Tag: Electrical Engineering/Electronics

November 13, 2020

Silicon-polymer hybrid modulators capable of optical data rates of 200 Gbit/s at temperatures up to 110 °C could help reduce ...

Weather-proof chip aims to take self-driving tech, wireless communications to next level

Credit: The University of Texas at Austin. Modern communications technology, regardless of use, relies on a similar formula: devices send ...

Researchers make key advance for printing circuitry on wearable fabrics

Credit: OSU College of Engineering CORVALLIS, Ore. - Electronic shirts that keep the wearer comfortably warm or cool, as well ...

Study reveals how to improve natural gas production in shale

Molecular-dynamics simulations and high-pressure small-angle neutron scattering help team discover optimal methane-releasing pressure rangeCredit: stock image LOS ALAMOS, N.M., November ...

NIST designs a prototype fuel gauge for orbit

Credit: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Liquids aren't as well behaved in space as they are on Earth. Inside a spacecraft, ...

Teaching the internet of things to learn

EU-project VEDLIoT aims to develop next-generation IoT platformCredit: Photo: Bielefeld University/S. Jonek Autonomous vehicles and devices for intelligent homes are ...

Invisible organic light-emitting diodes reach new world record

Infrared OLEDs in smartphones take a big step forwardCredit: Pr Sébastien Kéna-Cohen You can't see it with the naked eye, ...

Charges cascading along a molecular chain

Removing one charged molecule from a one-dimensional array causes the others to alternately turn 'on' or 'off,' paving the way ...

Sensor for smart textiles survives washing machine, cars and hammers

Slinky-like sensor is ultra-sensitive and resilientCredit: (Image courtesy of Oluwaseun Araromi/Harvard SEAS) Think about your favorite t-shirt, the one you've ...

New editor-in-chief appointed for Journal of Electronic Imaging

Zeev Zalevsky will lead the IS&T-SPIE co-published journal beginning in January 2021Credit: SPIE BELLINGHAM, Washington, USA - On 1 January, ...

New strategy to ‘buffer’ climate change: developing cheaper, eco-friendly solar cells

New study develops a novel eco-friendly buffer for solar panels, which could tip the scale in the renewable energy transitionCredit: ...

Turning heat into power with efficient organic thermoelectric material

Credit: University of Groningen Thermoelectric materials can turn a temperature difference into electricity. Organic thermoelectric materials could be used to ...

Identifying the microscopic mechanism of vibrational energy harvesters

Familiarity with self-power generation devicesCredit: Nagoya University The Japanese research team elucidated the microscopic mechanism in which amorphous silica(1) becomes ...

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