IBM is soon going to offer a nanotechnology ensuring longer battery life. Designed by Illinois researchers the nanotechnology, comprising a 3-D nanostructure for battery cathodes allowing for speedy…
Serious breakthroughs based on nanotechnology are expected in the field of computer and networking in the next decade and redefine the manner in which desktop computers and laptop computers are produc…
How cool does that sound? Researcher Steven Novack with the U.S. Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory led the team that developed this material that could draw away heat and collect en…
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Do you know what an exciton is? Excitons are formed by linking a negatively-charged electron with a positively-charged "hole". An exciton de…
How small is a molecule? The answer depends on the type of molecule. Researchers at the Michigan Technological University (Department of Physics) and the Advanced Nano Characterization Center (Nation…
Everyone relies on batteries. In fact, almost everyone living in industrialized nations rely on rechargeable batteries. Think about all those people using mobile phones. Thankfully, these devices las…
It still amazes me when I think about mobile hard drive technology. Currently, 2.5" hard drives with 320 GB capacity sell for roughly 130-150 USD. My old IBM ThinkPad 760 EL that I purchased in …
Nanotechnology may be bringing a bit of science fiction closer to reality with the advent of "invisible" electronics.
"You can imagine a variety of applications for new electronics th…
The bottom-up construction of molecular computers has come one step nearer with the development of a plug-and-socket molecular system that is an analog of a macroscopic electrical extension cord, says…
A story in yesterday's New York Times is touting nanotechnology as the answer to that Holy Grail of personal computing, the instant boot up.
"This technology could enable instant-on compute…