New chip provides better bioimaging performance
A microelectromechanical system developed in Singapore provides the 360-degree view that is critical in diagnostic imaging.
Engineering
Dec 4, 2013
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News tagged with chip devices
Researchers integrate single-crystal BFO onto a silicon chip, open door to smart devices
(Phys.org) —Researchers from North Carolina State University have for the first time integrated a material called bismuth ferrite (BFO) as a single crystal onto a silicon chip, opening the door to a new generation of multifunctional, ...
Nanophysics
Nov 21, 2013
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Fujitsu semiconductor introduces innovative methodology for leading-edge "Customized soC" design
Fujitsu Semiconductor today announced that it has developed a new design methodology that enables both the higher circuit density and the shorter development time, for advanced 28nm SoC (System on a Chip) devices. Incorporating ...
Electronics & Semiconductors
Nov 19, 2013
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Spinoff to introduce ultrasonic gesture recognition for small devices (w/ Video)
(Phys.org) —A group of research engineers at the University of California has been working on new technology to allow electronic devices to recognize hand gestures, similar to Microsoft's Kinect—with a major difference. ...
Chemists use MRI to peek at temperatures of gases inside catalytic reactors
UCLA chemists for the first time have employed magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)—a technique normally reserved for medical clinicians peering inside the human body—to better measure the temperature of gases inside a catalytic ...
Materials Science
Oct 23, 2013
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Elliptic Labs develops ultrasonic gesture control for hand-held devices
(Phys.org) —Norwegian based Elliptic Labs has revealed that the company has not only developed an ultrasonic gesture control chip for hand-held devices, but that it is already in talks with Asian hand-held hardware makers ...
Water glides freely across 'nanodrapes' made from the world's thinnest material
(Phys.org) —Engineering researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a new drape made from graphene—the thinnest material known to science—which can enhance the water-resistant properties of materials ...
Nanomaterials
Sep 27, 2013
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Nanofabrication: Medical sensors improve with holey gold nanostructures
Recent advances in nanotechnology are providing new possibilities for medical imaging and sensing. Gold nanostructures, for example, can enhance the fluorescence of marker dyes that are commonly used to detect biomolecules ...
Nanophysics
Sep 25, 2013
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Device that can manipulate radiofrequency signals could soon reduce size of short-distance communication systems
Millimeter waves are a type of radiofrequency electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths between 0.1 and 10 millimeters long. Because they are susceptible to absorption by water in the atmosphere, they travel short distances ...
Optics & Photonics
Sep 25, 2013
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Graphene could yield cheaper optical chips
Graphene—which consists of atom-thick sheets of carbon atoms arranged hexagonally—is the new wonder material: Flexible, lightweight and incredibly conductive electrically, it's also the strongest material known to man.
Optics & Photonics
Sep 16, 2013
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