The huge increase in computing performance in recent decades has been achieved by squeezing ever more transistors into a tighter space on microchips.
Optics & Photonics
Oct 23, 2017
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A research collaboration between Osaka University and the Nara Institute of Science and Technology for the first time used scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) to create images of atomically flat side-surfaces of 3-D silicon ...
Nanophysics
Oct 10, 2017
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A key step in unlocking the potential for greener, faster, smaller electronic circuitry was taken recently by a group of researchers led by UAlberta physicist Robert Wolkow.
Nanophysics
Jul 26, 2017
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The possibility of looking inside silicon chips to see their tiny working parts, without damaging the chips, is a step closer thanks to an international team led by scientists at the LCN.
Nanophysics
Jul 3, 2017
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Getting something from nothing sounds like a good deal, so for years scientists have been trying to exploit the tiny amount of energy that arises when objects are brought very close together. It's a source of energy so obscure ...
Optics & Photonics
Apr 20, 2017
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The thinnest, smoothest layer of silver that can survive air exposure has been laid down at the University of Michigan, and it could change the way touchscreens and flat or flexible displays are made.
Nanophysics
Mar 21, 2017
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Researchers from The University of Manchester have shown it is possible to build a new super-fast form of computer that "grows as it computes".
General Physics
Mar 1, 2017
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The Semiconductor Industry Association has estimated that at current rates of increase, computers' energy requirements will exceed the world's total power output by 2040.
Optics & Photonics
Feb 21, 2017
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Researchers from Trinity College Dublin, Ireland have shown that PtSe2, a little-studied transition metal dichalcogenide has potential for a variety of uses. In particular, PtSe2 is an excellent high performance gas sensor, ...
Nanomaterials
Jan 13, 2017
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For well over a decade, electrical engineer Holger Schmidt has been developing devices for optical analysis of samples on integrated chip-based platforms, with applications in areas such as biological sensors, virus detection, ...
Optics & Photonics
Sep 14, 2016
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