News tagged with indium phosphide
NTT researchers develop breakthrough optical memory device
(PhysOrg.com) -- To improve transmission speeds, the Internet has transitioned over the years from one using copper to fiber optic cabling. Unfortunately, this has caused a bottleneck to occur where the light ...
Feb 27, 2012 |
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Team achieves one terabit per second data rate on a single integrated photonic chip
(PhysOrg.com) -- With worldwide Internet data traffic increasing by 50 percent each year, telecommunications companies that handle this digital torrent must be able to economically expand the capacities of their networks ...
Feb 28, 2011 |
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Energy from light and water: New photocatalytic method for the clean production of hydrogen from water
(PhysOrg.com) -- Hydrogen-powered fuel cells and solar energy are the best hope for a more environmentally friendly and resource-sparing energy supply in the future. A combination of the two is considered to be particularly ...
Feb 09, 2010 |
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Biocompatible quantum dot images tumors in live animals
Quantum dots, small semiconductor nanoparticles that fluoresce brightly with sharply defined colors, have tremendous promise as biomedical imaging agents except for one problem—most are made from potentially hazardous ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jan 20, 2012 |
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Key to low-cost solar power lies in super-efficient cells
Thinking big while focusing on small, a solar company and a national energy lab combined talents to develop a solar power concentrator that generates electricity at prices competitive with natural gas.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Feb 16, 2011 |
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Fool's gold catches eye of solar energy researchers
Iron pyrite - also known as fool's gold - may be worthless to treasure hunters, but it could become a bonanza to the solar industry. The mineral, among the most abundant in the earth's crust, is usually discarded by coal ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jan 21, 2011 |
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Single quantum dot nanowire photodetectors
Moving a step closer toward quantum computing, a research team in the Netherlands recently fabricated a photodetector based on a single nanowire, in which the active element is a single quantum dot with a ...
Dec 14, 2010 |
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Engineers achieve world record with high-speed graphene transistors
(PhysOrg.com) -- Graphene, a one-atom-thick layer of graphitic carbon, has great potential to make electronic devices such as radios, computers and phones faster and smaller. But its unique properties have also led to difficulties ...
Sep 03, 2010 |
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Report outlines knowledge gaps for 20 suspected carcinogens
A new report from the American Cancer Society and other world-leading health groups identifies gaps in research for 20 suspected carcinogens whose potential to cause cancer is as yet unresolved. The report is designed to ...
Jul 15, 2010 |
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Scientists Develop New Laser-Machining Techniques for Radiation Detectors
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the Naval Research Laboratory have developed new laser-machining techniques for radiation detectors. "The new detectors will enable the next generation of space-based high-energy ...
Jul 01, 2010 |
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High efficiency concentrator solar cells and modules
(PhysOrg.com) -- Solar energy will play a crucial role in the energy mix of tomorrow as solar energy is available in unlimited quantities. With the aid of concentrator solar cells, even more sunlight can be ...
May 19, 2010 |
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Revolutionary New Solution for Semiconductor, Nano Materials
(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Maryland researchers have created a completely new way to produce high quality semiconductor materials critical for advanced microelectronics and nanotechnology. Published in ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Mar 26, 2010 |
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Commercialization of new solar technology to boost solar efficiency
A pioneer in solar power in the 1990s before it became "sexy," University of Houston Professor Alex Freundlich recently entered into a collaborative research agreement with U.K.-based start-up QuantaSol for the development ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Nov 09, 2009 |
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