Moreover, the material in question – an organic crystalline solid called lambda-(BETS)2FeCl4 – contains a large concentration of magnetic ions (S Uji et al. 2001 Nature 410 908). The discovery by Shinya Uji of the National Research Institute for Metals in Tsukuba, Japan, and co-workers at the Institute for Molecular Science, the Electrotechnical Laboratory and […]
Packaging materials that display animated adverts and containers that sound an alarm if their contents go mouldy are just two possibilities that could result from a new area of technology called “paper electronics”. The substitution of paper for semiconductors in electronic components might sound bizarre, but Swedish physicists are currently developing devices that can […]
Read article: Electronics turns over a new leaf
Statistical mechanics offers insights into the structure and dynamics of the Internet, the World Wide Web and other complex interacting systems, says Albert-László Barabási
Read article: The physics of the Web
Surface acoustic waves are commonly found in the electronic circuitry of everyday appliances, such as mobile phones and televisions, where they are used to filter frequencies. Surface acoustic waves are also employed in transponders to transmit signals that are modulated in amplitude and frequency to remote locations. In one recent advance, Thorsten Hesjedal of Stanford […]
Silicon can be developed into a biocompatible and biodegradable material that could lead to smaller, smarter and more-interactive implants in the human body
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Carbon nanotubes add resistance-free current flow to their repertoire
Bush nominates the current director of the Brookhaven National Lab
Read article: Physicist mooted as new US science advisor
The viscoelastic properties of lava could explain the 'chugging' action of some volcanoes
Read article: Elastic lava blows its top
Spheres of liquid that do not wet a surface could be used in micro-fluid devices
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Neutrons in a lead nucleus shed light on the structure of neutron stars
