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Breakthrough in efficiency for dye-sensitized solar cells

June 29, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 44 vote(s) | No comments yet

In a paper published in the journal Nature Materials, EPFL professor Michael Graetzel, Shaik Zakeeruddin and colleagues from the Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry at the Chinese Academy of Sciences have achieved ...


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.


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.


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, ...


Sony develops new back-illuminated CMOS image sensor

June 11, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

Sony Corporation today announced the development of a back-illuminated CMOS image sensor (pixel size: 1.75µm square pixels, five effective mega pixels, 60 frames/s) with significantly enhanced imaging characteristics, ...


Automated microfluidic device reduces time to screen small organisms for genetic studies

June 23, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

Genetic studies on small organisms such as worms and flies can now be done more quickly using a new microfluidic device developed by engineers at the Georgia Institute of Technology.


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 ...


Fujitsu Develops Low-power CMOS Technology For 32nm Generation

June 17, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

Fujitsu today announced the development of low-power CMOS technology for 32nm-generation logic LSIs, which makes it possible to minimize the number of necessary manufacturing processes for LSIs, and without ...


Samsung Introduces 90-Nanometer High Performance Smart Card IC

June 12, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a leader in advanced semiconductor technology, announced today its 90-nanometer smart card IC with high data storage capacity for subscriber identity module (SIM) cards and mobile ...