News tagged with electron device
NDSU nano research could impact flexible electronic devices
A discovery by a research team at NDSU and the National Institute of Standards and Technology shows the flexibility and durability of carbon nanotube films and coatings are intimately linked to their electronic properties. ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
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'Dark plasmons' transmit energy
Microscopic channels of gold nanoparticles have the ability to transmit electromagnetic energy that starts as light and propagates via "dark plasmons," according to researchers at Rice University.
Feb 09, 2012 |
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Materials that shrink when heated
One common reason that people with fillings experience toothache is that their fillings expand at a different rate to the original tooth when, for example, drinking a hot drink. Contrary to intuition, however, ...
Feb 09, 2012 |
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Smartphone training helps people with memory impairment regain independence
The treatment for moderate-to-severe memory impairment could one day include a prescription for a smartphone.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 08, 2012 |
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Power profiles help electronics go green
(PhysOrg.com) -- New and better ways of measuring high-tech energy consumption could lead to significant environmental and economic gains, a study from The Australian National University has found.
Technology / Computer Sciences
Feb 08, 2012 |
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Students design virtual ID badge to combat online hackers
A student entrepreneurial team at the University of Utah believes it has come up with a winning business plan for a virtual ID badge that operates off of any mobile device. The team, calling itself EMRID Technologies, developed ...
Feb 08, 2012 |
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Japan electronic giants eye chip merger: reports
Three of Japan's biggest electronics companies are to join forces in a chip-making venture, according to reports, days after a swathe of dire results from a sector struggling to compete globally.
Feb 08, 2012 |
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Researchers efficiently couple light from a plane wave into a surface plasmon mode
Researchers from the NIST Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology have made a grating coupler that transmits over 45 % of the incident optical energy from a plane wave into a single surface plasmon polariton (SPP) mode ...
Feb 02, 2012 |
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'Life and activity monitor' provides portable, constant recording of vital signs
Researchers have developed a type of wearable, non-invasive electronic device that can monitor vital signs such as heart rate and respiration at the same time it records a person's activity level, opening ...
Feb 01, 2012 |
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EU probes Samsung, Germany blocks its tablets
Samsung took a hit in its battle against arch-rival Apple on Tuesday, when the European Union announced it will investigate whether it is illegally trying to hinder competitors and Germany blocked sales of ...
Jan 31, 2012 |
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Researchers demonstrate rare combination of electric and magnetic properties in strontium barium manganite
An electric field can displace the cloud of electrons surrounding each atom of a solid. In an effect known as polarization, the cloud centers move away slightly from the positively charged nuclei, which radically ...
Jan 27, 2012 |
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Crystallizing the future of oxide materials
(PhysOrg.com) -- A University of Arkansas physicist and his colleagues have examined the challenges facing scientists building the next generation of materials and innovative electronic devices and identified ...
Jan 25, 2012 |
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Researchers devise new means for creating elastic conductors
Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a new method for creating elastic conductors made of carbon nanotubes, which will contribute to large-scale production of the material for use ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jan 24, 2012 |
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Calif. imposes battery charger energy standards
(AP) -- California will require cellphones, tablets and hundreds of other electronic devices to have energy-efficient battery chargers beginning next year.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jan 13, 2012 |
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User interface revolution coming to computers, TVs
Control your television with your voice or a wave of the hand. Run your laptop with your eyes.
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Jan 12, 2012 |
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