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Scalable, direct method for synthesizing graphene in silicon chips
Jul 22, 2015 (SPX)
In the last decade, graphene has been intensively studied for its unique optical, mechanical, electrical and structural properties. The one-atom-thick carbon sh...
Spintronics just got faster
Jul 21, 2015 (SPX)
In a tremendous boost for spintronic technologies, EPFL scientists have shown that electrons can jump through spins much faster than previously thought. Electro...
Dutch hi-tech group ASML post small Q2 income dip
Jul 15, 2015 (AFP)
Dutch company ASML, which makes computer chip-making systems and is seen as a global hi-tech bellwether, announced an 8.1 percent second quarter dip in net inco...
Graphene-based film can be used for efficient cooling of electronics
Jul 14, 2015 (SPX)
Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology have developed a method for efficiently cooling electronics using graphene-based film. The film has a thermal c...
Down to the quantum dot
Jul 09, 2015 (SPX)
Using a single molecule as a sensor, scientists in Julich have successfully imaged electric potential fields with unrivalled precision. The ultrahigh-resolution...
Fabricating inexpensive, high-temp SQUIDs for future electronic devices
Jul 09, 2015 (SPX)
High-transition-temperature superconductivity within copper-oxide materials was discovered in 1986, and quickly set into motion an intense research effort by sc...
The quantum middle man
Jul 09, 2015 (SPX)
Researchers at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) have identified a system that could store quantum information for long...
IBM unveils 'breakthrough' computer chip
Jul 09, 2015 (AFP)
IBM on Thursday unveiled a powerful new chip which the company says could boost computing power of "everything from smartphones to spacecraft." The company unve...
Could black phosphorus be the next silicon?
Jul 09, 2015 (SPX)
As scientists continue to hunt for a material that will make it possible to pack more transistors on a chip, new research from McGill University and Universite ...
Ultrafast spectroscopy used to examine magnetoresistance systems
Jul 09, 2015 (SPX)
The forward-looking technology of spintronics now has a new, highly effective investigative instrument: German physicists from Mainz and Berlin have successfull...
Spintronics advance brings wafer-scale quantum devices closer to reality
Jul 09, 2015 (SPX)
An electronics technology that uses the "spin" - or magnetization - of atomic nuclei to store and process information promises huge gains in performance over to...
New insight into the fundamentals of solid state physics
Jul 09, 2015 (SPX)
A team at HZB has carried out the first detailed study of how magnetic and geometric ordering mutually influence one another in crystalline samples of spinel. T...
Silver may hold key to electronics advances
Jul 03, 2015 (SPX)
Engineers at Oregon State University have invented a way to fabricate silver, a highly conductive metal, for printed electronics that are produced at room tempe...
Biodegradable, flexible silicon transistors
Jul 01, 2015 (SPX)
Portable electronics users tend to upgrade their devices frequently as new technologies offering more functionality and more convenience become available. A rep...
With 300 kilometers per second to new electronics
Jun 28, 2015 (SPX)
It may be significantly easier to design electronic components in future. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids have discovered ...
Biomanufacturing of CdS quantum dots
Jun 28, 2015 (SPX)
team of Lehigh University engineers have demonstrated a bacterial method for the low-cost, environmentally friendly synthesis of aqueous soluble quantum dot (QD...
Designer electronics out of the printer
Jun 22, 2015 (SPX)
They are thin, light-weight, flexible and can be produced cost- and energy-efficiently: printed microelectronic components made of synthetics. Flexible displays...
Stanford engineers find a simple yet clever way to boost chip speeds
Jun 22, 2015 (SPX)
A typical computer chip includes millions of transistors connected with an extensive network of copper wires. Although chip wires are unimaginably short and thi...
KAIST team develops the first flexible phase-change random access memory
Jun 18, 2015 (SPX)
Phase change random access memory (PRAM) is one of the strongest candidates for next-generation nonvolatile memory for flexible and wearable electronics. In ord...
New boron compounds for organic light-emitting diodes
Jun 15, 2015 (SPX)
Major advances in the field of organic electronics are currently revolutionising previously silicon-dominated semiconductor technology. Customised organic molec...
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