Researchers have invented a new organic polymer tunnel diode -- an electronic component that could one day lead to plastic computer memory and plastic logic circuits on computer chips. Today, computer ...

Just a small bit of the computer is made from recycled bottles picked up from Haiti’s streets and waterways, but it signals the possibility of changing where we get the plastics for our electronics.

Researchers have demonstrated the first plastic computer memory device that utilizes the spin of electrons to read and write data. An alternative to traditional microelectronics, so-called ...

U.S. researchers say a new technique that uses flexible plastic in place of silicone chips could lead to much cheaper cell phones, computers and other electronic devices. A major hurdle in the way of ...

Plastic power: This microprocessor is made from organic materials. It is puny compared to most silicon processors, but is flexible and cheap. MIT Technology Review – Two recent developments—a plastic ...

Scientists at Ohio State University have demonstrated a form of plastic computer memory that uses the spin of electrons to read and write data. Credit: US Department of Energy - PNNL The prototype ...

Silicon may underpin the computers that surround us, but the rigid inflexibility of the semiconductor means it cannot reach everywhere. The first computer processor and memory chips made out of ...

Some groups have coaxed modest numbers of electrons through plastics using quantum mechanical effects, but only by painstakingly manipulating individual molecules at cryogenic temperatures. But a ...