Electronics — General Information — May 2nd, 2025

Catalytic technology removes toxic chemicals from microchip manufacturing wastewater
Semiconductor manufacturing is a fastidiously clean business. Components are washed multiple times to remove impurities, drawing on vast amounts of purified water and other chemicals.
May 2, 2025 — Source

China Unveils Nuclear Battery the Size of a Coin Able To Power Devices for 100 Years Without Charging
While the rest of the world is busy topping up their phones overnight, China is quietly rewriting energy rules. In a development that sounds more like science fiction than science fact, Chinese researchers have introduced a nuclear battery small enough to fit on a coin—yet powerful enough to run for up to a century without a single recharge.
May 2, 2025 — Source

Cyborg cicadas play Pachelbel's Canon
Such insect-computer hybrid speakers might one day be used to transmit warnings in emergencies.
May 2, 2025 — Source

Graphene-based electronic nose uses AI for analysis
This technology converts scent molecules into electrical signals and trains AI models on their unique patterns. It holds great promise for applications in personalized healthcare, the cosmetics industry, and environmental monitoring.
May 2, 2025 — Source

New database of materials accelerates electronics innovation
A massive new database of dielectric material properties could speed up the development of electronics like smartphones and energy storage systems.
May 2, 2025 — Source

Robotics researchers develop algorithms that make mobile navigation more efficient
Delivery robots made by companies such as Starship Technologies and Kiwibot autonomously make their way along city streets and through neighborhoods.
May 2, 2025 — Source

Electronics — General Information — April 28th, 2025

Can You Mix And Match Ryobi Batteries Of The Same Voltage?
Ryobi is widely considered to be one of the best power tool manufacturers on the market, providing a wide range of products that are useful for everything from yard care and home maintenance to carpentry and automotive repair. One of the ways the company manages to keep these power tools affordable is through the interchangeable nature of its lithium-ion battery systems.
April 28, 2025 — Source

Do Batteries Use AC Or DC Current? (And Why Does It Matter?)
The battery as we know it today was an invention of Italian chemist and physicist Alessandro Volta. He witnessed electricity splitting water into its constituent elements of oxygen and hydrogen and developed the theory of electrical current. He found that it was possible to chemically produce electricity and have it flow uniformly through a conductor in a closed circuit.
April 28, 2025 — Source

Improving Aqueous Zn-I2 Batteries with MOF-Derived Carbon
A recent study published in Advanced Science reports a strategy to improve aqueous zinc-iodine (Zn-I2) batteries. These batteries are valued for their low cost, safety, and long cycle life. Despite these advantages, poor iodine conductivity and the shuttle effect limit their practical use.
April 28, 2025 — Source

MIT's tiny hopping robot is designed to go places humans can't
Combining a spring-based jump with wing control, the robot can adapt to surfaces like ice, glass, and uneven ground.
April 28, 2025 — Source

Electronics — General Information — April 25th, 2025

An earth-abundant mineral for sustainable spintronics
Iron-rich hematite, commonly found in rocks and soil, turns out to have magnetic properties that make it a promising material for ultrafast next-generation computing.
April 25, 2025 — Source or Source

Apple to strip not-so-secret robotics unit from struggling AI chief John Giannandrea
Apple will transfer its not-so-secret robotics unit from the oversight of its struggling AI chief, John Giannandrea, to the hardware division later this month, sources say, marking another restructuring as the company's AI challenges mount. Mark Gurman reports for Bloomberg News that the robotics unit will be placed under Senior Vice President John Ternus, who oversees hardware engineering.
April 25, 2025 — Source

Hey, what are these curved green flashes above my polymer semiconductor?
In every scientific discovery in the movies, a scientist observes something unexpected, scratches the side of his or her forehead and says "hmmmmm." In just such a moment in real life, scientists from Canada observed unexpected flashes of curved green light from a red light-emitting polymer above its surface. The flashes were reminiscent of the colored arcs that auroras take above Earth's poles, providing a clue as to their provenance.
April 25, 2025 — Source

Observing the ultrafast electrical charging of liquids
Researchers used a light-based technique to observe the fast formation of electrical double layers, validating models for membranes and energy storage devices.
April 25, 2025 — Source

Using the skin's electrical conductance to track sweat loss during both physical and mental activities
Over the past decades, electronics engineers have developed a wide range of wearable devices that can be used to track some physiological processes and collect health or fitness-related data. These devices rely on miniature sensors that can pick up different signals, such as heart rate, blood oxygen levels and body temperature.
April 25, 2025 — Source

What Happens To A Battery When It Expires? Understanding Shelf Life & Self-Discharge
At a glance, the many disposable and rechargeable batteries available from various brands seem like the perfect energy storage solution. They're compact, they're consistent, and in the case of rechargeables, you can use them over and over again. However, there is one major consistent problem with batteries that prevents us from relying on them exclusively: they eventually expire.
April 25, 2025 — Source

Electronics — General Information — April 22nd, 2025

Cephalopod skin inspires programmable 3D soft robotics and displays
Magnetic composite with stiffness control allows programmable 3D shape shifting for use in soft robots, tactile interfaces, and reconfigurable displays.
April 22, 2025 — Source

Researchers attain coherent control of a hybrid quantum network node
Quantum technologies, which operate leveraging quantum mechanical phenomena, have the potential to outperform their classical counterparts in some optimization and computational tasks. These technologies include so-called quantum networks, systems designed to transmit information between interconnected nodes and process it, using quantum phenomena such as entanglement and superposition.
April 22, 2025 — Source

Self-Aligned Carbon Nanotube Phototransistors for Infrared Detection
A recent study published in Advanced Electronic Materials introduces a self-aligned gate architecture for carbon nanotube (CNT)-based phototransistors designed for shortwave infrared (SWIR) detection.
April 22, 2025 — Source

Electronics — General Information — April 20th, 2025

Images: Humanoid robots run a Chinese half-marathon alongside flesh-and-blood competitors
In one small step for robot-kind—thousands of them, really—humanoid robots ran alongside actual humans in a half-marathon in the Chinese capital on Saturday.
April 20, 2025 — Source

This Tiny Robot Is Part Bee, Part Crane Fly—and It Finally Has Solid Legs
Harvard's RoboBee will one day conduct artificial pollination and survey disaster zones, but first it has to stop crash landing.
April 20, 2025 — Source

Electronics — General Information — April 17th, 2025

Finger-shaped tactile sensor advances robotic touch with multi-directional force detection and material identification
The development of increasingly sophisticated sensors can facilitate the advancement of various technologies, including robots, security systems, virtual reality (VR) equipment and sophisticated prosthetics. Multimodal tactile sensors, which can pick up different types of touch-related information (e.g., pressure, texture and type of material), are among the most promising for applications that can benefit from the artificial replication of the human sense of touch.
April 17, 2025 — Source

Smaller, smarter building blocks for future quantum technology
Scientists at EPFL have made a breakthrough in designing arrays of resonators, the basic components that power quantum technologies. This innovation could create smaller, more precise quantum devices.
April 17, 2025 — Source

Thermic Edge Launches Advanced ALD System for Next-Generation Semiconductor Manufacturing
At Thermic Edge, we're proud to introduce our new Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) System, designed to accelerate the integration of 2D materials into next-generation semiconductor devices, including high-mobility transistors, memory, and optoelectronics.
April 17, 2025 — Source

Electronics — General Information — April 14th, 2025

3D superconducting nanobridges enable reconfigurable quantum state control
Reconfigurable superconducting nanobridges allow spatial control over quantum and classical states, enabling flexible layouts for nanoscale quantum circuit design.
April 14, 2025 — Source

Chipolo's newest AirTag competitor works with both Apple and Google's finding networks
Chipolo, the maker of AirTag-like devices, on Monday introduced the latest version of its product. Now, instead of offering models that only work with either Apple or Google's lost-item finding technology, the new Chipolo POP devices work with both companies' finding networks out of the box.
April 14, 2025 — Source

Engineers discovered a way to move heat ultrafast using crystal waves, offering a breakthrough in cooling advanced electronics.

Cooler faster better: Engineers uncover a new way to stop electronics from overheating
University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science
April 14, 2025 — Source

Noctiluca's new proprietary material shows excellent test results
Noctiluca, technology company listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange, has developed a breakthrough material for use on one of the OLED display layers. In laboratory tests in Korea, NCEIL-4 demonstrated a 15-fold increase in blue pixel lifespan while reducing power consumption. "This could be an important step forward in the ongoing race for blue in the OLED market," says Mariusz Bosiak, the company's CEO.
April 14, 2025 — Source

Robotics meets the culinary arts
RoboCake is ready. This edible robotic cake is the result of a collaboration between researchers from EPFL (the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne), the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT-Italian Institute of Technology) and pastry chefs and food scientists from EHL in Lausanne.
April 14, 2025 — Source

Scientists made a stretchable lithium battery you can bend, cut, or stab
Its performance isn't great, but its endurance is similar to standard lithium-ion.
April 14, 2025 — Source or Source

Water-based battery offers 2,000-cycle stability
A team of chemical and biomolecular engineers, physicists and battery specialists affiliated with several institutions in the U.S. has developed a water-based battery that offers 2,000-cycle stability.
April 14, 2025 — Source

Electronics — General Information — April 11th, 2025

A new frontier in spintronics: Antiferromagnetic quasicrystals unveiled
Quasicrystals (QCs) are fascinating solid materials that exhibit an intriguing atomic arrangement. Unlike regular crystals, in which atomic arrangements have an ordered repeating pattern, QCs display long-range atomic order that is not periodic. Due to this 'quasiperiodic' nature, QCs have unconventional symmetries that are absent in conventional crystals.
April 11, 2025 — Source

Hybrid anode material advances lithium-ion battery technology
Lithium-ion batteries are the dominant energy storage technology powering everything from portable electronics to electric vehicles and renewable energy systems. However, the demand for higher energy density, faster charging, and longer lifespans necessitates continuous innovation.
April 11, 2025 — Source

Pt nano-catalyst with graphene pockets enhances fuel cell durability and efficiency
The manufacturing and deployment of hybrid and electric vehicles is on the rise, contributing to ongoing efforts to decarbonize the transport industry. While cars and smaller vehicles can be powered using lithium batteries, electrifying heavy-duty vehicles, such as trucks and large buses, has so far proved much more challenging.
April 11, 2025 — Source

Tree gum can sustainably supercharge supercapacitor lifespan
A waste gum produced by trees found in India could be the key to unlocking a new generation of better-performing, more eco-friendly supercapacitors, researchers say.
April 11, 2025 — Source

Ultra-thin cooling solution for mobile devices unlocks slimmer, high-performance technology
Scientists from Nagoya University in Japan have developed an innovative cooling device—an ultra-thin loop heat pipe—that significantly improves heat control for electronic components in smartphones and tablets. This breakthrough successfully manages heat levels generated during intensive smartphone usage, potentially enabling the development of even thinner mobile devices capable of running demanding applications without overheating or impeding performance.
April 11, 2025 — Source

Electronics — General Information — April 7th, 2025

Meet CORLEO: Kawasaki's Hydrogen-Powered Robotic Horse
Kawasaki Heavy Industries has unveiled the CORLEO, a hydrogen-powered robot horse concept, at the Osaka Kai Expo on April 5, 2025. This ambitious creation is designed to mimic the agility and movement of a real horse, offering a glimpse into the future of robotics. Although currently existing only as a CGI concept, the CORLEO has captured global attention by showcasing how robotics could redefine mobility and navigate challenging terrains with precision.
April 7, 2025 — Source

Electronics — General Information — April 4th, 2025

Iron nitride's magnetoelastic properties show potential for flexible spintronics
The field of spintronics, which integrates the charge and spin properties of electrons to develop electronic devices with enhanced functionality and energy efficiency, has expanded into new applications.
April 4, 2025 — Source

New approach reliably integrates 2D semiconductors with dielectrics
Two-dimensional (2D) semiconductor materials could enable the development of smaller yet highly performing electronic components, thus contributing to the advancement of a variety of devices. While significant strides have been made in the synthesis of 2D semiconductors with advanced electronic properties, their clean transfer onto substrates and reliable integration in real devices has so far proved challenging.
April 4, 2025 — Source

