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For future chips, smaller must also be better

The explosion of portable communication devices that we enjoy today -- such as cell and smart phones, Bluetooth hands-free units, and wireless Internet networks -- has resulted in part from the development of a wide variety ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Oct 05, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Semiconductor could turn heat into computing power

(PhysOrg.com) -- Computers might one day recycle part of their own waste heat, using a material being studied by researchers at Ohio State University.

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Sep 27, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

IBM to acquire analytics firm Netezza for 1.7 billion dlrs

IBM announced Monday it will acquire business analytics firm Netezza in a cash transaction valued at 1.7 billion dollars.

Technology / Business

created Sep 20, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Diverse fungal root endophytes baffling

No-one but specialists using genetic methods can distinguish one dark septate fungal root endophyte from another. An analysis of their distribution in the northern hemisphere is now available for the first ...

Biology / Ecology

created Sep 09, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The digital film reel

Movies are becoming more and more digital -- from the shooting to the cut to the showing. At the International Broadcasting Convention IBC in Amsterdam that is taking place from Sept. 10-14, 2010, Fraunhofer movie experts ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Sep 07, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cold atoms make microwave fields visible

Using clouds of ultracold atoms, a scientific team at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics (Germany) have made microwave fields visible.

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Aug 03, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (21) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Research reveals how monarchs fly away home

Monarch butterflies -- renowned for their lengthy annual migration to and from Mexico -- complete an even more spectacular journey home than previously thought.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jul 26, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

A new code of conduct for researchers

A new European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity will be presented by the European Science Foundation at the World Conference on Research Integrity. The code addresses good practice and bad conduct in science, offering ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Jul 21, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

'Lab on a Chip' Detects Human, Agricultural Contaminants

(PhysOrg.com) -- The UA's Jeong-Yeol Yoon is using glass-slide laboratories to detect E. coli in water and vegetables and to monitor disease in livestock.

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Jul 19, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Small wires make big connections for microelectronics

University of Illinois engineers have developed a novel direct-writing method for manufacturing metal interconnects that could shrink integrated circuits and expand microelectronics.

Technology / Semiconductors

created Jul 15, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists find unusual electrons that go with the flow

On a quest to discover new states of matter, a team of Princeton University scientists has found that electrons on the surface of specific materials act like miniature superheroes, relentlessly dodging the ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jul 14, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (16) | comments 12 | with audio podcast

Barrier to faster integrated circuits may be mere speed bump, scientists say

Integrated circuits, which enable virtually every electronics gadget you use on a daily basis, are constantly being pushed by the semiconductor industry to become smaller, faster, and cheaper. As has happened many times in ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jun 29, 2010 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (8) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Scientists report first monolithic terahertz solid-state transceiver

Sandia National Laboratories researchers have taken the first steps toward reducing the size and enhancing the functionality of devices in the terahertz (THz) frequency spectrum.

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Jun 29, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (18) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Silicon chips to enter world of high speed optical processing

(PhysOrg.com) -- Physicists at the University of Sydney have brought silicon chips closer to performing all-optical computing and information processing that could overcome the speed limitations intrinsic ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Jun 20, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (33) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Aiming to boost electronics performance, researchers capture images of sub-nano pore structures for the first time

(PhysOrg.com) -- Moore's law marches on: In the quest for faster and cheaper computers, scientists have imaged pore structures in insulation material at sub-nanometer scale for the first time. Understanding ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Jun 08, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (12) | comments 0 | with audio podcast