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Spinach Could Lead to Alternative Energy More Powerful Than Popeye
July 23, 2014 — Spinach gave Popeye super strength, but it also holds the promise of a different power for a group of scientists: the ability to convert sunlight into a clean, efficient alternative fuel. Physicists ... full story -
The Birth of Topological Spintronics: New Material Combo Could Lead to More Efficient Computers
July 23, 2014 — The discovery of a new material combination that could lead to a more efficient approach to computer memory and logic is the first promising indication that it may be possible to build a practical ... full story -
Nano-Sized Chip Picks Up Scent of Explosives Molecules Better Than Dog's Nose
July 23, 2014 — A groundbreaking nanotechnology-inspired sensor picks up the scent of explosives molecules better than a detection dog's nose. The device is mobile, inexpensive, and highly accurate, detecting ... full story -
A Crystal Wedding in the Nanocosmos May Lead to Fast Multi-Functional Processing Units on Single Chip
July 23, 2014 — Researchers have succeeded in embedding nearly perfect semiconductor crystals into a silicon nanowire. With this new method of producing hybrid nanowires, very fast and multi-functional processing ... full story -
Electronic Nose Could Aid in Rescue Missions
July 23, 2014 — Researchers have developed a device that allows multiple robotic platforms to follow the path of certain odors. A technology which could aid the search and rescue of people in case of natural ... full story -
A New Multi-Bit 'Spin' for Magnetic Random Access Memory Storage
July 22, 2014 — Interest in magnetic random access memory (MRAM) is escalating, thanks to demand for fast, low-cost, nonvolatile, low-consumption, secure memory devices. MRAM boasts all of these advantages as an ... full story -
Scientists Use Simple, Low Cost Laser Technique to Improve Properties and Functions of Nanomaterials
July 22, 2014 — By ‘drawing’ micropatterns on nanomaterials using a focused laser beam, scientists could modify properties of nanomaterials for effective applications in photonic and optoelectric ... full story -
Understanding Graphene's Electrical Properties on an Atomic Level
July 21, 2014 — For the first time, researchers have used a cutting-edge microscope to study the relationship between the atomic geometry of a ribbon of graphene and its electrical ... full story -
Chemists Eye Improved Thin Films With Metal Substitution
July 21, 2014 — The yield so far is small, but chemists have developed a low-energy, solution-based mineral substitution process to make a precursor to transparent thin films that could find use in electronics and ... full story -
Astronauts to Test Free-Flying 'Housekeeper' Robots
July 20, 2014 — Inspired by science fiction, three bowling ball-size free-flying Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient, Experimental Satellites (SPHERES) have been flying inside the International Space ... full story -
New Material Puts a Twist in Light
July 18, 2014 — Scientists have uncovered the secret to twisting light at will. It is the latest step in the development of photonics, the faster, more compact and less carbon-hungry successor to electronics. A ... full story -
Future Electronics May Depend on Lasers, Not Quartz
July 17, 2014 — Nearly all electronics require devices called oscillators that create precise frequencies -- frequencies used to keep time in wristwatches or to transmit reliable signals to radios. For nearly a ... full story -
No Evidence That California Cellphone Ban Decreased Accidents, Says Researcher
July 17, 2014 — No evidence has been found that a California ban on using hand-held cellphones while driving decreased the number of traffic accidents in the state in the first six months following the ban. The ... full story -
An Anti-Glare, Anti-Reflective Display for Mobile Devices?
July 16, 2014 — If you've ever tried to watch a video on a tablet on a sunny day, you know you have to tilt it at just the right angle to get rid of glare or invest in a special filter. But now scientists are ... full story -
3-D Nanostructure Could Benefit Nanoelectronics, Gas Storage: Functional Advantages of 3-D Boron Nitride Predicted
July 15, 2014 — A three-dimensional porous nanostructure would have a balance of strength, toughness and ability to transfer heat that could benefit nanoelectronics, gas storage and composite materials that perform ... full story -
New Assay to Spot Fake Malaria Drugs Could Save Thousands of Lives
July 15, 2014 — Chemists have created a new type of chemical test, or assay, that's inexpensive, simple, and can tell whether or not one of the primary drugs being used to treat malaria is genuine -- an ... full story -
Researchers Discover Boron 'Buckyball'
July 13, 2014 — The discovery of buckyballs -- soccer-ball-shaped molecules of carbon -- helped usher in the nanotechnology era. Now, researchers have shown that boron, carbon's neighbor on the periodic table, ... full story -
Li-Fi Protocol Allows Use of the Internet at the Speed of Light
July 13, 2014 — Sisoft Company in Mexico has developed a technology that can illuminate a large work space, an auditorium or an office, while providing full mobile Internet to every device that comes into the range ... full story -
Getting a Charge out of Water Droplets: Water Jumping from a Superhydrophobic Surface Can Be Harnessed to Produce Electricity
July 11, 2014 — Last year, researchers discovered that when water droplets spontaneously jump away from superhydrophobic surfaces during condensation, they can gain electric charge in the process. Now, the same team ... full story -
Sophisticated Radiation Detector Designed for Broad Public Use
July 10, 2014 — Nuclear engineers have developed a small, portable and inexpensive radiation detection device that should help people all over the world better understand the radiation around them, its type and ... full story
- Spinach could lead to alternative energy more powerful than Popeye
- The birth of topological spintronics: New material combo could lead to more efficient computers
- Nano-sized chip picks up scent of explosives molecules better than dog's nose