Q&A: Fruit flies are a major source of inspiration in robotics
Researchers at EPFL's Neuroengineering Laboratory, led by Pavan Ramdya, aim to replicate the workings of the brain of the common fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster. EPFL spoke with Ramdya about the exciting prospects for robotics.
April 4, 2025 — Source

Tactile sensors are less important than the order of learning experiences for robotic hands, study shows
How does a robotic arm or a prosthetic hand learn a complex task like grasping and rotating a ball? The challenge for the human, prosthetic or robotic hand has always been to correctly learn to control the fingers to exert forces on an object.
April 4, 2025 — Source

The Nobel-Winning Material at the Heart of Samsung QLEDs [Interview on Real Quantum Dots Part 1.]
"One of the reasons Samsung focused on quantum dots is their exceptionally narrow peaks of the emission spectrum."
April 4, 2025 — Source

Electronics — General Information — April 2nd, 2025

Redox flow battery achieves energy efficiency of 87.9% and longer cycling life with new catalytic electrode
A team of materials scientists, chemical engineers, and environmental scientists affiliated with a host of institutions in China has developed a redox flow battery (RFB) with 87.9% energy efficiency, which can also last for 850 cycles. In their project, published in the journal Nature Communications, the group developed a new kind of catalytic electrode to improve the efficiency of the battery.
April 2, 2025 — Source

Scientists unveil new way to electrically control spin for ultra-compact devices using altermagnetic quantum materials
Spintronics, an emerging field of technology, exploits the spin of electrons rather than their charge to process and store information. Spintronics could lead to faster, more power-efficient computers and memory devices. However, most spintronic systems require magnetic fields to control spin, which is challenging in ultracompact device integration due to unwanted interference between components.
April 2, 2025 — Source

What Are Sodium-Ion Batteries? (And Will They Replace Lithium-Ion Batteries?)
These days, batteries are found in just about every electronic device you could imagine. From phones to lawn mowers to cars, the items that make life in the modern world happen to do so with a battery of some kind behind them. Regardless of their use, most batteries on the market today are of the lithium-ion variety.
April 2, 2025 — Source

Electronics — General Information — March 31st, 2025

Defect removal technique paves the way for faster, low-power semiconductors
A research team, led by Professor Jimin Kwon from the Department of Electrical Engineering at UNIST, in collaboration with Professor Yong-Young Noh and his research team from the Department of Chemical Engineering at POSTECH, reports a new technology to eliminate defects in molybdenum disulfide (MoS2), a promising candidate for the next generation of semiconductor materials, at a temperature of 200°C.
March 31, 2025 — Source

Programmable pixels could advance infrared light applications
Without the ability to control infrared light waves, autonomous vehicles wouldn't be able to quickly map their environment and keep "eyes" on the cars and pedestrians around them; augmented reality couldn't display realistic 3D displays; doctors would lose an important tool for early cancer detection. Dynamic light control allows for upgrades to many existing systems, but complexities associated with fabricating programmable thermal devices hinder availability.
March 31, 2025 — Source

The hidden superconducting state in NbSe₂: Shedding layers and gaining insights
Researchers have discovered an unexpected superconducting transition in extremely thin films of niobium diselenide. Publishing in Nature Communications, they found that when these films become thinner than six atomic layers, superconductivity no longer spreads evenly throughout the material, but instead becomes confined to its surface.
March 31, 2025 — Source

Time-resolved photoluminescence unlocks nanoscale insights into surface-modified metal oxide semiconductors
In the quest for next-generation energy, sensing, and pigment technologies, semiconducting metal oxides like titanium dioxide have emerged as essential materials due to their abundance, stability, and intriguing photophysical properties. But there's a catch: Their surfaces—where most chemical interactions occur—often behave unpredictably, limiting their performance in applications ranging from photocatalysis to solar energy harvesting.
March 31, 2025 — Source

Electronics — General Information — March 28th, 2025

Advancing semiconductor devices for AI: Single transistor acts like neuron and synapse
Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have demonstrated that a single, standard silicon transistor, the fundamental building block of microchips used in computers, smartphones and almost every electronic system, can function like a biological neuron and synapse when operated in a specific, unconventional way.
March 28, 2025 — Source

Carbon Nanohoop Technology Enables Efficient and Controlled Iron Release
Researchers from the Universities of Amsterdam and Zurich have collaborated to create a novel molecular system that enables the controlled release of iron. This breakthrough was achieved by combining ferrocene, a molecular structure that encapsulates an iron atom, with a carbon-based nanohoop.
March 28, 2025 — Source

Light-Driven Plasmonic Microrobots for Nanoparticle Manipulation
A recent study published in Nature Communications presents a new microrobotic platform designed to improve the precision and versatility of nanoparticle manipulation using light. Led by Jin Qin and colleagues, the research addresses limitations in traditional optical methods and introduces a microrobot powered by plasmonic nanomotors.
March 28, 2025 — Source

Redefining the transistor: The ideal building block for Artificial Intelligence
Researchers demonstrate that a single transistor can mimic neural and synaptic behaviors, bringing brain-inspired computing closer to reality.
March 28, 2025 — Source

Electronics — General Information — March 24th, 2025

Engineered Nanoclusters for Enhanced Stability in Hydrogen Evolution
An international team of researchers from Seoul National University, the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), and Kookmin University has developed an advanced electrochemical catalyst that could significantly contribute to sustainable hydrogen production.
March 24, 2025 — Source

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 of flexible electronics.
March 24, 2025 — Source

Phosphorene nanoribbons show magnetic and semiconducting behavior
Room-temperature magnetic and electronic traits make phosphorene nanoribbons promising for next-gen, energy-efficient nanoelectronics.
March 24, 2025 — Source

Using niobium tungsten oxide to allow lithium batteries to charge faster
A team of engineers, chemists and materials scientists in China and the U.S. has found a material that can be used to dramatically speed up charging time for lithium batteries without loss of capacity.
March 24, 2025 — Source

Electronics — General Information — March 21st, 2025

1X will test humanoid robots in 'a few hundred' homes in 2025
Norwegian robotics startup 1X plans to start early tests of its humanoid robot, Neo Gamma, in "a few hundred to a few thousand" homes by the end of 2025, according to the company's CEO, Bernt Børnich.
March 21, 2025 — Source

Boston Dynamics' Atlas can run and cartwheel like a human now - and it's stunning
Atlas has breakdance moves too. See for yourself.
March 21, 2025 — Source

Electronics — General Information — March 17th, 2025

Artificial muscle flexes in multiple directions, offering a path to soft, wiggly robots
We move thanks to coordination among many skeletal muscle fibers, all twitching and pulling in sync. While some muscles align in one direction, others form intricate patterns, helping parts of the body move in multiple ways.
March 17, 2025 — Source

Kyulux to Present at ICDT 2025, Showcasing Latest Hyperfluorescence OLED Advancements
Kyulux will present at ICDT 2025, taking place at the prestigious Xiamen Fliport C&E Center in Xiamen, China. The talk entitled "High-Performance Hyperfluorescence for Diverse Color Spaces" will be held on March 25th, 2025, from 8:30 to 8:50 AM (Beijing Time), during Session 46.1.
March 17, 2025 — Source

New DJI Dock 3 Transforming Automated Drone Operations for Industries
The DJI Dock 3, in combination with the Matrice 40 series drones, is transforming the landscape of automated drone operations. Designed to excel in all-weather conditions and remote, high-precision tasks, this system sets a benchmark for efficiency and reliability. Whether used for infrastructure inspections, emergency response management, or critical data collection, the DJI Dock 3 offers advanced capabilities tailored to meet diverse operational requirements.
March 17, 2025 — Source

Electronics — General Information — March 14th, 2025

When a robot becomes the boss: Exploring authority, obedience and relationships with machines
How does a robot perform as a boss at work? The results of research by Polish scientists published in Cognition, Technology & Work suggest that while robots can command obedience, they are not as proficient at it as humans. The level of obedience towards them is generally lower than towards human authority figures, and work efficiency under the supervision of a robot is lower.
March 14, 2025 — Source

Electronics — General Information — March 13th, 2025

A new kind of Hall effect: Physicists reveal potential of noncollinear antiferromagnets in spintronics
A team of researchers led by Colorado State University graduate student Luke Wernert and Associate Professor Hua Chen has discovered a new kind of Hall effect that could enable more energy-efficient electronic devices.
March 13, 2025 — Source

ATLANT 3D Secures $15 M Series A+ as Demand Grows for its Atomic Layer Processing Technology
ATLANT 3D, whose atomic-scale manufacturing technology enables precise development of advanced materials and devices for optics, photonics, microelectronics, quantum computing, sensors, and space applications, today announced a $15 M Series A+ funding round led by West Hill Capital.
March 13, 2025 — Source

Nano-spring technology boosts battery durability and energy density
A research team has developed technology that could dramatically increase the lifespan and energy density of electric vehicle (EV) batteries.
March 13, 2025 — Source or Source

Revealing the hidden symmetries of a superconductor
A possible method for probing the properties of exotic particles that exist on the surfaces of an unusual type of superconductor has been theoretically proposed by two RIKEN physicists.
March 13, 2025 — Source

This fanless PC has four HDMI ports, up to 64GB of RAM, and support for two SSDs
The Maxtang SXRL-20 is a compact, fanless computer designed for digital signage applications, but it could also be a good fit for some home users thanks to its support for user-replaceable memory and storage, better-than-bottom-of-the-line processor, and silent operation.
March 13, 2025 — Source

Electronics — General Information — March 12th, 2025

Anton Paar Introduces Lovis 2001: Precision and Versatility for Viscosity Measurement of Low-Viscous Samples
Anton Paar is proud to announce the release of Lovis 2001, a state-of-the-art rolling-ball viscometer, designed for laboratories requiring precise viscosity measurements, especially for low-viscosity and shear-sensitive liquids. Based on the Hoeppler falling ball principle, but equipped with an adjustable measurement angle, Lovis 2001 delivers all polymer-specific parameters by default and offers automation and modularity.
March 12, 2025 — Source

Magnetic and semiconducting properties of phosphorene nanoribbons confirmed at room temperature
Researchers demonstrate how phosphorene nanoribbons' magnetic properties interact with light, paving the way for new quantum technologies.
March 12, 2025 — Source

Phosphorene nanoribbons shown to exhibit magnetic and semiconductor properties at room temperature
Scientists have long suspected that phosphorene nanoribbons (PNRs)—thin pieces of black phosphorus, only a few nanometers wide—might exhibit unique magnetic and semiconducting properties, but proving this has been difficult.
March 12, 2025 — Source

Researchers print high-resolution 3D microstructures using MXene
Researchers have developed a binder-free 3D printing method for MXene, enabling high-resolution microstructures with enhanced conductivity and electromagnetic shielding.
March 12, 2025 — Source

Taking inspiration from the human brain to create a new class of intelligent, light-powered devices
Researchers developed a nanoscale quantum resonant tunnelling diode that mimics a sensory neuron, detecting light, processing data, and converting it into electrical signals in one device.
March 12, 2025 — Source

Unveiling the intermolecular mechanisms behind OEM dissolution in organic batteries
A new study has revealed significant insights into the intermolecular mechanisms involved in the dissolution of organic electrode materials (OEMs) within electrolytes during battery cycling tests.
March 12, 2025 — Source

Where to sell your used and unwanted gadgets
There are lots of ways to make a buck off your old stuff.
March 12, 2025 — Source

Electronics — General Information — March 11th, 2025

From pantyhose to power cells, nylon gives lithium batteries a leg up
Researchers claim efficiency boost plus reduction in environmental harm
March 11, 2025 — Source

Mistakes Everyone Makes With Lithium Batteries (And How To Avoid Them)
Lithium-ion batteries revolutionized the world when Sony brought them to the mass market in 1991. Compared to previous rechargeable battery technology, they were lighter, more energy-dense, last longer, and continually cheaper to make — essentially, better in every way. But even though they've become a cornerstone of the consumer electronics and EV markets, they're not perfect.
March 11, 2025 — Source

