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Electronics & Semiconductors
Artificial nerve with organic transistor design shows promise for brain-machine interfaces
In recent years, many engineers have been trying to develop hardware components that could emulate the functions of various biological systems, including synapses, the human skin and nerves. These bio-inspired systems include ...
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Harnessing nature's fractals for flexible electronics: Biomimetic fabrication technique uses leaf skeletons as templates
By using leaf skeletons as templates, researchers harnessed nature's intrinsic hierarchical fractal structures to improve the performance of flexible electronic devices. Wearable sensors and electronic skins are examples ...
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Using perovskite to make LED pixels as small as a virus
A team of physicists, engineers, opticians and photonics specialists at Zhejiang University, in China, working with a pair of colleagues from the University of Cambridge, in the U.K., has found a way to make pixels smaller ...
Novel memristors to overcome AI's 'catastrophic forgetting'
So-called "memristors" consume extremely little power and behave similarly to brain cells. Researchers from Jülich, led by Ilia Valov, have now introduced novel memristive components that offer significant advantages over ...
Mar 20, 2025
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Electromechanical building blocks enable rapid prototyping of large interactive structures
Prototyping large structures with integrated electronics, like a chair that can monitor someone's sitting posture, is typically a laborious and wasteful process.
Mar 18, 2025
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Heat-based stabilization of a conductive polymer simplifies bioelectronics fabrication
Recent advances in the field of materials science have opened new possibilities for the fabrication of bioelectronics, devices designed to be worn or implanted in the human body. Bioelectronics can help to track or support ...
Mar 14, 2025
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A tiny component for record-breaking bandwidth: New modulator breaks the terahertz mark
Plasmonic modulators are tiny components that convert electrical signals into optical signals in order to transport them through optical fibers. A modulator of this kind had never managed to transmit data at a frequency of ...
Mar 13, 2025
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Multifunctional solar cells: Ferroelectric domain manipulation enhances electric output in perovskite crystals
A team of researchers has made an advancement in the field of multifunctional energy harvesting. Their latest study advances in understanding the photovoltaic effect in ferroelectric crystals.
Mar 13, 2025
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Business
Intel hires former board member as new CEO in struggling chipmaker's latest comeback attempt
Struggling chipmaker Intel has hired former board member and semiconductor industry veteran Lip-Bu Tan as the latest in a succession of CEOs to attempt to turn around a once-dominant company that helped define Silicon Valley.
Mar 13, 2025
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Ultra-broadband photonic chip boosts optical signals to reshape high-speed data transmission
Modern communication networks rely on optical signals to transfer vast amounts of data. But just like a weak radio signal, these optical signals need to be amplified to travel long distances without losing information.
Mar 12, 2025
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High-performance programmable photonic chip could transform radar and communication systems
Researchers at the University of Twente, in collaboration with the City University of Hong Kong, have designed a cutting-edge programmable photonic chip in a thin-film lithium niobate platform, an important material in photonics. ...
Mar 11, 2025
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Cheap and environmentally friendly—the next generation of LEDs may soon be here
Cost, technical performance and environmental impact—these are the three most important aspects for a new type of LED technology to have a broad commercial impact on society. This has been demonstrated by researchers at ...
Mar 11, 2025
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A new on-chip microcomb to synchronize signals in optoelectronics
Optoelectronics are promising devices that combine optical components, which operate leveraging light, with electronics, which leverage electrical current. Optoelectronic systems could transmit data faster than conventional ...
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Hydrogen sensor that could pave the way for safer, cleaner energy
Scientists have developed a hydrogen sensor that could accelerate the transition to clean hydrogen energy. As the world transitions away from fossil fuels, hydrogen is considered a key player to the transition to cleaner ...
Mar 6, 2025
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Siemens announces $285 million investment in US manufacturing
Siemens plans to invest $285 million in manufacturing in the United States, the tech company said Thursday, including two new facilities in California and Texas.
Mar 6, 2025
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Space-time-coding metasurface could transform wireless networks with dual-functionality for 6G era
Programmable metasurfaces (PMs), also sometimes referred to as reconfigurable intelligence surfaces, are smart surfaces that reflect wireless signals, but can also dynamically manipulate electromagnetic waves in real-time. ...
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Giant chipmaker TSMC to spend $100B to expand chip manufacturing in US, Trump announces
Chip giant Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. plans to invest $100 billion in the United States, President Donald Trump said Monday, on top of $65 billion in investments the company had previously announced.
Mar 3, 2025
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Intel slows $28 bn chip factory project in Ohio
Struggling US chip maker Intel on Friday pushed out the timeline for completing two new fabrication plants in Ohio, saying it is taking a prudent approach to the $28 billion project.
Mar 1, 2025
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Amazon unveils its first quantum computing chip
Amazon Web Services (AWS) on Thursday announced Ocelot, its first-generation quantum computing chip, as it enters the race against fellow tech giants in harnessing the experimental technology.
Feb 27, 2025
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Washable touchless technology could transform electronic textiles
A team of researchers from Nottingham Trent University, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf e.V. (Germany) and Free University of Bozen-Bolzano (Italy) has created washable and durable magnetic field-sensing electronic textiles—thought ...
Feb 26, 2025
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Two new ways to create bread-derived carbon electrodes with desired shapes
A trio of engineers from Saint Vincent College and the University of Pittsburgh has developed two unique ways to mold bread-derived carbon electrodes into desired shapes. In their study published in the journal Royal Society ...
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One-step 3D microelectrode technology for neural interfaces developed
Microelectrode arrays (MEAs) are widely used for recording brain activity and stimulating neural tissues. However, conventional MEAs are typically flat, limiting their ability to conform to the natural curves of neural structures. ...
Feb 26, 2025
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Nanomanufacturing process slashes chip production costs by 99%
The current microelectronics manufacturing method is expensive, slow and energy and resource intensive.
Feb 26, 2025
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New conductive-bridge interlayer contacts could boost performance of 2D optoelectronics
Photodiodes are widely used devices based on semiconducting materials that can convert light into electrical current. These devices are central components of various contemporary technologies, including photovoltaics (PVs) ...
Electronics & Semiconductors
Wearable bionic device mimics birds' extraordinary sight
Scientists at the City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK) have developed a wearable bionic device that replicates birds' exceptional visual capabilities and operates with near-zero power consumption. This innovation represents ...
Feb 24, 2025
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