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National Semiconductor Introduces Industry's Lowest-Noise Frequency Synthesizer

National Semiconductor today announced the industry’s lowest-noise, fully integrated frequency synthesizer. The PowerWise LMX2541 provides less than 2 milli-radians (mrad) root-mean-square (rms) noise at 2.1 ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Jul 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0




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New mathematical framework formalizes oddball programming techniques

Two years ago, Martin Rinard's group at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory proposed a surprisingly simple way to make some computer procedures more efficient: Just skip a bunch of ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created May 23, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (20) | comments 16 | with audio podcast

New system makes hardware models of multicore chips more efficient, easier to design, more reliable

Most computer chips today have anywhere from four to 10 separate cores, or processing units, which can work in parallel, increasing the chips’ efficiency. But the chips of the future are likely to have ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Apr 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

UK scientists develop optimum piezoelectric energy harvesters

Scientists working as part of the Metrology for Energy Harvesting Project have developed a new model to deliver the maximum power output for piezoelectric energy harvesters.

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 02, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists develop biological computer to encrypt and decipher images

Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute in California and the Technion–Israel Institute of Technology have developed a "biological computer" made entirely from biomolecules that is capable of deciphering ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (13) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

DNA motor programmed to navigate a network of tracks

Expanding on previous work with engines traveling on straight tracks, a team of researchers at Kyoto University and the University of Oxford have successfully used DNA building blocks to construct a motor ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Jan 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

One-third of car fuel consumption is due to friction loss

No less than one third of a car's fuel consumption is spent in overcoming friction, and this friction loss has a direct impact on both fuel consumption and emissions. However, new technology can reduce friction by anything ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jan 12, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (11) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

Neutrons answer shampoo formulation puzzle

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the Institut Laue-Langevin have used neutrons to solve a long-standing mystery about the surface properties of polyelectrolyte/surfactant mixtures, such as those used in many ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Dec 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

World 'heading for 3.5 C warming': study

Current pledges for curbing carbon emissions will doom the world to global warming of 3.5 C, massively overshooting the UN target of 2 C, researchers reported at the climate talks here on Tuesday.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 06, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Warnings as sustainable palm oil effort falters

Environmentalists have warned that an effort to encourage the sustainable production of palm oil launched several years ago has not kept pace with expanding cultivation driven by rising demand.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 20, 2011 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Singapore researchers develop cheaper yet efficient thin film solar cells

Researchers in Singapore have exploited advanced nanostructure technology to make a highly efficient and yet cheaper silicon solar cell. With this development, the researchers hope that the cost of solar energy can be halved.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Oct 12, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (12) | comments 9 | with audio podcast


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