Topological insulator nanowires reveal superconducting effect, bringing topological quantum computing closer to reality
Physicists at the University of Cologne have taken an important step forward in the pursuit of topological quantum computing by demonstrating the first-ever observation of Crossed Andreev Reflection (CAR) in topological insulator (TI) nanowires.
March 11, 2025 — Source

Water movement on surfaces makes more electric charge than expected
Researchers from RMIT University and the University of Melbourne have discovered that water generates an electrical charge up to 10 times greater than previously understood when it moves across a surface.
March 11, 2025 — Source or Watch Video

Electronics — General Information — March 10th, 2025

2D semiconductor sensor: Gold nanoparticles boost optical signal efficiency
Next-generation imaging technology is rapidly expanding beyond smartphones into intelligent devices, robotics, extended reality (XR) devices, health care, CCTV, and various other industries. At the core of these technological advances are highly efficient, ultra-compact image sensors that convert light signals into electrical signals. Image sensors capture and process visual information from objects and environments, enabling precise reconstruction of their shape, size, and spatial position.
March 10, 2025 — Source

A high-performance sensor based on two-dimensional semiconductor
Researchers have successfully developed an innovative electrode material called Conductive-Bridge Interlayer Contact (CBIC), enabling the realization of a 2D semiconductor-based image sensor with high optical signal efficiency.
March 10, 2025 — Source

Enhanced Printable Graphene Inks Using Polypropylene Carbonate for Flexible Electronics
A recent study published in Communications Materials explored the development of printable graphene inks using polypropylene carbonate (PPC) as a dispersant.
March 10, 2025 — Source

Spaceo Industrial Humanoid Robot Unveiled by Muks Robotics
Muks Robotics introduces Spaceo, an advanced industrial humanoid robot developed in India, designed to enhance AI-driven automation with human-like precision. Spaceo combines robust physical capabilities with intelligent AI systems to perform a wide range of tasks efficiently and adaptively.
March 10, 2025 — Source

Unlocking the secrets of phase transitions in quantum hardware
Phase transitions, like water freezing into ice, are a familiar part of our world. But in quantum systems, they can behave even more dramatically, with quantum properties such as Heisenberg uncertainty playing a central role. Furthermore, spurious effects can cause the systems to lose, or dissipate, energy to the environment. When they happen, these "dissipative phase transitions" (DPTs) push quantum systems into new states.
March 10, 2025 — Source or Source

Unraveling the mystery of high-temperature superconductors from first principles
Ever since their discovery almost four decades ago, high-temperature superconductors have fascinated scientists and engineers alike. These materials, primarily cuprates, defy classical understanding because they conduct electricity without resistance at temperatures far higher than traditional superconductors. Yet despite decades of research, we still don't have a clear, comprehensive microscopic picture of how superconductivity emerges in these complex materials.
March 10, 2025 — Source

Electronics — General Information — March 9th, 2025

Electrical Tape Colors: What Do They Mean?
If you closely observe an electrician's tool backpack or the electrician's tool belt, you'll mainly find two things in it. First, there are some good-quality hand tools as well as power tools from brands like Bauer. Secondly, there are colorful rolls of tape.
March 9, 2025 — Source

Japan's service robot market projected to triple in five years
Faced with an aging population and labor shortages, Japanese businesses are increasingly relying on service robots to supplement their workforce, according to Bloomberg.
March 9, 2025 — Source

Electronics — General Information — March 8th, 2025

New Battery Harvests Energy From Radioactive Nuclear Waste
The battery uses solar power generated by crystals that emit light when they absorb radiation.
March 8, 2025 — Source

Electronics — General Information — February 28th, 2025

Asymmetric ether solvents enhance Li-metal battery charging and stability
To fuel the future advancement of the electronics industry, engineers will need to develop batteries that can be charged quickly, have higher energy densities (i.e., can store more energy) and last longer. Among the most promising alternatives to lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries, which power most devices on the market today, are lithium-metal batteries (LMBs).
February 28, 2025 — Source

Development of 'transparent stretchable substrate' without image distortion could revolutionize next-generation displays
Overcoming Poisson's ratio enables fully transparent, distortion-free, non-deformable display substrates.
February 28, 2025 — Source

Factory begins trial for humanoid robots that can build more of themselves
Robots building more robots, what could go wrong?
February 28, 2025 — Source

Electronics — General Information — February 18th, 2025

Innovative strategy enhances energy storage in antiferroelectric materials
The study, conducted by researchers from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tsinghua University, Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory, and the University of Wollongong, introduces the antipolar frustration strategy, which significantly improves the performance of dielectric capacitors that are crucial for high-power devices requiring fast charge and discharge rates.
February 18, 2025 — Source

Optimizing Energy Harvesting with Granular Triboelectric Nanogenerators
A recent study published in Small examines how different bead sizes and materials affect the performance of triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs), focusing on their effectiveness and stability as energy-harvesting devices.
February 18, 2025 — Source

Light from artificial atoms: Advancing quantum systems with superconducting circuits
Many objects that we normally deal with in quantum physics are only visible with special microscopes—individual molecules or atoms, for example. However, the quantum objects that Elena Redchenko works with at the Institute for Atomic and Subatomic Physics at TU Wien can even be seen with the naked eye (with a little effort): They are hundreds of micrometers in size. Still tiny by human standards but gigantic in terms of quantum physics.
February 18, 2025 — Source

Nanoscale technique uses atomic vibrations to show how quantum materials behave at interfaces
Scientists are racing to develop new materials for quantum technologies in computing and sensing for ultraprecise measurements. For these future technologies to transition from the laboratory to real-world applications, a much deeper understanding is needed of the behavior near surfaces, especially those at interfaces between materials.
February 18, 2025 — Source or Source

New microactuator driving system could give microdrones a jump-start
An innovative circuit design could enable miniature devices, such as microdrones and other microrobotics, to be powered for longer periods of time while staying lightweight and compact. Using miniaturized solid-state batteries, the circuit combines high energy density with an ultra lightweight design.
February 18, 2025 — Source

Powering the future - ultrathin films are revolutionizing electrical conductivity
Researchers find a way to preserve the electrical properties of complex materials even at the nanoscale.
February 18, 2025 — Source

Electronics — General Information — February 17th, 2025

Apple humanoid robot could have one huge advantage, as Meta announces its project
A new report suggests that Apple and Meta could end up competing in the humanoid robots field. The social media company is said to be making "significant investment" in this product category, with a focus on household chores.
February 17, 2025 — Source

Hexagonal Boron Nitride Atomristors: A Low-Power Solution for Neuromorphic Computing
A recent study published in npj 2D Materials and Applications explores hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) atomristors, highlighting their notable memory window, low leakage current, and minimal power consumption. These features make them a promising candidate for energy-efficient neuromorphic computing.
February 17, 2025 — Source

Leafbot: A soft robot that conquers challenging terrains
Soft robotics is an emerging field in the robotic world with promising adaptability in navigating unstructured environments. Where traditional robots struggle with unpredictable terrains, soft robots are advancing in their navigational skills due to their high-end flexibility.
February 17, 2025 — Source

Meta is developing humanoid robots designed for household chores
They're at least two years away from launch
February 17, 2025 — Source

Pressure-driven phase transition induces simultaneous negative photoconductivity and superconductivity
A research team led by Prof. Wang Xianlong and Dr. Wang Pei from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has discovered a concurrent negative photoconductivity (NPC) and superconductivity in PbSe0.5Te0.5 by pressure-induced structure transition.
February 17, 2025 — Source

Electronics — General Information — February 14th, 2025

Apple Looking Into Both Humanoid and Non-Humanoid Robots: Analyst
Another sign points to Apple getting into the robot game.
February 14, 2025 — Source

Meta Is Looking to Get Into the AI Humanoid Robot Business
Maybe Mark Zuckerberg has just been a prototype for this project this whole time.
February 14, 2025 — Source

Mini flow battery speeds energy storage research
Sometimes, in order to go big, you first have to go small. That's what researchers at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have done with their latest innovation in energy storage.
February 14, 2025 — Source

MRI reveals real-time metal-ion dissolution in lithium batteries, offering insights into performance decline
Many of the devices that make modern life convenient and efficient rely on rechargeable batteries. Lithium-ion batteries, one of the more common types used, are low cost and work at a high operating voltage, which makes them ideal for many electronic devices and electric vehicles. However, they have recurring issues with declining performance over repeated use and there are rising concerns about the safety of using these batteries as they age.
February 14, 2025 — Source

Novel transparent ceramics extend life of semiconductor etching equipment
A research team has successfully developed a new composition and processing technology for transparent plasma-resistant high-entropy ceramics. This innovation is the first of its kind in the world and is designed to extend the lifespan of internal components in semiconductor etching equipment while reducing contamination particles during the semiconductor manufacturing process.
February 14, 2025 — Source

Shining a light on magnetic structure
A novel technique for identifying magnetic ordering in antiferromagnets could improve electronics.
February 14, 2025 — Source

Stretchable fabric emits light and sound for wearable displays
Electronic displays surround us in rigid forms - from phone screens to televisions - but creating displays that can stretch and conform while maintaining brightness and functionality has remained an unsolved challenge. Standard display materials crack under strain, and previous flexible alternatives suffered from either dim output or limited stretchability. The few displays that could stretch typically lost significant brightness when deformed. Adding sound generation capabilities to these displays introduced even more technical barriers, as traditional speakers require rigid components to produce clear audio.
February 14, 2025 — Source

Why Fusion Energy Could Solve the World's Energy Crisis : The Final Barrier to Infinite Energy
Imagine a world where energy is no longer a finite resource—a world powered by a clean, virtually limitless source that doesn't pollute the air or leave behind hazardous waste. It sounds like science fiction, doesn't it? Yet, this is exactly the promise of nuclear fusion, the same process that powers the Sun. For decades, scientists and engineers have been chasing this dream, inching closer to a breakthrough that could forever change how we power our lives. But as tantalizing as fusion energy is, the path to making it a reality is anything but simple.
February 14, 2025 — Source

Electronics — General Information — February 7th, 2025

3D-printed robots: Soft-jointed swarms tackle tough terrains and tasks
Imagine a swarm of tiny robots, each about the size of the palm of your hand, spreading out over a wildfire-ravaged community, mapping areas contaminated by toxic materials, searching for survivors, identifying areas of rapid wildfire spread. Or picture the robots being used to clear battlefields of mines, conduct search and rescue missions after earthquakes, or deployed on farms to fend against pests and track soil conditions.
February 10, 2025 — Source

High-definition organic LED microdisplays with reduced electrical crosstalk could enhance VR and AR experiences
The rapid advancement of the electronics industry is opening new possibilities for the development of increasingly advanced device components, including displays. Many of the most widely used and highly performing displays developed to date are based on organic light-emitting diodes (OLED), devices based on organic materials that emit light when an electric current is applied to them.
February 7, 2025 — Source

New AI function on the horizon thanks to electrically programmable spintronic device
Artificial Intelligence (AI) transformational impact is well under way. But as AI technologies develop, so too does their power consumption. Further advancements will require AI chips that can process AI calculations with high energy efficiency.
February 7, 2025 — Source

New composite material converts light and humidity into mechanical motion and power for smart tech
Scientists have struggled to create synthetic materials that can sense and respond to their environment with the precision needed for advanced robotics and smart devices. A key challenge has been developing materials that can efficiently convert multiple types of environmental changes - like variations in light or moisture - into controlled mechanical movements. While responsive materials exist, they typically react slowly, work with only one type of stimulus, or lose effectiveness over repeated use.
February 7, 2025 — Source

The Kiri-Spoon: Research turns robotic hardware into flatware for assisted eating
More than 2 million adults living in the United States rely on a caregiver's assistance to eat daily meals. In addition to human caregivers, technology has been developed to provide assistance. For example, tabletop and wheelchair-mounted robotic arms have been programmed to pick up foods and bring them to the human operator.
February 10, 2025 — Source or Watch Video

