The computing industry faces constant demands to provide faster access to data and reduce power consumption. As current memory systems cannot meet these demands indefinitely, it is essential to develop entirely new technologies. ...
Electronics & Semiconductors
Jan 22, 2014
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Researchers are determined to manufacture stretchable biomedical devices that interface directly with organs such as the skin, heart and brain. Electronic devices, however, are usually made from hard materials that are incompatible ...
Materials Science
Jan 22, 2014
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The Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) and IBM Research (IBM) have developed a new non-toxic hydrogel that is capable of shrinking breast cancer tumors more rapidly than existing therapies. As described ...
Bio & Medicine
Nov 1, 2013
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Battery-powered cars offer many environmental benefits, but a car with a full tank of gasoline can travel further. By improving the energy capacity of lithium-ion batteries, a new electrode made from iron oxide nanoparticles ...
Nanomaterials
Oct 23, 2013
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Optical fibers are now delivering ultrafast internet connections to homes across the world. By replacing electronics-based technologies with architectures that process pulses of light, a similar leap in speed might also be ...
Optics & Photonics
Sep 11, 2013
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Scientists at A*STAR's Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS), in collaboration with their counterparts from Canada, Hong Kong and US, have discovered a protein mediator SON plays a critical role in the health and proper functioning ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 9, 2013
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Semiconductor nanostructures are poised to play a big role in future solar-powered hydrogen generation systems, according to a new study by researchers at the A*STAR Institute of High Performance Computing. Hui Pan and Yong-Wei ...
Nanomaterials
Aug 28, 2013
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A new computational scheme enables more stable simulations of shockwaves in fluids and may be scalable for large engineering designs.
Engineering
Jul 17, 2013
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(Phys.org) —Tiny nanoribbons of carbon could be used to make a magnetic field sensor for novel electronic devices.
Nanomaterials
Jul 17, 2013
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(Phys.org) —Scientists at A*STAR's Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) have developed a revolutionary method to quickly cut through noise and generate a unified and simplified analysis of high-throughput biological data ...
Biotechnology
Jun 17, 2013
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