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Mapping Behavior of Charges in Correlated Spin-Orbit Coupled Materials: Electronic Disruption Prods Mott Insulator's Conversion to Metallic State
Mar. 10, 2014 Physicists have mapped the inner atomic workings of a compound within the mysterious class of materials known as spin-orbit Mott insulators. The findings confirm the properties that theorists predict ... full story -
Atomically Thin, Flexible, Semi-Transparent Solar Cells Created
Mar. 9, 2014 A lot of research has been done on graphene recently -- carbon flakes, consisting of only one layer of atoms. As it turns out, there are other materials too which exhibit remarkable properties if ... full story -
Squeezing Light Into Metals: Engineers Control Conductivity With Inkjet Printer
Mar. 7, 2014 Using an inexpensive inkjet printer, electrical engineers produced microscopic structures that use light in metals to carry information. This new technique, which controls electrical conductivity ... full story -
Engineering Team Increases Power Efficiency for Future Computer Processors
Mar. 6, 2014 Scientists have made major improvements in computer processing using an emerging class of magnetic materials called 'multiferroics,' and these advances could make future devices far more ... full story -
IT Security for the Daily Life: Withdrawing Money at Cash Machines With 'Google Glass'
Mar. 6, 2014 Mini-computers with head-mounted display like 'Google Glass' don't just alarm privacy activists. Rather, they also enable applications increasing data protection. Computer scientists ... full story -
New Research Could Help Make 'Roll-Up' Digital Screens a Reality for All
Mar. 6, 2014 New technology could make flexible electronics such as roll-up tablet computers, widely available in the near future. So far, this area of electronic design has been hampered by unreliability and ... full story -
First Step Towards 'Programmable Materials': Sheet Metal That Never Rattles
Mar. 5, 2014 Researchers have succeeded in producing a prototype of a vibration-damping material that could change the world of mechanics forever. The material of the future is not only able to damp vibrations ... full story -
Rough Surface Could Keep Small Electronic Parts from Sticking Together
Mar. 5, 2014 When a piece of gift-wrapping tape sticks to itself, it's frustrating, but when small parts in a microgear or micromotor stick together, an electronic device may not work well, if at all. ... full story -
Computer Reads Text Written in the Air and Other Innovations
Mar. 5, 2014 In the future, computers and humans will cooperate more seamlessly: perhaps by easier access to data or by the intuitive control of programs and robots. Conference exhibits along this line include ... full story -
Security Tools for Industry 4.0
Mar. 5, 2014 An increasing number of unsecured, computer-guided production machinery and networks in production facilities are gradually evolving into gateways for data theft. New security technologies may ... full story -
Transparent, Color Solar Cells Fuse Energy, Beauty
Mar. 4, 2014 Colorful, see-through solar cells could one day be used to make stained-glass windows, decorations and even shades that turn the sun's energy into ... full story -
Tackling the Tiniest Technology to Make Gadgets Smaller, Faster and More Efficient
Mar. 4, 2014 Researchers are discovering how to manipulate light to one day better view the world's tiniest objects through a super-lens, as well as how to hide an object in plain sight. The research focuses ... full story -
How 19th Century Physics Could Change the Future of Nanotechnology
Mar. 4, 2014 A new twist on a very old physics technique could have a profound impact on one of the most buzzed-about aspects of nanoscience. Researchers have found that their unique method of light-matter ... full story -
Physics in 3-D? That's Nothing: Try 0-D
Mar. 4, 2014 Zero-dimensional quantum dots could someday have a big effect on a variety of technologies, such as solar energy, lasers and medical diagnostics. This latest discovery is all about going small, but ... full story -
Boron, Discovered in 1808, Gets a Nano Refresh
Mar. 4, 2014 Nanotechnology -- the control of matter at the nanoscale, at dimensions of approximately 1 and 100 nanometers -- is revolutionizing the materials and devices used in many applications and products. A ... full story -
A New Renewable Energy Source? Device Captures Energy from Earth's Infrared Emissions to Outer Space
Mar. 3, 2014 When the sun sets on a remote desert outpost and solar panels shut down, what energy source will provide power through the night? A battery, perhaps, or an old diesel generator? Perhaps something ... full story -
Electronics Based on a Two Dimensional Electron Gas
Mar. 3, 2014 Usually, microelectronic devices are made of silicon or similar semiconductors. Recently, the electronic properties of metal oxides have become quite interesting. These materials are more complex, ... full story -
Relativity Shakes a Magnet: New Principle for Magnetic Recording
Mar. 3, 2014 Scientists have predicted and discovered a new physical phenomenon that allows to manipulate the state of a magnet by electric signals. Current technologies for writing, storing, and reading ... full story -
iPhone Photography: Revolution or Passing Phase?
