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Origin of ultra-fast manipulation of domain walls discovered
Oct 08, 2012 (SPX)
An international team of researchers has found at the free electron laser FLASH a surprising effect that leads in ferromagnetic materials to a spatially varying...
Materials scientists prevent wear in production facilities in the electronics industry
Oct 08, 2012 (SPX)
Printed circuit boards (PCBs) are core components in every mobile phone, television and computer. PCBs can be thought of as acting like a nervous system, formin...
Acoustic cell-sorting chip may lead to cell phone-sized medical labs
Oct 05, 2012 (SPX)
A technique that uses acoustic waves to sort cells on a chip may create miniature medical analytic devices that could make Star Trek's tricorder seem a bit bulk...
Visionary transparent memory a step closer to reality
Oct 05, 2012 (SPX)
Researchers at Rice University are designing transparent, two-terminal, three-dimensional computer memories on flexible sheets that show promise for electronics...
New method monitors semiconductor etching as it happens - with light
Oct 03, 2012 (SPX)
University of Illinois researchers have a new low-cost method to carve delicate features onto semiconductor wafers using light - and watch as it happens. "You c...
Oscillating microscopic beads could be key to biolab on a chip
Sep 27, 2012 (SPX)
If you throw a ball underwater, you'll find that the smaller it is, the faster it moves: A larger cross-section greatly increases the water's resistance. Now, a...
Optical Waveguide Connects Semiconductor Chips
Sep 24, 2012 (SPX)
A team of KIT researchers directed by Professor Christian Koos has succeeded in developing a novel optical connection between semiconductor chips. "Photonic wir...
Japan Inc. comes together to save Renesas: report
Sep 22, 2012 (AFP)
Major Japanese companies have teamed up with a government-backed turnaround fund to rescue troubled chipmaker Renesas, in a move designed to block a purchase by...
Single-atom writer a landmark for quantum computing
Sep 21, 2012 (SPX)
A research team led by Australian engineers has created the first working quantum bit based on a single atom in silicon, opening the way to ultra-powerful quant...
Supercomputer breakthrough for Australian team
Sep 20, 2012 (AFP)
An Australian-led research team said Thursday they had made a technological breakthrough in the race for a quantum supercomputer that could revolutionise data e...
Radiation-Enabled Computer Chips Could Lead to Low-Cost Security Imaging Systems
Sep 18, 2012 (SPX)
With homeland security on high alert, screening systems to search for concealed weapons are crucial pieces of equipment. But these systems are often prohibitive...
Memristors based on transparent electronics offer technology of the future
Sep 17, 2012 (SPX)
The transparent electronics that were pioneered at Oregon State University may find one of their newest applications as a next-generation replacement for some u...
Needle beam could eliminate signal loss in on-chip optics
Sep 14, 2012 (SPX)
An international, Harvard-led team of researchers have demonstrated a new type of light beam that propagates without spreading outwards, remaining very narrow a...
Samsung starts to build $7bn chip plant in China
Sep 12, 2012 (AFP)
South Korea's Samsung Electronics said Wednesday it had started building a new $7 billion chip plant in the Chinese city of Xian -- its biggest-ever investment ...
Towards computing with water droplets - superhydrophobic droplet logic
Sep 12, 2012 (SPX)
Researchers in Aalto University have developed a new concept for computing, using water droplets as bits of digital information. This was enabled by the discove...
More than 70 percent of electronic waste management is uncontrolled
Sep 05, 2012 (SPX)
Almost three quarters of disposed electrical household appliances in Spain are processed out of the Integrated Waste Management System (SIG). A study at the Uni...
Researchers measure photonic interactions at the atomic level
Aug 31, 2012 (SPX)
By measuring the unique properties of light on the scale of a single atom, researchers from Duke University and Imperial College, London, believe that they have...
Wayne State's new flexible electronics technology may lead to new medical uses
Aug 31, 2012 (SPX)
A Wayne State University researcher has developed technology that opens new possibilities for health care and medical applications of electronic devices. Yong X...
Magnetic Vortex Reveals Key to Spintronic Speed Limit
Aug 30, 2012 (SPX)
The evolution of digital electronics is a story of miniaturization - each generation of circuitry requires less space and energy to perform the same tasks. But ...
Addressing the need for microscopic speed
Aug 29, 2012 (SPX)
Researchers at the University of Leicester have developed a new form of digital microscope which can create an image 100 times faster than regular equipment - w...
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