 years A fundamental problem that has puzzled generations of scientists has finally been solved after more than 70 years. An international team of scientists has discovered a subtle electronic effect in magnetite – the most magnetic of all naturally occurring minerals – causes a dramatic change to how this material conducts electricity at very low temperatures. The discovery...

As electrons move past atoms in a solid, their charge distorts the nearby lattice and can create a wave. Reciprocally, a wave in the lattice affects the electrons motion, in analogy to a wave in the sea that pushes a surfer riding it. This interaction results in a thermoelectric effect that was first observed during the 1950´s and has come to be known as phonon-drag, because it can be quantified from the flow of lattice-wave quanta (phonons) that occurs over the temperature gradient. Soon...