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Move over silicon: Magnetoelectric multiferroics and tiny transistors could enable faster computers that consume less power

By April Gocha / October 18, 2016

The continuing trend for electronics is to pack more power into a smaller device that requires less energy input. Two significant materials research advances—one published in Nature and one published in Science—are moving precisely in that direction.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By April Gocha / June 17, 2015

Water-powered computers, self-healing electrical conductors, and other materials stories that may be of interest for June 17, 2015.

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