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Quantum movement of electrons in atomic layers shows potential of materials for electronics and photonics

Mar 17, 2017 (SPX)

Common sense might dictate that for an object to move from one point to another, it must go through all the points on the path. "Imagine someone driving from Ka...

Simultaneous detection of multiple spin states in a single quantum dot

Mar 15, 2017 (SPX)

Quantum dots are very small particles that exhibit luminescence and electronic properties different from those of their bulk materials. As a result, they are at...

Bonding chips using inkjet printers

Mar 15, 2017 (SPX)

Today in electronics there are two main approaches to building circuits: the rigid one (silicon circuits) and the new, more appealing, flexible one based on pap...

Ultrashort light pulses for fast 'lightwave' computers

Mar 15, 2017 (SPX)

Extremely short, configurable "femtosecond" pulses of light demonstrated by an international team could lead to future computers that run up to 100,000 times fa...

Spin-resolved oscilloscope for charge and spin signals

Mar 15, 2017 (SPX)

Researchers at the Tokyo Institute of Technology and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation have developed a "spin-resolved oscilloscope." This device is a ...

Two radio signals, one chip, open a new world for wireless communication

Mar 15, 2017 (SPX)

Cornell engineers have devised a method for transmitting and receiving radio signals on a single chip, which could ultimately help change the way wireless commu...

New way to tune electronic energy levels may lead to valleytronic devices

Mar 13, 2017 (SPX)

Faster, more efficient data storage and computer logic systems could be on the horizon thanks to a new way of tuning electronic energy levels in two-dimensional...

Single molecule switch

Mar 13, 2017 (SPX)

The theoretical physicists Junior Professor Fabian Pauly and his postdoc Dr. Safa G. Bahoosh now succeeded in a team of experimental physicists and chemists in ...

Researchers flip a magnetic memory cell with a light pulse at record speed

Mar 13, 2017 (SPX)

University of Minnesota electrical and computer engineering researchers have created a magnetic tunnel junction that can be switched by a pulse of light lasting...

The prototype of a chemical computer detects a sphere

Mar 13, 2017 (SPX)

Chemical computers are becoming ever more of a reality - this is being proven by scientists from the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sc...

Hexagonal boron nitride enables the fabrication of 2-dimensional electronic memories

Mar 09, 2017 (SPX)

The use of two dimensional (2D) layered materials to improve the capabilities of electronic devices is a promising strategy that has recently gained much intere...

Reducing conducting thin film surface roughness for electronics

Mar 09, 2017 (SPX)

Surface roughness reduction is a really big deal when it comes to fundamental surface physics and while fabricating electronic and optical devices. As transisto...

New research could trigger revolution in computer electronics manufacturing

Mar 03, 2017 (SPX)

A pioneering new technique to produce cutting-edge, versatile microchips could revolutionize the speed, efficiency and capability of the next generation of comp...

Super-fast computer made from DNA 'grows as it computes'

Mar 01, 2017 (UPI)

Scientists have used DNA molecules to create a new, super-fast computer that is capable of "growing as it computes." The research, detailed in the Journal of th...

Chinese tech giant eyes global market with custom chip

Feb 28, 2017 (AFP)

Chinese technology giant Xiaomi on Tuesday unveiled an in-house processor, setting its sights on a top-tier global market long dominated by American companies. ...

Combining the ultra-fast with the ultra-small

Feb 22, 2017 (SPX)

For the first time ever, scientists have captured images of terahertz electron dynamics of a semiconductor surface on the atomic scale. The successful experimen...

Artificial synapse for neural networks

Feb 22, 2017 (SPX)

For all the improvements in computer technology over the years, we still struggle to recreate the low-energy, elegant processing of the human brain. Now, resear...

Particles from outer space are wreaking low-grade havoc on personal electronics

Feb 21, 2017 (SPX)

You may not realize it but alien subatomic particles raining down from outer space are wreaking low-grade havoc on your smartphones, computers and other persona...

Chip could make voice control ubiquitous in electronics

Feb 14, 2017 (SPX)

The butt of jokes as little as 10 years ago, automatic speech recognition is now on the verge of becoming people's chief means of interacting with their princip...

UNIST engineers oxide semiconductor just single atom thick

Feb 10, 2017 (SPX)

A new study, affiliated with UNIST has introduced a novel method for fabrication of world's thinnest oxide semiconductor that is just one atom thick. This may o...