A fake advertisement has made its way onto computer screens across the country – informing people that the new iPhone 6 can be wirelessly charged by placing it in a microwave for a minute and a half due to a capability known as “the Wave.” This information is false; however, the Los Angeles Police Department still alerted people to let them know the ad is fake and to not follow … [Read more...]

A group of researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have discovered that by using a semiconductor materials known as carbon nonotubes, the “reliability and performance of transistors and circuits greatly improves.” These nanotubes have become a better substitute than silicon for electronic devices. The group has published their findings and research results in a paper … [Read more...]

Research and testing on graphene sensors have been conducted by a group of researchers at UIC and they have discovered “a way to create a highly sensitive chemical sensor based on the crystalline flaws in graphene sheets. The imperfections have unique electronic properties that the researchers were able to exploit to increase sensitivity to absorbed gas molecules by 300 … [Read more...]

A group of scientists and researchers at the University of Southampton's Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC) believe they have discovered a competitor to graphene. The group came together and recently manufactured molybdenum di-sulphide (MoS2), which is a material extremely comparable to graphene. MoS2 is similar to graphene because it has many of the same properties; … [Read more...]