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Method for Creating Tiny Diamond Machines Improved
September 28, 2011 — Diamonds may be best known as a symbol of long-lasting love, but semiconductor makers are also hoping they'll pan out as key components of long-lasting micromachines if a new method for carving these ... > full story -
New 'FeTRAM' Is Promising Computer Memory Technology
September 27, 2011 — Researchers are developing a new type of computer memory that could be faster than the existing commercial memory and use far less power than flash memory devices. The technology combines silicon ... > full story -
Researchers Use Carbon Nanotubes to Make Solar Cells Affordable, Flexible
September 27, 2011 — Researchers have found that metallic carbon nanotubes are 50 times more effective than semiconducting ones when used as transparent conductors in organic solar ... > full story -
How Graphene's Electrical Properties Can Be Tuned
September 26, 2011 — Graphene is ideally suited for creating components for semiconductor circuits and computers. Now, an accidental discovery in a physicist's laboratory, provides a unique route for tuning the ... > full story -
Copper Film Could Lower Touch Screen, LED and Solar Cell Costs
September 26, 2011 — Copper nanowires may be coming to a little screen near you. These new nanostructures have the potential to drive down the costs of displaying information on cell phones, e-readers and iPads, and they ... > full story -
E-Textiles Get Fashion Upgrade With Memory-Storing Fiber
September 26, 2011 — In the future when you upgrade your computer, you may also be upgrading your wardrobe as researchers create novel new textiles that pull double-duty as fabrics and ... > full story -
Shape Memory Materials Ready for Mass Production
September 23, 2011 — Materials that can remember their shape and switch from one form to another may sound like science fiction, they are actually real and already in use all around us. But the alloy used to produce ... > full story -
Better Lithium-Ion Batteries Are on the Way
September 23, 2011 — Lithium-ion batteries power everything from smart phones to electric cars, but especially when it comes to lowering the cost and extending the range of all-electric vehicles, they need to store a lot ... > full story -
Controlling Silicon Evaporation Allows Scientists to Boost Graphene Quality
September 22, 2011 — Scientists have for the first time provided details of their "confinement controlled sublimation" technique for growing high-quality layers of epitaxial graphene on silicon carbide ... > full story -
Radiation Boost for Artificial Joints
September 22, 2011 — A blast of gamma radiation could toughen up plastic prosthetic joints to make them strong enough to last for years, according to ... > full story
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