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Nanotechnology to change our lives
News Nanotechnology could provide computer chips thousands of times quicker than today's fastest processors according to researchers at Molecular Electronics, a US firm dedicated to researching and developing atom-sized computer components.
[August 25, 2000, 13:52]
IBM probe detects an atom's charge
News The new technology could help with a variety of research areas, IBM argues: for looking into molecular electronics for nanocomputing devices, the catalysis of chemical reactions, and the inner workings of solar cells as they convert light energy...
[June 15, 2009, 17:07]
HP uses nanotechnology for new circuit
News We believe molecular electronics will push advances in future computer technology far beyond the limits of silicon," said R. As previously reported, HP created the circuits using a new approach with molecular grids.
[September 10, 2002, 6:27]
Motorola mixes up chip chemistry for faster circuits
News Without this, the molecular structures of the two layers are physically mismatched and stresses in the GaAs layer leads to microscopic disruption in its crystal lattice. The new layer acts as a molecular-level adaptor plug.
[September 4, 2001, 9:09]
For 2001, futurists are playing coy
News The group says its lofty goal isn't attainable until 2011 at the earliest, but the developments in the Dream Team labs have advanced other researchers' rudimentary molecular manipulations. It is unquestionably the most complex and investment...
[January 2, 2001, 14:14]
HP makes nanotech breakthrough
News HP would not comment on the content of the presentation on Monday other than to say that it will involve a "major" breakthrough in molecular electronics. Hewlett-Packard researchers will unveil a major breakthrough in the field of nanotechnology on...
[September 9, 2002, 8:57]
Apple shoots for supercomputer heights
News Virginia Tech will use the cluster to perform research on nanoscale electronics, chemistry, aerodynamics, molecular statics, computational acoustics and molecular modelling, among other tasks. Apple Computer has landed a major customer for its...
[September 3, 2003, 9:15]
Joy warns of tech Armageddon
News According to Joy, current advances in molecular electronics mean that by the year 2030, "we are likely to be able to build machines in quantity a million times as powerful as the personal computers of today", and imbue them with human-level...
[March 14, 2000, 10:03]
Big Mac supercomputer heads for top ranks
News Virginia Tech will use the cluster to perform research on nanoscale electronics, chemistry, aerodynamics, molecular statics, computational acoustics and molecular modelling, among other tasks. A supercomputer built by US university Virginia Tech...
[October 23, 2003, 13:00]
Mac cluster rises in supercomputing ranks
News Virginia Tech will use the cluster to perform research on nanoscale electronics, chemistry, aerodynamics, molecular statics, computational acoustics and molecular modelling, among other tasks. A supercomputer formed of a cluster of Macintosh G5 PCs...
[October 31, 2003, 13:10]
Gates' foundation to fund synthetic biology
News Research on the project, ideally, will allow Amyris and others to create several types of new medicines with the molecular foundation, or precursor, used in synthetic artemisinin. While most people think of E.coli as harmful, molecular biologists...
[December 14, 2004, 8:05]
Nanotechnology a year away
News Nanotechnology could provide computer chips thousands of times quicker than today's fastest processors according to researchers at Molecular Electronics, a US firm dedicated to researching and developing atom sized computer components.
[August 25, 2000, 9:49]
Hawking warns of AI world takeover
News According to Joy, current advances in molecular electronics mean that by the year 2030, "we are likely to be able to build machines in quantity a million times as powerful as the personal computers of today", and imbue them with human-level...
[September 3, 2001, 12:10]
2000 Roundup: August is hot for health
News At the end of August, researchers at Molecular Electronics, a firm dedicated to developing atom-sized computer components, explained why these could have such a great impact on our lives. The start of the year yielded little interesting news for...
[January 1, 2001, 6:17]
3D monitors to hit shops this year
News The company also believes that its new system could have applications in sectors such as medical imaging and molecular modelling. Consumer electronics manufacturer Sharp says is on track to bring a true 3D flat screen monitor to market before the...
[March 17, 2003, 16:15]
Notebook sharpens 3D image
News A molecular modelling application comes with the notebook. Sharp, which reported a $557m (£334m) profit in fiscal 2002, is one of the leaders in the market for thin-film transistor (TFT) displays, glass with embedded electronics used to build...
[October 13, 2003, 11:15]
Venture capitalists pour money into nanotech
News Among them are FlexICs, which is working on flexible circuits for products such as flexible plastic screens; ZettaCore, which is working on molecular memory; and Coatue, a nanotech start-up that Advanced Micro Devices quietly purchased last summer.
[March 10, 2004, 8:30]
HP introduces new chip mould
News Nanonex, which was spun out of Princeton University and Molecular Imprints in Texas, also produces imprint lithography technology. We're talking about electronics manufacturers. The machine is a system for imprint lithography.
[May 2, 2007, 10:38]
Magnificent MEMS and the micro-machines
News Molecular computing will likely take much longer to develop, but early results are showing promise. Molecular chips differ substantially from today's silicon processors, noted Phaedon Avouris, manager of nanoscience and nanotechnology at IBM's...
[February 25, 2003, 10:58]
Nanotech gets ready to take on transistors
News The semiconductor physics underpinning transistor design has limits on how small voltages can be before they stop being effective: different and more advantageous rules apply for molecular switches. For half a century, electronics has been...
[February 9, 2005, 15:10]