Electronics — General Information — February 5th, 2025

Boosting Li-ion battery performance with surface technology
With the rising global demand for cost-effective sustainable batteries, lithium-ion batteries are at the forefront as energy storage solutions. However, achieving a high energy density with long-term stability in such batteries is essential to extending the usage time of electric devices. LiNi₀.₅Mn₁.₅O₄ (LNMO), known for its thermal stability and cost-effectiveness, is a promising material for high-voltage cathodes.
February 5th, 2025 — Source

'Living' electrodes breathe new life into traditional silicon electronics
High-speed electronic devices that do not use much power are useful for wireless communication. High-speed operation has traditionally been achieved by making devices smaller, but as devices become smaller, fabrication becomes increasingly difficult. Have we reached a dead end?
February 5th, 2025 — Source or Source

Many Americans still don't understand how easily IoT devices can get bricked
Smart device users show ignorance around importance of ongoing support.
February 5th, 2025 — Source

Osaka Scientists Unveil 'Living' Electrodes That Can Enhance Silicon Devices
Shrinking components was (and still is) the main way to boost the speed of all electronic devices; however, as devices get tinier, making them becomes trickier. A group of scientists from SANKEN (The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research), at Osaka University has discovered another method to enhance performance: putting a special metal layer known as a metamaterial on top of a silicon base to make electrons move faster. This approach shows promise, but the tricky part is managing the metamaterial's structure so it can adapt to real-world needs.
February 5th, 2025 — Source

Physicists measure a key aspect of superconductivity in 'magic-angle' graphene
Physicists measured how readily a current of electron pairs flows through 'magic-angle' graphene, a major step toward understanding how this unusual material superconducts. By determining how readily electron pairs flow through this material, scientists have taken a big step toward understanding its remarkable properties.
February 5th, 2025 — Source or Source

Samsung Redefines Signage with Color E-Paper and AI
Samsung has unveiled its groundbreaking advancements in digital displays, with a strong focus on energy-efficient digital signage. The Samsung Color E-Paper (EMDX model) is at the forefront of this innovation, offering businesses a sustainable and cost-effective alternative to traditional signage. By using innovative digital ink technology, the Color E-Paper operates at near-zero power when displaying static images, significantly reducing energy consumption during image transitions. This makes it an ideal solution for businesses looking to lower operational costs while maintaining high visibility and functionality.
February 5th, 2025 — Source

Scientists devise 'living' electrodes that could vastly improve traditional silicon electronics
Electronic signals can be dynamically adjusted by heating and cooling metamaterial
February 5th, 2025 — Source

Scientists enhance high-resolution distributed temperature sensing using plastic optical fibers
Scientists have developed a new approach to significantly enhance the spatial resolution of distributed temperature sensing using plastic optical fibers (POFs). Their work demonstrates the successful detection of temperature changes over short distances, achieving a theoretical spatial resolution of approximately 4.8 centimeters.
February 5th, 2025 — Source

Semiconductor material for short-wave infrared sensors developed
The Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science has successfully developed a high-quality compound semiconductor material for ultra-sensitive short-wave infrared (SWIR) sensors
February 5th, 2025 — Source

Sustainable Hybrid Nanofibers for Enhanced Triboelectric Nanogenerator Performance
In a recent article published in Small, researchers introduced a method for fabricating sustainable triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) using recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET) in combination with nylon and titanium dioxide nanoparticles (TiO2 NPs) to improve performance.
February 5th, 2025 — Source

Electronics — General Information — February 3rd, 2025

Shaping the future of displays: Clay-based device integrates light emission and color control
Electrochemical stimuli-responsive materials are gaining more attention in the world of display technology. Based on external stimuli, such as low voltage, these materials can instantaneously undergo electrochemical reactions.
February 3rd, 2025 — Source

Spinning or not spinning? Experts discuss controversies of Sr₂RuO₄'s unusual superconductivity
Superconductors can carry electricity without losing energy, a superpower that makes them invaluable for a range of sought-after applications, from maglev trains to quantum computers. Generally, this comes at the price of having to keep them extremely cold, an opportunity cost that has frequently hindered widespread use.
February 3rd, 2025 — Source

Electronics — General Information — January 24th, 2025

Butterfly-inspired method for robot wing movement works without electronics or batteries
Researchers at the Technical University of Darmstadt and the Helmholtz Center Dresden-Rossendorf have developed flexible robot wings that are moved by magnetic fields. Inspired by the efficiency and adaptability of the wings of the monarch butterfly, they enable precise movements without electronics or batteries.
January 24th, 2025 — Source

Can you make an AirTag last 10 years? It took me a seconds to do it
I have over a dozen AirTags in use, and my biggest problem is having to change the batteries every year or so. No more!
January 24th, 2025 — Source

Chinese artificial sun shatters world record with 1,066-second plasma confinement
A crucial milestone in fusion research
January 24th, 2025 — Source

Cracking the code: Why platinum electrodes corrode
Scientists from Leiden University and the Department of Energy's SLAC National Laboratory have uncovered the mysterious cause behind the rapid corrosion of platinum electrodes. This study paves the way for more affordable green hydrogen production and more reliable electrochemical sensors.
January 24th, 2025 — Source

Eco-friendly aluminum battery lasts 10,000 cycles with minimal loss
Large batteries for long-term storage of solar and wind power are key to integrating abundant and renewable energy sources into the U.S. power grid. However, there is a lack of safe and reliable battery technologies to support the push toward sustainable, clean energy.
January 24th, 2025 — Source

How Robotic Hand Exoskeletons are Helping Pianists Overcome the Ceiling Effect
Robotic hand exoskeletons are emerging as a fantastic tool in the realm of piano skill development, offering innovative solutions to challenges such as the “ceiling effect”—a plateau in progress that often occurs after years of dedicated practice. By incorporating advanced technologies like somatosensory stimulation, motor coordination analysis, and insights from neuroplasticity research, these devices provide a novel and targeted approach to enhancing fine motor skills.
January 24th, 2025 — Source

Magnetic robot wings mimic monarchs, operate without electronics or batteries
Researchers at the Technical University of Darmstadt and the Helmholtz Centre Dresden-Rossendorf have developed a revolutionary technology: flexible robot wings that are moved by magnetic fields. Inspired by the efficiency and adaptability of the wings of the monarch butterfly, they enable precise movements without electronics or batteries. This bio-inspired development could fundamentally change environmental monitoring, rescue operations and biomedical applications.
January 24th, 2025 — Source

Magnetic sensors offer nondestructive way to verify battery authenticity
Recently, fires and other accidents caused by the use of non-original equipment manufacturer lithium-ion batteries (i.e., compatible batteries) have become a problem. However, these compatible batteries are difficult to distinguish from the original ones based on their exterior features.
January 24th, 2025 — Source

My new favorite travel accessory is a 3-in-1 MagSafe charger that's smaller than a cookie
Anker's MagGo 3-1 wireless charger is an ultraportable device that's dethroned even my favorite travel charger.
January 24th, 2025 — Source

Peeling back the layers: Exploring capping effects on nickelate superconductivity
Cutting-edge X-ray techniques uncover the intrinsic properties of superconducting infinite layer nickelates
January 24th, 2025 — Source

Researchers mix silicon with 2D materials for new semiconductor tech
Nanoelectronics deal with extremely small electronic components — transistors, sensors and circuits that can fit on the tip of a needle. This technology powers our everyday lives through devices such as computers, smartphones and medical tools.
January 24th, 2025 — Source

Science Newsfrom research organizations
Large batteries for long-term storage of solar and wind power are key to integrating abundant and renewable energy sources into the U.S. power grid. However, there is a lack of safe and reliable battery technologies to support the push toward sustainable, clean energy. Now, researchers have designed a cost-effective and environment-friendly aluminum-ion (Al-ion) battery that could fit the bill.
January 24th, 2025 — Source

Electronics — General Information — January 22nd, 2025

Compact comb lights the way for next-gen photonics
(Nanowerk News) In the world of modern optics, frequency combs are invaluable tools. These devices act as rulers for measuring light, enabling breakthroughs in telecommunications, environmental monitoring, and even astrophysics. But building compact and efficient frequency combs has been a challenge—until now.
January 22nd, 2025 — Source or Source

How drones are changing warfare
As part of the ongoing war in Ukraine, one night in late November, Russia sent a swarm of 188 drones to attack Ukrainian infrastructure like electrical utilities, as well as residential areas, according to news reports. Ukrainian forces said they shot down 76 drones, but the damage was still extensive. Those kinds of attacks are continuing almost daily now.
January 22nd, 2025 — Source

Murata Introduces Ultra-Small Chip Inductor
Murata at CES 2025, unveiled what is claimed to be the world’s smallest chip inductor, measuring just 006003 inches (0.16×0.08 mm). This groundbreaking development achieves a 75% reduction in volume compared to the previous smallest product, the 008004-inch (0.25×0.125 mm) inductor. Murata commercializes 0603-Inch In-Vehicle PoC Inductors, contributing to smaller and lighter components
January 22nd, 2025 — Source

New electromagnetic material draws inspiration from the color-shifting chameleon
The chameleon, a lizard known for its color-changing skin, is the inspiration behind a new electromagnetic material that could someday make vehicles and aircraft "invisible" to radar.
January 22nd, 2025 — Source

See the Latest Advancements in Nanopositioning, Motion Control and Precision Automation for Photonics, Laser Processing, Microscopy and Semiconductor Metrology
Photonics West in San Francisco, January 25 – 30, Booths 8517 (BIOS) / 3517 (PW) South Lobby, or visit our Tech Center in Fremont, CA.
January 22nd, 2025 — Source

Smart glasses detect eye position without cameras using perovskite light sensors
(Nanowerk Spotlight) Eye tracking holds immense potential for enabling intuitive human-computer interaction, yet existing approaches remain cumbersome. Camera-based systems require complex image processing and raise privacy concerns. Contact lens sensors can irritate the eye. Alternative methods measuring electrical signals from eye muscles provide inconsistent results.
January 22nd, 2025 — Source

Electronics — General Information — January 20th, 2025

Experiment validates electric ion thruster simulations
Predicting the lifetime of an electric ion thruster is notoriously difficult. You have to account for the chamber wall effects, which are not present in space environments. Researchers within several different aerospace disciplines in The Grainger College of Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign worked together to simulate the ion activity, then validate it in a unique experiment that will help predict the lifespan of electric thrusters.
January 20th, 2025 — Source

Lithium-sulfur battery retains 80% charge capacity after 25,000 cycles
An international team of engineers and materials scientists has developed a lithium-sulfur battery capable of retaining 80% of its charge capacity after 25,000 cycles.
January 20th, 2025 — Source

Next generation computers: New wiring material could transform chip technology
The rapid technological advancements of our world have been enabled by our capacity to design and fabricate ever smaller electronic chips. These underpin computers, mobile phones and every smart device deployed to date.
January 20th, 2025 — Source

Next-generation lithium--sulfur batteries: Scientists develop large-area, high-capacity prototypes
Dr. Park Jun-woo's team at KERI's Next Generation Battery Research Center has overcome a major obstacle to the commercialization of next-generation lithium--sulfur batteries and successfully developed large-area, high-capacity prototypes.
January 20th, 2025 — Source

Novel quantum state discovered in twisted graphene
Professor Youngwook Kim of the Department of Physics and Chemistry at the Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science & Technology (DGIST), in collaboration with Professor Gilyoung Cho of the Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST), has uncovered a groundbreaking quantum state.
January 20th, 2025 — Source

The art and science of twisting light
Left and right circularly polarized light, where the electromagnetic waves spiral in a clockwise and counterclockwise manner as they travel, plays a crucial role in a wide range of applications, from enhancing medical imaging techniques to enabling advanced communication technologies. However, generating circularly polarized light often requires complex and bulky optical setups, which hinders its use in systems with space constraints.
January 20th, 2025 — Source

Use of robotic hand exoskeleton helps pianists improve their playing speed
A team of roboticists at Sony Computer Science Laboratories Inc. and the NeuroPiano Institute, in Kyoto, reports that a robotic exoskeleton strapped to the top of a piano player's hand allowed it to control the player's fingers during speed exercises, leading to improvements in playing fast-moving piano tunes.
January 20th, 2025 — Source

