Washington, May 23 (ANI): A new type of transparent electrode that might find uses in solar cells, flexible displays for computers and consumer electronics and future "optoelectronic" circuits for sensors and information processing has been created.

Washington, May 21 (ANI): Bendable tablet computer or an electronic newspaper that could fold to fit in a pocket may not be so far off.

Washington, May 13 (ANI): The world's first graphene single-electron pump (SEP) could pave the way for redefining the ampere in terms of fundamental constants of physics, say researchers.

Washington, May 12 (ANI): A Kansas State University chemical engineer and his team are using graphene quantum dots to improve sensing devices in a twofold project.

Washington, May 11 (ANI): Researchers have managed to give graphene magnetic properties - a breakthrough that opens the door to the development of graphene-based spintronic devices, that is, devices based on the spin or rotation of the electron, and could transform the electronics industry.

Washington, April 14 (ANI): Chemists at The Ohio State University have developed a technology for making a one-atom-thick sheet of germanium, and found that it conducts electrons more than ten times faster than silicon and five times faster than conventional germanium.

London, Feb 4 (ANI): Mobile maker Nokia has been approved for a 1.35 billion dollars grant to develop "the world's strongest material," known as graphene.

Washington, January 28 (ANI): Rice University scientists have come closer to creating two-dimensional electronics with a process to make patterns in atom-thick layers that combine a conductor and an insulator.

Washington, January 24 (ANI): Duke University engineers are layering atom-thick lattices of carbon with polymers to create unique materials with a broad range of applications, including artificial muscles.

Washington, Jan 14 (ANI): Scientists, working with colleagues from Aix-Marseille University, have created a device which potentially can see one molecule though a simple optical system and can analyse its components within minutes.

Washington, December 6 (ANI): NASA scientists are developing graphene-based tiny sensors to detect trace elements in Earth's upper atmosphere and structural flaws in spacecraft.

Washington, October 10 (ANI): Scientists believe graphene, the so-called "wonder material" and known as the world's strongest (100 times stronger than steel) and thinnest (one ounce would cover 28 football fields), could revolutionize cell phones, solar panels and more.

London, October 3 (ANI): Researchers at Rice University are making highly transparent, nonvolatile resistive memory devices based on the switching properties of silicon oxide, a breakthrough discovery by the University in 2008.

London, July 16 (ANI): Researchers have demonstrated optical nonlinear behaviour of graphene that may lead to broad applications in optical interconnects and low-power photonic integrated circuits.

Washington, June 10 (ANI): An Indian origin scientist has developed a new, highly efficacious, potentially safer and more cost effective nanoparticle-based MRI contrast agent for improved disease diagnosis and detection.

Washington, June 7 (ANI): In a new study, scientists including one of Indian origin, have tried to make a semiconductor-graphene-metal film that could help detect even very low-level concentration of organic contaminations in water.

Washington, May 25 (ANI): University of Florida physicists have set a new record by creating a new graphene solar cell with unprecedented power-converting capabilities.

Washington, May 18 (ANI): An Indian origin researcher and his partner have developed a new technique that uses graphene to keep steel rust free.

Washington, May 15 (ANI): Graphene and carbon nanotubes could improve the electronics used in computers and mobile phones, says a researcher from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

London, Apr 30 (ANI): Researchers have come up with the first sheet of single-atom thick silicon - dubbed silicene - which shows promise to replace wonder material graphene.

Washington, Apr 28 (ANI): Researchers have come up with the most transparent, lightweight and flexible material ever for conducting electricity.

Washington, Apr 10 (ANI): Researchers have come up with a more efficient and a less expensive way of cooling electronic devices - especially devices that generate a lot of heat, like lasers and power devices.

London, Apr 3 (ANI): A tiny paper-thin sensor created from graphene, which can be 'tattooed' onto teeth, works as an ultra-sensitive 'early warning system' for disease.

London, Mar 14 (ANI): Presently, graphene is the rock star of materials science, but it has a downside - it is extremely sensitive to its electrical environment.

Washington, Feb 20 (ANI): Researchers have come a step closer in creating faster, thinner, flexible electronics with the development of a new method for chemically altering graphene.