Feb. 28, 2014 Photography has morphed with each technological advance, becoming, simpler, more spontaneous and more accessible. A new article explores the effect of the iphone on photography, the technological ... full story -
Shaky Hand, Stable Spoon: Device Helps Essential Tremor Patients
Feb. 28, 2014 For people whose hands shake uncontrollably due to a medical condition, just eating can be a frustrating and embarrassing ordeal -- enough to keep them from sharing a meal with others. But a small ... full story -
New Class of Magnetic Materials: Physicists Pave the Way for More Energy Efficient Technology
Feb. 28, 2014 Scientists have paved the way for a new class of magnetic materials and devices with improved performance and power efficiency. Magnetic materials are currently used to store almost all digital ... full story
- Engineering team increases power efficiency for future computer processors
- IT security for the daily life: Withdrawing money at cash machines with 'Google Glass'
- New research could help make 'roll-up' digital screens a reality for all
- First step towards 'programmable materials': Sheet metal that never rattles
- Rough surface could keep small electronic parts from sticking together
- Computer reads text written in the air and other innovations
- Security tools for Industry 4.0
- Transparent, color solar cells fuse energy, beauty
- Tackling the tiniest technology to make gadgets smaller, faster and more efficient
- How 19th century physics could change the future of nanotechnology
- Physics in 3-D? That's nothing: Try 0-D
- Boron, discovered in 1808, gets a nano refresh
- A new renewable energy source? Device captures energy from Earth's infrared emissions to outer space
- Electronics based on a two dimensional electron gas
- Relativity shakes a magnet: New principle for magnetic recording
- iPhone photography: Revolution or passing phase?
- Shaky hand, stable spoon: Device helps essential tremor patients
- New class of magnetic materials: Physicists pave the way for more energy efficient technology
- Battery-free technology brings gesture recognition to all devices
- Digital ears in the rainforest: Estimating dynamics of animal populations by using sound recordings and computing
- Optical 'nanocavity' to boost light absorption in semiconductors; improve solar cells, cameras and more
- Replicating motions of the heart: Artificial muscles that do the twist set the stage for soft robotics
- 3-D microgels 'on-demand' offer new potential for cell research, the future of personalized medicine
- New approach to chip design could yield light speed computing
- Low power high performance radio frequency transceiver for enhanced wireless smart energy management
- How do you build a large-scale quantum computer?
- Smart SPHERES are about to get a whole lot smarter
- Liquid metal pump a breakthrough for micro-fluidics
- Vibration energy the secret to self-powered electronics
- Rise of the compliant machines: Sociable humanoids could help advance human-robot interaction
- Using holograms to improve electronic devices
- Future of computing? A step closer to a photonic future
- Kinetic battery chargers get a boost
- Making nanoelectronics last longer for medical devices, 'cyborgs'
- Advance in energy storage could speed up development of next-gen electronics
- New study reveals communications potential of graphene
- Clear differences in flagship mobile phones' connection speed
- Switching with single photons: Switching effects caused by single photons is a step toward quantum computing
- Synthetic molecular oscillator discoveries may help create artificial cells
- Improving knee replacements with iASSIST system
- Students invent 'aura' musical instrument using gloves
- Breakthrough development of flexible 1D-1R memory cell array
- World's most powerful terahertz laser chip
- Single chip device to provide real-time 3-D images from inside the heart, blood vessels
- Silicon-germanium chip sets new speed record
- Ultra-small and ultra–fast electro-optic modulator
- K-Glass: Extremely low-powered, high-performance head-mounted display embedding an augmented reality chip
- Future industry: No chance for industrial pirates with highly secure networks
- Potentially revolutionary material: Scientists produce a novel form of artificial graphene
- Revolutionary portable lab for rapid and low-cost diagnosis
- Energy harvesting takes wing in merger of engineering and biology
- Simulating the magnetic properties of nanostructures could help to design electronic memories with increased storage capacity
- Brain process takes paper shape: Paper-based device mimics electrochemical signalling in human brain
- Technology decodes more information from single photons
- Stirring-up atomtronics in a quantum circuit: What’s so 'super' about this superfluid?
- New MRI/ultrasound imaging improves prostate cancer detection, treatment
- Invisibility cloak for hearing aids, implants
- Efficiently harnessing low frequency vibrations as infinite power source for miniature electronic devices
- Large thermoelectric power from a combination of magnets and superconductors
- Ballistic transport in graphene suggests new type of electronic device
- Semiconductors: First ever atom-by-atom simulation of ALD nanoscale film growth
- Vanadium dioxide research opens door to new, multifunctional spintronic smart sensors
- Time to act on mobile phone use while driving, say experts
- In vitro innovation: Testing nanomedicine with blood cells on a microchip
- Novel technique increases detection rate in screening mammography
- Painting robot lends surgeons a hand in the operating room
- Researchers develop first single-molecule LED
- To hear without being heard: First nonreciprocal acoustic circulator created
- Integration brings quantum computer a step closer
- Self-aligning DNA wires for application in nanoelectronics
- Robot with a taste for beer? Electronic tongue can identify brands of beer
- Super-strong graphene oxide: In situ bandgap tuning of graphene oxide achieved by electrochemical bias
- Research could bring new devices that control heat flow
- Flexible, transparent conductor created: Discovery brings bendable cell phone, foldable flat-screen TV closer to reality
- Sensor detects salt on the road to avoid excess
- Microwires as mobile phone sensors
- When nanotechnology meets quantum physics in one dimension: New experiment supports long-predicted 'Luttinger liquid' model
- Near error-free wireless detection made possible
- Molecules as circuits? Miniaturization of electronic devices
- Laser scientists create portable sensor for nitrous oxide, methane
- Just how do our brains control our arms?
- Soft hydrogels turned into ionic conductors with diverse applications, from artificial muscles to transparent speakers
- Small elliptical exercise device may promote activity while sitting
- Faster testing of new pharmaceuticals
- E-whiskers: Highly sensitive tactile sensors developed for robotics and other applications
- Engineering new properties on ultra-thin nanomaterials: Tool opens door for design of new phases of materials
- Staying cool in the nanoelectric universe by getting hot
- Energy-dense sugar battery created
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