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A team of engineers and physicists at the Stanford University announce the development of a new technique for welding together crisscrossing meshes of metal nanowires. The group says that shining beams of light on the edges of the diminutive structures is enough to glue them together.
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14 February 2012
05:01 GMT |
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A group of investigators from the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), led by materials scientist John Rogers, is working on developing elastic electronics. These devices could be used for a variety of applications, primarily in medicine and biotechnology.
Replacing tough, silicon-based electronics wi... |
30 January 2012
10:15 GMT |
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The future of graphene in the electronics industry is assured, experts behind a new investigation on the material's properties explain. They say that they were able to make the extremely strong, unbelievably thin carbon compound magnetic.
This property was never observed in graphene before. In its natural stat... |
9 January 2012
05:47 GMT |
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When graphene rips under stress, it does so in a very specific pattern, which follows the lines of least resistance. It was previously unknown that the single-atom-thick carbon compound was able to exhibit such a preference, say investigators who conducted the new study.
The work was carried out by scientists at th... |
6 January 2012
04:44 GMT |
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The absolute lower limits of miniaturization may not be reached for at least a few more decades, say researchers who recently conducted a study on the properties of graphene nanowiggles. The advanced nanoscale material could soon replace silicon in all electronic equipment.
The issue with silicon is that electronic... |
5 January 2012
05:47 GMT |
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Paper computing may be the way of the future, says Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab assistant professor Leah Buechley. She and her team recently presented their latest innovation, a kit for sketching and drawing circuits on a very special type of paper, using a very special pen.
The kit contains a fe... |
28 December 2011
04:37 GMT |
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Tons of no-longer-needed electronics end up in landfills every year. However, scientists from University of Illinois think they have found a key to a sustainable clean future, represented by self-healing electronics.
The team strongly believes that a broken item will be able to work at its entire capacity once again... |
27 December 2011
08:22 GMT |
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Thanks to the work of a team of Stanford engineers, a new type of improved organic semiconductors could soon be used to develop better TV and computer screens, more advanced and efficient solar panels, as well as cell phones and other electronics that can be bent and twisted in all directions.
What the team did dur... |
22 December 2011
03:50 GMT |
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At this time, indium tin oxide (ITO) transparent electrodes are widely used for the creation of electronics such as liquid crystal displays, but a team of researchers has just developed a way of replacing the chemical with a combination of nanomaterials including silver nanowires.
The reason why ITO needs to be rep... |
22 November 2011
16:01 GMT |
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Semiconducting carbon nanotubes could soon make their way into solar panels, printable circuits, stretchable and bendable electronics and inside computer displays, thanks to a new technique developed at Stanford University for increasing the commercial potential this material has.
Carbon nanotubes are already known... |
18 November 2011
07:32 GMT |
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Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) announce the discovery of a new class of hierarchical structures. The nanoparticles could be used for high-efficiency thermal management in microprocessors, huge powerplant boilers, and many other applications. The particles were obtained through sinterin... |
17 October 2011
06:36 GMT |
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Investigators from the University of Cambridge Department of Engineering announce the development of a method for producing graphene that enables the creation of high-quality versions of the material at half the temperature used until now.
With this advancement, it is now possible for a lot more science groups to ... |
12 October 2011
06:44 GMT |
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In modern battlefields, it's not only the good guys who have access to advanced communications equipment. Eliminating the enemy's ability to coordinate a defense is critical, and the US Air Force is now developing a way to do just that, without unnecessarily harming humans.
Electronic devices are current... |
28 September 2011
03:41 GMT |
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Rice University investigators – known for their leading role in studying graphene – propose a new use for the 2D, single-atom-thick carbon compound, this time as a free-standing wall placed on future generations of electronic devices.
