All Articles Tagged As: computing

Nanotube forests grown on silicon chips for future computers, electronics (11/6/2007)

Engineers have shown how to grow forests of tiny cylinders called carbon nanotubes onto the surfaces of computer chips to enhance the flow of heat at a critical point where the chips connect to cooling devices called heat sinks. ...> Full Article

Self-assembling 'magnetic snakes' point to new electronic devices (10/4/2007)

"Magnetic snakes" with unique dynamic and magnetic properties that may usher in new generations of recording media, conductors and microfluidic devices have been created by researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory. ...> Full Article

Engineers ready a blueprint for a nanomechanical computer (8/3/2007)

If efforts now under way by a team of University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers pan out, the age of the nanomechanical computer may be at hand. ...> Full Article