Researchers: Nanowires could boost battery life 10X
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Interested in a laptop that can run 30 or 40 hours before running out of juice? Researchers at Stanford University have found a way to use silicon nanowires that allow lithium-ion batteries to do just that.
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IBM researchers today said they have successfully demonstrated a new technique for improving transistor performance that will help the company build smaller, more powerful chips in the next decade.
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A breakthrough in the way scientists make crystals could lead to a replacement for silicon in chips for devices.
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Researchers say proof-of-concept chip is 10 times more efficient than chips in current cell phones.
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TAIPEI/SEOUL  - A new generation of super-thin,  power-sipping displays is making its way to the market,  stretching battery lives to new limits and perhaps one day  posing a challenge to heavier, energy-gobbling LCDs.
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Investor's Business Daily - Nanotechnology may soon improve battery life, according to Stanford researchers, who demonstrated how it can make lithium batteries -- popularly used to power iPods, laptops and cell phones -- last 10 times longer. The new method using silicon nanowires could yield an option for electric cars or solar panels to store more electricity. The researchers said the lab technique could be scaled up for mass production and are considering forming a company or agreement with a battery manufacturer.
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A new inexpensive nanoglue that becomes stronger as it heats up could redefine the way computer chips are made.
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Based on a new theory, MIT scientists may be able to manipulate carbon nanotubes -- one of the strongest known materials and one of the trickiest to work with -- without destroying their extraordinary electrical properties. The work is reported in the Sept.
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Nanoparticles can be activated by radio frequencies.
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US researchers have created a nano-fiber textile that harvests energy from movement, paving the way for clothing that could one day power an iPod or other wearable electronic devices, according to a study published Wednesday.
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In an advance that could lead to lighter spacecraft and smarter cars, researchers have developed a new technique for producing a high-quality semiconductor that's much more resistant to extreme conditions than the silicon found in most of today's electronics.
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MIT researchers said Thursday they will soon be able to charge a computer or cell-phone battery from across a room, perhaps making the annoyance of wires or dead batteries a thing of the past.
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Japanese scientists say they have tackled one of the last frontiers of semiconductor technology, environments where electronic devices have to run at high power, in fierce heat or at lethal doses of radiation.
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A detector built from nanowire transistors can identify individual virus particles in real time in unpurified samples.
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In a research breakthrough that has broken records in the semiconductor industry, scientists at Infineon Technologies AG have built the worldâs smallest non-volatile flash memory cell.
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A new class of material, which brings computer chips made from a single molecule a step closer, has been discovered by scientists.