News articles tagged with 'wire'
Creasing to cratering: Voltage breaks down plastic
— 4 Mar 2011 15:51 | TechnologyA Duke University team has seen for the first time how soft polymers, such as wire insulation, can break down under exposure to electrical current…
Rice researchers take molecule's temperature
— 14 Dec 2010 21:09 | TechnologyYou can touch a functioning light bulb and know right away that it's hot. Ouch! But you can't touch a single molecule and get the same feedback…
Small wires make big connections for microelectronics
— 16 Jul 2010 12:37 | TechnologyUniversity of Illinois engineers have developed a novel direct-writing method for manufacturing metal interconnects that could shrink integrated circuits and expand microelectronics…
Pinpoint precision: Delivering a biochemical payload to 1 cell
— 8 Jul 2010 08:24 | TechnologyImagine being able to drop a toothpick on the head of one particular person standing among 100,000 people in a stadium. It sounds impossible, yet this degree of precision at the cellular…
A powerful duo: Diamond and ceramic
— 21 May 2010 10:51 | TechnologyDiamond is a material with outstanding features: It is extraordinarily hard, conducts heat well and is practically inert to chemical substances. Ceramics - particularly high - performance…
Researcher modernises US power grid
— 31 Mar 2010 09:34 | TechnologyAlthough the U.S. electric power industry is one of the greatest engineering marvels of the 20th century, ageing technology and an increase in demand create problems for the electricity…
Researchers create highly absorbing, flexible solar cells with silicon wire arrays
— 17 Feb 2010 13:38 | TechnologyUsing arrays of long, thin silicon wires embedded in a polymer substrate, a team of scientists from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) has created a new type of flexible…
New silicon-germanium nanowires could lead to smaller, more powerful electronic devices
— 10 Dec 2009 08:50 | TechnologyMicrochip manufacturers have long faced challenges miniaturising transistors, the key active components in nearly every modern electronic device, which are used to amplify or switch…
Record long platinum nanowires: An advance toward better fuel cells
— 19 Mar 2009 18:00 | TechnologyResearchers from New York are reporting production of the longest platinum nanowires ever made - an advance that they say could speed development of fuel cells for cars, trucks, and…
New generator produces AC current by stretching wires
— 9 Nov 2008 18:00 | TechnologyResearchers have developed a new type of small-scale electric power generator able to produce alternating current through the cyclical stretching and releasing of zinc oxide wires encapsulated…