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Engineers improve electronic devices using molybdenum disulfide
Sep 11, 2013 (SPX)
A Kansas State University chemical engineer has discovered that a new member of the ultrathin materials family has great potential to improve electronic and the...
Growing thin films of germanium
Sep 11, 2013 (SPX)
Researchers have developed a new technique to produce thin films of germanium crystals -- key components for next-generation electronic devices such as advanced...
Shining a little light changes metal into semiconductor
Sep 11, 2013 (SPX)
By blending their expertise, two materials science engineers at Washington University in St. Louis changed the electronic properties of new class of materials -...
Novel topological crystalline insulator shows mass appeal
Sep 09, 2013 (SPX)
Disrupting the symmetrical structure of a solid-state topological crystalline insulator creates mass in previously mass-less electrons and imparts an unexpected...
How brain microcircuits integrate information from different senses
Aug 21, 2013 (SPX)
A new publication in the top-ranked journal Neuron sheds new light onto the unknown processes on how the brain integrates the inputs from the different senses i...
Scientists Find Asymmetry in Topological Insulators
Aug 14, 2013 (SPX)
New research shows that a class of materials being eyed for the next generation of computers behaves asymmetrically at the sub-atomic level. This research is a ...
Nanotechnology breakthrough is big deal for electronics
Aug 01, 2013 (SPX)
University of Akron researchers have developed new materials that function on a nanoscale, which could lead to the creation of lighter laptops, slimmer televisi...
Speed limit set for ultrafast electrical switch
Aug 01, 2013 (SPX)
Researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have clocked the fastest-possible electrical switching in magnetite,...
Broadband photodetector for polarized light
Jul 18, 2013 (SPX)
Using carpets of aligned carbon nanotubes, researchers from Rice University and Sandia National Laboratories have created a solid-state electronic device that i...
Intel profits slide as chipmaker repositions
Jul 17, 2013 (AFP)
Intel Corp. said Wednesday profits in the past quarter slid by 29 percent as the chipmaking giant accelerated its efforts to focus on mobile computing. The seco...
NIST shows how to make a compact frequency comb in minutes
Jul 15, 2013 (SPX)
Laser frequency combs-high-precision tools for measuring different colors of light in an ever-growing range of applications such as advanced atomic clocks, medi...
New analytical methodology can guide electrode optimization
Jul 11, 2013 (SPX)
Using a new analytical methodology--a coupled micro-computed X-ray tomography (MicroCT) and microfluidic-based electrochemical analysis--researchers at the Univ...
TU Vienna develops light transistor
Jul 10, 2013 (SPX)
TU Vienna has managed to turn the oscillation direction of beams of light - simply by applying an electrical current to a special material. This way, a transist...
Solving electron transfer
Jul 04, 2013 (SPX)
Electron transfer is a process by which an atom donates an electron to another atom. It is the foundation of all chemical reactions, and is of intense research ...
Improving measurements by reducing quantum noise
Jul 03, 2013 (SPX)
If you want to measure something very precisely, such as slight variations of a length, then you are very likely to use light waves. However, many effects, such...
New low-cost, transparent electrodes
Jul 02, 2013 (SPX)
Indium tin oxide (ITO) has become a standard material in light-emitting diodes, flat panel plasma displays, electronic ink and other applications because of its...
Large-scale quantum chip validated
Jul 01, 2013 (SPX)
A team of scientists at USC has verified that quantum effects are indeed at play in the first commercial quantum optimization processor. The team demonstrated t...
Microscopy technique could help computer industry develop 3-D components
Jul 01, 2013 (SPX)
A technique developed several years ago at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for improving optical microscopes now has been applied to m...
Taiwan's TSMC gets orders from Apple: report
Jun 30, 2013 (AFP)
Apple has struck a deal with the world's biggest contract microchip maker in what analysts see as an attempt to reduce its reliance on arch-rival Samsung, a rep...
New TCH Series Offers Hermetically Sealed Tantalum Polymer Chip Capacitors For Aerospace Applications
Jun 25, 2013 (SPX)
AVX Corporation has announced the availability of its new TCH Series hermetically sealed tantalum polymer chip capacitors for aerospace and other high-reliabili...
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