16-bit RISC-V processor made with carbon nanotubes
Clever tricks work around major hurdles, but it's not a route to high performance.
John Timmer
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Topic: carbon nanotubes
Process takes CO₂ from the air, converts it to carbon nanotubes
The end product is worth more than the electricity that drives the process.
John Timmer
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Forget carbon fiber—we can now make carbon nanotube fibers
They hold up to more than 10 times the strain that Kevlar does.
John Timmer
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Porous silk fiber traps heat, hides a rabbit from IR camera
Researchers mimic polar bear fur, create highly insulating, lightweight cloth.
Chris Lee
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Carbon nanotube “yarn” generates electricity when stretched
A new option for harvesting environmental energy that relies on internal static.
John Timmer
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More progress on carbon nanotube processors: a 2.8GHz ring oscillator
Not ready for your cellphone, but an impressive demonstration project.
John Timmer
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We demand single photons; carbon nanotube delivers
Photon-on-a-wire quantum computing resource feeds us single photons.
Chris Lee
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On-chip random key generation done using carbon nanotubes
Carbon nanotubes will randomly seed themselves into properly designed circuitry.
John Timmer
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The latest advances in carbon computing—and graphene is nowhere to be seen
Moore's law nudged forward by advances in phase-change memory and nanotube transistors.
Paul Marks
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Static RAM created out of carbon nanotubes
But a mesh of nanotubes, rather than individual molecules.
John Timmer
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Processor made from carbon nanotubes runs multitasking OS
Don't get too excited—it's only one-function computing at 1kHz.
John Timmer
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IBM prepares for end of process shrinks with carbon nanotube transistors
IBM buys off-the-shelf nanotubes, assembles them on a chip.
John Timmer
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Scale made with a carbon nanotube sensitive enough to register a proton’s mass
Researchers have constructed a mass sensor using a single carbon nanotube. By …
Matthew Francis
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New fuel discovered that reversibly stores solar energy
Scientists from MIT have identified a new solar thermal fuel that should be …
Yun Xie
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Carbon “onions” make for rapid-discharge capacitor
An onion-like cluster of carbon sheets—think nested Russian dolls crossed with …
John Timmer
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Printed capacitors with carbon nanotube ink and Xerox paper
Researchers have simplified the process of creating flexible sheets of carbon …
John Timmer
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Flexing muscles made of carbon nanotubes
Scientists have created artificial muscles out of carbon nanotubes in aerogel …
Yun Xie
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Supercritical fluid processing of carbon nanotube composites
Supercritical fluids have been used to create a huge variety carbon nanotube …
Todd Morton
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Carbon nanotubes give cheap fiberoptics a pulse
Carbon nanotubes have been found to induce the pulsed output from lasers that …
Todd Morton
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Nano soup: carbon nanotubes floating in polymers
A polymer customized to wrap single walled carbon nanotubes has been developed …
Todd Morton
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Carbon nanotubes as molecular scales
Researchers create a molecular springboard out of a double-walled carbon …
Matt Ford
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Carbon nanotubes send electrons for a spin
Researchers show that the intrinsic spin of an electron in a carbon nanotube …
Chris Lee
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Composite fibers: getting stronger all the time
Researchers show that aligning carbon nanotubes can produce a very strong …
Chris Lee
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Scientists create paper-thin, flexible, biodegradable battery
Researchers present new lithium-ion batteries and supercapacitors that are …
Chris Lee
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16-bit RISC-V processor made with carbon nanotubes
Clever tricks work around major hurdles, but it's not a route to high performance.
John Timmer
–
|
50
Process takes CO₂ from the air, converts it to carbon nanotubes
The end product is worth more than the electricity that drives the process.
John Timmer
–
|
117
Forget carbon fiber—we can now make carbon nanotube fibers
They hold up to more than 10 times the strain that Kevlar does.
John Timmer
–
|
96
Porous silk fiber traps heat, hides a rabbit from IR camera
Researchers mimic polar bear fur, create highly insulating, lightweight cloth.
Chris Lee
–
|
106
Carbon nanotube “yarn” generates electricity when stretched
A new option for harvesting environmental energy that relies on internal static.
John Timmer
–
|
41
More progress on carbon nanotube processors: a 2.8GHz ring oscillator
Not ready for your cellphone, but an impressive demonstration project.
John Timmer
–
|
50
We demand single photons; carbon nanotube delivers
Photon-on-a-wire quantum computing resource feeds us single photons.
Chris Lee
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|
12