'Blackest black' material to date developed: MITThe material is made from vertically aligned carbon nanotubes, or CNTs -- microscopic filaments of carbon that the team grew on the surface...
- E-textiles to control home appliances
Bengaluru, June 18 (IANS) Too lazy to get up from the bed to switch off your TV or the oven in the kitchen?
New material may help create hypersonic aircraftAs more studies indicated the usefulness of carbon nanotubes, the production rates increased and prices went down to the current rate, betw...
- New process to help desalinate water faster, cheaper
New York, Aug 30 (IANS) In a finding that could make the process of removing salt from seawater easier, faster and cheaper than ever before...
New flexible fuel cells turn sweat into powerThe epidermal biofuel cells are a major breakthrough in the field, which has been struggling with making the devices that are stretchable e...
- New 3-D chip combines computing, data storage
New York, July 6 (IANS) At a time when computer chips' ability to process a glut of data is slowing, researchers, including one of Indian o...
Printed sensors can warn when to change car tyresThe group also wants to explore other automotive applications for the printed sensors, such as keeping tabs on the thickness of brake pads ...
- Printed sensors may warn when to change your car tyres
New York, June 15 (IANS) Engineers in the US have invented an inexpensive printed sensor that can monitor the tread of car tyres in real ti...
- Material tougher, more conductive than copper developed
New York, April 23 (IANS) Researchers have developed thin carbon nanotube (CNT) textiles that exhibit high electrical conductivity and a le...
Fuel-efficient fighter planes, space shuttles a step closerThe study is the first to determine the interface strength between boron nitride nanotubes (BNNTs) and epoxy and other polymers.
Artificial 'skin' that could feel sensation createdThe top layer featured a sensor that can detect pressure over the same range as human skin, from a light finger tap to a firm handshake.
Stronger, tougher paper may lead to flexible electronicsThe researchers explored the mechanical properties of cellulose, the most abundant renewable bio-resource on Earth.
3-D printer creates objects using wood celluloseThe researchers from Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden also added carbon nanotubes to create electrically conductive material.
Carbon nanotubes seems to be best bet as IBM proposing first carbon computer by 2020By then silicon chips will reach a feature size of four nanometers and industry will want a replacement technology.
New device to power flexible electronics developedScientists have developed a new device that is far thinner than paper, can flex and bend.
New devices could enable faster gen-next computersScientists have developed novel devices that could usher in a new wave of highly efficient electronics, including computers.
- Soon, mobile phones may run for months on single charging
Pop claimed that their research could one day mean a mobile device like an iPhone could see hugely extended battery life.