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Growing nanolasers on silicon paves way for on-chip photonics


February 7th, 2011 - 12:50 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 7 (ANI): Engineers at the University of California, Berkeley, have developed a way to grow nanolasers directly onto a silicon surface paving way to faster, more efficient microprocessors in the ... Read more...

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2-D graphene quilt offers new microelectronic possibilities


March 2nd, 2010 - 2:06 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, March 2 (ANI): Scientists at Rice University, US, have found a way to stitch graphene and hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) into a two-dimensional quilt that offers new paths of exploration for ... Read more...

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Gecko-inspired dry printing of nanotube patterns to revolutionize microelectronics


January 26th, 2010 - 1:38 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 26 (ANI): Inspired by how a gecko sticks to the smoothest of surfaces via strong van der Waals force between its millions of hairs, researchers at Rice University have come ... Read more...

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Quantum computer chips come one step closer to reality


October 16th, 2009 - 4:45 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, October 16 (ANI): Researchers at Ohio State University in the US have discovered a way to make quantum devices using technology common to the chip-making industry today, which might one day ... Read more...

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Diamonds are a laser’s best friend


September 19th, 2009 - 12:20 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, September 19 (ANI): Researchers in Australia have demonstrated the first laser built with diamonds that has comparable efficiency to lasers built with other materials.Richard Mildren of Macqaurie University in Sydney, New ... Read more...

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Graphite’s potential as mass data storage medium comes a step closer to reality


September 10th, 2009 - 4:26 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, September 10 (ANI): In a new research, scientists at Rice University have used industry-standard lithographic techniques to deposit 10-nanometer stripes of amorphous graphite onto silicon, which brings graphite's potential as a ... Read more...

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Self-assembled nanowires can help make transistors smaller and faster


April 21st, 2009 - 2:26 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, April 21 (ANI): A team of scientists at the University of Illinois (U. of I.), US, has found a new way to make transistors smaller and faster, by using self-assembled, self-aligned, ... Read more...

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Low-temperature, catalyst-free process for growing copper nanowires


April 29th, 2008 - 12:10 pm ICT by admin
Washington, April 29 (ANI): Scientists at the University of Illinois have developed a new low-temperature, catalyst-free technique for growing copper nanowires.The researchers said that the copper nanowires could serve as interconnects ... Read more...

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Friction can be reduced by heavier hydrogen


November 14th, 2007 - 8:25 am ICT by admin
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