• AZO replaces metals in optical metamaterials (24/05/12)
  Researchers at Purdue University have replaced the traditional silver or gold previously required for creating optical metamaterials with an aluminium-doped zinc oxide (AZO).
  
  
• Samsung creates graphene transistor (22/05/12)
  This discovery could lead to the development of transistors that can overcome the limits of conventional silicon, claims Samsung.
  
  
• Controlling shape, size of graphene quantum dots (22/05/12)
  Researchers make quantum dots with a controlled structure in large quantities, which may allow these optically active quantum dots to be used in solar cell and other optoelectronic applications.
  
  
• New ReRAM chip promises 'super-fast' memory (21/05/12)
  Researchers develop ReRAM memory chips that are hundred times faster than standard Flash memory chips.
  
  
• Researchers create superefficient 'inexact' chip (18/05/12)
  The not-so-accurately designed computer chips are 15 times more efficient than today's microchips, claim researchers.
  
  

• Don't like walking? Honda UNI-CUB is for you then (18/05/12)
  Honda brings a robotic unicycle 'UNI-CUB', which offers the same freedom of movement that a person enjoys while walking.
  
  
• Simple metering device measures power usage (18/05/12)
  Fraunhofer researchers develop a space-saving metering device to measure power consumption by industrial energy users allowing a simple clip-on to a power cable without even disconnecting the load.
  
  
• Thin copolymer films to speed up microprocessors (17/05/12)
  Researchers have created ultra-thin films that could give rise to numerous applications in flexible electronics.
  
  
• Black silicon cuts reflectance on solar cells (16/05/12)
  Scientists develop the "blackest" silicon solar cell surface ever recorded with a reflectance of 0.3 per cent.
  
  
• An electricity generator powered by viruses! (15/05/12)
  Researchers have created a paper-thin generator that can produce electricity by harnessing the piezoelectric properties of M13 virus.
  
  

• An electronic nose sniffs out volatile compounds (14/05/12)
  Using its QTC material, Peratech creates an electronic nose that can quickly detect volatile organic compounds in the environment.
  
  
• 'Graphene quilts' can cool high-power GaN devices! (14/05/12)
  According to researchers, graphene-graphite "quilts" on top of GaN transistors removes heat from the hot spots.
  
  
• Graphene "spintronics" to make electronic devices faster (09/05/12)
  New research opens new venues for industrial applications of graphene...
  
  
• Fujitsu makes 5mm palm vein sensor for tablets (04/05/12)
  Fujitsu Labs has managed to shrink the size of palm vein authentication sensor to just 5mm thick, which is now deployable on tablet and smartphone devices.
  
  
• Bionic eyes to be tested on humans in 2013 (03/05/12)
  Bionic eye, developed by Australian scientists, includes an implanted chip that has 98 electrodes to stimulate the patient's retina so that they can "perceive vision."
  
  

• Graphene-based material to revolutionise electronics industry (30/04/12)
  GraphExeter, a transparent graphene-based material, could revolutionise the creation of wearable electronic devices, say researchers.
  
  
• Smartphone with dual-side display; courtesy Microsoft (26/04/12)
  Microsoft is working on a dual-screen smartphone that will have a regular high-powered touchscreen on the front, along with a low-power screen on the back side of the phone.
  
  
• Nanocrystal-coated fibres harvest waste energy (25/04/12)
  Purdue University researchers work on a method to harvest energy from hot pipes or engine components to potentially recover energy wasted in factories, power plants and cars.
  
  
• IBM discovers terahertz graphene photonics (24/04/12)
  IBM demonstrated a graphene/insulator superlattice that achieves 1.2THz frequency.
  
  
• TV as thin and flexible as a sheet of paper... (23/04/12)
  Georgia Tech researchers have come out with a new technique that may pave the way for lower cost and more flexible electronic devices.
  
  

• Carbon nanoparticles enhance battery power (23/04/12)
  Researchers are turning to a new and promising power storage device—lithium-sulphur batteries—to counter the diminished potential for further improvement of lithium-ion batteries.
  
  
• Tunnel-FET biosensor claims ultra-sensitivity (20/04/12)
  Researchers have designed a Tunnel-FET (T-FET) sensor that is faster and four orders of magnitude more sensitive to beat the limitations of conventional FET based biosensors.
  
  
• Imagine...your mobile phone seeing through walls (19/04/12)
  Researchers are working on an imaging system based on the CMOS terahertz system that may allow cellphones to see through walls, woods, plastics...
  
  
• Wearable energy harvester targets human motion (17/04/12)
  Researchers have designed a jacket with an electrical generator that generates energy from human movement.
  
  
• Wireless system powers body electronics (16/04/12)
  Researchers in Germany have devised a portable device that can wirelessly transmit power from a portable transmitter module to electronics around the body.
  
  

• A new technique cools electronic devices 25% faster (12/04/12)
  According to a researcher, the copper-graphene film's thermal conductivity allows it to cool electronic devices much faster than pure copper.
  
  
• Toshiba NPEngine streams video content directly from SSD to IP (11/04/12)
  Toshiba's NPEngine eliminates burdens on server CPU and memory resources by delivering video content stored on SSD directly to IP networks.
  
  
• EU project targets 12% efficiency solar modules (10/04/12)
  EU Fast Track project aims to refine thin-film solar module technology and plans to produce a marketable prototype with an efficiency of 12 per cent within the next three years.
  
  
• Google 'Project Glass' looks cool...but is it possible? (09/04/12)
  A concept video shows Google glasses give wearers a smart-phone like experience without a smartphone, displaying video chats, voice commands, maps, and more.
  
  
• ExCAPE team to automate computer programming (09/04/12)
  The five-year project aims to automate production of computer code to the largest possible extent.
  
  

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