News tagged with electronics engineers

Graphene on boron nitride work may lead to breakthrough in microchip technology

(Phys.org) -- Graphene is the wonder material that could solve the problem of making ever faster computers and smaller mobile devices when current silicon microchip technology hits an inevitable wall. Graphene, ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created May 28, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (10) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Wearable electronics - the next fashion fad?

(Phys.org) -- When most of us think of electronics, we think of the sturdy stability of silicon and plastic. Flexibility is a trait that belongs to the organic world, where materials come in all shapes and ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created May 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Saving the planet, one microwave at a time

Making simple repairs could save the UK could save millions of pounds by replacing fuses or plugs rather than throwing away perfectly reusable microwaves with brand new ones.

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 15, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 4

In metallic glasses, researchers find a few new atomic structures

Drawing on powerful computational tools and a state-of-the-art scanning transmission electron microscope, a team of University of Wisconsin-Madison and Iowa State University materials science and engineering researchers has ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created May 11, 2012 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (7) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Researchers develop technique to keep cool high-power semiconductor devices used in wireless applications, electric cars

A group of researchers at the University of California, Riverside Bourns College of Engineering have developed a technique to keep cool a semiconductor material used in everything from traffic lights to electric cars.

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created May 08, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

India's Tata takes electronics store online

Ratan Tata and his successor-in-waiting on Monday launched the Tata group's consumer electronics retail store Croma online.

Technology / Business

created Apr 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New app aims to discover how your phone uses your personal data

Today sees the launch of a new research project which aims to find out how people value the personal information held on their android smartphones.

Technology / Software

created Apr 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Topological transitions in metamaterials

The ability to control the flow of electrons using engineered materials is fundamental to the information technology revolution, yet many properties of matter are still unclear. Now a University of Alberta researcher is closer ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Apr 14, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 1

Ferroelectric oxides do the twist

(Phys.org) -- Some materials, by their nature, do what we want them to do -- notably, the ubiquitous, semiconducting silicon found in almost every electronic device. But sometimes, naturally occurring materials ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Apr 12, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Genome-scale model of cyanobacterium developed

(Phys.org) -- In an important step toward engineering bacteria to produce biofuel, scientists have developed one of the first global models for the nitrogen-fixing photosynthetic cyanobacterium Cyanothece ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Apr 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Uic engineer tackles nanoscale computing challenges

Today's best computer chips boast staggering transistor arrays exceeding 2 1/2 billion, but new nanometer-level technologies hold the promise of boosting that number even more. Nanotransistors may be fabricated from materials ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Apr 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Carbon nanotubes: The weird world of 'remote Joule heating'

(Phys.org) -- A team of University of Maryland scientists have discovered that when electric current is run through carbon nanotubes, objects nearby heat up while the nanotubes themselves stay cool, like a ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Apr 10, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (38) | comments 14 | with audio podcast

Apple says it has created half a million US jobs

Apple, which relies on Asian contractors to manufacture its iPhones and iPads, said in a report released Friday that it has directly or indirectly created 514,000 jobs in the United States though its gadget ecosystem.

Technology / Business

created Mar 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The origin of organic magnets

Electrical engineers are starting to consider materials made from organic molecules -- including those made from carbon atoms -- as an intriguing alternative to the silicon and metals used currently in electronic ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Mar 02, 2012 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Nanofiber breakthrough holds promise for medicine and microprocessors

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new method for creating nanofibers made of proteins, developed by researchers at Polytechnic Institute of New York University (NYU-Poly), promises to greatly improve drug delivery methods ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Feb 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast