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Putting the squeeze on an old material could lead to 'instant on' electronic memory

Putting the squeeze on an old material could lead to 'instant on' electronic memory

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 16, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (12) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- The technology of storing electronic information - from old cassette tapes to shiny laptop computers - has been a major force in the electronics industry for decades.





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Organic flash memory developed

Organic flash memory developed

Technology / Semiconductors

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (20) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Tokyo have developed a non-volatile memory that has the same basic structure as a flash memory but is made from cheap, flexible, organic materials.


New Nanowire-Based Memory Could Beef Up Information Storage

New Nanowire-Based Memory Could Beef Up Information Storage

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Jul 02, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (55) | comments 5

Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania have created a type of nanowire-based information storage device that is capable of storing three bit values rather than the usual two—that is, "0," "1," and ...


The clear future of electronics

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 09, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (25) | comments 3

A group of scientists at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) has fabricated a working computer chip that is almost completely clear -- the first of its kind. The new technology, called transparent resistive ...


Can pen and paper help make electronic medical records better?

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jul 20, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 2

The results of a new study of the pen and paper workarounds employed by healthcare providers who use an electronic medical record system may help make electronic medical records even more useful to health-care providers and ...


New Southampton clean room to push the boundaries of technology

Scientists to work on non-volatile 'universal memory' devices in new clean room facility

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Sep 02, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The University of Southampton’s Southampton Nanofabrication Centre, which opens next week (9 September), will make it possible to manufacture high-speed and non-volatile 'universal memory' devices for industry ...


Silicon nanowires upgrade data-storage technology

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Jun 09, 2007 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (37) | comments 0

Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, along with colleagues at George Mason University and Kwangwoon University in Korea, have fabricated a memory device that combines silicon nanowires with a ...


Flexible memristor: Memory with a twist (w/Video)

Physics / General Physics

created Jun 02, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Electronic memory chips may soon gain the ability to bend and twist as a result of work by engineers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. As reported in the July 2009 issue of IEEE Electron Device Letters,* the en ...


Amazon's new Kindle DX 9.7" Wireless Reading Device is ready for shipment at the warehouse

Amazon sends Orwell to 'memory hole'

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jul 18, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 27

Amazon fended off Saturday accusations of Big Brother-like behavior after it quietly erased two George Orwell books from customers' electronic book readers this week.


Hybrid computer materials may lead to faster, cheaper technology

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Apr 03, 2008 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (15) | comments 0

A modern computer contains two different types of components: magnetic components, which perform memory functions, and semiconductor components, which perform logic operations. A University of Missouri researcher, as part ...


Amyloid beta protein gets bum rap

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

While too much amyloid beta protein in the brain is linked to the development of Alzheimer's disease, not enough of the protein in healthy brains can cause learning problems and forgetfulness, Saint Louis University scientists ...



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