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Carbon nanotubes could mean smaller microchips

Oct 29, 2012
IBM scientists are working on an alternative to silicon that mean lighter, faster, cheaper chips.

Spray-on batteries grown by...viruses?

Aug 27, 2010
The American Chemical Society just wrapped up its national meeting in Boston, and among the presentations, a lot of interesting work on batteries...