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July 26, 2024

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'Kink State' Control May Provide Pathway to Quantum Electronics

July 25, 2024 — The key to developing quantum electronics may have a few kinks. According to researchers, that's not a bad thing when it comes to the precise control needed to fabricate and operate such devices, including advanced sensors and lasers. The ...

Indoor Solar Cells That Maximize the Use of Light Energy

July 25, 2024 — Chemists have synthesized materials that can improve solar elements for indoor use. Such photovoltaic cells, which can also be integrated into various electronic devices, generate electricity even in low-light ...

Next-Gen Cooling System to Help Data Centers Become More Energy Efficient

July 25, 2024 — Artificial intelligence (AI) is hot right now. Also hot: the data centers that power the technology. And keeping those centers cool requires a tremendous amount of energy. The problem is only going to grow as high-powered AI-based computers and ...

Researchers Develop New Method for Achieving Controllable Tuning and Assessing Instability in 2D Materials for Engineering Applications

July 22, 2024 — Two-dimensional (2D) materials have atomic-level thickness and excellent mechanical and physical properties, with broad application prospects in fields such as semiconductors, flexible devices, and ...

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Foam Fluidics Showcase Lab's Creative Approach to Circuit Design

July 24, 2024 — Engineers have shown that something as simple as the flow of air through open-cell foam can be used to perform digital computation, analog sensing and combined digital-analog control in soft ...

Could Wearable Devices Adversely Affect Health?

July 24, 2024 — For patients with Afib, using a wearable device can lead to higher rates of anxiety about their Afib symptoms and treatment, doctor visits, and use of informal healthcare resources, according to a ...

It's Got Praying Mantis Eyes

July 24, 2024 — The praying mantis is one of the few insects with compound eyes and the ability to perceive 3D space. Engineers are replicating their visual systems to make machines see ...

Nanoscale Device Simultaneously Steers and Shifts Frequency of Optical Light, Pointing the Way to Future Wireless Communication Channels

July 24, 2024 — A tunable metasurface can control optical light in space and time, offering a path toward new ways of wirelessly and securely transmitting large ...

Waste Styrofoam Can Now Be Converted Into Polymers for Electronics

July 19, 2024 — A new study describes a chemical reaction that can convert Styrofoam into a high-value conducting polymer known as PEDOT:PSS. Researchers also noted that the upgraded plastic waste can be ...

Biodegradable Electronics May Advance With Ability to Control Dissolve Rate

July 15, 2024 — Biodegradable electronics allow for medical devices -- such as drug delivery systems, pacemakers or neural implants -- to safely degrade into materials that are absorbed by the body after they are no ...

Want Privacy? You're Just a Stick Figure to This Camera

July 18, 2024 — A new camera could prevent companies from collecting embarrassing and identifiable photos and videos from devices like smart home cameras and robotic vacuums. It's called ...

New Technique Pinpoints Nanoscale 'Hot Spots' in Electronics to Improve Their Longevity

July 17, 2024 — Researchers engineered a new technique to identify at the nanoscale level what components are overheating in electronics and causing their ...

Completely Stretchy Lithium-Ion Battery for Flexible Electronics

July 17, 2024 — When you think of a battery, you probably don't think stretchy. But batteries will need this shape-shifting quality to be incorporated into flexible electronics, which are gaining traction for ...

Neutrons Give a Hot New Way to Measure the Temperature of Electronic Components

July 12, 2024 — A new study presents a method to record the temperature of materials with exceptional temporal resolution, using a Doppler broadening effect in ...

Compact and Scalable Multiple-Input Multiple-Output Systems for Future 5G Networks

July 16, 2024 — A 28GHz time-division multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) receiver with eight radio frequency elements, each occupying just 0.1 mm, has been developed using 65nm CMOS technology. This innovative ...

A Comprehensive Derivative Synthesis Method for Development of New Antimicrobial Drugs

July 11, 2024 — A method to screen a wide variety of drug candidates without laborious purification steps could advance the fight against drug-resistant ...

