MIT Makes Quantum Leap In Display Technology
News Other forms of lighting depend on the natural configuration of compounds, and thus have a much more limited range of colours. Practically speaking, a layer of quantum dots is sandwiched between two layers of other compounds, one electron-rich and...
[January 13, 2003, 15:57]
Best Management Practices (BMPs) For Offset Printers In BC
White Papers One of the most important environmental issue facing printers is the release of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs), usually due to evaporation. VOCs are commonly found in inks, solvents, thinners, equipment cleaners, and other chemicals.
[February 10, 2005, 2:00]
Single Molecule Stores Data In IBM Breakthrough
News The molecule at the heart of the system, BPDN-DT (click here to see it), was designed by Professor James M Tour and co-workers at Rice University in Houston, US, and is one of a class of compounds called Tour wires.
[August 10, 2006, 17:40]
The Year Ahead: Top Ten Technologies To Watch
News Which makes the idea of plastic solar power, using organic compounds that you mix up and spread out like paint, very appealing. 1. Wireless networks We're in the middle of a wireless revolution, and next year will be more of the same.
[December 25, 2002, 6:13]
ADC Datacentre Exploits Outdoor Air For Cooling
News Paints and sealants without volatile organic compounds will be used in the building, as well as porous and reflective materials to avoid absorbing heat. Advanced Data Centers believes the answer to cooling datacentres is blowing in the wind.
[August 5, 2008, 11:22]
Bell Labs Finds End Of The Road For Transistors
News The transistor is made from gold electrodes, a silicon dioxide layer and thiol molecules, which are carbon compounds similar to alcohols but with the oxygen replaced by sulphur. At around one billionth of a metre across -- the length of a single...
[October 18, 2001, 15:34]
Sweet-toothed Bugs Generate Electricity
News In their natural habitat of Virginia bay sediment, the bacteria pass on the electrons to iron compounds, but in the lab the bacteria have been persuaded to donate them to an electrode as an electric current.
[September 8, 2003, 16:35]
