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Optics & Photonics Apr 3, 2017

Tiny black holes enable a new type of photodetector for high speed data

Tiny "black holes" on a silicon wafer make for a new type of photodetector that could move more data at lower cost around the world or across a datacenter. The technology, developed by electrical engineers at the University ...

General Physics Mar 30, 2017

Silicon sandwiches feed LHC's upgraded collision appetite

In a special, dust-free, clean laboratory, straddling the Swiss-French border, a group of physicists spend their time probing hand-sized hexagons of silicon. These hexagons are a fraction of a millimetre thick and are made ...

Business Mar 22, 2017

CEO of Silicon Valley networking firm looks to future

At least on the surface, networking products aren't the most exciting tech gadgets. But they're what make the internet - and all the devices, apps and services that communicate through it - work.

Energy & Green Tech Mar 21, 2017

Working towards super-efficient, ultra-thin silicon solar cells

Despite a surge in solar cell R&D in recent years involving emerging materials such as organics and perovskites, the solar cell industry continues to favor inorganic crystalline silicon photovoltaics. While thin-film solar ...

Materials Science Mar 17, 2017

Transparent ceramics make super-hard windows

Scientists have synthesised the first transparent sample of a popular industrial ceramic at DESY. The result is a super-hard window made of cubic silicon nitride that can potentially be used under extreme conditions like ...

Optics & Photonics Mar 16, 2017

Electro-optical switch transmits data at record-low temperatures

A silicon optical switch newly developed at Sandia National Laboratories is the first to transmit up to 10 gigabits per second of data at temperatures just a few degrees above absolute zero. The device could enable data transmission ...

Business Mar 9, 2017

China's Didi launches Silicon Valley research hub

Chinese ridesharing leader Didi Chuxing has opened a Silicon Valley research hub, where it will join the race with other tech companies for autonomous driving.

Nanomaterials Mar 8, 2017

Polymer-coated silicon nanosheets—an alternative to graphene

Silicon nanosheets are thin, two-dimensional layers with exceptional optoelectronic properties very similar to those of graphene. Albeit, the nanosheets are less stable. Now researchers at the Technical University of Munich ...

Business Mar 3, 2017

Oh Snap! Silicon Valley school makes $24M off of investment

Bake sales and car washes?

Materials Science Feb 28, 2017

Antimicrobial silicone for medical purposes

Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) laboratories often serve as birthplaces of unique products, such as antimicrobial silicone invented by a KTU PhD student Aiste Lisauskaite and her supervisor Dr Virginija Jankauskaite. ...

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