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More Energy Efficient Transistors Through Quantum Tunneling
March 26, 2012 Researchers have announced breakthroughs in the development of tunneling field effect transistors, a semiconductor technology that takes advantage of the quirky behavior of electrons at the quantum ... > full story -
Simple, Cheap Way to Mass-Produce Graphene Nanosheets
March 26, 2012 Mixing a little dry ice and a simple industrial process cheaply mass-produces high-quality graphene nanosheets, researchers ... > full story -
Brown Liquor and Solar Cells to Provide Sustainable Electricity
March 22, 2012 A breakthrough for inexpensive electricity from solar cells, and a massive investment in wind power, will mean a need to store energy in an intelligent way. According to new research batteries of ... > full story -
Designing Consumer Electronics to Minimize Environmental Impact of Future Electronic Waste
March 21, 2012 The percentage of electronic waste occupying our landfills has grown at an alarming rate over the last decade, giving rise to concerns about the toxicity of components used in consumer ... > full story -
Hard Electronics: Hall Effect Magnetic Field Sensors for High Temperatures and Harmful Radiation Environments
March 21, 2012 Researchers have invented Hall effect magnetic field sensors that are operable at high temperatures and harmful radiation conditions. The sensors will find applications in space craft and nuclear ... > full story -
Nanopower: Avoiding Electrolyte Failure in Nanoscale Lithum Batteries
March 21, 2012 It turns out you can be too thin -- especially if you're a nanoscale battery. Researchers have built a series of nanowire batteries to demonstrate that the thickness of the electrolyte layer can ... > full story -
Better Organic Electronics: Researchers Show the Way Forward for Improving Organic and Molecular Electronic Devices
March 20, 2012 Scientists have provided the first experimental determination of the pathways by which electrical charge is transported from molecule-to-molecule in an organic thin film. These results also show how ... > full story -
Scientists Develop Tools to Make More Complex Biological Machines from Yeast
March 19, 2012 Scientists are one step closer to making more complex microscopic biological machines, following improvements in the way that they can "re-wire" DNA in yeast, according to new ... > full story -
Speed of Single-Molecule Measurements Greatly Increased
March 18, 2012 Engineers have devised a way to measure nanopores -- tiny holes in a thin membrane that can detect single biological molecules such as DNA and proteins -- with less error than can be achieved with ... > full story -
Graphene Supercapacitor Holds Promise for Portable Electronics
March 15, 2012 Researchers have used a standard LightScribe DVD optical drive to produce electrodes composed of an expanded network of graphene that shows excellent mechanical and electrical properties as well as ... > full story -
Cold Atoms Simulate Graphene
March 15, 2012 Physicists Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov from Manchester University were the first to isolate and identify graphene in 2004. Graphene is a single layer of carbon atoms, which form a ... > full story -
Molecular Graphene Heralds New Era of 'Designer Electrons'
March 14, 2012 Researchers have created the first-ever system of "designer electrons" -- exotic variants of ordinary electrons with tunable properties that may ultimately lead to new types of materials and devices. ... > full story
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