The future of ‘extremely’ energy-efficient circuits
Credit: Yokohama National University Data centers are processing data and dispensing the results at astonishing rates and such robust systems ...
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Revolutionary laser instrument receives $4.7 million boost from the National Science Foundation
Credit: Arizona State University Deep within the subterranean confines of Building C--the latest addition to the Biodesign Institute at Arizona ...
Scientists create fully electronic 2-dimensional spin transistors
Credit: Talieh Ghiasi et al. Physicists from the University of Groningen constructed a two-dimensional spin transistor, in which spin currents ...
Welcome indoors, solar cells
Wide-gap non-fullerene acceptor enabling high-performance organic photovoltaic cells for indoor applicationsCredit: Thor Balkhed Swedish and Chinese scientists have developed organic ...
Lithuanian scientists contributed to creating the record-breaking solar cell
Tandem perovskite-CIGS solar cells, produced as a result of the collaboration between Lithuanian and German researchers, have reached an efficiency ...
Paramagnetic spins take electrons for a ride, produce electricity from heat
Credit: Renee Ripley, Ohio State University An international team of researchers has observed that local thermal perturbations of spins in ...
Russian-Chinese scientific cooperation: A new generation of sensors for the ‘smart’ city
Russian and Chinese scientists to create prototype sensors for electronics of the latest generation.Credit: Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University ...
Army project may advance quantum materials, efficient communication networks
Credit: Princeton University RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. (July 24, 2019) -- A U.S. Army project exploring novel applications of superconducting ...
Does one size does fit all? A new model for organic semiconductors
A multicenter team including researchers from Osaka University reports new observations for organic single crystals that derive from their flexibility, ...
Valleytronics core theory for future high-efficiency semiconductor technology
DGIST discovered the core theory of valleytronics that will lead high-efficiency next generation semiconductor technologyCredit: DGIST DGIST research team discovered ...
Search for new semiconductors heats up with gallium oxide
Credit: ACS Nano CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- University of Illinois electrical engineers have cleared another hurdle in high-power semiconductor fabrication by ...
KERI, reducing the size and weight of medical mri equipment by more than half
Technology that can create a superconducting electromagnet, the key component of MRI, safely and strongly using an insulation-conduction transforming substanceCredit: ...
New low-cost thermoelectric material works at room temperature
Material could be used to cool electronic devices, overheated vehiclesCredit: University of Houston Has your steering wheel been too hot ...
A graphene superconductor that plays more than one tune
Researchers at Berkeley Lab have developed a tiny toolkit for scientists to study exotic quantum physicsCredit: Guorui Chen et al./Berkeley ...