News tagged with flexible screens

Electronic congestion in the microchips of the future

(Phys.org) -- Electrons within some materials can stick together like cars on a traffic jam. Swiss researchers studying promising materials for the future of electronics have been able to highlight this phenomenon

Physics / Condensed Matter

created May 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

'Super-nano' plastic fibres touted for next-generation IT

Materials scientists in France said on Sunday they had made highly-conductive plastic wires on the nanoscale, an invention with potential for mobile devices, computing and solar energy.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Apr 22, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (12) | comments 0

Here come the quantum dot TVs and wallpaper

(PhysOrg.com) -- A British firm's quantum dot technology will be used for flat screen TVs and flexible screens, according to the company’s chief executive.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Dec 13, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (25) | comments 25 | with audio podcast report

Transparent electronics from graphene-based electrodes (w/ Video)

Flexible, transparent electronics are closer to reality with the creation of graphene-based electrodes at Rice University.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Aug 01, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (9) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Taiwan flora show features high-tech displays

(AP) -- Paper-thin speakers blare pop music. Three-D films appear on elongated screens with no need for special viewing glasses. Viewers' pulses turn cocoons into butterflies in an interactive display.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Dec 14, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Bridging the gender gap: Combined technologies offer promise for detecting colon cancer in women

A team led by a Northwestern University biomedical engineer has found that combining novel optical technologies with a common colon cancer screening test may allow doctors to more accurately detect the presence of colon cancer, ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jul 19, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Quick new screening exam could save thousands of people from bowel cancer

A five-minute screening test could cut the risk of developing bowel cancer by a third and save thousands of lives from what is the UK's second biggest cancer killer, according to new research led by Imperial ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Apr 27, 2010 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New CRC screening combination increases detection by 10 percent

The combination of sigmoidoscopy and fecal immunochemical test (FIT) detects advanced proximal (right-sided) tumors better than either test alone, according to a new study in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, the of ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Renewable energies : the promise of organic solar cells

(PhysOrg.com) -- In the race to renewable energy, organic solar cells are now really starting to take off. They can be manufactured easily and cheaply, they have low environmental impact, and since they are compatible with ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Apr 08, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (8) | comments 3

Mail and electronic reminders may increase colon cancer screening

Mailed reminders to patients appear to promote colon cancer screening, according to a report in the February 23 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. In addition, electronic reminders to ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0