Electronics — General Information — January 17th, 2025

A solid electrolyte gives lithium-sulfur batteries ludicrous endurance
Sulfur can store a lot more lithium but is problematically reactive in batteries.
January 17th, 2025 — Source

'Brand new physics' for next generation spintronics
Our data-driven world demands more—more capacity, more efficiency, more computing power. To meet society's insatiable need for electronic speed, physicists have been pushing the burgeoning field of spintronics.
January 17th, 2025 — Source

Twisting light: Novel metasurface offers compact solution for circularly polarized light
Left and right circularly polarized light, where the electromagnetic waves spiral in a clockwise and counterclockwise manner as they travel, plays a crucial role in a wide range of applications, from enhancing medical imaging techniques to enabling advanced communication technologies. However, generating circularly polarized light often requires complex and bulky optical set-ups, which hinders its use in systems with space constraints.
January 17th, 2025 — Source

Electronics — General Information — January 13th, 2025

Boosting terahertz signal processing with multilayered graphene designs
Nonlinear optical processes in the technologically important terahertz (THz) spectral range have gained increasing attention for their potential to revolutionize fields such as wireless communication and signal processing. Among the most extreme phenomena in nonlinear optics is harmonic generation, a process converting optical energy into different frequencies able to establish new communication channels and increase the information transfer rate.
January 13th, 2025 — Source

Engineers 3D print tiny, intricate antennas
Today, nearly all personal electronic devices rely on antennas to send and receive data. In fact, demand is also rising for lightweight antennas for new applications, including the latest in 5G/6G networks, advanced wearable devices and aerospace applications like CubeSats. However, standard manufacturing techniques have limited the structural complexity and use of multiple materials that would unlock still more features and capabilities from antennas.
January 13th, 2025 — Source

Engineers create novel design for electromagnetic induction type vibration energy harvesters
Electromagnetic induction (EI), or the production of voltage across a conductor by varying the magnetic field or by moving the conductor through a fixed magnetic field, is one of the most traditional methods of converting other forms of energy to produce electrical energy. Consequently, its principles are widely understood, and the technology is highly mature.
January 13th, 2025 — Source

Electrolyte additives unlock the potential of lithium-sulfur batteries
Lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries are an integral part of society, from cellphones and laptops to electric vehicles. While Li-ion batteries have been a major success to date, scientists worldwide are racing to design even better "beyond Li-ion" batteries in the shift toward a more electrified world. Commercial Li-ion batteries are less energy-dense than alternative batteries and rely on relatively expensive substances, such as cobalt and nickel compounds, which are also heavily dependent on vulnerable supply chains.
January 13th, 2025 — Source

"Micro firewall" mini PCs now available with up to Intel Core 3 N355 Twin Lake chips
Intel's new "Twin Lake" processors are low-cost, low-power chips designed for entry-level computers. The first PCs powered by the chips started to arrive late last year, including systems made for use as firewalls, routers, or other networking appliances.
January 13th, 2025 — Source

Molecular 'velcro': Covalent bonds between 2D materials unlock enhanced optoelectronic capabilities
Researchers have chemically linked 2D materials using a molecular "velcro," resulting in a device with improved optoelectronic properties. The device, made of palladium nanosheets covalently bonded with MoS2, shows an enhanced optoelectronic response in the infrared thanks to the chemically bonded interface between the two materials, in comparison to its van der Waals counterpart. This next generation of 2D-2D heterostructures goes beyond van der Waals thanks to the strong covalent bonds between its 2D materials.
January 13th, 2025 — Source

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang Declares 2025 the Year of Robotics
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang's keynote at CES 2025 presented a bold and forward-thinking roadmap for artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, and industrial automation. At the heart of his presentation was the unveiling of NVIDIA Cosmos, a world foundation model designed to transform how machines perceive and interact with the physical world.
January 13th, 2025 — Source

The covalent connection between 2D materials improves device optoelectronic response
Combining the best of different crystals to obtain the ultimate material is the motto that drives two-dimensional (2D) materials research. 2D structures are typically built by atomic deposition and weakly bonded to each other by van der Waals interactions.
January 13th, 2025 — Source

Electronics — General Information — January 10th, 2025

Efficient energy transport through covalent organic frameworks
An interdisciplinary research team from LMU, the Technical University of Munich (TUM), and the University of Oxford has employed novel spectroscopic techniques to investigate the diffusion of excited states in so-called covalent organic frameworks (COFs).
January 10th, 2025 — Source

HP launches new all-in-one & mini PCs with Copilot+ at CES
CES 2025 continues to bring new interesting products across the board. Some big tech companies have also used the event to announce their new AI-powered PCs with Copilot+ features. HP, one of the best-known brands in the segment, has launched new all-in-one and mini PC options at CES.
January 10th, 2025 — Source

New doping control method boosts nanocrystal semiconductor performance
Professor Jiwoong Yang and his research team at the Department of Energy Science and Engineering, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science & Technology (DGIST; President Kunwoo Lee) successfully developed a new technology to control doping at the nucleus (seed) phase to increase the performance of semiconductor nanocrystals.
January 10th, 2025 — Source

Robots set to move beyond factory as AI advances
Today's robots perform safety checks at industrial plants, conduct quality control in manufacturing, and are even starting to keep hospital patients company.
January 10th, 2025 — Source

Scientists develop high-impact materials for optoelectronic technologies
Every day, people are reaping the benefits of work by scientists and engineers to make more effective X-ray machines, computers, cell phones and televisions. Florida State University researchers are pushing the boundaries of those technologies and developing new more cost-effective and environmentally friendly materials for these devices.
January 10th, 2025 — Source

We Interviewed Aria, a $175K Almost-Human Robot
This blond, "female" robot named Aria is powered by AI for her conversation skills, with 17 motors driving her facial expressions so she appears as human as possible.
January 10th, 2025 — Source

Electronics — General Information — January 9th, 2025

Building better batteries: Researchers untangle the tiny strands of lithium that develop inside rechargeable batteries
When we plug in our cell phones to charge them, we take it for granted that they'll soon be brimming with energy for scrolling, texting and receiving news alerts. But the technology powering this—rechargeable lithium-ion batteries—heralded a genuine technological revolution when these batteries first appeared on the commercial scene in the 1990s, and they earned their developers the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2019.
January 9th, 2025 — Source

Carbon dots enable precise nanoscale pores for high-performance supercapacitors
Supercapacitors sit at the heart of modern energy storage, charging and discharging rapidly to power everything from electric buses to industrial equipment. Their performance depends on their electrodes, which are made from carbon materials filled with microscopic pores where electric charges collect.
January 9th, 2025 — Source

Domain wall fluctuations in 2D materials reveal a new mechanism of superconductivity
Two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals are made of atomically thin layers, held together by weak van der Waals forces. These materials have been the focus of numerous studies, as their unique properties make them ideal for studying various exotic and rare physical phenomena.
January 9th, 2025 — Source

Elon Musk Plans On Building At Least 500,000 Units Of The Optimus Robot In 2027, Claims "Humanoid Robots Will Be The Biggest Product In History"
With Tesla's core auto business continuing to contend with anemic demand - at least until the advent of newer models - in an environment of escalating competition, especially from China, Elon Musk is increasingly banking on the EV giant's FSD capabilities and the Optimus humanoid robot to drive the narrative around Tesla shares.
January 9th, 2025 — Source

Graphene Breakthrough: SEOULTECH's Laser Technology Unveils Damage-Free Ultrathin Flexible Displays
Recently researchers from SEOULTECH have pioneered a graphene-based laser lift-off technique that prevents damage while separating ultrathin OLED displays. By utilizing graphene's ability to absorb UV light and distribute heat, they have achieved pristine, flexible displays. This advancement opens doors for ultra-thin, stretchable devices that fit comfortably against human skin, revolutionizing wearable device technology.
January 9th, 2025 — Source

How Mini GPUs and LLMs Are Changing Robotics Forever
Wouldn't it be great to have a robot that not only understands its surroundings but also makes decisions on the fly—all without needing to connect to the cloud. It sounds like something out of a sci-fi movie, right? But this is no longer just a futuristic dream. Thanks to advancements in local AI processing and mini GPUs, it's now possible to build robots that run powerful large language models (LLMs) entirely on their own hardware.
January 9th, 2025 — Source

Novel graphene ribbons poised to advance quantum technologies
Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have recently achieved a significant breakthrough in the development of next-generation carbon-based quantum materials, opening new horizons for advancements in quantum electronics.
January 9th, 2025 — Source

Open-source holonomic mobile manipulator could advance household robotics
Researchers at Stanford University, Princeton University, and Dexterity recently developed TidyBot++, a holonomic mobile robot that can perform various household chores and could help to train or test new algorithms for robotics applications.
January 9th, 2025 — Source

Realbotix shows off 'Melody', a humanoid robot
The concept of robots might sound futuristic, but they already exist in various aspects of our lives. They exist in factories, where they are used to complete mundane tasks. They exist in our living rooms, where they zoom about vacuuming up dust, dirt, and pet hair off our floors.
January 9th, 2025 — Source or Watch Video

Small changes can dramatically boost efficacy of piezoceramics
In a new study published in Nature, researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and collaborators show that the efficacy of a commonly used piezoelectric ceramic material can be dramatically increased just by reducing its thickness and by preventing atomic defects inadvertently formed during manufacturing.
January 9th, 2025 — Source

The biobattery that needs to be fed
Fungi are a source of fascination. This kingdom of life -- more closely related to animals than to plants -- encompasses an enormous variety. Everything can be found here: from edible mushrooms to molds, from single-celled life to the largest organism on Earth, from disease-causing pathogens to superheroes that produce medicines. Now, Empa researchers have coaxed another ability out of fungi: generating electricity.
January 9th, 2025 — Source

Topological Semimetal Enables High-Performance Nanoscale Interconnects
A recent study published in Science by researchers at Stanford University demonstrated that niobium phosphide films, only a few atoms thick, can conduct electricity more efficiently than copper.
January 9th, 2025 — Source

We Interviewed Aria, a $175K Almost-Human Robot
This blond, "female" robot named Aria is powered by AI for her conversation skills, with 17 motors driving her facial expressions so she appears as human as possible.
January 9th, 2025 — Source

Electronics — General Information — January 8th, 2025

Brain-Inspired Nano-Tech Promises New Era for Electronics
Imagine a future where your phone, computer or even a tiny wearable device can think and learn like the human brain – processing information faster, smarter and using less energy.
January 8th, 2025 — Source

'Cold-expanding' materials may solve lithium-ion battery winter woes
Most solids expand as temperatures increase and shrink as they cool. Some materials do the opposite, expanding in the cold. Lithium titanium phosphate is one such substance and could provide a solution to the problem of steeply declining performance of lithium-ion batteries in cold environments.
January 8th, 2025 — Source

Decoding 2D material growth: White graphene insights open doors to cleaner energy and more efficient electronics
A breakthrough in decoding the growth process of hexagonal boron nitride (hBN), a 2D material, and its nanostructures on metal substrates could pave the way for more efficient electronics, cleaner energy solutions and greener chemical manufacturing, according to new research from the University of Surrey published in the journal Small.
January 8th, 2025 — Source

Graphene laser method enables damage-free separation of ultrathin OLED displays
(Nanowerk News) Recently researchers from SEOULTECH have pioneered a graphene-based laser lift-off technique that prevents damage while separating ultrathin OLED displays. By utilizing graphene’s ability to absorb UV light and distribute heat, they have achieved pristine, flexible displays. This advancement opens doors for ultra-thin, stretchable devices that fit comfortably against human skin, revolutionizing wearable device technology.
January 8th, 2025 — Source

Graphene technique improves ultrathin film manufacturing for flexible electronics
As the demand for thinner, lighter, and more flexible electronic devices grows, the need for advanced manufacturing processes has become critical. Polyimide (PI) films are widely used in these applications due to their excellent thermal stability and mechanical flexibility. They are crucial for emerging technologies like rollable displays, wearable sensors, and implantable photonic devices.
January 8th, 2025 — Source

