Researchers Create DNA Logic Circuits That Work in Test TubesComputers and liquids are not very compatible, as many a careless coffee-drinking laptop owner has discovered. But a new breakthrough by researchers at the California Institute of Technology could result in future logic circuits ... | |
 Strontium atomic clock demonstrates super-fine 'ticks'Using an ultra-stable laser to manipulate strontium atoms trapped in a "lattice" made of light, scientists at JILA have demonstrated the capability to produce the most precise "ticks" ever recorded in an optical ... | |
 Cosmologists expose flaws in anthropic reasoningMany scientists never liked it anyway, and now Glenn Starkman from Oxford/Case Western and Roberto Trotta from Oxford show that too many details�and too many unknowns�mean that anthropic reasoning gives inconsistent ... | |
Rice as a source of electricityRice yields an abundance of biowaste: Husks make up around one quarter of the weight. Only a small fraction of this is utilized, for instance, to fire distillery furnaces. Researchers at Hanoi University of Technology now ... | |
UMC Produces Working 45-nanometer ICsUMC, a leading global semiconductor foundry, today announced that it has successfully produced functional 45-nanometer SRAM chips that feature an impressive bit cell size of less than 0.25um2. The ICs, produced using UMC's ... | |
 All Optical Solution: Cruising the Superhighway on a Beam of LightThe Internet is often called the information superhighway, but the real superhighway is the optical fiber that connects computers around the world at the speed of light, according to John Badding, Penn State ... | |
A 'Spin-Voltaic' Effect May Enable Silicon SpintronicsCan conventional semiconductors learn new tricks? Igor Zutic is betting that they can. Zutic, a University at Buffalo theoretical physicist and the recipient of a prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER Award, is finding ... | |
IMEC demonstrates feasibility of double patterning immersion litho for 32nm nodeIMEC showed in collaboration with ASML the potential of double patterning 193nm immersion lithography at 1.2NA for 32nm node Flash and logic. | |
 DNA computing targets West Nile Virus, other deadly diseasesResearchers say that they have developed a DNA-based computer that could lead to faster, more accurate tests for diagnosing West Nile Virus and bird flu. Representing the first "medium-scale integrated molecular ... | |
Researchers develop bistable nano switchCarbon nanotubes (CNT) have been under intense study by scientists all over the world for more than a decade and are being thought of as ideal building blocks for nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS). A type of one-dimensional ... | |
New All-Optical Modulator Paves the Way to Ultrafast Communications and ComputingIn the 1950s, a revolution began when glass and metal vacuum tubes were replaced with tiny and cheap transistors. Today, for the cost of a single vacuum tube, you can buy a computer chip with literally millions of transistors. | |
 ZnO nanowires may lead to better chemical sensors, high-speed electronicsDevices for detecting dangerous substances can literally be life savers, in situations ranging from soldiers on the battlefield to luggage screeners at airports. Yet chemical sensors now available for such ... | |
Physicists trap, map tiny magnetic vortexIn a research first that could lead to a new generation of hard drives capable of storing thousands of movies per square inch, physicists at Rice University have decoded the three-dimensional structure of a tornado-like magnetic ... | |
 Nanoscientists Create Biological Switch from Spinach MoleculeNanoscientists have transformed a molecule of chlorophyll-a from spinach into a complex biological switch that has possible future applications for green energy, technology and medicine. | |
Shade trees fight global warming in Calif.Sacramento, Calif., has decided that when it comes to battling global warming Mother Nature knows best and nothing is better than planting a tree. | |
