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First germanium laser brings us closer to 'optical computers'

(PhysOrg.com) -- MIT researchers have demonstrated the first laser built from germanium that can produce wavelengths of light useful for optical communication. It’s also the first germanium laser to operate ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Feb 04, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (27) | comments 8 | with audio podcast

Study of electron orbits in multilayer graphene finds unexpected energy gaps

Researchers have taken one more step toward understanding the unique and often unexpected properties of graphene, a two-dimensional carbon material that has attracted interest because of its potential applications ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Aug 10, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (27) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Can graphene nanoribbons replace silicon?

(PhysOrg.com) -- "Graphene has been the subject of intense focus and research for a few years now," Philip Kim tells PhysOrg.com. "There are researchers that feel that it is possible that graphene could replac ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Feb 18, 2010 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (29) | comments 1 | with audio podcast feature

Solving the solar cell power conversion dilemma

(PhysOrg.com) -- "There is a lot of interest in creating more efficient solar cells that are also simpler than many of the designs common now," Wladek Walukiewicz tells PhysOrg.com. "We think that, throug ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Jan 24, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (25) | comments 19 | with audio podcast feature

Climate scientists say they have solved riddle of rising sea

Massive extraction of groundwater can resolve a puzzle over a rise in sea levels in past decades, scientists in Japan said on Sunday.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 20, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (25) | comments 32

Carbon Based Chips May One Day Replace Silicon Transistors

(PhysOrg.com) -- IBM researchers are hopeful that, over the next decade, silicon-based transistors will be replaced by carbon-based transistors. IBM has already laid out the ground work for carbon-based transistors.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Feb 03, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (22) | comments 3 | with audio podcast weblog

New graphene 'nanomesh' could change the future of electronics

(PhysOrg.com) -- Graphene, a one-atom-thick layer of a carbon lattice with a honeycomb structure, has great potential for use in radios, computers, phones and other electronic devices. But applications have been stymied because ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Feb 26, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (20) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers predict material 'denser than diamond'

(PhysOrg.com) -- Stony Brook University graduate student Qiang Zhu, together with Professor of Geosciences and Physics, Artem R. Oganov, postdoc Andriy O. Lyakhov and their colleagues from the University de ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Jun 08, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (20) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Chemists propose explanation for superconductivity at high temperatures

(PhysOrg.com) -- It has been 25 years since scientists discovered the first high-temperature superconductors—copper oxides, or cuprates, that conduct electricity without a shred of resistance at temperatures ...

Physics / Superconductivity

created Dec 15, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (19) | comments 27 | with audio podcast

Controlling the interaction between light and matter

(PhysOrg.com) -- "One of the most exciting things about this is that it gives us nice, clean control over the interaction between light and matter," William Kelly tells PhysOrg.com. "Our technique has the potential to giv ...

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 30, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (19) | comments 22 | with audio podcast feature

Graphene 2.0: A new approach to making a unique material

Since its discovery, graphene -- an unusual and versatile substance composed of a single-layer crystal lattice of carbon atoms—has caused much excitement in the scientific community. Now, Nongjian(NJ) Tao, ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jul 01, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (16) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists prove unconventional superconductivity in new iron arsenide compounds

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory used inelastic neutron scattering to show that superconductivity in a new family of iron arsenide superconductors cannot ...

Physics / Superconductivity

created Jan 09, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (17) | comments 3

New PV cell generates electricity from IR and UV light

(PhysOrg.com) -- A prototype of a new type of photovoltaic (PV) cell that generates electricity from visible, infrared and ultraviolet light has been demonstrated by a group of Japanese scientists. It could ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Mar 24, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (16) | comments 3 | with audio podcast report

Superconductivity's third side unmasked

The debate over the mechanism that causes superconductivity in a class of materials called the pnictides has been settled by a research team from Japan and China. Superconductivity was discovered in the pnictides ...

Physics / Superconductivity

created Jun 17, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (16) | comments 42 | with audio podcast

Lasers could produce much sought-after band gaps in graphene

(PhysOrg.com) -- One of the most often-cited features of graphene – the two-dimensional crystal lattice made of carbon – is its unique electronic properties. Many of these electronic properties make ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Jun 20, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (15) | comments 9 | with audio podcast feature

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