Photonic chip that 'fits together like Lego' opens door to semiconductor...
A new semiconductor architecture integrates traditional electronics with photonic, or light, components could have application in advanced radar, satellites, wireless networks and 6G...
View Article'Doughnut' beams help physicists see incredibly small objects
A new laser-based technique can create images of structures too tiny to view with traditional microscopes, and without damaging them. The approach could help scientists inspect nanoelectronics,...
View ArticleTiny electromagnets made of ultra-thin carbon
Graphene, that is extremely thin carbon, is considered a true miracle material. An international research team has now added another facet to its diverse properties with new experiments: Experts fired...
View ArticleNew wearable communication system offers potential to reduce digital health...
Researchers developed a wearable device that can transmit health data 2,400 times the distance of Wi-Fi without significant network infrastructure.
View ArticleChemists create organic molecules in a rainbow of colors
Chemists have now come up with a way to make molecules known as acenes more stable, allowing them to synthesize acenes of varying lengths. Using their new approach, they were able to build molecules...
View ArticleBowtie resonators that build themselves bridge the gap between nanoscopic and...
Two nanotechnology approaches converge by employing a new generation of fabrication technology. It combines the scalability of semiconductor technology with the atomic dimensions enabled by self-assembly.
View ArticleTraining algorithm breaks barriers to deep physical neural networks
Researchers have developed an algorithm to train an analog neural network just as accurately as a digital one, enabling the development of more efficient alternatives to power-hungry deep learning...
View ArticleNew conductive, cotton-based fiber developed for smart textiles
A single strand of newly developed fiber has the flexibility of cotton and the electric conductivity of the polymer, polyaniline. The new material has shown good potential for wearable e-textiles. The...
View ArticleDiscovery of magnetic liquid crystal
A team of researchers succeeded at directly observing spin quadrupoles. This work was made possible through remarkable achievements over the last decades in synchrotron facility development.
View ArticleThis adaptive roof tile can cut both heating and cooling costs
In a new study, researchers present an adaptive tile, which when deployed in arrays on roofs, can lower heating bills in winter and cooling bills in summer, without the need for electronics.
View ArticleThis next generation blue light could potentially promote or hinder sleep on...
Blue light from LED lamps and consumer electronics can mess with your sleep because it disrupts production of the natural sleep hormone melatonin. Tinted glasses or displays in night mode can mask, but...
View ArticleNew brain-like transistor mimics human intelligence
Researchers develop transistor that simultaneously processes and stores information like the human brain. Transistor goes beyond categorization tasks to perform associative learning. Transistor...
View ArticleOne small material, one giant leap for life on Mars: New research takes us a...
Researchers have discovered the transformative potential of Martian nanomaterials, potentially opening the door to sustainable habitation on the red planet.
View ArticleAre diamonds GaN's best friend? Revolutionizing transistor technology
A research team has fabricated a gallium nitride (GaN) transistor using diamond, which of all natural materials has the highest thermal conductivity on earth, as a substrate, and they succeeded in...
View ArticleBreakthrough in organic semiconductor synthesis paves the way for advanced...
A research team has achieved a significant breakthrough in the field of organic semiconductors. Their successful synthesis and characterization of a novel molecule called 'BNBN anthracene' has opened...
View ArticleNon-toxic quantum dots pave the way towards CMOS shortwave infrared image...
Researchers have fabricated a new high-performance shortwave infrared (SWIR) image sensor based on non-toxic colloidal quantum dots. They report on a new method for synthesizing functional high-quality...
View ArticleBetter microelectronics from coal
Coal is an abundant resource in the United States that has, unfortunately, contributed to climate change through its use as a fossil fuel. As the country transitions to other means of energy...
View ArticleFunctional semiconductor made from graphene
Researchers have created the first functional semiconductor made from graphene, a single sheet of carbon atoms held together by the strongest bonds known. The breakthrough throws open the door to a new...
View ArticleHigh-performance stretchable solar cells
Engineers have succeeded in implementing a stretchable organic solar cell by applying a newly developed polymer material that demonstrated the world's highest photovoltaic conversion efficiency (19%)...
View ArticleUsing berry phase monopole engineering for high-temperature spintronic devices
Spin-orbit torque (SOT), an important phenomenon for developing ultrafast and low-power spintronic devices, can be enhanced through Berry phase monopole engineering at high temperatures. In a new...
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