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Biodegradable Transistors - Made from Us

Mar 12, 2012 (SPX)

Silicon, a semi-conducting element, is the basis of most modern technology, including cellular phones and computers. But according to Tel Aviv University resear...

Resetting the future of MRAM

Mar 12, 2012 (SPX)

Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin developed a magnetic valve that novel electronic devices can be realistic In close collaboration with colleagues from Bochum and the Ne...

Weak growth seen in PC shipments this year: Gartner

Mar 08, 2012 (AFP)

Personal computer shipments are expected to remain weak this year amid growing competition from tablets and even high-powered smartphones, research company Gart...

UBC researcher invents lab on a chip device to study malaria

Mar 05, 2012 (SPX)

University of British Columbia researcher Hongshen Ma has developed a simple and accurate device to study malaria, a disease that currently affects 500 million ...

Solving a Spintronic Mystery

Feb 29, 2012 (SPX)

A long-standing controversy regarding the semiconductor gallium manganese arsenide, one of the most promising materials for spintronic technology, looks to have...

Transforming computers of the future with optical interconnects

Feb 29, 2012 (SPX)

In order to build the next generation of very large supercomputers, it's essential that scientists and engineers find a way to seamlessly scale computation perf...

Penn Researchers Build First Physical Metatronic Circuit

Feb 27, 2012 (SPX)

The technological world of the 21st century owes a tremendous amount to advances in electrical engineering, specifically, the ability to finely control the flow...

Single-atom transistor is 'perfect'

Feb 23, 2012 (SPX)

In a remarkable feat of micro-engineering, UNSW physicists have created a working transistor consisting of a single atom placed precisely in a silicon crystal. ...

A step toward better electronics

Feb 23, 2012 (SPX)

Researchers at Northwestern University have developed a new method for chemically altering graphene, a development that could be a step toward the creation of f...

Single-atom transistor is end of Moore's Law; may be beginning of quantum computing

Feb 22, 2012 (SPX)

The smallest transistor ever built - in fact, the smallest transistor that can be built - has been created using a single phosphorous atom by an international t...

Single-atom transistor busts the records

Feb 19, 2012 (AFP)

Researchers in Australia said on Sunday they had made with pinpoint accuracy a working transistor consisting of a single atom, marking a major stride towards ne...

Intel to pay $6.5 million, ending anti-trust suit

Feb 09, 2012 (AFP)

Intel said Thursday it has agreed to pay $6.5 million as part of an agreement ending an antitrust suit brought against the US computer chip giant by the New Yor...

Intel downgrades outlook after profit dips

Jan 19, 2012 (AFP)

Intel Corp. unveiled results that were better than expected Tuesday, helped by sales of chips used in smartphones and light "ultrabook" computers, but downgrade...