Search results for lab-on-a-Chip
Physicists find a new state of matter in a 'transistor'
Oct 21, 2008 |
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McGill University researchers have discovered a new state of matter, a quasi-three- dimensional electron crystal, in a material very much like those used in the fabrication of modern transistors. This discovery could have ...
IBM Brings Single-Atom Data Storage, Molecular Computers Closer to Reality
Aug 30, 2007 |
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IBM today announced two major scientific achievements in the field of nanotechnology that could one day lead to new kinds of devices and structures built from a few atoms or molecules.
IBM Research Unveils Breakthrough In Solar Farm Technology
May 15, 2008 |
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IBM today announced a research breakthrough in photovoltaics technology that could significantly reduce the cost of harnessing the Sun's power for electricity.
IBM researchers unveil green optical network technology prototype
Feb 28, 2008 |
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IBM researchers today unveiled the fastest and most highly integrated optical data bus ever developed. The prototype technology could bring massive amounts of bandwidth in an energy-efficient way to all kinds ...
Move over, silicon: Advances pave way for powerful carbon-based electronics
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Dec 18, 2007 |
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Bypassing decades-old conventions in making computer chips, Princeton engineers developed a novel way to replace silicon with carbon on large surfaces, clearing the way for new generations of faster, more powerful cell phones, ...
Researchers boost solar cell efficiency
Nov 24, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- New ways of squeezing out greater efficiency from solar photovoltaic cells are emerging from computer simulations and lab tests conducted by a team of physicists and engineers at MIT.
New memory material may hold data for one billion years
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
May 20, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Packing more digital images, music, and other data onto silicon chips in USB drives and smart phones is like squeezing more strawberries into the same size supermarket carton. The denser you ...
Surface plasmons enhance nanostructure possibilities
Sep 18, 2007 |
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As technology becomes smaller and smaller, scientists work to find solutions to a variety of problems in many different fields. It is known that light could be used for studying molecules and atoms, as well as for solving ...
In diatom, scientists find genes that may level engineering hurdle
Biology /
Jan 21, 2008 |
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Denizens of oceans, lakes and even wet soil, diatoms are unicellular algae that encase themselves in intricately patterned, glass-like shells. Curiously, these tiny phytoplankton could be harboring the next ...
New blood scanner detects even faint indicators of cancer
Dec 02, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A team led by Stanford researchers has developed a prototype blood scanner that can find cancer markers in the bloodstream in early stages of the disease, potentially allowing for earlier ...
Turning 'funky' quantum mysteries into computing reality
Feb 16, 2008 |
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The strange world of quantum mechanics can provide a way to surpass limits in speed, efficiency and accuracy of computing, communications and measurement, according to research by MIT scientist Seth Lloyd.
IBM Cools 3-D Chips with Water
Jun 05, 2008 |
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In IBM’s labs, tiny rivers of water are cooling computer chips that have circuits and components stacked on top of each other, a design that promises to advance Moore’s Law in the next decade and significantly ...
New Material May Lead To Advances In Quantum Computing
Oct 04, 2007 |
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Scientists at Florida State University’s National High Magnetic Field Laboratory and the university’s Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry have introduced a new material that could be to computers of the future what silicon ...
Denser computer chips possible with plasmonic lenses that 'fly'
Oct 22, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) - Engineers at the University of California, Berkeley, are reporting a new way of creating computer chips that could revitalize optical lithography, a patterning technique that dominates modern ...
Melting defects could lead to smaller, more powerful microchips
May 04, 2008 |
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As microchips shrink, even tiny defects in the lines, dots and other shapes etched on them become major barriers to performance. Princeton engineers have now found a way to literally melt away such defects, ...
