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Future computers that are 'normally off'
Apr 09, 2014 (SPX)
If a research team in Japan gets its wish, "normally off" computers may one day soon be replacing present computers in a move that would both eliminate volatile...
Intel lays off of 1,500 employees in Costa Rica
Apr 08, 2014 (AFP)
US microchip giant Intel announced Tuesday it was reducing its assembly and testing operations in Costa Rica and will lay off 1,500 employees. The move was a ma...
Groundbreaking optical device could enhance optical information processing, computers
Apr 08, 2014 (SPX)
At St. Paul's Cathedral in London, a section of the dome called the Whispering Gallery makes a whisper audible from the other side of the dome as a result of th...
To bridge LEDs' green gap, scientists think really small
Apr 07, 2014 (SPX)
Nanostructures half the breadth of a DNA strand could improve the efficiency of light emitting diodes (LEDs), especially in the "green gap," a portion of the sp...
Raytheon hits another major milestone with GaN
Apr 03, 2014 (SPX)
Raytheon has achieved another significant milestone for next generation Gallium Nitride (GaN) Radio Frequency (RF) semiconductor technology. Through the Defense...
Heat-conducting polymer cools hot electronic devices at 200 degrees C
Apr 01, 2014 (SPX)
Polymer materials are usually thermal insulators. But by harnessing an electropolymerization process to produce aligned arrays of polymer nanofibers, researcher...
Computing with Slime
Apr 01, 2014 (SPX)
A future computer might be a lot slimier than the solid silicon devices we have today. In a study published in the journal Materials Today, European researchers...
Researchers announce first phononic crystal that can be altered in real time
Apr 01, 2014 (SPX)
Using an acoustic metadevice that can influence the acoustic space and can control any of the ways in which waves travel, engineers have demonstrated, for the f...
Chipmaker Marvell told to pay $1.5 bn in patent case
Apr 01, 2014 (AFP)
Semiconductor firm Marvell Technology Group has been ordered to pay $1.54 billion for patent violations in a case brought by Carnegie Mellon University. In a de...
Arotech Corporation acquires UEC Electronics
Mar 31, 2014 (UPI)
Electronic components and sub-systems firm UEC Electronics LLC has been acquired by the Arotech Corporation and will be integrated into Aerotech's battery and p...
Ultra-Thin Light Detectors
Mar 31, 2014 (SPX)
A new, extremely thin kind of light detectors was created at Vienna University of Technology. Two very different technologies were combined for the first time: ...
Controlling electron spins by light
Mar 31, 2014 (SPX)
Researchers of HZB manipulate the electron spin at the surface of topological insulators systematically by light. Topological insulators are considered a very p...
CFAED presents the new microchip Tomahawk 2
Mar 25, 2014 (SPX)
The Center for Advancing Electronics Dresden (CFAED) presents its new microchip "Tomahawk 2" at the DATE'14 Conference in the International Congress Center Dres...
Tiny transistors for extreme environs
Mar 25, 2014 (SPX)
University of Utah electrical engineers fabricated the smallest plasma transistors that can withstand high temperatures and ionizing radiation found in a nuclea...
Research brings new control over topological insulator
Mar 25, 2014 (SPX)
An international team of scientists investigating the electronic properties of ultra-thin films of new materials - topological insulators (TIs) - has demonstrat...
Could diamonds be a computer's best friend?
Mar 25, 2014 (SPX)
For the first time, physicists have demonstrated that information can flow through a diamond wire. In the experiment, electrons did not flow through diamond as ...
Discovery of New Semiconductor Holds Promise for 2D Physics and Electronics
Mar 25, 2014 (SPX)
From super-lubricants, to solar cells, to the fledgling technology of valleytronics, there is much to be excited about with the discovery of a unique new two-di...
New Technique Makes LEDs Brighter, More Resilient
Mar 25, 2014 (SPX)
Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a new processing technique that makes light emitting diodes (LEDs) brighter and more resilient b...
Scientists open a new window into quantum physics with superconductivity in LEDs
Mar 24, 2014 (SPX)
A team of University of Toronto physicists led by Alex Hayat has proposed a novel and efficient way to leverage the strange quantum physics phenomenon known as ...
Surface Characteristics Influence Cellular Growth on Semiconductor Material
Mar 18, 2014 (SPX)
Changing the texture and surface characteristics of a semiconductor material at the nanoscale can influence the way that neural cells grow on the material. The ...
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