All Articles Tagged As: electronics

Possible Mechanism for Enormous Electromechanical Response (5/13/2008)

Could lead to industrial applications including improved sensors, actuators, transducers ...> Full Article

Physics Advance Leads to a Better Understanding of Optics at the Atomic Scale (4/29/2008)

Advance improves our understanding of how light interacts with matter, and could make possible the development of new integrated-circuit technologies that result in faster computers that use less energy. ...> Full Article

Getting Wired for Terahertz (4/21/2008)

A step toward circuits for superfast far-infrared computers ...> Full Article

Researchers discover chromium's hidden magnetic talents (4/19/2008)

Researchers have determined that the element chromium displays electrical properties of magnets in surprising ways ...> Full Article

Graphene used to create world's smallest transistor (4/18/2008)

Researchers have used the world's thinnest material to create the world's smallest transistor, one atom thick and ten atoms wide. ...> Full Article

Ready to go: mobile terahertz devices (4/14/2008)

Terahertz waves, which until now have barely found their way out of the laboratory, could soon be in use as a versatile tool ...> Full Article

Newly discovered 'superinsulators' promise to transform materials research, electronics design (4/6/2008)

Discovery opens new directions of inquiry in condensed matter physics and breaks ground for a new generation of microelectronics ...> Full Article

Cosmic ray effect on microchips benefits from accelerated neutron testing (2/21/2008)

Neutron scientists are tackling the challenge of cosmic radiation and its damaging effect on sensitive microchips in the aviation industry in the drive to develop more robust electronic equipment. Accelerated testing of microelectronic components at the Science and Technology Facilities Council's (STFC) world leading ISIS neutron research centre replicates the effect of thousands of hours of flying time in just a few minutes. ...> Full Article

Scientists help create a key piece of one of the world's most powerful cameras (2/17/2008)

A team of Purdue University researchers and students built a piece of one of the world's most powerful cameras that will provide information about the universe and physical laws that govern existence. ...> Full Article

Squeezed Crystals Deliver More Volts Per Jolt (2/1/2008)

A discovery by scientists at the Carnegie Institution has opened the door to a new generation of piezoelectric materials that can convert mechanical strain into electricity and vice versa, potentially cutting costs and boosting performance in myriad applications ranging from medical diagnostics to green energy technologies. ...> Full Article

Scientists Dramatically Improve Soft X-Ray Lasers With Discovery (1/23/2008)

Colorado State University scientists have found a way to dramatically improve the quality of laser light at extremely short wavelengths, according to a paper that was published Sunday online by Nature Photonics. ...> Full Article

Discovery cuts cost of next generation optical fibres (1/18/2008)

Scientists have discovered a way of speeding up the production of hollow-core optical fibres - a new generation of optical fibres that could lead to faster and more powerful computing and telecommunications technologies. ...> Full Article

Researchers Take Step Toward Understanding Superconductivity (1/1/2008)

A research group at the University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Laboratory led by physics professor Pengcheng Dai, along with collaborators at Boston College, has taken a step toward understanding a great physical mystery. ...> Full Article

Scientists working to create smaller, faster integrated circuits (12/24/2007)

Major advances expected to lead to improved chips in cell phones, computers ...> Full Article

Tiny technology (12/23/2007)

A switch just one-tenth the size of a human hair has been developed by Scottish scientists to boost communication technologies. ...> Full Article

Scientists make quantum computing leap (12/22/2007)

Research is step toward building first quantum computers ...> Full Article

Hybrid semiconductors show zero thermal expansion, could lead to hardier electronics and optoelectronics (12/20/2007)

The fan in your computer is there to keep the microprocessor chip from heating to the point where its component materials start to expand, inducing cracks that interrupt the flow of electricity - and not incidentally, ruin the chip. Thermal expansion can also separate semiconducting materials from the substrate, reduce performance through changes in the electronic structure of the material or warp the delicate structures that emit laser light. ...> Full Article

Reversible Data Transfers from Light to Sound (12/17/2007)

New experiments address a barrier to efforts at developing computer networks that can run on light instead of electrons ...> Full Article

Researchers advance process to manufacture silicon chips (12/4/2007)

The next generation of laptops, desk computers, cell phones and other semiconductor devices may get faster and more cost-effective with research from Clemson University. ...> Full Article

Blue dye could hold the key to super processing power (11/30/2007)

A technique for controlling the magnetic properties of a commonly used blue dye could revolutionise computer processing power, according to research published recently in Advanced Materials. ...> Full Article

Researchers test experimental new magnet that reaches levels 500,000 times earths magnetic field (11/4/2007)

Engineers at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory at Florida State University have successfully tested a groundbreaking new magnet design that could literally shed new light on nanoscience and semiconductor research. ...> Full Article

Electrons' 'love-hate' clue to superconductivity (10/10/2007)

A form of 'shimmering' superconductivity may offer vital clues as to how superconductors work. ...> Full Article

Study Reveals Mechanism By Which Electronic Currents Control Magnetism (10/6/2007)

A new study describes the different mechanisms by which magnetic fields and spin-polarized electrical currents affect magnetism. ...> Full Article