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General Physics Apr 27, 2017

NIST invents fundamental component for 'spintronic' computing

NIST has been granted a patent for technology that may hasten the advent of a long-awaited new generation of high-performance, low-energy computers.

Nanophysics Jun 15, 2016

Experiments demonstrate how memristors work

In experiments at two Department of Energy national labs – SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory – scientists at Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) have experimentally confirmed ...

General Physics Nov 3, 2015

'Bubble piano' plays bubbles in sync with Beethoven symphony

(Phys.org)—Calling it an "Ode to Bubbles," MIT researchers have produced bubbling in sync with Beethoven's Symphony No. 9: Ode to Joy on a surface resembling a piano keyboard. The performance demonstrates the researchers' ...

General Physics Jan 9, 2014

Researchers lay out theory for metamaterials that act as an analog computer

The field of metamaterials has produced structures with unprecedented abilities, including flat lenses, invisibility cloaks and even optical "metatronic" devices that can manipulate light in the way electronic circuitry manipulates ...

General Physics Dec 11, 2013

Negative resistivity leads to positive resistance in the presence of a magnetic field

In a paper appearing in Nature's Scientific Reports, Dr. Ramesh Mani, professor of physics and astronomy at Georgia State University, reports that, in the presence of a magnetic field, negative resistivity can produce a positive ...

Nanomaterials Oct 16, 2011

Could a computer one day rewire itself? New nanomaterial ‘steers’ current in multiple dimensions

Scientists at Northwestern University have developed a new nanomaterial that can "steer" electrical currents. The development could lead to a computer that can simply reconfigure its internal wiring and become an entirely ...

Nanophysics Mar 24, 2011

Atomic switches: Ionic computing

(PhysOrg.com) -- A critical review of the current status and future prospects of new computing architectures based on ‘atomic switches’ fabricated by controlling the movement of cationic ions during solid electrochemical ...

Electronics & Semiconductors Feb 28, 2011

Freescale introduces intelligent sensor for car battery monitoring

Freescale Semiconductor today introduced the MM912J637 intelligent battery sensor (IBS), which accurately measures the voltage, current and temperature of lead-acid batteries and calculates the battery state, all while operating ...

Bio & Medicine Feb 1, 2010

Engineers explore environmental concerns of nanotechnology

As researchers around the world hasten to employ nanotechnology to improve production methods for applications that range from manufacturing materials to creating new pharmaceutical drugs, a separate but equally compelling ...

Nanophysics Oct 22, 2009

Researchers create molecular diode

(PhysOrg.com) -- Recently, at Arizona State University’s Biodesign Institute, N.J. Tao and collaborators have found a way to make a key electrical component on a phenomenally tiny scale. Their single-molecule diode is described ...

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