I’m no scientist, but this news still blows my mind. Researchers at the University of NSW have created the world’s narrowest silicon wires — just four atoms wide and one atom high — and found that it conducts electricity just as well as copper. More »
Some of the biggest breakthroughs in future tech revolve around some of the smallest materials on Earth. Even calling these technologies “micro” is magnitudes of measure larger than their actual tiny sizes. From the nano-scaled heat transfer of nanowick cooling down to the single atomic-level of graphene and quantum computing, our white papers will help you wrap your head around the maximum potential of these minuscule technologies. More »
Professor Michelle Simmons, who leads the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Quantum Computation and Communication Technology has been named NSW 2011 Scientist Of The Year for her work in research concerning quantum computing. More »
I bet the guys at Sony are wishing this Australian technological breakthrough happened years ago so they could avoid the current PSN issues. Aussie scientists have used silicon photonic crystals to create individual pairs of photons, which will pave the way for lightning fast, virtually unhackable data transmission. More »
