http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. (PhysOrg.com) -- "If you open up almost any electronic gadget, you will see various elements that operating using electric circuitries," Nader Engheta tells PhysOrg.com. "Many of them have different functionalities, such as inductors, capacitors, resistors, transistors, and so forth. These well-known elements have been around for decades. But what if you could bring these concepts to the nanoscale, and what if they could operate with light instead of electricity?" http://www.physorg.com/news175161170.html Nanotechnology Mon, 19 Oct 2009 08:53:59 EST news175161170 (PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers in The Netherlands are reporting development of a new plastic with potential for use in the first easy-to-recycle computer circuit boards, electrical insulation, and other electronics products that now wind up on society`s growing heaps of electronic waste. Their study appears in ACS` Macromolecules. http://www.physorg.com/news159732694.html Chemistry Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:12:05 EST news159732694 (PhysOrg.com) -- Tiny light-emitting diodes with optical microsystems that can produce all the colors of the rainbow, a new method for producing printed circuit boards - Fraunhofer researchers are showing innovative developments at the nano tech 2009 exhibition in Japan. http://www.physorg.com/news153595435.html Nanotechnology Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:25:00 EST news153595435 Discarded electronic hardware, including bits and pieces that built the information superhighway, can be recycled into an additive that makes super-strong asphalt paving material for real highways, researchers in China are reporting in a new study. It is scheduled for the Feb. 1 issue of ACS` Environmental Science & Technology. http://www.physorg.com/news153590484.html Space & Earth Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:03:43 EST news153590484 (PhysOrg.com) -- Plastic that conducts electricity and metal that weighs no more than a feather? It sounds like an upside-down world. Yet researchers have succeeded in making plastics conductive and cutting production costs at the same time. http://www.physorg.com/news147459257.html Technology Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:54:17 EST news147459257