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Researchers discover new way to turn electricity into light, using graphene | MIT News

By slowing down light to a speed slower than flowing electrons, researchers create a kind of optical “sonic boom.” Source: Researchers discover new way to >>>

Posted: June 13, 2016 in Chemistry, Energy, Nanotechnology, Solar

Scientists observe electrons in a metal behaving like a fluid

Experiments by Harvard researchers have shown electrons in a metal behaving like a liquid — a first. Source: Scientists observe electrons in a metal behaving >>>

Posted: February 12, 2016 in Nanotechnology, Physics

Carbon nanotube film is stronger and stretchier than kevlar

Source: Carbon nanotube film is stronger and stretchier than kevlar

Posted: February 4, 2016 in Camera, Chemistry, Gadgetry, Nanotechnology

Getting The Skinny On New Ultra Thin Computing Materials

To their credit, MIT aka Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has created a brand new way of creating a chip that applies multiple materials to just >>>

Posted: January 29, 2016 in Computer, Nanotechnology, Processors

First materials to be woven at the atomic and molecular levels created

Source: First materials to be woven at the atomic and molecular levels created

Posted: January 21, 2016 in Chemistry, Nanotechnology, Physics

IBM Scientists Find New Way to Shrink Transistors – The New York Times

The finding may be the key to once again increasing the speed of computer processors, which has been stalled for the last decade. Source: IBM >>>

Posted: October 1, 2015 in Nanotechnology, Physics

World’s thinnest light bulb is just one atom thick

Researchers at Columbia University created the ‘bulb’ (illustrated) by attaching a small strip of ‘atomically thin’ graphene, acting as a filament, to metal electrodes. Source: >>>

Posted: June 18, 2015 in Chemistry, Nanotechnology

How to make continuous rolls of graphene | MIT News

New manufacturing process could take exotic material out of the lab and into commercial products. Source: How to make continuous rolls of graphene | MIT >>>

Posted: May 26, 2015 in Chemistry, Nanotechnology

A Light Bulb Made Using Graphene Will Go on Sale Later This Year

A Light Bulb Made Using Graphene Will Go on Sale Later This Year.

Posted: March 30, 2015 in Energy, Gadgetry, Nanotechnology

Caltech scientists unlock secrets of graphene, a revolutionary wonder material

Caltech scientists unlock secrets of graphene, a revolutionary wonder material.

Posted: March 18, 2015 in Chemistry, Nanotechnology