Single electrons flick the switch
A buckled carbon nanotube can act as a single-electron transistor
Read article: Electronics turns over a new leaf
Electronics turns over a new leaf
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 calle...
Surface acoustic waves go under the microscope
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 a...
Read article: Will a chip every day keep the doctor away?
Will a chip every day keep the doctor away?
Silicon can be developed into a biocompatible and biodegradable material that could lead to smaller, smarter and more-interactive implants in the human body
Ultraviolet light to squeeze in the data
Short-wavelength light will increase the capacity of devices like CDs and DVDs
Semiconductor fridges get into shape
At room temperature, the extraordinary magnetoresistance of such non-magnetic materials is much larger than that of other magnetic materials, including those that exhibit giant or colossal magnetoresi...
Spintronics turns a corner
Devices that use the spin on electrons move a step closer
Read article: Elastic laser spans the spectrum
Elastic laser spans the spectrum
Fibre optics could benefit from a stretchy laser that changes colour
Novel nitrogen is a semiconductor
Compressed nitrogen could be the fuel of the future
Wonder wire puts up no resistance
A wire made from a perfect crystal can transmit electricity with no resistance
