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) -- Lan Nguyen Chaplin, an assistant professor in the Eller College of Management, says children and teenagers, in finding happiness, do not always place material things before personal relationships. http://www.physorg.com/news180631712.html Medicine & Health Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:30:59 EST news180631712 NEC Corporation, in collaboration with the National Institute of Materials Science, today announced the successful integration of NanoBridge, a solid electrolyte non-volatile crossbar switch, in Cu interconnects placed on CMOS logic. This development enables the realization of high performance non-volatile programmable logic at a low cost. http://www.physorg.com/news180038763.html Technology Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:00:01 EST news180038763 (PhysOrg.com) -- Philips Research has developed a novel color e-paper technology that opens up new design opportunities for personalizing electronic devices. This means that the color and appearance, of the device`s surface, for example an MP3 player or mobile phone can easily be changed to match your outfit, mood or environment simply at the touch of a button. http://www.physorg.com/news179602254.html Technology Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:31:31 EST news179602254 (PhysOrg.com) -- Microchip manufacturers have long faced challenges miniaturizing transistors, the key active components in nearly every modern electronic device, which are used to amplify or switch electronic signals. http://www.physorg.com/news179590555.html Nanotechnology Wed, 09 Dec 2009 14:16:53 EST news179590555 (PhysOrg.com) -- A Cornell researcher has created an extremely efficient transistor made from gallium nitride, which may soon replace silicon as king of semiconductors for power applications. http://www.physorg.com/news179518616.html Physics Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:17:33 EST news179518616 (PhysOrg.com) -- Is it possible to make even more compact digital memories for portable electronic devices and which consume even less energy? A team of French researchers has recently demonstrated that it is feasible, thanks to a new class of materials known as multiferroics, which combine unusual electric and magnetic properties. http://www.physorg.com/news178546236.html Physics Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:15:20 EST news178546236 (PhysOrg.com) -- Electronic devices could create significant environmental and health problems after they are thrown away. UC Irvine researchers are working with engineers, manufacturers and public health officials to find solutions. http://www.physorg.com/news178305162.html Space & Earth Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:30:01 EST news178305162 (PhysOrg.com) -- By taking advantage of the vagaries of the natural world, Duke University engineers have developed a novel approach that they believe can more efficiently harvest electricity from the motions of everyday life. http://www.physorg.com/news175966447.html Physics Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:35:22 EST news175966447 (PhysOrg.com) -- The ability to store and retrieve data is an important component of today's computers, as well as other modern electronic devices such as cell phones, video game consoles, and camcorders. Since their invention in the 1950s, magnetic-based hard disk drives (HDDs) have been the primary method of nonvolatile storage. However, researchers are currently developing several new and promising nonvolatile memory (NVM) technologies, but for one of them to replace HDDs within the next decade, it will be a challenge. http://www.physorg.com/news175505861.html Electronics Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:40:03 EST news175505861 (PhysOrg.com) -- For people fed up with their mobile telephone or iPod batteries running out, Japan's Toshiba Corp. announced Thursday the launch of a portable fuel-cell that can power up digital gadgets on the move. http://www.physorg.com/news175412573.html Technology Thu, 22 Oct 2009 06:44:51 EST news175412573 (PhysOrg.com) -- For decades, the transistors inside radios, televisions and other everyday items have transmitted data by controlling the movement of the electron`s charge. Scientists now have discovered that transistors could use less energy, generate less heat and operate at higher speeds if they exploited another property of the electron: its spin. http://www.physorg.com/news175283352.html Nanotechnology Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:40:01 EST news175283352 (PhysOrg.com) -- What if atoms could be used to perform the functions currently the province of electronic devices? The goal of atomtronics is to do just that by creating analogues to the common items found in electronic devices. Ron Pepino, a graduate student at JILA and the University of Colorado, believes that he and his colleagues have found a way to create the atomtronic versions of diode and transistor circuits. The work of Pepino, Cooper, Anderson and Holland is described in Physical Review Letters: "Atomtronic Circuits of Diodes and Transistors." http://www.physorg.com/news174303837.html Physics Fri, 09 Oct 2009 10:44:44 EST news174303837 Physicists at UC San Diego have successfully created speedy integrated circuits with particles called "excitons" that operate at commercially cold temperatures, bringing the possibility of a new type of extremely fast computer based on excitons closer to reality. http://www.physorg.com/news173280934.html Physics Sun, 27 Sep 2009 14:36:05 EST news173280934 Between their crazy schedules and upside-down circadian rhythms, teens always have been somewhat sleep-deprived. Now technology is making it worse. Teens are not just texting, instant-messaging and surfing Facebook all day; they're sleeping with their cell phones or laptops, too. Or rather, not sleeping. And doctors and parents, many of them raised in an era when phones were attached to walls, are concerned. http://www.physorg.com/news172916762.html Medicine & Health Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:30:01 EST news172916762 (PhysOrg.com) -- As technology advances, scientists look for ways to enhance electronic applications and devices. Indeed, electronics are getting smaller and more diverse. And as this happens, there is an increased requirement for flexibility in transistors, which make the electronic devices we desire work. Unfortunately, silicon and polymers may not fulfill the requirements needed to advance on to the transistors of the future. http://www.physorg.com/news172837799.html Nanotechnology Tue, 22 Sep 2009 11:30:32 EST news172837799 We intuitively understand the value of being able to make things smaller without sacrificing performance. The endeavor produces smaller speakers with bigger sound and a host of portable electronic devices such as digital cameras, cell phones and computers all of which continue to get smaller yet sport lots more functionality that their predecessors. And when it comes to our computer data, being able to store more in less space without sacrificing quality is also understandably desirable. Plus reducing a file's size also lets you send it faster online. http://www.physorg.com/news172483043.html Technology Fri, 18 Sep 2009 09:30:01 EST news172483043 At 19, Melanie Young knows firsthand about the devastating consequences of sexting. http://www.physorg.com/news170964536.html Technology Tue, 01 Sep 2009 03:10:01 EST news170964536 (AP) -- The Obama administration on Thursday put new restrictions on searches of laptops at U.S. borders to address concerns that federal agents have been rummaging through travelers' personal information. http://www.physorg.com/news170619757.html Technology Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:40:02 EST news170619757 (AP) -- Business software maker Oracle Corp. said Thursday it has received the Justice Department's approval to move forward with its $7.4 billion acquisition of former dot-com-era star Sun Microsystems Inc. http://www.physorg.com/news170007355.html Technology Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:17:39 EST news170007355 Although we've always been able to see and hear in "High Definition," we think of that phrase as belonging to the 21st century. High Definition or HD devices such as television sets, Blu-Ray DVD players, digital still and video cameras are all considered to be today's top-of-the-line consumer electronic devices. Even audio equipment and broadcast radio now have the same HD bragging rights. If you want the best technology has to offer in video and audio, it's got to be in HD. But there's a price to be paid for HD and while one of them is most certainly at the cash register, another is to be found within the additional bandwidth one needs to accommodate all the additional digital information that HD demands. http://www.physorg.com/news168803963.html Electronics Fri, 07 Aug 2009 04:00:01 EST news168803963 More accurate global weather forecasts and a better understanding of climate change are in prospect thanks to a breakthrough by engineers at Queen's University Belfast's Institute of Electronics, Communications and Information Technology (ECIT). http://www.physorg.com/news168806090.html Space & Earth Fri, 07 Aug 2009 00:00:01 EST news168806090 Text messaging behind the wheel increases the risk of a crash or a near crash by 23 times, and is far more dangerous than talking on a cell phone while driving, according to a report released Tuesday. http://www.physorg.com/news168016576.html Technology Tue, 28 Jul 2009 16:40:07 EST news168016576 (PhysOrg.com) -- We could soon see the potential of laser technology expand dramatically. http://www.physorg.com/news168012151.html Physics Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:03:21 EST news168012151 Scientists at Penn State University, in collaboration with institutes in the US, Finland, Germany and the UK, have figured out the long-sought structure of a layer of C60 - carbon buckyballs - on a silver surface. The results, which could help in the design of carbon nanostructure-based electronics are reported in Physical Review Letters and highlighted in the July 27th issue of APS's on-line journal Physics. http://www.physorg.com/news167912764.html Nanotechnology Mon, 27 Jul 2009 12:30:02 EST news167912764 AFOSR-funded researchers at the University of Rochester are using laser light technology that will help the military create new forms of metal that may guide, attract and repel liquids and cool small electronic devices. http://www.physorg.com/news166903453.html Nanotechnology Wed, 15 Jul 2009 19:40:01 EST news166903453 New research by a team of University of Toronto scientists could lead to substantial advancements in the performance of a variety of electronic devices including digital cameras. http://www.physorg.com/news164553830.html Technology Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:40:02 EST news164553830 (PhysOrg.com) -- Using DNA not as a genetic material but as a structural support, Cornell researchers have created thin sheets of gold nanoparticles held together by strands of DNA. The work could prove useful for making thin transistors or other electronic devices. http://www.physorg.com/news162056919.html Nanotechnology Wed, 20 May 2009 16:49:21 EST news162056919 The IEA world energy watchdog urged action on Wednesday to make computers, mobile phones and other devices more energy-efficient as the number of users worldwide soars. http://www.physorg.com/news161438693.html Electronics Wed, 13 May 2009 13:05:21 EST news161438693 Japanese electronics giant NEC Corp. announced Tuesday a net loss of 296.6 billion yen (3.05 billion dollars) for the year to March due to the global economic downturn. http://www.physorg.com/news161346364.html Technology Tue, 12 May 2009 11:46:28 EST news161346364 Light switches, TV remote controls and even house keys could become a thing of the past thanks to brain-computer interface (BCI) technology being developed in Europe that lets users perform everyday tasks with thoughts alone. http://www.physorg.com/news161248986.html Technology Mon, 11 May 2009 08:23:43 EST news161248986