For neural research, wireless chip shines light on the brain
Credit: Yaoyao Jia, NC State University Researchers have developed a chip that is powered wirelessly and can be surgically implanted ...
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Scientists develop a magnetic switch with lower energy consumption
Credit: UAB Magnetic materials are ubiquitous in modern society, present in nearly all the technological devices we use every day. ...
New semiconductor coating may pave way for future green fuels
Credit: Sascha Ott Hydrogen gas and methanol for fuel cells or as raw materials for the chemicals industry, for example, ...
The ultimate conditions to get the most out of high-nickel batteries
Credit: WMG, University of Warwick The automotive industry has become increasingly interested in the use of high-Ni (nickel) batteries for ...
New electronic chip delivers smarter, light-powered AI
Prototype tech shrinks AI to deliver brain-like functionality in one powerful deviceCredit: RMIT University Researchers have developed artificial intelligence technology ...
Spintronics advances — Controlling magnetization direction of magnetite at room temperature
Scientists develop an energy-efficient strategy to reversibly change 'spin orientation' or magnetization direction in magnetite at room temperatureCredit: Tokyo University ...
NIST sensor experts invent supercool mini thermometer
Credit: Wheeler/NIST Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have invented a miniature thermometer with big potential ...
Smartphone use offers tool to treat MS, other diseases
The way patients type on their phone keyboards could tip off doctors to how their disease is progressingCredit: Daria Nepriakhina ...
Scientists develop world most-sensitive IR photon video detector
Credit: Sergey Gnuskov/NUST MISIS Scientists from NUST MISIS National Technological Initiative Center "Quantum Communications" are developing the world's first prototype ...
Mastering the art of nanoscale construction to breathe easy and bust fraud
A new way to arrange very small materials with perfect control could lead to more secure banknotes and passports, and ...
Quantum tunneling pushes the limits of self-powered sensors
With just a 50-million-electron jumpstart, sensors can power themselves for more than a yearCredit: Chakrabartty Lab, McKelvey School of Engineering, ...
Joint efforts for stable electricity networks in Africa
As part of an international team of researchers, scientists at Paderborn University are developing modern systems to provide an uninterrupted ...
Sensors get a laser shape up
Credit: © 2020 KAUST A simple method developed at KAUST uses laser beams to create graphene electrodes that have better ...
Success in controlling perovskite ions’ composition paves the way for device applications
Credit: Tachikawa Takashi Hybrid organic-inorganic perovskites (*1) have received much attention as potential next generation solar cells and as materials ...