Intel Takes Aim at "Cool Technology"
The chip giant has a new CEO and a brand new structure
Phonon Lasers Make a More Practical Sound
NTT’s sound lasers are a step toward real applications
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Bitcoin ATM Robocoin Makes Money Laundering Easy
As the Department of Homeland Security targets online Bitcoin exchanges, alternatives are beginning to emerge
Graphene Nanopump Zeroes in on the Perfect Ampere
Quantum-dot single-electron pump opens door to defining amp, volt, and ohm on a single chip
Graphene Becomes Magnetic for First Time
Making graphene magnetic is a breakthrough, but it doesn't really change the prospects for spintronic devices
Defects Have Just the Right Effects for Graphene Sensors
As long as the graphene or its substrate have defects graphene-based sensors are extremely sensitive
Insect-Eye Camera Offers Wide-Angle Vision for Tiny Drones
Engineers make a tiny compound eye
Nanowire Transistors Could Keep Moore’s Law Alive
Researchers are perfecting ways to produce gate-all-around devices
FIRST and NI Announce New Robot Controller: Smaller, Faster, Super Rugged
National Instruments will provide FIRST teams with a brand new, and much more powerful, control system for their robots
Another Two-Dimensional Replacement for Silicon
Generic framework for characterizing two-dimensional materials helps usher in a post-silcon world
Silicon Carbide Ready to Run the Rails
Mitsubishi is showing that silicon carbide electronics can bring big power savings to underground trains
Combining Nanowires and Memristors Could Lead to Brain-like Computing
European Research Council gives to €2.5 million research grant to CRANN to develop next generation of computing
Would the Mob Really Break Your Virtual Kneecaps With Counterfeit Chips?
Apparently, the next chip security threat could come from organized crime, says IOActive
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Electrically Powered Nanolasers Capable of Being Operated at Room Temperature
ASU researchers achieve continuous operation without overheating
Graphene Goes the Distance in Spintronics
Experiments push electron-spin signals to record lengths
Electronics on Paper
Paper electronics could pave the way to a new generation of cheap, flexible gadgets
Graphene and Boron Nitride Combined With Precision
A new technique for combining graphene with hexagonal boron nitride leads the way towards truly integrated in-plane devices
'Mass Equals Time' Redefines Weight Standards
New measurements of the matter-wave Compton frequency presage a quantum-mechanical definition of mass
Building the Environmental Big Picture from Personal Air-Quality Monitors
A UCSD team piloting pocket-size environmental sensors is discovering surprising things about pollution, and about how people interact.
The Incredible Shrinking Chip Industry
The field has narrowed considerably, especially when it comes to making advanced chips, GlobalFoundries CEO says
MIT Makes Smallest Gallium Arsenide Transistor
At 22 nanometers, it shows compound semiconductors could take over from silicon
Laser Switches Insulator to Conductor and Back in Femtoseconds
Ultrashort pulses of light could lead to petahertz-speed computing
4-D Nanowire Transistor Takes Shape of a Christmas Tree
Researchers develop an indium-gallium-arsenide transistor with 20-nm gates
Collodial Semiconductors Challenge Amorphous Silicon
U. Penn researchers develop fast, flexible, and cheap devices based on collodial semiconductors
A Quantum Dot First: Electron-Photon Entanglement
A new way to entangle quantum bits made of light and matter could be a boost for quantum communication
Silicon Carbide Logic Circuits Work at Blistering Temperatures
Logic circuits that thrive at 550 °C could simplify jet engines, spacecraft, and more
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Membrane Mixes Materials to Measure Nanogram Masses, Temperature Simultaneously
Thin film bulk acoustic wave resonator (FBAR) uses ZnO-SiO2 sandwich to overcome temperature-induced error in weighing small masses
High Density Carbon Nanotubes Show Way Forward for Smaller and Faster Transistors
IBM researchers develop self assembly process for applying a high density of carbon nanotubes on a silicon wafer
Statistical Wizardry Improves Nanoscale Measurements
A Bayesian approach lets engineers combine optical technologies to produce more accurate measurements than ever before.
Motion Sensor Accurate to the Diameter of a Single Nucleus
New microelectromechanical sensor exploits evanescent tails to bring distance measurement close to the theoretical limit of precision.