News tagged with copper technology

Study reveals switching mechanism in promising computer memory device

(PhysOrg.com) -- Sometimes knowing that a new technology works is not enough. You also must know why it works to get marketplace acceptance. New information from the National Institute of Standards and Technology ...

Physics / General Physics

created Feb 22, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Down to the wire: Inexpensive technique for making high quality nanowire solar cells developed

(PhysOrg.com) -- Solar or photovoltaic cells represent one of the best possible technologies for providing an absolutely clean and virtually inexhaustible source of energy to power our civilization. However, ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Aug 31, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Scientists looking to burst the superconductivity bubble

(PhysOrg.com) -- Bubbles are blocking the current path of one of the most promising high temperature superconducting materials, new research suggests.

Physics / Superconductivity

created May 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (13) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Intel Milestone Confirms Light Beams Can Replace Electronic Signals for Future Computers

(PhysOrg.com) -- Intel today announced an important advance in the quest to use light beams to replace the use of electrons to carry data in and around computers.

Technology / Semiconductors

created Jul 27, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (24) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Advance made in thin-film solar cell technology

Researchers have made an important breakthrough in the use of continuous flow microreactors to produce thin film absorbers for solar cells - an innovative technology that could significantly reduce the cost ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Apr 20, 2010 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (17) | comments 9 | with audio podcast