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Meta-Materials Mimic Ice And Illuminate Why Water-Ice Doesn't Fully Conform To Third Law Of Thermodynamics
August 7, 2008 — Researchers are using meta-materials, which mimic the behavior of ice, but are created out of completely different substances, to and figure out why water ice doesn't completely conform to the Third ... > full story -
New Class Of Glassy Material Discovered
July 28, 2008 — Scientists are dealing with an entirely new type of frustration, but it's not stressing them out. Dynamic frustration has been found to be the cause of glassy behavior in materials that previously ... > full story -
Phonon Floodgate In Monolayer Carbon: Unexpected Gap-Like Feature Found In Energy Spectrum Of Electrons Tunneling Into Graphene's Single Layer Of Atoms
July 21, 2008 — The first scanning tunneling spectroscopy of graphene flakes equipped with a "gate" electrode has found an unexpected gap-like feature in the energy spectrum of electrons tunneling into graphene's ... > full story -
New Logic: The Attraction Of Magnetic Computation
July 8, 2008 — Researchers have demonstrated functional components that exploit the magnetic properties of electrons to perform logic operations. Compatible with existing microtechnology, the new approach heralds ... > full story -
Accidental Discovery Could Enable Development Of Faster Computers
June 23, 2008 — Physicists have made an accidental discovery in the lab that has potential to change how information in computers can be transported or stored. Dependent on the "spin" of electrons, a property ... > full story -
Untangled Quantum Quirk Is Significant Step Toward Quantum Computing
June 11, 2008 — Quantum computing has been hailed as the next leap forward for computers, promising to catapult memory capacity and processing speeds well beyond current limits. Several challenging problems need to ... > full story -
Potential Tool For Selectively Manipulating Electron Spins In New Technologies Arises Unexpectedly
May 28, 2008 — Researchers trying to flip the spin of electrons with laser bursts lasting picoseconds (a trillionth of a second) instead found a way to manipulate and control the spin -- knowledge that may prove ... > full story -
Electron Traps That Compute
May 23, 2008 — Physicists have used a semiconductor material to create superimposed quantum dots that "trap" single electrons. Not only can these dots be studied with lasers, their energy can be influenced as well. ... > full story -
First Transistor Using Nanotechnology Is 50 Times More Energy Efficient Than Current Models
April 24, 2008 — Transistors are an indispensable building block in electric appliances, where they amplify weak electric currents. Now researchers have developed a new type of transistor that is 50 times more energy ... > full story -
Chromium's Hidden Magnetic Talents Discovered
April 16, 2008 — Chemists have determined that the element chromium displays electrical properties of magnets in surprising ways. This finding can be used in the emerging field of "spintronics," which might someday ... > full story
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