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Unlocking the secrets of concrete to cut greenhouse gases

January 31, 2007 Work by MIT researchers could one day put a sizable dent in carbon dioxide emissions. TAGS: powder, emission, carbon, particle, material, researcher

Harnessing quantum dots for solar panels

June 27, 2007 Sources say a start-up is working to use the tiny particles to convert sunlight into electricity. TAGS: sunlight, cell, silicon, electron, efficiency, material, electricity, researcher

A 30-year memory problem solved?

March 16, 2005 Heat and repeat. If Royal Philips Electronics researchers are right, this is how data will be stored in the future. Photo: Measuring Memory TAGS: Philips Electronics N.V., Gordon Moore, material, reflection, energy, researcher, memory

IBM puts vacuum spaces in chips

May 3, 2007 Nothing insulates like a vacuum. Big Blue says its Airgap technique will increase chip speed and reduce power consumption.Images: IBM's vaccuum techiqueVideo: Building chips with Airgap TAGS: molecule, vacuum, dot, power consumption, technique, IBM Corp., material, semiconductor, researcher, manufacturing, video

Green paint made in 1700s may be gold for new tech

August 8, 2006 Obscure artists' pigment invented in 18th century Sweden may be key to new generation of 21st century electronics. TAGS: electron, material, Sweden, property, researcher

NASA searches for a better heat shield

May 19, 2006 Researchers are looking for materials to protect astronauts from temperatures that can be three times hotter than the sun. Photos: NASA feels the heat TAGS: shield, temperature, material, lightning, blade, sun, mile, scientist, researcher

IBM sees bright light with carbon nanotubes

November 18, 2005 Big Blue discovers new way to convert electrons to photons. The key is the conductor. TAGS: electron, nanotube, IBM Corp., transmitter, carrier, material, researcher

MIT concocts fogless glass

August 30, 2005 Fogless windshields may be in your future, if a new technique for coating glass and plastic takes off. TAGS: glass, droplet, particle, plastics, layer, polymer, material, nanotechnology, technique, researcher

Year in review: Back to nature

January 6, 2005 The natural world was the focus of much nanotechnology and energy research. Robots, meanwhile, were learning to mimic crabs and bees. TAGS: nanotechnology, robot, energy, nature, scientist, researcher, supercomputer, material, start-up, IBM Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Intel, video

Semiconductor group gives rosy sales forecast

June 10, 2004 But the organization warns of a crucial need for new manufacturing techniques. TAGS: institute, semiconductor, sales forecast, chip company, nanotechnology, material, manufacturing, barrier, IBM Corp., researcher, organization

IBM gets chip circuits to draw themselves

December 8, 2003 Big Blue is tinkering with a new material that could drastically slash the costs of “drawing” circuits on semiconductors, and the stuff is a close relative to tennis shoe glue. TAGS: polymer, molecule, semiconductor, circuit, shoe, semiconductor maker, IBM Corp., transistor, pattern, researcher, material, flash memory, Motorola Inc., manufacturing

Nanotubes break semiconducting record

December 19, 2003 The futuristic material is the best semiconductor ever measured, according to a recent study, and could form the basis for far more efficient computer chips. TAGS: nanotube, computer chip, silicon, mobility, semiconductor, university, transistor, material, property, researcher, electronics

Start-up develops tiny hot plate that burns like Venus

July 2, 2004 It goes from zero to 1,000 degrees in a fraction of a second, which matters when you're a semiconductor designer. TAGS: plate, wafer, temperature, silicon, degree, semiconductor, material, scientist, researcher
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