(PhysOrg.com) -- The prospect of electronics at the nanoscale may be even more promising with the first observation of metallic conductance in ferroelectric nanodomains by researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
Nanophysics
Jan 9, 2012
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As fans of Google's Android mobile software well know, each new version is named after a sugary treat, such as Gingerbread or Honeycomb. Android is about to get even sweeter with Ice Cream Sandwich - a smooth, feature-rich ...
Consumer & Gadgets
Dec 15, 2011
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Spin valves are essential building blocks in the magnetic sensors of read heads in hard disk drives. They consist of two magnetic layers separated by a non-magnetic layer and act as valves for electrons depending on the relative ...
General Physics
Dec 12, 2011
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Toshiba Corporation today announced it has developed circuit techniques for embedded SRAM that operate in a wide supply voltage range, from 0.5V to 1.0V, that effectively contribute to lower power consumption by electronic ...
Electronics & Semiconductors
Nov 16, 2011
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An advanced material that could help bring about next-generation "spintronic" computers has revealed one of its fundamental secrets to a team of scientists from Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) and the National Institute ...
Condensed Matter
Oct 19, 2011
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US justice authorities hit a Japanese-Korean producer of optical disk drives with a $21.1 million fine for bid-rigging and price fixing, the Justice Department announced.
Business
Sep 30, 2011
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With the Droid Bionic, Verizon is finally delivering on a promise it made more than eight months ago.
Consumer & Gadgets
Sep 16, 2011
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Rice University researchers have created a solid-state, nanotube-based supercapacitor that promises to combine the best qualities of high-energy batteries and fast-charging capacitors in a device suitable for extreme environments.
Nanomaterials
Aug 22, 2011
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Weizmann Institute scientists have discovered that growing nanowires out, not up, can keep them in line.
Nanophysics
Aug 22, 2011
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Looking to nature for their muse, researchers have used a common protein to guide the design of a material that can make energy-storing hydrogen gas. The synthetic material works 10 times faster than the original protein ...
Materials Science
Aug 11, 2011
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