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Unknown molecule opens the door to quantum computing

June 27, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 77 vote(s) | User comments: 13

The odd behavior of a molecule in an experimental silicon computer chip has led to a discovery that opens the door to quantum computing in semiconductors.


Giant memory thanks to tiny capacitors

June 25, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 39 vote(s) | User comments: 10

German-Korean research team produces a permanent memory using a new procedure and thereby sets a memory density record.


Microchip is helping restore vision to the blind

June 24, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 24 vote(s) | User comments: 5

Last year, Wentai Liu watched as surgeons implanted a microchip he had designed into the eye of a blind patient. For Liu, a professor of electrical engineering in the Baskin School of Engineering at the University of California, ...


Novel memory device is set to rival transistor-switched silicon-based memory

June 25, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 23 vote(s) | User comments: 2

Working with an international group of researchers, Professor Gehan Amaratunga has produced a novel memory device which is set to rival transistor-switched silicon-based memory.


Exposing the Sensitivity of Extreme Ultraviolet Photoresists

June 26, 2008 | User rating: 3 / 5 after 5 vote(s) | User comments: 2

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have confirmed that the photoresists used in next-generation semiconductor manufacturing processes now under development are twice as ...