News articles tagged with 'circuit'
'Pruned' microchips are faster, smaller, more energy-efficient
— 17 Mar 2011 18:19 | TechnologyAn international team of computing experts from the United States, Switzerland and Singapore has created a breakthrough technique for doubling the efficiency of computer chips simply…
NIST electromechanical circuit sets record beating microscopic 'drum'
— 10 Mar 2011 18:17 | TechnologyPhysicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated an electromechanical circuit in which microwaves communicate with a vibrating mechanical component…
Stanford scientists discover anti-anxiety circuit in brain region considered the seat of fear
— 10 Mar 2011 17:41 | HealthStimulation of a distinct brain circuit that lies within a brain structure typically associated with fearfulness produces the opposite effect: Its activity, instead of triggering or…
Scripps Research scientists create cell assembly line
— 4 Mar 2011 13:08 | ChemistryBorrowing a page from modern manufacturing, scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute have built a microscopic assembly line that mass produces synthetic…
New generation of optical integrated devices for future quantum computers
— 2 Mar 2011 13:10 | TechnologyA research group led by scientists from the University of Bristol has demonstrated the quantum operation of new components that will enable compact circuits for future photonic quantum…
Development team achieves 1 terabit per second data rate on a single integrated photonic chip
— 1 Mar 2011 18:45 | TechnologyWith worldwide Internet data traffic increasing by 50 percent each year, telecommunications companies that handle this digital torrent must be able to economically expand the capacities…
Communication breakdown: Early defects in sensory synapses in motor neurone disease
— 10 Feb 2011 19:22 | HealthNew research using a mouse model of the motor neurone disease spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) reveals an abnormality in the way that sensory information is relayed to motor neurones in…
Fingerprint makes chips counterfeit-proof
— 9 Feb 2011 17:08 | TechnologyProduct piracy long ago ceased to be limited exclusively to the consumer goods sector. Industry, too, is increasingly having to combat this problem. Cheap fakes cost business dear:…
UMD advance lights possible path to creating next-gen computer chips
— 3 Feb 2011 17:39 | TechnologyUniversity of Maryland researchers have made a breakthrough in the use of visible light for making tiny integrated circuits. Though their advance is probably at least a decade from…
European Space Agency investigates novel analogue self-steered antennas
— 31 Jan 2011 16:34 | TechnologyBulky present generation satellite dishes and ground terminals could become relics of the past thanks to research currently being conducted for the European Space Agency (ESA) by Queen's…