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Articles tagged with: Caltech
Self-assembled DNA scaffolding builds tiny circuit boards
Scientists at the California Institute of Technology (caltech) and IBM's Almaden Research Center have developed a new technique to orient and position self-assembled DNA shapes and patterns - or "DNA origami" - on surfaces that are compatible with today's semiconductor manufacturing equipment. These precisely positioned DNA nanostructures, each no more than one one-thousandth the width of a human hair, can serve as scaffolds or miniature circuit boards for the precise assembly of computer-chip components. more
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Converting Heat from Mobile Phones Back into Electricity
Silicon nanowires may lead the way to converting waste heat into electricity, according to research reported yesterday in the journal Nature. Two separate teams, one at caltech and the other at the University of California, Berkeley, reported that they could increase silicon's ability to convert heat into electric current by as much as 100 times. more
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