The Bilkent University Nanotechnology Research Center (NANOTAM) has developed a new technology that enables DVDs to store more than a thousand times as much data as those currently on the market.

Developed by Dr. Ekmel Özbay, the head of NANOTAM, and students Özgür Attila Çakmak and Koray Aydın, the new nano-materials will pave the way for production of the next era of DVDs, which...

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Flat-panel computer displays could be manufactured quickly and cheaply using novel inkjet printing equipment demonstrated by Japanese scientists.

The technique has already been used to produce the delicate wiring and tiny components needed for flexible screens.

The new inkjet head is able to produce drops 1,000 times smaller than standard printers, according...

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The University of Surrey is to lead a five year £5m Government funded study into silicon photonics.

“There is renewed interest in silicon photonics because of the microprocessor interconnect bottleneck,” programme leader Professor Graham Reed told EW. “If you do it optically, you get a huge bandwidth.”

Although far from an ideal optical material,...

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