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![]() Boston MA (SPX) Jul 19, 2012 Researchers at MIT have developed a new approach to creating the complex array of wires and connections on microchips, using a system of self-assembling polymers. The work could eventually lead to a way of making more densely packed components on memory chips and other devices. The new method - developed by MIT visiting doctoral student Amir Tavakkoli of the National University of Singapore, along with two other graduate students and three professors in MIT's departments of Electrical Engineering ... read more |
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![]() Researchers Almost Double Light Efficiency in LC Projectors Researchers from North Carolina State University and ImagineOptix Corporation have developed new technology to convert unpolarized light into polarized light, which makes projectors that use liquid ... more | .. |
![]() To clean up the mine, let fungus reproduce Harvard-led researchers have discovered that an Ascomycete fungus that is common in polluted water produces environmentally important minerals during asexual reproduction. The key chemical in the pr ... more | .. |
![]() Mechanical engineers develop an 'intelligent co-pilot' for cars Barrels and cones dot an open field in Saline, Mich., forming an obstacle course for a modified vehicle. A driver remotely steers the vehicle through the course from a nearby location as a researche ... more | .. |
Amazon takes on iPad with new Kindle Fire tablet Hong Kong to restrict foreign homebuyers from 2013 US judge OKs partial settlement in e-book case Nordic-Baltic states seek more cooperation Outside View: Jobs outlook grim Empire-style computers? Frenchman takes PCs to lap of luxury Google-Microsoft field smartphones to take on iPhone 5 EU businesses urge China's new leaders to speed reforms |
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![]() Getting Amped Researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) have developed a new type of amplifier for boosting electrical signals. The device can be u ... more | .. |
![]() India seeks answers over fisherman's death India said it is working with authorities in Dubai and the United States over the death of an Indian fisherman around 10 miles off the United Arab Emirates coast. ... more | .. |
![]() Putin woos Israel amid East Med gas clash Russian President Vladimir Putin's June visit to Israel is a measure of how the country's discovery of major gas fields under the eastern Mediterranean has intensified the volatile region's geopolitical dynamics. ... more | .. |
![]() Falklands oil results a blow to U.K. firms Prospecting for oil and natural gas in the South Atlantic waters off Falkland Islands is attracting investors despite heavy losses suffered by some British companies involved in the project. ... more |
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![]() Anonymous hackers target energy majors Gazprom and Shell this week were among the targets of the Anonymous computer hacking collective, which protested plans for offshore drilling in the arctic. ... more | .. |
![]() Record tourists to France in 2011, Chinese numbers surge A record number of foreign tourists visited France last year, with 81.4 million people travelling to the country and a surge in visitors from China, official figures showed Wednesday. ... more | .. |
![]() Japan to probe 'active faults' under nuclear plants Japan's nuclear safety watchdog on Wednesday ordered a probe into claims the country's only working nuclear power station sits on an active tectonic fault. ... more | .. |
![]() ASEAN must push on with China sea code: Indonesia The Indonesian foreign minister met his Philippine counterpart on Wednesday, saying Southeast Asian nations must push forward with a "code of conduct" over the disputed South China Sea. ... more |
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![]() US, Britain warn Iran on blocking Strait of Hormuz The United States and Britain will not tolerate Iranian attempts to block the strategically important Strait of Hormuz, defense chiefs from the two Western powers said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
![]() UAE to begin constructing two nuclear reactors The UAE will begin building two of four nuclear power plants in partnership with a South Korean consortium, the first of which will begin production in 2017, the Gulf state announced Wednesday. ... more | .. |
![]() Iraq inaugurates giant southern oilfield Baghdad's top energy official inaugurated a giant oilfield in south Iraq on Wednesday, with a group of Chinese, French and Malaysian firms set to pump 535,000 barrels of oil a day there within five years. ... more | .. |