- A crystal wedding in the nanocosmos may lead to fast multi-functional processing units on single chip
- Electronic nose could aid in rescue missions
- A new multi-bit 'spin' for magnetic random access memory storage
- Scientists use simple, low cost laser technique to improve properties and functions of nanomaterials
- Understanding graphene's electrical properties on an atomic level
- Chemists eye improved thin films with metal substitution
- Future electronics may depend on lasers, not quartz
- No evidence that California cellphone ban decreased accidents, says researcher
- 3-D nanostructure could benefit nanoelectronics, gas storage: functional advantages of 3-D boron nitride predicted
- New assay to spot fake malaria drugs could save thousands of lives
- Researchers discover boron 'buckyball'
- Li-fi protocol allows use of the Internet at the speed of light
- Sophisticated radiation detector designed for broad public use
- Uncertainty gives scientists new confidence in search for novel materials
- Silicon oxide for better computer memory: Use of porous silicon oxide reduces forming voltage, improves manufacturability
- Agile aperture antenna tested on aircraft to survey ground emitters, maintain satellite connection
- Using sand to improve battery performance
- Nanotechnology: Paving the way for electronic applications
- Mystery of the printed diode solved
- Building much smaller, greener electronics: Atom-scale, ultra-low-power computing devices to replace transistor circuits
- Toward a new way to keep electronics from overheating
- Research could lead to dramatic energy savings at data farms
- Muscle-powered bio-bots walk on command
- Weave a cell phone into your shirt? Engineers envision an electronic switch just three atoms thick
- 3-D printed wrist splints for arthritis sufferers
- Packing hundreds of sensors into a single optical fiber for use in harsh environments
- Physicists' findings improve quality of flexible, conductive, transparent glass
- Synchronised imaging techniques: One more chance for rhinoceroses' foot treatment
- A versatile joystick for animation artists
- Mathematical models explain how a wrinkle becomes a crease
- Automatic cutting of boring parts from long videos
- New device allows brain to bypass spinal cord, move paralyzed limbs
- New easel reveals secrets of old masters
- Study of over 450,000 women finds 3-D mammography detects more invasive cancers and reduces call-back rates
- Metal particles in solids aren't as fixed as they seem, new memristor study shows
- Sound waves harnessed to enable precision micro- and nano-manufacturing
- By any stretch: New software harnesses computer vision to more accurately measure infant length
- Measuring the mass of 'massless' electrons: Individual electrons in graphene are massless, but apparently not when they move together
- Electrostatics do the trick: Simple model describes what happens between organic semiconductors and metals
- LED phosphors: Better red makes brighter white
- Detection of spin-resolved electronic states from a buried ferromagnetic layer
- Formation of organic thin-film transistors through room-temperature printing
- Protecting laptops on the move: Theoretical model for vibrations in laptops provides design strategies for reducing hard drive failures
- Longer battery life, more memory in electronics? Rare materials perform at near-room temperature
- New manufacturing methods for 'soft' machines, robots
- Making smartphones smarter with see-through sensors: Pack more apps into new real estate, the display glass itself
- New quantum mechanism to trigger the emission of tunable light at terahertz frequencies
- New printing method for mass production of thin film transistors
- 3-D breast imaging could revolutionize cancer screening
- Move over, silicon, there's a new circuit in town
- Dynamic duo: 2-D electronic-vibrational spectroscopy technique provides unprecedented look into photochemical reactions
- Growing use of complex therapies for heart rhythm abnormalities
- Strange physics turns off laser
- Fuel cells utilized to produce electricity from process industry by-product hydrogen
- Crossing the goal line: New tech tracks football in 3-D space
- High electron mobility gases generated in semiconductor nanowires for first time
- Breakthrough for information technology using Heusler materials: May lead to very high performance spintronic components
- A fuel cell for home: Tested in private households
- Improvements in MRI, passenger screening, other image-detection applications on the horizon
- Charging portable electronics in 10 minutes: New architecture for lithium-ion battery anodes far outperform the current standard
- Technology using microwave heating may impact electronics manufacturing
- Innovative millimeter wave communications introduced
- Funky ferroelectric properties probed with X-rays
- Method of synthesizing new type of nickel-carbon heterofullerenes
- Electrical control of nuclear spin qubits: Important step towards quantum computers
- A new way to make laser-like beams using 1,000 times less power
- Hot spots for molecules: Ultra-high sensitivity molecular detection
- Intelligent machines for tomorrow's factory
- Molecular self-assembly scales up from nanometers to millimeters
- Are squiggly lines the future of password security?
- Emotion drives customers to use smartphones with bigger screens
- First fully 2-D field effect transistors: 2-D transistors promise a faster electronics future
- Toxic computer waste in the developing world
- Social media garden is first step in creating 'emotional' buildings
- Just add water: 3-D silicon shapes fold themselves when wetted by microscopic droplets
- Gravity-defying ultrasonic tweezers could lead to life-changing medical advances
- Breakthrough in energy storage: Electrical cables that can store energy
- Electromobility as privacy hazard: Leaving information with every electric fill-up
- Nano-platform ready: Scientists use DNA origami to create 2-D structures
- First real-time movies of the light-to-current conversion in an organic solar cell
- New printable robots could self-assemble when heated
- Compact, extremely small-scale incubator microscope to examine cells in time lapse
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