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Organic flash memory developed

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Tokyo have developed a non-volatile memory that has the same basic structure as a flash memory but is made from cheap, flexible, organic materials.

Technology / Semiconductors

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (24) | comments 3 weblog




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What's the best irrigation canal liner?

There are an estimated 1.2 million acres of agricultural land in Texas irrigated via canals, and many are in need of renovation, according to a Texas AgriLife Extension Service expert.

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 4

Taking an innovative approach to battery design

You have to give Donald Sadoway points for style: Not many professors come to the last class of a semester dressed in black tie, decorate the table with linen and a vase of fresh roses, and toast their students ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Apr 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Vertical silicon nanowires for nonvolatile memory devices

As electronic devices become smaller and more sophisticated, the search for compact nonvolatile memory becomes increasingly important. However, conventional silicon technologies, such as complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Dec 23, 2011 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Intel, Micron introduce world's first 128Gb NAND device and mass production of 64Gb 20nm NAND

Intel Corporation and Micron Technology, Inc., today announced a new benchmark in NAND flash technology - the world's first 20 nanometer (nm), 128 gigabit (Gb), multilevel-cell (MLC) device. The companies ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Dec 07, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 2

Explanation for glowing seas suggested

It has long been known that distinctive blue flashes -- a type of bioluminescence -- that are visible at night in some marine environments are caused by tiny, unicellular plankton known as dinoflagellates. ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 19, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Hydrogenation technique triples transistor performance in epitaxial graphene

(PhysOrg.com) -- A technique that uses hydrogen to improve transistor performance on real-world graphene devices has been demonstrated on the wafer-scale by researchers in Penn State’s Electro-Optics ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Sep 05, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

A new kind of carbon explorer rides out the storm

Carbon Explorer floats follow ocean currents, yo-yoing back and forth in the first kilometer below the surface of the sea, then resurfacing to report their data and receive new instructions via satellite. ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Aug 02, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Largest biochemical circuit built out of small synthetic DNA molecules

In many ways, life is like a computer. An organism's genome is the software that tells the cellular and molecular machinery—the hardware—what to do. But instead of electronic circuitry, life relies ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Jun 02, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

One man's video game is another's exercise regime

Dr. Umit Ergin is cramming for a final exam. Standing on a balance board created by Nintendo for its Wii Fit series, Dr. Ergin -- a retired octogenarian internist who good-naturedly prefers ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 31, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New device may revolutionize computer memory

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a new device that represents a significant advance for computer memory, making large-scale "server farms" more energy efficient and allowing ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Jan 20, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (26) | comments 8 | with audio podcast


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