Posts Tagged ‘electronics’
3D printed ear binds biology with electronics
PRINCETON (US) — Using 3D printing tools, scientists have created a functional ear that can “hear” radio frequencies far beyond the range of normal human capability. Continue…
Friday, May 10, 2013 12:35 - 5 Comments
Society & Culture - May 8, 2013 15:30 - 0 Comments
Digital formats split up electronics market
U. PITTSBURGH / CARNEGIE MELLON (US) — Digital converters lower the risk of getting “stranded” with a losing, incompatible format—like when VHS made Betamax obsolete. (more…)
Top Stories - Mar 29, 2013 9:42 - 0 Comments
Even graphene has weak spots
RICE (US) — Even the Superman of materials has its kryptonite—defects in polycrystalline graphene will sap its strength. (more…)
Science & Technology - Mar 25, 2013 12:52 - 0 Comments
Brushstrokes tame ‘unruly’ semiconductors
U. MICHIGAN (US) — Engineers have developed a “paint-on” plastic semiconductor that could pave the way for cheaper and greener electronics. (more…)
Top Stories - Mar 12, 2013 8:32 - 1 Comment
Electronic chips self-heal after laser blast
CALTECH (US) — Imagine if the chips in your phone or computer could fix themselves almost instantly from problems such as battery power loss and transistor failure. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jan 28, 2013 17:00 - 0 Comments
Graphene combo could shrink electronics
RICE (US) — Scientists have taken an important step toward the creation of two-dimensional electronics with a process to make patterns in atom-thick layers that combine a conductor and an insulator. (more…)
Science & Technology - Dec 12, 2012 17:59 - 0 Comments
Chip could turn smartphones into bomb sensors
CALTECH (US) — Engineers have built tiny terahertz chips that could one day be incorporated into handheld devices that scan for explosives. (more…)
Top Stories - Dec 10, 2012 11:48 - 0 Comments
‘Waveguide’ emits tiny point of light
CALTECH (US) — A new device can focus light into a point just a few nanometers across and may lead to next-generation applications in computing and imaging. (more…)
Top Stories - Dec 5, 2012 12:12 - 0 Comments
iPad power from bendy glass fuel cells?
YALE (US) — A new breed of micro fuel cell could be a long-lasting, low-cost, and eco-friendly power source for portable electronic devices, like tablets, smartphones, and remote sensors. (more…)
Science & Technology - Nov 27, 2012 14:20 - 0 Comments
Towers of nanotubes sprout from graphene
RICE (US) — Chemists have successfully grown forests of carbon nanotubes that rise quickly from sheets of graphene to astounding lengths of up to 120 microns. (more…)
Science & Technology - Nov 19, 2012 13:24 - 0 Comments
Tiny antenna speeds up light modulation
RICE (US) — A device that looks like a tiny washboard could beat the current commercial products used to manipulate infrared light. (more…)
Top Stories - Nov 7, 2012 11:22 - 1 Comment
As electronics shrink, current gets squirrely
MCGILL U. (CAN) — Electrical current may be drastically reduced when wires from two dissimilar metals meet, research shows. (more…)
Science & Technology - Oct 31, 2012 12:00 - 0 Comments
X-rays show how semiconductor gets magnetic
UC DAVIS (US) — Seeing inside gallium manganese arsenide for the first time may help scientists develop a new class of faster, smaller devices based on an emerging field called “spintronics.” (more…)
Science & Technology - Oct 10, 2012 14:56 - 0 Comments
Light up graphene for circuits on demand
RICE (US) — Scientists are developing a new way to use light to dope graphene, the ultrastrong, highly conductive, single-atom-thick form of carbon. (more…)
Top Stories - Oct 2, 2012 6:44 - 0 Comments
These electronics can biodegrade in your body
U. ARIZONA (US) — A new class of tiny electronic devices can dissolve completely in water—or bodily fluids. (more…)
Science & Technology - Sep 21, 2012 15:22 - 1 Comment
Mini tags track crow ‘social networks’
U. WASHINGTON (US) — New electronic tags are the first to detect when birds meet in the wild, even when no humans are nearby, and are helping scientists study crows’ “social networks.” (more…)
Society & Culture - Sep 6, 2012 11:40 - 4 Comments
‘Conflict mineral’ rule to cost shareholders billions
UC DAVIS (US) — Recently approved federal rules requiring companies to disclose use of “conflict minerals” could cost shareholders billions of dollars, a study predicts. (more…)
Science & Technology - Aug 24, 2012 11:59 - 2 Comments
Self-charging power cell stores energy
GEORGIA TECH (US) — A new type of power cell can convert mechanical energy—from walking, for example—to chemical energy and store the power until it is released as electrical current. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jul 30, 2012 13:08 - 0 Comments
For fast electronics, a vacuum tube comeback
U. PITTSBURGH (US) — For ever-faster electronics, researchers are reconsidering an old school option: the vacuum as a medium for electronic transport. (more…)