![]() Microsoft to release Windows 8 on October 26 Microsoft on Wednesday announced that its next-generation operating system tailored for a world shifting from personal computers to smartphones and tablets will be available on October 26. ... more |
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![]() Greensmith Energy Storage and ZEN Solar Announce Global Partnership Energy storage company Greensmith Energy Management Systems and South-Australian solar developer ZEN Energy Systems signed a formal partnership agreement earlier this month. In the agreement, Greens ... more | .. |
![]() KYOCERA Installs Solar Power Generating System at Hospital in the Marshall Islands Kyocera along with Marubeni Corporation and Wakachiku Construction have announced that the companies have supplied a solar power generating system to the Majuro Hospital in the Republic of the Marsh ... more | .. |
![]() US Lags in Ninth Place on Energy Efficiency Among Top 12 Global Economies The United Kingdom comes in first in a new energy efficiency ranking of the world's major economies, followed closely by Germany, Japan, and Italy, according to the first-ever International Energy E ... more | .. |
![]() SEIA and SEMI Formalize Partnership to Grow Solar Industry The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and SEMI have announced a partnership to help grow solar energy markets across the country. The expansion of solar furthers the missions of both organi ... more |
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![]() First Light Technologies Installs Solar LED Lights at US Military Facility First Light Technologies is pleased to announce a trial installation of 182 of its new PLB Series Solar LED Bollards at a US Military Facility in the southern United States. "We are pleased to see t ... more | .. |
![]() Scientists from northern Germany produce the lightest material in the world A network of porous carbon tubes that is three-dimensionally interwoven at nano and micro level - this is the lightest material in the world. It weights only 0.2 milligrams per cubic centimetre, and ... more | .. |
![]() Cleaning with sunlight The sun breaks through the clouds - and surfaces start cleaning themselves! It may sound like magic, but in fact it's all thanks to the addition of titanium dioxide molecules. Activated by UV light, ... more | .. |
![]() Clemson researcher: humanizing computer aids affects trust, dependence Computerized aids that include person-like characteristics can influence trust and dependence among adults, according to a Clemson University researcher. A recently published study by Clemson ... more |
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![]() "Sifting" Liquid at the Cellular Level Drexel University engineers continue to drive research into the use of carbon nanotubes, straw-like structures that are more than 1,000 times thinner than a single human hair. Their most recent deve ... more | .. |
![]() Autonomous robot maps ship hulls for mines For years, the U.S. Navy has employed human divers, equipped with sonar cameras, to search for underwater mines attached to ship hulls. The Navy has also trained dolphins and sea lions to search for ... more | .. |
![]() To Extinguish a Hot Flame, DARPA Studied Cold Plasma Fire in enclosed military environments such as ship holds, aircraft cockpits and ground vehicles is a major cause of material destruction and jeopardizes the lives of warfighters. For example, a shi ... more | .. |
![]() Sailing with nerves of glass In the world of racing, tiny details can be the difference between victory and defeat. It is no wonder, then, that manufacturers of racing yachts are always on the lookout for new technologies to op ... more |
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![]() Yahoo! profit dips, but stays ahead of forecasts Yahoo! said Tuesday its profit in the past quarter fell modestly in results reflecting upheaval at the struggling Internet pioneer, which named a new top executive this week. ... more | .. |
![]() Russia seizes Chinese fishing boat: reports Russian coastguards have seized a Chinese fishing boat off the country's east coast after reportedly opening fire on the vessel, Chinese state media said on Wednesday. ... more | .. |
![]() Intel downgrades outlook after profit dips Intel Corp. unveiled results that were better than expected Tuesday, helped by sales of chips used in smartphones and light "ultrabook" computers, but downgraded its outlook for the coming months. ... more | .. |
![]() PayPal stuffs startup into its smartphone wallet EBay-owned online financial transactions titan PayPal on Tuesday announced that it has bought a San Francisco startup focused on using smartphone cameras to take credit card payments. ... more |
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