Graphene wall arrays could be fashioned into ultrahigh d... |
27 September 2011
18:01 GMT |
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Experts at the US Department of Energy's (DOE) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) announce the development of a new technology for scrutinizing the interior of electronic components, called Hard X-ray Angle-Resolved PhotoEmission Spectroscopy (HARPES).This method is a variation of Angle-Resolve... |
25 August 2011
05:03 GMT |
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An international collaboration of researchers announce the development of a new technology that enables the creation of a new class of micro-electronics. The latter includes electric tattoos, as well as sensors that conform to the shape of the skin they cover.The technology the team used to create the new devices rel... |
12 August 2011
08:57 GMT |
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Nanoelectronic designers at the Rice University, in the United States, announce the development of a new technique for producing alloy materials containing the critical 2D carbon compound graphene. This material has a hexagonal, honeycomb-like structure featuring carbon atoms exclusively. It features a host of chemic... |
5 August 2011
03:31 GMT |
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A group of physicists at the Rice University announces the development of a new type of electrodes, which are heavily based on the carbon compound graphene. These components will facilitate the creation of flexible, transparent and twistable electronics.Graphene is undoubtedly the most promising material in the world... |
2 August 2011
03:55 GMT |
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A collaboration of researchers at the Stanford University, in the United States, announces the development of a new method of fabrication nanoscale wires. The technique can be used to create nanowires that can be attached to any surface or material. Thus far, these structures were limited in their uses, in the sense ... |
29 July 2011
04:19 GMT |
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Engineers at the Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) say they've created an innovative cooling device, that could be used to improve heat transfer for microelectronic devices or other cooling applications.The laboratories, which are managed by Lockheed Martin's Sandia Corporation, are a leading source of inn... |
8 July 2011
07:50 GMT |
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One would think a disaster the magnitude of the one that hit Japan on March 11 would have more long-lasting effects on all aspects of the world economy, but it seems humankind, or in this case the electronics industry, is quick to recover.As the world no doubt remembers, and will keep remembering, an earthquake and ... |
30 June 2011
10:19 GMT |
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A group of investigators at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) announces the creation of multi-layered graphene, a carbon compound that is believed to be silicon's replacement in electronics.The material – the strongest in the world – has chemical and physical properties that are appeali... |
28 June 2011
07:51 GMT |
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Experts at the Uppsala University (UU), in Sweden, announce the creation of a new sensors, which can be stretched and deformed, and still remain capable of sending wireless signals to a computer. The work represents an important step forwards in the effort to create deformable electronics, devices that function like ... |
17 June 2011
02:55 GMT |
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Investigators from the Applied Science Faculty at the Free University Bruxelles announce the discovery of a new amazing property for graphene, and namely the fact that it can polarize light. Now, Dr. Han Zhang at the Service OPERA-photonique's Applied Science Faculty, ULB, and Dr. Qiaoliang Bao (the first author... |
30 May 2011
11:04 GMT |
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A collaboration of researchers in the United States has recently finished developing a new thermal control system for electronics that will enable future devices to exceed current heat limitations. When devising an electronic circuit, the golden rule is that increased complexity requires more electricity to operate. ... |
27 May 2011
03:30 GMT |
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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently took an extra step in reaffirming its dedication to fighting the problem of electronic wastes at an international level. On Sunday, May 1, it signed a cooperative agreement with the United Nations University.The signing of this document essentially raised its inte... |
2 May 2011
11:13 GMT |
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Miniaturizing electronics is one of the main avenues of research in the industry today, and scientists are looking to develop a variety of ways for achieving it. A group of experts in the United States has taken things down to the molecular level, where they successfully forced molecules to transport current.This was... |
4 March 2011
08:29 GMT |
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A team of physics experts in the United States has brought the goal of producing atomtronic devices closer to reality than ever before. The circuits are nothing more than a wisp of gas floating around in a laser beam, but their purpose is to replace wires, silicon and electricity in conventional circuits.According to... |
12 February 2011
05:52 GMT |
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A group of investigators from the United Kingdom announce that they were able to use one of the newest materials in the world to develop a transistor that features an on/off switching ratio 1,000 times higher than any other currently available on the market.The team, based at the University of Southampton, used the 2... |
31 January 2011
19:31 GMT |
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In a groundbreaking study that may finally unlock the computers of the future, investigators in the United States were able to determine that strands of DNA can be used as molecular wires.
