Now, butterfly wings inspired water-repellent silicon surface
The ingenious engineering of the brilliant blue wings of the mountain swallowtail (Papilio ulysses) have inspired engineers to design a new water-repellent surface
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‘More durable and less expensive’ solar cell developed
Scientists have developed highly efficient electrolyte system for solar cells that can convert sunlight into electricity and retain it for longer period
Flexible electronics set to aid future technological advancements
Plastic-based flexible electronics, produced in large volume using roll-to-roll processing, inkjet printing or spray deposition, represent the “electronics everywhere” trend of the future, a US researcher says
Future devices that work on electrons spin rather than its charge ‘a step closer to reality’
Scientists are a step closer to developing devices which rely on electron spin rather than electron charge, an approach known as semiconductor spintronics that is expected to provide devices with higher performance
Soon, new semiconductors to provide speed in TVs, computer monitors
Researchers and display manufacturers have found a whole new family of materials, known as amorphous oxide semiconductors
Is microchip at 50 ready for retirement?
After 50 years of tectonic improvements, the microchip may be finally be reaching its limits.
Superconducting ‘pseudogap’ is a new phase of matter
A team of researchers has discovered the strongest evidence yet that a puzzling gap in the electronic
Japanese scientists use red wine, sake to induce superconductivity
In a first, scientists from Japan have used alcoholic drinks such as red wine and sake to induce
How black holes can be used as models for superconductors
Physicists at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have shown how charged black holes can be
New kind of optical fiber paves way for improved surgical and medical lasers
A team of scientists has developed the very first optical fiber made with a core of zinc selenide – a light-