Future devices based on technology could bridge gap between batteries and conventional capacitors in portable electronics and hybrid electric vehicles By combining the powers of two single-a... Read more
Spintronics-Based Technology May Replace Volatile Memory And Enable Extremely Energy-Efficient, Hand-Cranked Or Solar-Powered Devices If a research team in Japan gets its wish, “normal... Read more
“Serpentine plasma actuators” described in Journal of Applied Physics may reduce noise and drag and increase fuel efficiency for future land and air vehicles Plasmas are a soup o... Read more
New, High-Tech Microplasma Source Excites Matter in a Controlled and Efficient Way, and May Revolutionize How Archaeologists Date Objects in the Field A team of researchers from Uppsala Univ... Read more
The technology has promising applications beyond memory storage The first purely silicon oxide-based ‘Resistive RAM’ memory chip that can operate in ambient conditions – opening up th... Read more
Using well-known patterned media, a team of researchers in France has figured out a way to double the areal density of information by essentially cutting the magnetic media into small pieces... Read more
You’ve seen it in movies: the human-like, robot assassin quickly regenerates its structure after being damaged beyond recognition. This “Terminator” scenario is becoming le... Read more
Design for Human-Made Light Trapping Device Could Help Harvest Light for Solar Cells While our direct knowledge of black holes in the universe is limited to what we can observe from thousand... Read more