http://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. NASA's newest rover Curiosity has yet to make its first move on Mars, but scientists said Tuesday they are already mapping out possible driving routes to a Martian mountain. http://phys.org/news264177410.html Space & Earth Tue, 14 Aug 2012 15:36:57 EST news264177410 Shares in Japan's Sharp, which slumped 28 percent at the end of last week after a poor earnings report, fell further Monday after Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision said it would renegotiate a deal to invest in it. http://phys.org/news263486292.html Technology Mon, 06 Aug 2012 15:38:17 EST news263486292 Imagine taking 400 scientists on an alien road trip where each one wants to examine every interesting rock along the way. Welcome to the next two years of NASA's landmark robotic mission on Mars. http://phys.org/news263470179.html Space & Earth Mon, 06 Aug 2012 11:20:02 EST news263470179 The latest Mars destination is a giant crater near the equator with an odd feature: a mountain rising from the crater floor. http://phys.org/news263304401.html Space & Earth Sat, 04 Aug 2012 13:06:50 EST news263304401 NASA said Thursday all was well ahead of its nail-biting mission to Mars, with its most advanced robotic rover poised to hunt for clues about past life and water on Earth's nearest planetary neighbor. http://phys.org/news263188473.html Space & Earth Fri, 03 Aug 2012 04:55:26 EST news263188473 (AP) — Japanese electronics maker Sharp Corp. is slashing 5,000 jobs over the next year, or nearly 9 percent of its global workforce, after its quarterly loss ballooned from a year earlier. http://phys.org/news263119195.html Technology Thu, 02 Aug 2012 10:00:02 EST news263119195 (Phys.org) -- NASA's most advanced planetary rover is on a precise course for an early August landing beside a Martian mountain to begin two years of unprecedented scientific detective work. However, getting the Curiosity rover to the surface of Mars will not be easy. http://phys.org/news261714479.html Space & Earth Tue, 17 Jul 2012 03:28:06 EST news261714479 Japanese electronics firm Sharp will expand ties with its Taiwan-based partner Hon Hai Precision, including plans to jointly tap China's smartphone market, reports said Friday. http://phys.org/news258398060.html Technology Fri, 08 Jun 2012 18:14:26 EST news258398060 Sharp Corporation and Semiconductor Energy Laboratory have jointly developed a new oxide semiconductor (IGZO) technology with high crystallinity. This material will enable even higher resolutions, lower power consumption, and higher performance touch screens, as well as narrower bezel widths for LCD display panels used in mobile devices such as smartphones. Details of this new development will be presented at the 2012 SID Display Week Symposium to be held in Boston, USA, on June 5 as part of the annual international conference of the Society for Information Display. http://phys.org/news257757294.html Technology Fri, 01 Jun 2012 08:15:18 EST news257757294 (AP) — Japanese electronics maker Sharp Corp. says it is upgrading its current displays to make them slimmer and clearer. http://phys.org/news257744136.html Electronics Fri, 01 Jun 2012 04:50:01 EST news257744136 In August, NASA's Mars Science Laboratory will reach the Red Planet and begin its search for habitats that could have supported life. http://phys.org/news256400065.html Space & Earth Wed, 16 May 2012 15:30:01 EST news256400065 (Phys.org) -- Team members of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission took a test rover to Dumont Dunes in California's Mojave Desert this week to improve knowledge of the best way to operate a similar rover, Curiosity, currently flying to Mars for an August landing. http://phys.org/news256204929.html Space & Earth Mon, 14 May 2012 09:02:29 EST news256204929 (AP) -- It looks just like iRobot's Roomba vacuuming machine, except the new circular roaming vacuum cleaner from Sharp Corp. is trilingual, and even knows a hip humorous dialect. http://phys.org/news255668937.html Electronics Tue, 08 May 2012 04:09:38 EST news255668937 (PhysOrg.com) -- One particular mountain on Mars, bigger than Colorado's grandest, has been beckoning would-be explorers since it was first sighted from orbit in the 1970s. Scientists have ideas about how it took shape in the middle of ancient Gale Crater and hopes for what evidence it could yield about whether conditions on Mars have favored life. http://phys.org/news252225918.html Space & Earth Thu, 29 Mar 2012 07:45:31 EST news252225918 (AP) -- Taiwan electronics manufacturer Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. is taking a 10 percent stake in struggling Japanese electronics company Sharp Corp. for about $806 million. http://phys.org/news252065487.html Technology Tue, 27 Mar 2012 11:11:34 EST news252065487 Elpida Memory, the world's third largest Dynamic Random Access Memory ("DRAM") manufacturer, today announced the development of its first-ever high-speed non-volatile resistance memory (ReRAM) prototype. As the ReRAM prototype was made using a 50-nanometer