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Microfluidic fuel cells on paper

Medical diagnostic devices could be taken to the next level with the development of microfluidic fuel cells on paper.

7th Annual CAFE Electric Aircraft Symposium: First day

This excellent event "7th Electric Aircraft Symposium" in Santa Rosa, USA was acclaimed as the best ever in the series. Over 150 people attended, an eclectic mix from NASA and Siemens to hobbyists, universities and technology startups were there.

IBM announces major breakthrough with silicon nanophotonics

IBM has announced a major advance in the ability to use light instead of electrical signals to transmit information for future computing.

Initial steps toward commercial fabrication of carbon nanotubes

IBM scientists have demonstrated a new approach to carbon nanotechnology that opens up the path for commercial fabrication of dramatically smaller, faster and more powerful computer chips.

Spintronics for energy efficient computing

Researchers discover possibility to use the spin for processing logical operations, both fast and energy-efficiently.

IBM Research boosts Battery500 project with new materials partners

IBM announced that two industry leaders Asahi Kasei and Central Glass will join its Battery 500 Project team and collaborate on far-reaching research with the potential to accelerate the switch from gasoline to electricity as the primary power source for vehicles.

Researchers demonstrate future of computing

Researchers demonstrate future of computing with graphene, racetrack and carbon nanotube breakthroughs. Prototypes developed for first time in real-world manufacturing environments are critical step towards transferring research into commercial devices.

Third generation batteries are needed

Most of today's pure electric vehicles and those announced for the next few years offer only 100 miles range. Ask a roomful of people if they would buy a car with that range and usually no hands go up.

Solar Frontier and IBM to develop solar technology

Solar Frontier, a developer and manufacturer of thin-film solar technology, has signed an agreement with IBM to create a cost competitive product that is inexpensive and uses earth-abundant materials.

IBM claims world record by creating high-efficiency solar cell

IBM announced it has built a solar cell - where the key layer that absorbs most of the light for conversion into electricity, is made entirely of readily-available elements - that set a new world record for efficiency and holds potential for enabling solar cell technology to produce more energy at a lower cost.

IBM claims world record by creating high-efficiency solar cell

IBM announced it has built a solar cell - where the key layer that absorbs most of the light for conversion into electricity, is made entirely of readily-available elements - that set a new world record for efficiency and holds potential for enabling solar cell technology to produce more energy at a lower cost

Again - IBM claim world's fastest graphene transistor

IBM believe they have achieved the highest cut-off frequency so far for any graphene device of 100 billion cycles/second (100 GigaHertz).

IBM scientists develop world's fastest graphene transistor

The world's fastest graphene transistor at 26GHz was achieved by IBM Research.