Pen mightier than keyboard: StudySeptember 18th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The pen seems to be mightier than the computer keyboard, says a new study. Second, fourth and sixth grade children with and without handwriting disabilities were able to write more and faster when using a pen than a keyboard to compose essays.
AP Interview: NIH chief wants faster push to turn science into better care, even save moneyAugust 17th, 2009 New NIH chief: Turn science into better care, fastWASHINGTON — Dr. Francis Collins is promising a faster push to turn cutting-edge science into better bedside care.
Manipulating ripples could pave way for strain-based graphene electronicsJuly 27th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Scientists from the University of California Riverside (UCR) have manipulated ripples in graphene, which would enable the development of strain-based graphene electronics. Graphene is nature's thinnest elastic material and displays exceptional mechanical and electronic properties.
Faster, more energy efficient electronics comes closer to realityJune 21st, 2009 WASHINGTON - You may see smaller, faster, more powerful, and less energy consuming electronic devices emerge in future, thanks to a new discovery by researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Describing their work in the journal Science, the researchers have revealed that it involves a method to measure intrinsic conducting properties of ferroelectric materials, which for decades have held tremendous promise but have eluded experimental proof.
Peeling stickers to pave way for stretchable electronicsJune 16th, 2009 Washington, June 16 (ANI): Focussing on stickers peeling from windows, scientists are hoping to develop a new way to precisely control the fabrication of stretchable electronics-electronic devices embedded into clothing, surgical gloves, electronic paper or other flexible materials. Developing such stretchable electronics have proved difficult because the electrical wiring tends to be damaged as the material twists.
Some raindrops travel 10 times faster than previously believedJune 11th, 2009 LONDON - Meteorologists may be miscalculating how much it rains, for a new study has found that many raindrops travel at "super-terminal" velocities, faster than was thought possible. Scientists previously thought that all raindrops fall at terminal velocity, a constant maximum speed that is determined by the interplay of gravity and drag.
Creditors pave way for Chrysler to exit bankruptcyMay 9th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Chrysler took a giant step towards emerging from bankruptcy and joining Italy's Fiat Spa after a group of the US carmaker's creditors Friday gave up their hopes for a better deal. Chrysler last week filed for bankruptcy protection after failing to strike an agreement with about one quarter of its smaller debt holders.
Large-area graphene on copper may lead to faster computers, electronicsMay 8th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The development of large-area graphene using copper may pave the way for faster computers and electronics, according to scientists and engineers at The University of Texas at Austin. Graphene, an atom-thick layer of carbon atoms bonded to one another in a "chickenwire" arrangement of hexagons, holds great potential for nanoelectronics, including memory, logic, analog, opto-electronic devices and potentially many others.
New photochromatic material adapts to light instantlyApril 28th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A revolutionary 'photochromic' material developed by Japanese researchers changes colour instantaneously when exposed to light. The development could open the way to a wide range of new products including improved sunglasses, more powerful computers, dynamic holograms, and better medicines.
Self-assembled nanowires can help make transistors smaller and fasterApril 21st, 2009 WASHINGTON - A team of scientists at the University of Illinois (U. of I.), US, has found a new way to make transistors smaller and faster, by using self-assembled, self-aligned, and defect-free nanowire channels made of gallium arsenide.
MIT findings to help design superfast microchipMarch 24th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Researchers have built a microchip from graphene, a form of pure carbon, that can operate at much higher speeds than existing silicon chips. This will enable faster data transmission in mobile phones and computers.
Graphene based chips could pave way for faster data transferMarch 24th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Using a material called graphene, scientists at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have created new superfast chips which can lead to cell phones and other communications systems that can transmit data much faster. Graphene is a form of pure carbon that was first identified in 2004.
Carbon nanotubes may replace metals in electronic applicationsMarch 21st, 2009 WASHINGTON - Scientists at the University at Buffalo Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes (SWCNTs), which are thousands of times stronger than metals, may one day replace metals in millions of electronic applications. Professor Cemal Basaran, the director of the Electronics Packaging Lab in UB's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, says that the four years of quantum mechanics calculations performed by him and his doctoral student Tarek Ragab have proved that higher current density in carbon nanotubes does not lead to electromigration and thermomigration.
Slimmer nanorods may revolutionise 3-D computer chip technologyMarch 19th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Scientists have developed a new technique for growing slimmer copper nanorods, a breakthrough that can pave the way for advanced integrated 3-D chip technology. The researchers have found a new method to grow slimmer copper nanorods, which can be used as a low-temperature bonding agent for holding together the layers of next-generation 3-D integrated computer chips.
Researchers tame rogue waves of lightMarch 6th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Rogue waves of light, rare and explosive flare-ups that are mathematically similar to gigantic and terrifying freak waves at sea, have recently been tamed by a group of researchers. University of California, Los Angeles' (UCLA) Daniel Solli, Claus Ropers, and Bahram Jalali are putting rogue light waves to work in order to produce brighter, more stable white light sources, a breakthrough in optics that may pave the way for better clocks, faster cameras, and more powerful radar and communications technologies.
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