News tagged with metallic state

Phase change memory-based 'moneta' system points to the future of computer storage

A University of California, San Diego faculty-student team is about to demonstrate a first-of-its kind, phase-change memory solid state storage device that provides performance thousands of times faster than ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jun 02, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (14) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Silicon can be made to melt in reverse

Like an ice cube on a warm day, most materials melt -- that is, change from a solid to a liquid state -- as they get warmer. But a few oddball materials do the reverse: They melt as they get cooler. Now a ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Aug 02, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (18) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Size matters in crucial redox reactions

(PhysOrg.com) -- Particle size has a far more dramatic impact on chemical reactivity than previously thought, according to new research from UC Davis. The results have implications for understanding a wide range of vital ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Oct 12, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Carbenes: New molecules have wide applications

Researchers at the University of California, Riverside have created in the laboratory a class of carbenes, highly reactive molecules, used to make catalysts - substances that facilitate chemical reactions. ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Greenlighting a greener world (w/ Video)

Just a few years ago, most conversations Christian Wetzel had about his research began with a quick explanation of LEDs.

Technology / Engineering

created Sep 02, 2009 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Metal Becomes Transparent Under High Pressure

An international team of scientists have discovered a transparent form of the element sodium (Na). The team, led by Artem Oganov, Professor of Theoretical Crystallography at Stony Brook University, and Yanming ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Mar 12, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (20) | comments 9

Screens set to go green

Fitting the screens of electronic devices, such as televisions and smartphones, with a new display technology called 'organic light-emitting diodes' (OLEDs) will reduce their energy consumption, but such screens ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Aug 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Post-silicon computing

Could Pittsburgh be the nation's next "Strontium Valley"? The University of Pittsburgh is the lead institution on a $1.8 million grant from the National Science Foundation and the Nanoelectronics Research Initiative (NRI) ...

Technology / Engineering

created Sep 19, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Vessel to contain cosmic force takes shape

At the heart of most celestial objects is a dynamo. The Earth's dynamo, spun to life in the molten metal core of our planet, generates a magnetic field that helps us find north and, perhaps more critically, ...

Physics / Plasma Physics

created Jul 21, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 4

European envoy: China may alter rare earths policy

(AP) -- A European trade envoy said Chinese officials indicated Thursday that Beijing might change its curbs on exports of rare earths after a World Trade Organization panel rejected similar restrictions on other metals.

Technology / Business

created Jul 14, 2011 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

3Q: As precious metals grow more precious

The value of silver soared to an all-time high last Thursday, and plunged dramatically yesterday, illustrating the constant volatility of the precious-metals market, which includes lustrous commodities like ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created May 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 4