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Searching In features, blog entries, column entries & news items, Under the topic Technology
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Scientists have created a device with bizarre electromagnetic properties—but so far, only at microwave frequencies. (p. 198)Published: March 25th, 2000; Vol.157 #13Found in: Technology -
Home / News / August 31st, 2002; Vol.162 #9 / Electronics in the Round: Mixing plastic and silicon yields form-fitting circuitryInvestigators used ordinary integrated-circuit fabrication techniques to pattern arrays of silicon-based transistors onto a flat, deformable sheet of plastic. (p. 133)Published: August 31st, 2002; Vol.162 #9Found in: Technology -
Radioactivity creates electric fields that wiggle a tiny lever. (p. 125)Published: August 24th, 2002; Vol.162 #8Found in: Technology -
An epidemic of software errors in industrial computer programs is costing the United States $60 billion per year. (p. 45)Published: July 20th, 2002; Vol.162 #3Found in: Technology
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Home / News / July 13th, 2002; Vol.162 #2 / Voltage from the Bottom of the Sea: Ooze-dwelling microbes can power electronicsSome types of bacteria living in seafloor mud can generate enough electricity to power small electronic devices. (p. 21)Published: July 13th, 2002; Vol.162 #2Found in: Technology -
Artificial organs and tissues may someday feel more like the real thing if a new, rubbery polymer supplants mostly stiff materials available today for tissue engineering. (p. 408)Published: June 29th, 2002; Vol.161 #26Found in: Technology
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Home / News / June 22nd, 2002; Vol.161 #25 / Making a Little Impression: New chip-making method may mold the industryA simple mechanical means of embossing silicon may offer an alternative to conventional chip-making methods. (p. 390)Published: June 22nd, 2002; Vol.161 #25Found in: Technology -
A new type of miniaturized rocket may bring microspacecraft one step closer to reality. (p. 398)Published: June 22nd, 2002; Vol.161 #25Found in: Technology -
By smearing on a coating and hardening it with light, researchers have created a new kind of electronic display. (p. 349)Published: June 1st, 2002; Vol.161 #22Found in: Technology
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A new holographic technique may someday enable doctors to skip certain biopsies and choose instead to take video excursions inside suspicious growths in skin or internal body linings. (p. 309)Published: May 18th, 2002; Vol.161 #20Found in: Technology -
A new way to introduce foreign atoms into silicon with atomic-scale precision may help chip manufacturers over a looming hurdle. (p. 206)Published: March 30th, 2002; Vol.161 #13Found in: Technology
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Tiny metal clusters used as catalysts are getting so small that presumably inert carrier materials that host them are also getting involved in the reactions. (p. 141)Published: March 2nd, 2002; Vol.161 #9Found in: Technology
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A novel laser on a microchip emits a band of light rather than the single, pure color usually expected from a laser. (p. 115)Published: February 23rd, 2002; Vol.161 #8Found in: Technology -
A tiny chain with links the size of biological cells offers a new way to deliver power to micromachines. (p. 102)Published: February 16th, 2002; Vol.161 #7Found in: Technology -
Home / News / February 9th, 2002; Vol.161 #6 / Circuitry in a nanowire: Novel growth method may transform chipsMade from alternating bands of different semiconductors, a new type of superthin wire incorporates working electronic and optical devices within the wire itself, raising the prospect of making extremely tiny and versatile circuits from the striped filaments. (p. 83)Published: February 9th, 2002; Vol.161 #6Found in: Technology