Researchers Show Promising Material for Solar Energy Gets Its Curious Boost from Entropy

July 10, 2024 — Researchers discovered a microscopic mechanism that solves in part the outstanding performance achieved by a new class of organic semiconductors known as non-fullerene acceptors ...

Key Electronic Device Developed for the Massive Arrival of 6G Networks

July 9, 2024 — Researchers were involved in the development of a switch, an essential device in telecommunications, capable of operating at very high frequency with lower power consumption than conventional ...

A 2D Device for Quantum Cooling

July 5, 2024 — Engineers have created a device that can efficiently convert heat into electrical voltage at temperatures lower than that of outer space. The innovation could help overcome a significant obstacle to ...

Scientists Discover Way to 'Grow' Sub-Nanometer Sized Transistors

July 3, 2024 — A research team has implemented a novel method to achieve epitaxial growth of 1D metallic materials with a width of less than 1 nm. The group applied this process to develop a new structure for 2D ...

Clever Clothes! Seams in Clothing Capture Body Movement

July 2, 2024 — Everyday clothing may soon be able to capture and record body movements according to new ...

Researchers Unlock 'Materials Genome', Opening Possibilities for Next-Generation Design

July 2, 2024 — A new microscopy method has allowed researchers to detect tiny changes in the atomic-level architecture of crystalline materials -- like advanced steels for ship hulls and custom silicon for ...

Implantable Microphone Could Lead to Fully Internal Cochlear Implants

July 2, 2024 — Researchers developed a prototype of an implantable microphone for a cochlear implant. Their device, which senses the movement of the ear drum in the inner ear, performed as well as commercial ...

Self-Assembling, Highly Conductive Sensors Could Improve Wearable Devices

July 1, 2024 — To advance soft robotics, skin-integrated electronics and biomedical devices, researchers have developed a 3D-printed material that is soft and stretchable -- traits needed for matching the ...

Soft, Stretchy Electrode Simulates Touch Sensations Using Electrical Signals

June 28, 2024 — A team of researchers has developed a soft, stretchy electronic device capable of simulating the feeling of pressure or vibration when worn on the skin. This device represents a step towards creating ...

Wireless Receiver Blocks Interference for Better Mobile Device Performance

June 28, 2024 — Researchers developed a new wireless receiver that can block strong interference signals at the earliest opportunity, which could improve the performance of a mobile ...

Solar Technology: Innovative Light-Harvesting System Works Very Efficiently

June 26, 2024 — Researchers are reporting progress on the road to more efficient utilization of solar energy: They have developed an innovative light-harvesting ...

Mechanical Computer Relies on Kirigami Cubes, Not Electronics

June 26, 2024 — Researchers have developed a kirigami-inspired mechanical computer that uses a complex structure of rigid, interconnected polymer cubes to store, retrieve and erase data without relying on electronic ...

A New Study Highlights Potential of Ultrafast Laser Processing for Next-Gen Devices

June 26, 2024 — A new study uncovers the remarkable potential of ultrafast lasers that could provide innovative solutions in 2D materials processing for many technology developers such as high-speed photodetectors, ...

Researchers Discover New Flat Electronic Bands, Paving Way for Advanced Quantum Materials

June 25, 2024 — Scientists predict the existence of flat electronic bands at the Fermi level, a finding that could enable new forms of quantum computing and electronic ...

Innovative 3D Printing Method Streamlines Multi-Materials Manufacturing

June 24, 2024 — Researchers have developed a way to create complex devices with multiple materials -- including plastics, metals and semiconductors -- all with a single machine. The research outlines a novel 3D ...

Controlling Electronics With Light: The Magnetite Breakthrough

June 21, 2024 — Researchers have discovered that by shining different wavelengths (colors) of light on a material called magnetite, they can change its state, e.g. making it more or less conducive to electricity. ...

Molecular Sponge for the Electronics of the Future

June 17, 2024 — An international research team has succeeded in developing a new type of material in the rather young research field of covalent organic frameworks. The new two-dimensional polymer is characterized ...

New Approach to Identifying Altermagnetic Materials

June 14, 2024 — An international team has discovered a spectrum characteristic of an altermagnetic material with X-ray magnetic circular ...