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A delicate grip

A delicate grip

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Solar wafers for use in the production of photovoltaic systems are extremely sensitive. In a test and demonstration center research is being conducted on grippers to determine the best way ...


The Shrinky Dink solution

The Shrinky Dink solution

Technology / Engineering

created Sep 09, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Toys don't usually inspire high-tech innovation, but Michelle Khine's childhood favorite did just that.


Ultrathin light-emitting diodes create new classes of lighting and display systems

Ultrathin light-emitting diodes create new classes of lighting and display systems

Technology / Engineering

created Aug 20, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (11) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new process for creating ultrathin, ultrasmall inorganic light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and assembling them into large arrays offers new classes of lighting and display systems with interesting ...


The perfect cut

The perfect cut

Technology / Semiconductors

created Aug 07, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 3

You need the right tool to slice silicon blocks into paper-thin wafers: a several-kilometer-long wire wetted with a type of grinding paste. And all the parameters must be optimally adjusted -- only then can ...


Slimmer Nanorods Good Fit for Next-Gen 3-D Computer Chips

Slimmer Nanorods Good Fit for Next-Gen 3-D Computer Chips

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Mar 17, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a new technique for growing slimmer copper nanorods, a key step for advancing integrated 3-D chip technology.


New plasma transistor could create sharper displays

New plasma transistor could create sharper displays

Physics / Plasma Physics

created Feb 04, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (9) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- By integrating a solid-state electron emitter and a microcavity plasma device, researchers at the University of Illinois have created a plasma transistor that could be used to make lighter, ...


Insights into polymer film instability could aid high tech industries

Insights into polymer film instability could aid high tech industries

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Jan 13, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

While exploring the properties of polymer formation, a team of scientists at the National Institute for Standards and Technology has made a fundamental discovery* about these materials that could improve methods ...


Engineers show nanotube circuits can be made en masse

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Jul 04, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (32) | comments 1

Most innovations don't go far unless there is a way to turn them into products that are manufacturable on a mass scale. That's why new research on carbon nanotubes, presented June 19 by a group of Stanford electrical engineers, ...