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Tiny compound semiconductor transistor could challenge silicon's dominance
Dec 12, 2012 (SPX)
Silicon's crown is under threat: The semiconductor's days as the king of microchips for computers and smart devices could be numbered, thanks to the development...
Berkeley Lab Breaks Ground on Flexible Design Building to Test Low-energy Systems and Components
Dec 12, 2012 (SPX)
Today marks the start of a new era for research on energy-efficient buildings at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). Lab leadership and distin...
DuPont Microcircuit Materials Introduces New Low Cost Conductive Inks for Printed Electronics
Dec 11, 2012 (SPX)
DuPont Microcircuit Materials (MCM) is introducing a new series of screen printed conductive ink materials for the printed electronics market, designed to offse...
New '4-D' transistor is preview of future computers
Dec 06, 2012 (SPX)
A new type of transistor shaped like a Christmas tree has arrived just in time for the holidays, but the prototype won't be nestled under the tree along with th...
Ames Laboratory scientists develop indium-free organic light-emitting diodes
Dec 05, 2012 (SPX)
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Ames Laboratory have discovered new ways of using a well-known polymer in organic light emitting diodes (OLE...
Research discovery could revolutionise semiconductor manufacture
Nov 30, 2012 (SPX)
A completely new method of manufacturing the smallest structures in electronics could make their manufacture thousands of times quicker, allowing for cheaper se...
Antenna-on-a-chip rips the light fantastic
Nov 23, 2012 (SPX)
A device that looks like a tiny washboard may clean the clocks of current commercial products used to manipulate infrared light. New research by the Rice Univer...
Fabrication on patterned silicon carbide produces bandgap to advance graphene electronics
Nov 23, 2012 (SPX)
By fabricating graphene structures atop nanometer-scale "steps" etched into silicon carbide, researchers have for the first time created a substantial electroni...
Engineers pave the way towards 3D printing of personal electronics
Nov 23, 2012 (SPX)
Engineers pave the way towards 3D printing of personal electronics Scientists are developing new materials which could one day allow people to print out custom-...
Important progress for spintronics
Nov 23, 2012 (SPX)
A fundamental cornerstone for spintronics that has been missing up until now has been constructed by a team of physicists at Linkoping University in Sweden. It'...
Intel to seek new CEO, Otellini to retire in May
Nov 19, 2012 (AFP)
Intel Corp. announced Monday that chief executive Paul Otellini would retire in May, opening the door to new leadership as the semiconductor giant shifts its fo...
USC scientists 'clone' carbon nanotubes to unlock their potential for use in electronics
Nov 18, 2012 (SPX)
The heart of the computer industry is known as "Silicon Valley" for a reason. Integrated circuit computer chips have been made from silicon since computing's in...
First noiseless single photon amplifier
Nov 14, 2012 (SPX)
Research physicists have demonstrated the first device capable of amplifying the information in a single particle of light without adding noise. The research co...
New study reveals challenge facing designers of future computer chips
Nov 13, 2012 (SPX)
To build the computer chips of the future, designers will need to understand how an electrical charge behaves when it is confined to metal wires only a few atom...
No Japan electronics bailout, minister hints
Nov 09, 2012 (AFP)
A senior Japanese politician hinted Friday that a government bailout was not on the cards for the nation's struggling electronics giants, after embattled Sharp ...
Quantum kisses change the color of nothing
Nov 08, 2012 (SPX)
Even empty gaps have a colour. Now scientists have shown that quantum jumps of electrons can change the colour of gaps between nano-sized balls of gold. The new...
Ultrasensitive photon hunter
Nov 08, 2012 (SPX)
When it comes to imaging, every single photon counts if there is barely any available light. This is the point where the latest technologies often reach their l...
Japan's electronics sector in race against time
Nov 04, 2012 (AFP)
Japan's battered electronics giants are in a race against time, analysts say, as losses that threaten their very survival mount and as overseas rivals look like...
Northrop Grumman Begins Sampling New Gallium Nitride MMIC Product Line
Nov 02, 2012 (SPX)
Northrop Grumman has developed a line of gallium nitride (GaN) Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuits (MMICs) for military and commercial uses. These devices ...
Taming Mavericks: Stanford Researchers Use Synthetic Magnetism to Control Light
Nov 01, 2012 (SPX)
Magnetically speaking, photons are the mavericks of the engineering world. Lacking electrical charge, they are free to run even in the most intense magnetic fie...
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