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Improving the resolution of lithography
Dec 07, 2016 (SPX)
Flow-lithography is a lithographic method for continuously generating polymer microstructures for various applications such as bioassays, drug-delivery, cell ca...
New material could lead to erasable and rewriteable optical chips
Dec 07, 2016 (SPX)
A military drone flying on a reconnaissance mission is captured behind enemy lines, setting into motion a team of engineers who need to remotely delete sensitiv...
3-D solutions to energy savings in silicon power transistors
Dec 06, 2016 (SPX)
In electronics, lower power consumption leads to operation cost savings, environmental benefits and the convenience advantages from longer running devices. Whil...
Construction of practical quantum computers radically simplified
Dec 06, 2016 (SPX)
Scientists at the University of Sussex have invented a ground-breaking new method that puts the construction of large-scale quantum computers within reach of cu...
For wearable electronic devices, NIST shows plastic holes are golden
Nov 25, 2016 (SPX)
In science, sometimes the best discoveries come when you're exploring something else entirely. That's the case with recent findings from the National Institute ...
Spray-printed crystals to move forward organic electronic applications
Nov 25, 2016 (SPX)
Has the time come to replace traditionally used silicon with printable organic semiconductor inks? University of Surrey scientists believe so, especially for fu...
Making spintronic neurons sing in unison
Nov 18, 2016 (SPX)
What do fire flies, Huygens's wall clocks, and even the heart of choir singers, have in common? They can all synchronize their respective individual signals int...
Tracking the flow of quantum information
Nov 18, 2016 (SPX)
If objects in motion are like rainwater flowing through a gutter and landing in a puddle, then quantum objects in motion are like rainwater that might end up in...
World's fastest quantum simulator operating at the atomic level
Nov 18, 2016 (SPX)
Kenji Ohmori (Institute for Molecular Science, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Japan) has collaborated with Matthias Weidemuller (University of Heidelb...
Stable quantum bits can be made from complex molecules
Nov 14, 2016 (SPX)
Quantum computing is about to get more complex. Researchers have evidence that large molecules made of nickel and chromium can store and process information in ...
Breakthrough in the quantum transfer of information between matter and light
Nov 14, 2016 (SPX)
A paper titled "High-Fidelity and Ultrafast Initialization of a Hole-Spin Bound to a Te Isoelectronic Centre in ZnSe" was recently published in the prestigious ...
Engineers develop invisibility cloak for high-tech processing chips
Nov 14, 2016 (SPX)
From Harry Potter's Cloak of Invisibility to the Romulan cloaking device that rendered their warship invisible in "Star Trek," the magic of invisibility was onl...
Computers made of genetic material
Nov 14, 2016 (SPX)
Tinier than the AIDS virus - that is currently the circumference of the smallest transistors. The industry has shrunk the central elements of their computer chi...
The thinnest photodetector in the world
Nov 14, 2016 (SPX)
The Center for Integrated Nanostructure Physics, within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) has developed the world's thinnest photodetector, that is a device...
Researchers discover new method to dissipate heat in electronic devices
Nov 14, 2016 (SPX)
Controlling the flow of heat through semiconductor materials is an important challenge in developing smaller and faster computer chips, high-performance solar p...
Semiconductor-free microelectronics are now possible, thanks to metamaterials
Nov 09, 2016 (SPX)
Engineers at the University of California San Diego have fabricated the first semiconductor-free, optically-controlled microelectronic device. Using metamateria...
New technique for creating NV-doped nanodiamonds may be boost for quantum computing
Nov 07, 2016 (SPX)
Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a new technique for creating NV-doped single-crystal nanodiamonds, only four to eight nanometers w...
Researchers surprised at the unexpected hardness of gallium nitride
Nov 03, 2016 (SPX)
Gallium nitride (GaN) has emerged as one of the most important and widely used semiconducting materials. Its optoelectronic and mechanical properties make it id...
Scientists develop a semiconductor nanocomposite material that moves in response to light
Nov 03, 2016 (SPX)
A research team at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) has developed a revolutionary, light-activated semiconductor nanocomposite material that can be used in...
Chip maker Broadcom in $5.9 bn deal to buy Brocade
Nov 02, 2016 (AFP)
Chip maker Broadcom on Wednesday announced a $5.9 billion deal to buy computer network company Brocade Communications Systems as consolidation continued in the ...
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