Lithium-sulfur batteries: Study uncovers key degradation insights
Lithium-sulfur batteries have a number of advantages over conventional lithium batteries: they use the abundant raw material sulfur, do not require the critical elements cobalt or nickel, and can achieve extremely high specific energy densities. Prototype cells are already achieving up to 500 Wh/kg, almost twice as much as current lithium-ion batteries.
January 8th, 2025 — Source

Proximity effect enables non-ferroelectric materials to gain new properties
Ferroelectrics are special materials with polarized positive and negative charges—like a magnet has north and south poles—that can be reversed when external electricity is applied. The materials will remain in these reversed states until more power is applied, making them useful for data storage and wireless communication applications.
January 8th, 2025 — Source

Electronics — General Information — January 7th, 2025

A new ultrathin conductor for nanoelectronics
As computer chips continue to get smaller and more complex, the ultrathin metallic wires that carry electrical signals within these chips have become a weak link. Standard metal wires get worse at conducting electricity as they get thinner, ultimately limiting the size, efficiency, and performance of nanoscale electronics.
January 7th, 2025 — Source

Beyond 5G: New optical modulator can operate at 10 times the speed of current devices
Kyushu University researchers have successfully developed an ultra-high-speed optical modulator that can operate at more than 10 times the speed of current devices. This modulator was made thanks to a new method the team developed that allowed them to grow thin films of ferroelectric crystals on silicon substrates.
January 7th, 2025 — Source

Brain-inspired nanotech offers new path for smarter electronics
Imagine a future where your phone, computer or even a tiny wearable device can think and learn like the human brain—processing information faster, smarter and using less energy.
January 7th, 2025 — Source

Fabricating single-photon detectors from superconducting aluminum nanostrips
In quantum computers, information is often carried by single photons and picked up by structures named superconducting nanostrip single-photon detectors (SNSPDs). In principle, traditional type-I superconductors would be easier to integrate into existing quantum computing architectures than the type-II materials more widely used today. So far, however, this possibility hasn't been widely explored.
January 7th, 2025 — Source

Combining Nanofluids and Turbulators for Sustainable Energy
Scientists from the University of Sharjah, in a study published in Applied Thermal Engineering, highlighted the potential of nanofluids and turbulators to enhance thermal conductivity, improve heat transfer efficiency, lower energy costs, and reduce dependence on fossil fuels.
January 7th, 2025 — Source

New Approach for Doping Control in Semiconductor Nanocrystals
A research team from the Department of Energy Science and Engineering at Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science & Technology, led by Professor Jiwoong Yang, has developed a new technique to regulate doping during the nucleus (seed) phase, enhancing the performance of semiconductor nanocrystals. The findings were published in Small Science.
January 7th, 2025 — Source

Piezoelectric biomaterial offers new treatment potential for central nervous system injuries
A new electrically active transplantable material that can help to regrow cells in the brain and spinal cord could redefine the recovery prospects of patients who sustain life-altering injuries or suffer from neurodegenerative diseases.
January 7th, 2025 — Source

Quadrotors support enhanced locomotion in a new bipedal robot
Humans and animals are the key inspiration for many robotic systems developed to date, as they possess body structures that innately support efficient locomotion. While many bipedal (i.e., two-legged) robots are humanoids, meaning that their body resembles that of humans, others draw inspiration from other animals that walk on two legs, such as ostriches and some other birds.
January 7th, 2025 — Source

Ultrathin conductor surpasses copper for more energy-efficient nanoelectronics
As computer chips continue to get smaller and more complex, the ultrathin metallic wires that carry electrical signals within these chips have become a weak link. Standard metal wires get worse at conducting electricity as they get thinner, ultimately limiting the size, efficiency, and performance of nanoscale electronics.
January 7th, 2025 — Source

Electronics — General Information — January 6th, 2025

Big leap forward for environmentally friendly graphene e-textiles technology
A research team led by the University of Southampton and UWE Bristol has shown wearable electronic textiles (e-textiles) can be both sustainable and biodegradable.
January 6th, 2025 — Source

Discovering "Avalanching" Nanocrystals with Revolutionary Switching Capabilities
Scientists from Oregon State University have identified luminescent nanocrystals capable of quickly switching between light and dark states, representing a step forward in the development of next-generation optical computing and memory. The findings were published in Nature Photonics.
January 6th, 2025 — Source

HP Z2 Mini G1a is a workstation-class mini PC with AMD Strix Halo and up to 96GB graphics memory
The HP Z2 Mini G1a is a small desktop computer with designed to offer the performance a workstation in a compact package. HP says the system is eight times smaller than desktop tower, while using around half as much power.
January 6th, 2025 — Source

LattePanda MU N305: The Tiny PC That Packs a Punch with Discrete GPU Power
Sometimes, finding the perfect balance between power, size, and flexibility in a computing device can feel like searching for a needle in a haystack. The LattePanda MU N305—a small but mighty x86 single-board computer (SBC) that promises to redefine what's possible in a compact form factor. With its upgraded Intel i3-N305 processor and support for discrete GPUs, this device is designed to meet the needs of those who demand both performance and adaptability.
January 6th, 2025 — Source

Quantum phase transition in indium oxide films defies superconductor norms
A team of physicists at Universite Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, in France, working with a colleague from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, in Germany, has observed an odd quantum phase transition in indium oxide films.
January 6th, 2025 — Source

Scientists develop technology to control cyborg insect swarms
Scientists have developed an advanced swarm navigation algorithm for cyborg insects that prevents them from becoming stuck while navigating challenging terrain. The new algorithm represents a significant advance in swarm robotics. It could pave the way for applications in disaster relief, search-and-rescue missions, and infrastructure inspection. Cyborg insects are real insects equipped with tiny electronic devices on their backs -- consisting of various sensors like optical and infrared cameras, a battery, and an antenna for communication -- that allow their movements to be remotely controlled for specific tasks.
January 6th, 2025 — Source

Electronics — General Information — January 3rd, 2025

New nanocrystal material a key step toward faster, more energy-efficient computing
(Nanowerk News) Scientists have taken a key step toward faster, more energy-efficient artificial intelligence, and data processing in general, with the discovery of luminescent nanocrystals that can be quickly toggled from light to dark and back again.
January 3rd, 2025 — Source

Red Pitaya Board: A Must-Have Tool for Electronics Enthusiasts
The Red Pitaya board is reshaping the landscape of electronics testing and measurement. Offering a compact, Linux-based single-board computer with integrates FPGA, analog front end, and a dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 processor, offering a modern alternative to traditional bench-top tools. Whether you are an electronics hobbyist, a professional engineer, or an educator, the Red Pitaya provides a flexible and reprogrammable platform for signal measurement, analysis, and development. Its ability to consolidate multiple functionalities into a single device makes it a valuable asset across various applications.
January 3rd, 2025 — Source

Robots can now walk through muddy and slippery terrain, thanks to moose-like feet
Roboticists at the Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech) have developed a new class of bio-inspired feet that significantly enhance robot mobility on challenging terrains like mud and wet snow.
January 3rd, 2025 — Source

This LG lamp is also a projector and Bluetooth speaker
It’s launching alongside an incredibly small 4K projector that sits just inches from the wall.
January 3rd, 2025 — Source

Electronics — General Information — January 2nd, 2025

Building better infrared sensors: Novel photodiode design boosts responsivity
Detecting infrared light is critical in an enormous range of technologies, from remote controls to autofocus systems to self-driving cars and virtual reality headsets. That means there would be major benefits from improving the efficiency of infrared sensors, such as photodiodes.
January 2nd, 2025 — Source

Electronics — General Information — December 30th, 2024

2D materials with 'twist' show unexpected electronic behavior that defy theoretical predictions
In a breakthrough set to revolutionize the semiconductor industry, the School of Engineering of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has developed the world's first-of-its-kind deep-ultraviolet (UVC) microLED display array for lithography machines. This enhanced efficiency UVC microLED has showcased the viability of a lowered cost maskless photolithography through the provision of adequate light output power density, enabling exposure of photoresist films in a shorter time.
December 30th, 2024 — Source

Best Electrolytic Capacitors -- Theory & Test Methodology
We hear so much about Japanese capacitors, and also that almost every capacitor made in China sucks. But is this true? I decided to proceed with some real-life testing to find out the truth, and in the close future my database will include all types of capacitors, and more than one tests per model, to check production batches, because there can be differences!
December 30th, 2024 — Source

First self-charging supercapacitors developed: Storage device capable of storing solar energy efficiently
A joint research effort has developed a high-performance self-charging energy storage device capable of efficiently storing solar energy. The research team has dramatically improved the performance of existing supercapacitor devices by utilizing transition metal-based electrode materials and proposed a new energy storage technology that combines supercapacitors with solar cells.
December 30th, 2024 — Source

Nvidia believes the robotics market is about to explode, just like ChatGPT
The company is pivoting to powering humanoid robotics as AI chips experience stiffening competition
December 30th, 2024 — Source

Nvidia To Reportedly Release “Jetson Thor” Computers By Next Year, Marking The Beginning Of “Robotic AI” Era
NVIDIA is set to accelerate its development of humanoid robots in the next year, as Team Green is preparing to release dedicated compact computers under the "Jetson Thor" series.
December 30th, 2024 — Source or Source

Electronics — General Information — December 28th, 2024

Researchers develop high-performance heterojunction pn diodes
A research team has developed high-performance diamond/ε-Ga2O3 heterojunction pn diodes based on ultrawide bandgap semiconductors, achieving breakdown voltages exceeding 3 kV. This work was published in Nano Letters.
December 28th, 2024 — Source

Electronics — General Information — December 27th, 2024

Advancing unidirectional heat flow: The next era of quantum thermal diodes
Heat management at the nanoscale has long been a cornerstone of advanced technological applications, ranging from high-performance electronics to quantum computing. Addressing this critical challenge, we have been deeply intrigued by the emerging field of thermotronics, which focuses on manipulating heat flux in ways analogous to how electronics control electric energy. Among its most promising advancements are quantum thermal diodes, which enable directional heat control, and quantum thermal transistors, which regulate heat flow with precision.
December 27th, 2024 — Source

Magnetic shape-shifting surface can move stuff without grasping it
A “ferromagnetic elastomer” sheet can bulge and bend under magnetic influences.
December 27th, 2024 — Source

Researchers develop novel photopyroelectric tweezer for versatile manipulation
Optical tweezers and related techniques provide extraordinary opportunities for research and applications in the physical, biological, and medical fields. However, certain requirements such as high-intensity laser beams, sophisticated electrode designs, additional electric sources, and low-conductive media, significantly impede their flexibility and adaptability, thus hindering their practical applications.
December 27th, 2024 — Source

The 12 best gadgets we reviewed this year
And two of the worst ever.
December 27th, 2024 — Source

Watch this four-legged robot adapt to tricky situations like an animal
Researchers at the University of Leeds recently demonstrated a framework for a quadruped robot with a design inspired by the biomechanics of four-legged animals. The versatile robot is able to navigate complex environments, maintain stability on uneven ground, and recover after a fall — all without the use of extra-perceptive sensors.
December 27th, 2024 — Source or Watch Video

When was the Fax Machine Invented? Most Guesses Are Way Off
Most estimates are off by more than 100 years. Learn when the fax machine was actually invented and how it evolved to today's technology.
December 27th, 2024 — Source

Electronics — General Information — December 26th, 2024

GMKtec's Updated NucBox G2 Plus and NucBox G3 Plus Mini PCs with Intel N150 Now Available
GMKtec, a global leader in mini PC solutions, is excited to announce the launch of two new mini PC models: the NucBox G2 Plus and NucBox G3 Plus. Both models are powered by the efficient Intel N150 processor, offering excellent performance for everyday computing tasks, from home offices to media centers. These ultra-compact systems are available in different variants to meet varying user needs and budgets. Whether you're a professional, student, or casual user, the NucBox G2 Plus and G3 Plus provide a customizable and cost-effective computing experience.
December 26th, 2024 — Source

Electronics — General Information — December 20th, 2024

LG's bendable 5K OLED, Hyundai's holographic windshield display and other tech we're expecting to see in Las Vegas
Plus, our predictions about AMD and NVIDIA's announcements, alongside panels and keynotes from notable CEOs.
December 20th, 2024 — Source