The strands themselves should be about 34 nanometers (nm) long, the team says. As a molecular wire, the material could be use... |
31 January 2011
02:13 GMT |
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Physicists and materials scientist around the world are currently working on developing methods of including graphene inside next-generation electronics without causing the material to lose its trademark physical and chemical properties. The effort is bound to be very challenging, experts say. The reasons why so many... |
21 January 2011
08:43 GMT |
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One of the main goals towards which the electronics industry is currently working is breaking out of 2D construction patterns. Recently, a milestone was achieved when light sensors were placed on a curved surface to produce an eyeball-shaped camera. Stretchable electronics could find a tremendous number of potential ... |
19 January 2011
16:01 GMT |
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Researchers from the United States have developed a new type of computer chip that is capable of performing imprecise mathematical calculations. The approach could yield impressive results for processing certain types of data, and also for reducing power consumption. Specific information, say experts, could be proces... |
3 January 2011
11:04 GMT |
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A group of investigators from the Netherlands and France managed recently to develop a new system featuring rotating microscopic cylinders, which exhibit properties similar to those of communicating neurons. The achievement could have important implications for the electronics industry.For the new investigation, rese... |
20 December 2010
05:12 GMT |
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Recent advancements in science have made it very clear that the electronics industry is heading towards a stage where all machines will attempt to mimic the way the human brain functions. One of the largest obstacles in the way of doing that may have just been eliminated. Graphene, quantum computer chips and memristo... |
7 December 2010
06:41 GMT |
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Starting in early 2011, repair and upgrade work will begin at the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center (LANSCE), one of the most powerful linear proton accelerators in the United States. Its capability to support experiments and tests will be effectively doubled once work is completed.The decision to allot the necessary... |
3 December 2010
08:13 GMT |
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In an accomplishment that might herald the future of electronics, researchers at the Cornell University in the United States were able to create large arrays of nanoscale resonators using the carbon compound graphene, currently one of the most researched materials in the world. The work was prompted by the fact that ... |
1 December 2010
05:01 GMT |
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A new method that replaces nearly all of the toxic chemicals necessary to make gold nanoparticles has been discovered, thanks to a new study carried out by a University of Missouri research team, led by MU scientist Kattesh Katti, curators' professor of radiology and physics in the School of Medicine and the Col... |
30 November 2010
08:17 GMT |
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After going through the Black Friday offerings available from some of the best retail chains in the US, it's now about time to check out what a gadget and electronics-oriented outlet has prepared, and we're talking about none other than RadioShack.So, first and foremost, given RadioShack's general prof... |
26 November 2010
08:03 GMT |
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This week is a very important one for the United States, where they're celebrating Thanksgiving (on Thursday), followed by what seems to be one of the year's biggest shopping periods, also known as Black Friday, when the biggest stores offer all sorts of discounts in order to draw-in customers bent on a sho... |
23 November 2010
03:53 GMT |
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Investigators have developed a new set of tools for studying various phenomena taking place at the nanoscale, which is extremely important for innovating today's electronics. For years, physicists have been working on decreasing the size of various components that form the basis of electronic devices, and, as ... |
18 November 2010
02:49 GMT |
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A group of investigators from the United States announces that new data have been collected on how a phenomenon known as noise develops in the carbon compound graphene. The material, which is heralded as one of the most significant discoveries of the 21st century, will soon be used on a wide scale in numerous electro... |
16 October 2010
03:46 GMT |
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A team of experts in the United Kingdom has recently demonstrated that it is possible to use discotic liquid crystals (DLC) to produce molecular nanowires. DLC are thin strips of ring-shaped molecules, that can apparently be fashioned into the nanoscale-sized wires, for a wide variety of practical applications. Accor... |
14 October 2010
10:49 GMT |
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Researchers from the University of Connecticut, along with engineers from United Technologies Research Center, have been working on the development of a new type of alloy materials that behaves like gold and is resistant to oxidation.In most electronic applications, manufacturers use precious metals like gold, platin... |
14 October 2010
03:37 GMT |
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Scientists have finally developed a method that allows them to integrate graphene-based transistors into existing electronic devices, such as cell phones, radios, computers, and laptops.Adding the innovative, one-atom-thick carbon compound holds great promise for the industry, which may develop considerably as a resu... |
3 September 2010
09:43 GMT |
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In an achievement that could change the way the electronics industry runs, experts at an American university managed to develop the first two-terminal memory chips made entirely out of silicon.The accomplishment could have far-reaching implications for the electronics industry, as well as for mamoelectronic manufactu... |
1 September 2010
09:07 GMT |
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Launching satellites into Earth's orbit is a very tricky business. Other than the dangerous nature of space launches themselves, there is also the issue of designing and producing a highly complex machinery, that also needs to be extremely resilient to conditions in space. But space experts now believe they'... |
28 July 2010
04:46 GMT |
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A group of investigators from the Rice University announces the development of a new method for producing bulk amounts graphene oxide (GO). The approach can also be used to break up large quantities of the compound, which means that the team essentially developed a new means of ensuring a steady supply of the stuff. ... |
23 July 2010
07:02 GMT |
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In a groundbreaking new study, experts at the Cornell University determined that using single-molecule devices for applications at very small scales iwa both practical and feasible. The group conducted a series of experiments on individual molecules, and learned that these structures could produce the necessary elect... |
11 June 2010
05:56 GMT |
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Scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) announce the development of a new technology that could, in the future, see devices such as pacemakers being powered by a patient's own heart. The innovation is based on zinc oxide nanowires, a class of materials that show great promise for underly... |
4 June 2010
05:16 GMT |
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