News articles tagged with 'circuit'
Small optical force can budge nanoscale objects
— 18 Nov 2009 12:20 | TechnologyWith a bit of leverage, Cornell researchers have used a very tiny beam of light with as little as 1 milliwatt of power to move a silicon structure up to 12 nanometres. That's enough... — full story
Caltech scientists develop DNA origami nanoscale breadboards for carbon nanotube circuits
— 11 Nov 2009 12:48 | TechnologyIn work that someday may lead to the development of novel types of nanoscale electronic devices, an interdisciplinary team of researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech)... — full story
Bacteria 'invest' wisely to survive uncertain times, UT Southwestern scientists report
— 3 Nov 2009 09:20 | HealthLike savvy Wall Street money managers, bacteria hedge their bets to increase their chances of survival in uncertain times, strategically investing their biological resources to weather... — full story
Understanding a cell's split personality aids synthetic circuits
— 5 Oct 2009 06:52 | HealthAs scientists work toward making genetically altered bacteria create living 'circuits' to produce a myriad of useful proteins and chemicals, they have logically assumed that the single-celled... — full story
Discovery brings new type of fast computers closer to reality
— 28 Sep 2009 09:01 | TechnologyTheir discovery, detailed this week in the advance online issue of the journal Nature Photonics, follows the team's demonstration last summer of an integrated circuit - an assembly... — full story
Physicists at UC Santa Barbara make discovery in quantum mechanics
— 24 Sep 2009 08:41 | PhysicsPhysicists at UC Santa Barbara have made an important advance in quantum mechanics using a superconducting electrical circuit. The finding is reported in this week's issue of the journal... — full story
Graphitic memory techniques advance at Rice
— 9 Sep 2009 17:00 | TechnologyAdvances by the Rice University lab of James Tour have brought graphite's potential as a mass data storage medium a step closer to reality and created the potential for reprogrammable... — full story
Electrical circuit runs entirely off power in trees
— 9 Sep 2009 11:11 | TechnologyYou've heard about flower power. What about tree power? It turns out that it's there, in small but measurable quantities. There's enough power in trees for University of Washington... — full story
Scientists use self-assembled DNA scaffolding to build tiny circuit boards
— 19 Aug 2009 12:05 | TechnologyScientists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and IBM's Almaden Research Centre have developed a new technique to orient and position self-assembled DNA shapes and... — full story
Organic electronics a two-way street, thanks to new plastic semiconductor
— 18 Aug 2009 10:03 | TechnologyPlastic that conducts electricity holds promise for cheaper, thinner and more flexible electronics. This technology is already available in some gadgets - the new Sony walkman that... — full story