Low-Temperature Synthesis of Ultrathin Two-Dimensional Materials via BiOCl-Assisted CVD
A study in Nature Communications describes a BiOCl-assisted chemical vapor deposition (CVD) technique for synthesizing ultrathin two-dimensional materials (2DMs) at significantly lower temperatures, ranging from 280 to 500 °C. This method aims to broaden the range of 2DMs that can be synthesized while maintaining compatibility with semiconductor manufacturing processes.
December 20th, 2024 — Source

New AA-powered AirTag case promises 10-year lifespan
Aluminum AirTag case replaces coin cell with 2 AA Lithium batteries for extended lifespan.
December 20th, 2024 — Source

Electronics — General Information — December 16th, 2024

Excited state dynamics unlock potential for organics LEDs and bioimaging
Excited state dynamics are essential for understanding fluorescence properties in molecules, impacting their application in technologies. Research at Shinshu University explores how molecular structure and geometry influence light emission in aggregation-induced emission molecules.
December 16th, 2024 — Source

Porous electrode design could boost all-solid-state battery performance and lifespan
Batteries have become an integral component of modern technology. Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) can be found virtually everywhere, from handheld electronic devices and electric vehicles to the large power banks used in renewable energy generation systems. However, current LIB designs suffer from some crippling drawbacks, including low durability and the use of toxic liquid electrolytes.
December 16th, 2024 — Source

The Disappearing Capacitor: Boosting Photodiode Amplifier Performance with Bootstrapping
Photodiode amplifiers are vital in light detection applications, from medical imaging to scientific instrumentation. However, their performance often faces a significant hurdle: parasitic capacitance. This inherent property of photodiodes can limit their ability to amplify rapidly changing signals. Engineers have discovered a clever solution—bootstrapping—that makes the problematic capacitance disappear, opening the door to higher performance.
December 16th, 2024 — Source

Electronics — General Information — December 13th, 2024

BNTPA molecule shows promise for long-lasting high-efficiency deep red MR-TADF emitters
Researchers from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC and the Beijing Information Science and Technology University (BISTU), have developed a new strategy for the design of deep red MR-TADF OLED emitters, that offers high efficiency, good color emission and long lifetimes.
December 13th, 2024 — Source

Hydrogen's dual nature helps reveal hidden catalytic processes
Microorganisms have long used hydrogen as an energy source. To do this, they rely on hydrogenases that contain metals in their catalytic center. In order to use these biocatalysts for hydrogen conversion, researchers are working to understand the catalysis process.
December 13th, 2024 — Source

Tilted magnetic materials offer fresh path for thermoelectric applications
A research team from NIMS and UTokyo has proposed and demonstrated that the transverse magneto-thermoelectric conversion in magnetic materials can be utilized with much higher performance than previously by developing artificial materials comprising alternately and obliquely stacked multilayers of a magnetic metal and semiconductor.
December 13th, 2024 — Source

Electronics — General Information — December 10th, 2024

Nanostructured two-dimensional gold monolayers expand possibilities for catalysis, electronics, and energy conversion
Researchers have created nearly freestanding nanostructured two-dimensional (2D) gold monolayers, an impressive feat of nanomaterial engineering that could open up new avenues in catalysis, electronics, and energy conversion.
December 10th, 2024 — Source

Thin-film innovation promises tougher electronic devices
A research team has developed a next-generation thin-film material technology that significantly improves the durability of energy and electronic devices. This technology, which combines organic and inorganic materials in a dual-layer structure, can be applied to film-based solar cells and sensors. It is particularly notable for its ability to minimize the physical stress caused by rolling or unrolling, thereby greatly enhancing mechanical durability.
December 10th, 2024 — Source

Electronics — General Information — December 6th, 2024

Engineering micromachines that can autonomously coordinate using electronic pulses
Like waves sweeping through tiny stadium crowds, microscopic machines engineered by Cornell researchers can autonomously synchronize their movements, opening new possibilities for the use of microrobots in drug delivery, chemical mixing and environmental remediation, among other applications.
December 6th, 2024 — Source

Enhancing mechanical and thermoelectric performance of alloy for chip-scale refrigeration
The advancement of information technology necessitates efficient thermal management for chips to ensure stable information transmission. Meanwhile, the thermal management technology must be vibration-free and easily miniaturized to accommodate increasingly integrated chip modules.
December 6th, 2024 — Source or Source

EV Group Announces Management Board Expansion In Light Of Unabated Growth
EV Group (EVG), a leading provider of innovative process solutions and expertise serving leading-edge and future semiconductor designs and chip integration schemes, today announced the expansion of its management board.
December 6th, 2024 — Source

MXenes Offer Ultra-Thin, High-Performance Solutions
A group of researchers from Drexel University and Universite Catholique de Louvain have discovered that MXenes, a material type known for its excellent electrical conductivity, have very low thermal conductivity. This discovery calls into question the conventional relationship between electrical and heat conduction. The discovery may result in advancements in energy storage technologies, performance clothing, and building materials. The study was published in the journal ACS Nano.
December 6th, 2024 — Source

Researchers put bird legs on a drone so it can take off by jumping
EPFL's RAVEN is a fixed-wing drone that can take off without a runway using bird-inspired legs.
December 6th, 2024 — Source

Scalable fibers with light-emitting, self-healing and magnetic properties could enhance human-robot interactions
A team has developed flexible fibers with self-healing, light-emitting and magnetic properties. The scalable hydrogel-clad ionotronic nickel-core electroluminescent (SHINE) fiber is bendable, emits highly visible light, and can automatically repair itself after being cut, regaining nearly 100% of its original brightness. In addition, the fiber can be powered wirelessly and manipulated physically using magnetic forces.
December 6th, 2024 — Source

Scientists develop battery with 5,000+ year lifespan by encasing radioactive carbon in diamond
It could power electronics aboard space probes for centuries, among other things
December 6th, 2024 — Source

Watch This Drone With Legs Jump For Takeoff Just Like A Bird
A group of researchers have created a working drone that combines the efficiency of fixed-wing aircraft with the ease of takeoff like that of a bird. Imagine your next drone being able to hop over obstacles, walk, and perform jumping takeoffs like the birds in your backyard. The Raven, as the development drone is called, isn't targeted for consumer sales, but is eventually planned for search and rescue missions or package delivery.
December 6th, 2024 — Source

Electronics — General Information — December 2nd, 2024

Advances in fine-tuning electron behavior in quantum materials could fast-track next generation of tech
Physicists at Loughborough University have made an exciting breakthrough in understanding how to fine-tune the behavior of electrons in quantum materials poised to drive the next generation of advanced technologies.
December 2nd, 2024 — Source

Apple's backwards design mistake and the reversed capacitor
It's true -- the Mac LC III really did have it installed the wrong way round
December 2nd, 2024 — Source

Bendable electronic parts can heat up by themselves to lower the manufacturing temperature barrierA research team has developed a technology to manufacture high-performance liquid process-based electronic parts at lower temperatures than what was previously possible by harnessing the heat of combustion generated in materials.
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December 2nd, 2024 — Source

Enhanced 3D electrode design stores electricity four times faster than before
A new 3D design for electrodes enables the Battolyser, a battery and electrolyzer in one, to store twice the amount of electricity it could previously hold and do so four times faster. Researchers from Delft University of Technology have detailed their findings in the journal Cell Reports Physical Science. The Battolyser now charges and produces hydrogen at a rate comparable to current electrolyzers, all without relying on scarce precious metals. This increased capacity saves both space and costs.
December 2nd, 2024 — Source

Hexagons of hexagonal boron nitride join up to form 2D insulator for next-gen electronic devices
A method that can grow a useful insulating material into exceptionally high-quality films that are just one atom thick and are suitable for industrial-scale production has been developed by an international team led by Xixiang Zhang from KAUST.
December 2nd, 2024 — Source

Proof-of-concept study demonstrates self-assembling electronicsResearchers have demonstrated a new technique for self-assembling electronic devices. The proof-of-concept work was used to create diodes and transistors, and paves the way for self-assembling more complex electronic devices without relying on existing computer chip manufacturing techniques.
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December 2nd, 2024 — Source

Researchers demonstrate self-assembling electronics
Researchers have demonstrated a new technique for self-assembling electronic devices. The proof-of-concept work was used to create diodes and transistors, and paves the way for self-assembling more complex electronic devices without relying on existing computer chip manufacturing techniques.
December 2nd, 2024 — Source

Single-Element Te Nanowires Show Promise for High-Density Storage
An international team of researchers has made a ground-breaking discovery that opens the door to developments in neuromorphic computing and ultrahigh-density data storage: room-temperature ferroelectric and resistive switching behaviors in single-element tellurium (Te) nanowires.
December 2nd, 2024 — Source

Smallest walking robot makes microscale measurements
Researchers have created the smallest walking robot yet. Its mission: to be tiny enough to interact with waves of visible light and still move independently, so that it can maneuver to specific locations -- in a tissue sample, for instance -- to take images and measure forces at the scale of some of the body's smallest structures.
December 2nd, 2024 — Source

Electronics — General Information — November 30th, 2024

Promising strategy leverages atomic displacements to control quantum properties of a vanadate perovskite
Perovskites, materials with a crystal structure that mirrors that of the mineral calcium titanate CaTiO₃, exhibit properties that are advantageous for developing various technologies. For instance, they have proved promising for designing photovoltaic (PV) systems and electronic devices.
November 30th, 2024 — Source

Strain engineering approach enhances performance of 2D semiconductor-based transistors
The manipulation of mechanical strain in materials, also known as strain engineering, has allowed engineers to advance electronics over the past decades, for instance enhancing the mobility of charge carriers in devices. Over the past few years, some studies have tried to devise effective strategies to manipulate strain in two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors that are compatible with existing industrial processes.
November 30th, 2024 — Source

Electronics — General Information — November 29th, 2024

ADLINK Develops Versatile Palm-Size Fanless Mini PC
ADLINK Technology Inc., a global leader in edge computing, has introduced the all-new Mini PC EMP-100. The smallest of its kind of the series (just 13 x 10.7 x 2.8 cm), this fanless PC and Dual 4K Media Player is robust and extremely versatile. It includes an Intel Celeron N6210/J6412 processor; IoT connectivity (Single GbE LAN and Optional Wi-Fi 6/BT 5.2 module); an M.2 2280 Key M for optional storage and Key E for optional Wi-Fi/BT modules; and two HDMI output ports. This combination plus adaptable function expansion makes it truly multipurpose.
November 29th, 2024 — Source

New hydrovoltaic cell continuously generates electricity with little water and no sunlight
A team of engineers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences has modified the approach used to generate electricity with a hydrovoltaic cell, building one that uses little water and no sunlight.
November 29th, 2024 — Source

Room-temperature ferroelectricity and data storage potential in tellurium nanowires
A groundbreaking discovery by an international team of scientists has revealed room-temperature ferroelectric and resistive switching behaviors in single-element tellurium (Te) nanowires, paving the way for advancements in ultrahigh-density data storage and neuromorphic computing.
November 29th, 2024 — Source

Scientists synthesize color-changing semiconductor materials
Semiconductor materials known as 2D halide perovskites can be used in devices such as solar cells and light-emitting diodes. Scientists led by Assoc Prof Nripan Mathews of NTU's School of Materials Science and Engineering have synthesized four unique types of 2D halide perovskites.
November 29th, 2024 — Source

Tellurium nanowires show potential for room-temperature ferroelectricity and data storage
A discovery by an international team of scientists has revealed room-temperature ferroelectric and resistive switching behaviors in single-element tellurium (Te) nanowires, paving the way for advancements in ultrahigh-density data storage and neuromorphic computing.
November 29th, 2024 — Source

Electronics — General Information — November 27th, 2024

Engineers knit a 'blanket' of sophisticated radio-frequency antennas
Imagine taking the radio frequency properties of the dish antennas you see on rooftops and knitting them into a wearable garment -- a sweater or a blanket that is ultralight, portable, easy to fold up and stow away. Not having to use heavy, bulky satellite antennas would make communications much easier for those who live or travel in remote locations -- a lightweight, flexible antenna that can send information over long distances would be a useful tool for both the public and private sectors.
November 27th, 2024 — Source or Watch Video