process technology it has a memory cell array operation of 64 megabits, one of the highest densities possible for ReRAM. The prototype was jointly developed with the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), a Japanese-funded public institution. Further work on ReRAM development is being conducted with Sharp Corporation, the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST, another Japanese public institution) and the University of Tokyo. http://phys.org/news246626335.html Technology Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:19:23 EST news246626335 Sharp Corporation has developed a 12.1-Megapixel, 1/3.2-inch CMOS camera module with optical image stabilization that features the industry’s thinnest profile (5.47 mm in height). The new RJ63YC100 is intended for use in mobile devices such as smartphones. Sample shipments will begin from December 2, 2011. http://phys.org/news241950809.html Electronics Thu, 01 Dec 2011 08:33:55 EST news241950809 Sharp Corporation has achieved the world’s highest solar cell conversion efficiency of 36.9% using a triple-junction compound solar cell in which the solar cell has a stacked three-layer structure. http://phys.org/news239614786.html Nanotechnology Fri, 04 Nov 2011 08:45:50 EST news239614786 If you own a consumer electronics gadget, there's a good chance something from Samsung makes it tick. The company has traveled far from its roots as a seller of cheap appliances in the 1970s and 1980s when South Korean products were more likely to be panned than praised internationally. http://phys.org/news236833002.html Technology Mon, 03 Oct 2011 03:59:50 EST news236833002 Japan's Sharp Corp. said Thursday it will stop production and sales of the original editions of its "Galapagos" tablet computer, just nine months after it was launched. http://phys.org/news235277870.html Electronics Thu, 15 Sep 2011 04:10:01 EST news235277870 Nokia Corp., battered by the popularity of smartphones, is abandoning the Japanese market, after a brief foray with luxury cell phones costing as much as 20 million yen ($250,000). http://phys.org/news229174400.html Technology Wed, 06 Jul 2011 12:33:37 EST news229174400 Sharp Corporation has completed a Sharp Eco House at GREEN FRONT SAKAI in Osaka, Japan and in June 2011 began operation with the aim of realizing a house that emits "zero CO2 emissions." Sharp’s dual goals for the Eco House are to minimize power consumption and contribute to a comfortable living environment. http://phys.org/news226750079.html Technology Wed, 08 Jun 2011 11:08:17 EST news226750079 (PhysOrg.com) -- Charging your cell phone can be a hassle, mostly because you have to find your cord, and if you are anything like most people, you don't have just one charging cord lying around your house. Wireless charging is an option for some devices but currently if you want to charge without the cord you are going to have to put out a second investment in your phone. http://phys.org/news225035688.html Electronics Thu, 19 May 2011 14:55:27 EST news225035688 NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) and Sharp Corporation have jointly developed an 85-inch LCD compatible with Super Hi-Vision, a next-generation television broadcast format. This is a world first for a direct-view display. http://phys.org/news225006229.html Electronics Thu, 19 May 2011 06:50:07 EST news225006229 (AP) -- Sharp said its annual profit more than quadrupled due to brisk demand for liquid crystal display screens but warned the earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan last month will have a "broad" impact on its business. http://phys.org/news223118401.html Technology Wed, 27 Apr 2011 10:20:22 EST news223118401 Taiwanese flat panel maker AU Optronics Corp. said Friday it had signed a patent agreement with Japanese rival Sharp to dismiss ongoing lawsuits the two firms have filed against each other. http://phys.org/news222066822.html Technology Fri, 15 Apr 2011 06:13:55 EST news222066822 Sharp Corporation has developed and will introduce high-output, high-color-rendering 25W-class LED lighting devices that boast an industry’s highest luminous efficacy of 91 lm/W for light sources such as store spotlights. http://phys.org/news216489011.html Technology Wed, 09 Feb 2011 15:50:24 EST news216489011 Japan's Sharp Corp. will build production lines to make small and midsized liquid crystal displays for smartphones including Apple's iPhone, a report said Friday. http://phys.org/news211788565.html Technology Fri, 17 Dec 2010 06:20:01 EST news211788565 Companies that make huge flat-screen televisions and their LCD panel components are alerting investors that demand is dropping in the U.S. and other developed markets. http://phys.org/news207591157.html Technology Fri, 29 Oct 2010 17:30:01 EST news207591157 Japan's Sharp Corp. said Monday it will launch an e-bookstore service in December with two new "Galapagos" tablet readers, with the service set to expand to movies, games and music early next year. http://phys.org/news204784916.html Electronics Mon, 27 Sep 2010 06:10:01 EST news204784916