Boffins create plastic which can conduct electricity
Metallica lasagna
University of Chicago boffins have discovered a way to create a material that can be made like a plastic, but conducts electricity more like a metal.
Penny processors are finally with us
Apparently, they are not penny dreadful
Engineers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and British flexible-electronics manufacturer PragmatIC Semiconductor have made a plastic processor which costs less than a penny.
Samsung abandons plastic
It isn't easy being green
Samsung says that it will begin replacing its plastic packaging with “environmentally sustainable elements” beginning this year.
Metal chassis makers giving up
Cutting production
Makers of metal cases for smartphones are giving up and are halting their expansion plans.
Plastic unfantastic as metal rulez
Case makers slash capacity
Makers of plastic casings for notebooks and cutting back on their manufacturing capacity as punters demand natty metal-alloy-chassis.