How Do You Convert Joules to eV? 1 Joules Is Equal to
How do you convert a measurement in joules to eV? As you know, joule and electron-volt are both units of energy, but in two different systems. Depending on the requirement, measures of energy are used interchangeably.
November 27th, 2024 — Source

Long-duration battery startup lands $5M on journey to one day power data centers and metro areas
The Portland, Ore., company is building long-duration batteries that use hydrogen bromine to produce power instead of the more common lithium-ion chemistry. Compared to conventional batteries, Skip Tech devices hold power for a longer time, are much less flammable, and require components that are easy to source domestically, according to the team.
November 27th, 2024 — Source

Multifunctional structural battery achieves both high energy density and load-bearing capacity
Structural batteries are used in industries such as eco-friendly, energy-based automobiles, mobility, and aerospace, and they must simultaneously meet the requirements of high energy density for energy storage and high load-bearing capacity. Conventional structural battery technology has struggled to enhance both functions concurrently. However, KAIST researchers have succeeded in developing foundational technology to address this issue.
November 27th, 2024 — Source

Teaching a drone to fly without a vertical rudder
We can get a drone to fly like a pigeon, but we needed to use feathers to do it.
November 27th, 2024 — Source

Electronics — General Information — November 25th, 2024

7 Security Tips to Ease Your Mind When Living Solo
Living alone can be stressful, but it doesn't have to be. Protect your peace of mind with these tips.
November 25th, 2024 — Source

A Novel Approach to Enhancing Lithium-Ion Battery Performance with Graphene
Researchers from Caltech’s campus and JPL have worked together to develop a technique for applying graphene to lithium-ion battery cathodes, which will increase the lifespan and functionality of these popular rechargeable batteries, according to a study published in the Journal of The Electrochemical Society on November 1st, 2024.
November 25th, 2024 — Source

Engineers build raptor-inspired feathered drone with morphable wings and twisting tail that can initiate banking
A pair of engineers at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) has designed, built and tested a feathered, hawk-inspired drone capable of carrying out banking maneuvers without using its wings.
November 25th, 2024 — Source or Watch Video

Graphene nanocomposite dry coating improves lithium-ion batteries
Caltech researchers from campus and JPL have collaborated to devise a method for coating lithium-ion battery cathodes with graphene, extending the life and performance of these widely used rechargeable batteries.
November 25th, 2024 — Source

Machine learning approach discovers crystallizable organic semiconductors
Organic semiconductors represent a transformative technology that bridges traditional electronics with the versatility of organic materials. They make flexible, wearable devices and next-generation displays possible.
November 25th, 2024 — Source

Study finds ZnO nanorods achieve 98.3% Faraday efficiency in CO² reduction
Nano-ZnO is a potential catalyst material for carbon dioxide electrocatalytic reduction (CO²RR), but its effective Faraday efficiency (FE) is still below 90% and the current density is less than 300 mA cmCO^-2, which is not enough to meet industrial requirements.
November 25th, 2024 — Source

Electronics — General Information — November 21st, 2024

Novel electrolyte shows promise for realizing sulfide-based all-solid-state lithium-ion batteries
All-solid-state batteries using flame-retardant inorganic solid electrolytes are expected to be the next-generation batteries for electric vehicles (EVs), owing to their high safety and output characteristics. For that reason, considerable research and development is being conducted on sulfide-based solid electrolytes that exhibit excellent ionic conductivity and plasticity to apply these batteries to EVs.
November 21st, 2024 — Source

Electronics — General Information — November 18th, 2024

Laser-made copper sensors for smarter, longer-lasting electronics
High-performance engineering thermoplastics are widely applied in aerospace, automotive, biomedical, and electronics fields. To enhance the safety and extend the service life of these materials, it is crucial to integrate them with sensors for structural health monitoring and environmental information tracking. Copper is often used in such systems due to its high conductivity and cost-effectiveness.
November 18th, 2024 — Source

New on-chip device uses exotic light rays in 2D material to detect molecules
Researchers have developed a highly sensitive detector for identifying molecules via their infrared vibrational "fingerprint". Published in Nature Communications ("On-chip phonon-enhanced IR near-field detection of molecular vibrations"), this innovative detector converts incident infrared light into ultra-confined "nanolight" in the form of phonon polaritons within the detector´s active area.
November 18th, 2024 — Source

Electronics — General Information — November 15th, 2024

A mechanical metamaterial with novel stretching properties
Metamaterials are artificial materials that do not occur in nature. Their components function like atoms in conventional materials but have special optical, electrical and magnetic properties. Interaction between the components is crucial to a metamaterial's functionality. Previously a component could usually interact only with its immediate neighbors.
November 15th, 2024 — Source

Casio's first smart ring has innovative features like a stopwatch and flashing alarm
There's no fitness tracking or heart rate monitoring with Casio's new wearable.
November 15th, 2024 — Source

Moving graphene from the lab to fab: How 2D materials could transform everyday electronics
Graphene has lived up to its promise in the lab. Now, EU researchers are working on supporting its wider adoption in high-end electronics, photonics and sensors.
November 15th, 2024 — Source

Topological defects can trigger a transformation from insulating to conductive behavior in Mott materials
Researchers at Università Cattolica, Brescia campus, have discovered that the transition from insulating to conductive behavior in certain materials is driven by topological defects in the structure.
November 15th, 2024 — Source

Ultrafast lasers enable manipulation of polar order in a charge density wave at room temperature
Addressing the challenge of controlling electronic states in materials, the scientific community has been exploring innovative methods. Recently, researchers from Peking University, led by Professor Nanlin Wang, in collaboration with Professor Qiaomei Liu and Associate Research Scientist Dong Wu, uncovered how ultrafast lasers can manipulate non-volatile, reversible control over the electronic polar states in the charge-density-wave material EuTe4 at room temperature.
November 15th, 2024 — Source

Electronics — General Information — November 12th, 2024

Samsung Electronics Joins the Carbon Trust in Launching New Way To Measure Carbon Impact of Connected Devices
Newly published methodology is industry's first specification for measuring, accounting for and decarbonizing the emissions associated with connected devices in use by customers
November 12th, 2024 — Source

Electronics — General Information — November 10th, 2024

NVIDIA's Stunning Breakthrough in Humanoid Robotics Unveiled
NVIDIA has achieved a major advancement in robotics with its Generalist Embodied Agent Research (GEAR) team, focused on creating versatile humanoid robots. Central to this progress is the Hover controller—a universal system that allows robots to perform a wide range of tasks with human-like intuition. This innovation tackles a core challenge in traditional robotics, where separate control systems are often required for different tasks, leading to inefficiencies.
November 10th, 2024 — Source

Electronics — General Information — November 9th, 2024

First practical application of viscous electron flow realizes terahertz photoconductivity in graphene
When light hits the surface of some materials, namely those exhibiting a property known as photoresistance, it can induce changes in their electrical conductivity. Graphene is among these materials, as incident light can excite electrons within it, affecting its photoconductivity.
November 9th, 2024 — Source

Electronics — General Information — November 8th, 2024

3D-Printed Solutions Shield Electronics From Electrostatic Discharge
In industries where sensitive electronic components and high-stakes equipment are standard, electrostatic discharge (ESD) poses a severe risk. ESD incidents, often triggered by contact with charged objects like human hands or tools, can cause instant failures in integrated circuits, leading to costly damage and workplace hazards.
November 8th, 2024 — Source

Beyond wires: Bubble printing technique powers next-generation electronics
Yokohama National University scientists have developed a promising bubble printing method that enables high-precision patterning of liquid metal wiring for flexible electronics. This technique offers new options for creating bendable, stretchable, and highly conductive circuits, ideal for devices such as wearable sensors and medical implants.
November 8th, 2024 — Source

Innovative Transistor for Fuzzy Logic Hardware Could Boost Edge Computing
As edge computing grows, the need for faster, more efficient processing on local devices—rather than cloud servers—becomes crucial for real-time applications. These devices, positioned close to data sources, perform local computations that reduce latency and improve responsiveness. However, deep learning algorithms, which power many AI applications, are tricky to implement on edge devices due to power and computational constraints. Here's where a new technology could make a difference.
November 8th, 2024 — Source

Nanosensor platform enables development of flexible biosensors with modular design
Biosensors play a key role in medical research and diagnostics. At present, however, they generally have to be specially developed for each application. A team led by LMU chemist Philip Tinnefeld has developed a general, modular strategy for designing sensors that can be easily adapted to various target molecules and concentration ranges.
November 8th, 2024 — Source

New self-recycling artificial skin gives robots a more natural sense of touch
Most robots today are effectively numb. They can't feel what they touch, making it dangerous for them to handle delicate objects or work closely with humans. Adding touch sensitivity requires covering robots with complex electronic skins that use thousands of sensors - creating two major problems. These systems struggle to match the sophisticated touch sensing of human skin, and they generate massive electronic waste when they fail or become obsolete. A single industrial robot's touch sensors can contain hundreds of non-recyclable components that end up in landfills.
November 8th, 2024 — Source

Researchers unveil proximity-induced electrical transport properties of Pt/CrI₃ heterostructure
Two-dimensional magnetic materials have remarkable potential applications in spin switches and storage devices. Designing innovative device architectures and exploring their electrical transport characteristics are becoming more and more important.
November 8th, 2024 — Source

Xpeng Takes on Tesla with New Iron Humanoid Robot
Xpeng Motors, widely recognized for its electric vehicles, has introduced Ion, a humanoid robot developed over five years, showcasing advanced robotics technology. This move reflects Xpeng's ambition to expand beyond automotive technology, marking a significant step in the robotics market. By integrating artificial intelligence and human-like motion into Ion, Xpeng signals its okay have a lovely time are you going for quite a few little course potential to compete with established players like Tesla and highlights the growing possibilities for robotics in everyday life.
November 8th, 2024 — Source

Electronics — General Information — November 7th, 2024

New approach for tuning current flow in 2D MOF nanosheets shows promise for advanced electronics
Researchers led by Prof. Cunlan Guo at Wuhan University have pioneered a new approach to control the electrical properties of two-dimensional (2D) metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), specifically porphyrinic 2D MOF nanosheets, by constructing molecular heterojunctions that exhibit tunable rectification behaviors. Their findings could greatly impact the development of future functional electronic devices.
November 7th, 2024 — Source

Novel pathway harnesses crystal defects to enhance electrocaloric performance
A research team led by associate Prof. YIN Lihua from Institute of Solid State Physics, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences developed a new route based on lattice disorder effect to improve electrocaloric effect in BaTiO₃-based systems.
November 7th, 2024 — Source

Power line vibrations fuel their own nanogenerator monitoring systems
Power transmission networks stretch millions of kilometers across varied terrain, requiring constant monitoring to prevent failures and maintain reliable electricity delivery. Current monitoring systems depend on batteries that need regular replacement, weather-dependent solar panels, or current transformers limited to alternating current lines. These power limitations restrict the deployment of comprehensive monitoring networks, leading to maintenance gaps and delayed detection of potential failures.
November 7th, 2024 — Source

Tiny electronic nose rivals animal scent detection
Imagine a robot that can detect scents in the air and track down their sources as efficiently as a dog or a mouse. If realized, it could detect small wildfires in dense forests, find people buried in debris after an earthquake, or even hunt for truffles.
November 7th, 2024 — Source

Electronics — General Information — November 5th, 2024

Advancing the science of superconductivity
Materials called cubic rare earth hydrides could be superconductors in everyday conditions.
November 5th, 2024 — Source

Ensuring a bright future for diamond electronics and sensors
Researchers are perfecting processes to grow high-quality diamond material reliably and efficiently
November 5th, 2024 — Source

High-quality nanomechanical resonators with built-in piezoelectricity
Researchers have developed a novel type of nanomechanical resonator that combines two important features: high mechanical quality and piezoelectricity. This development could open doors to new possibilities in quantum sensing technologies.
November 5th, 2024 — Source or Source

Meet the Cyborg with a Mushroom Brain: The Future of Robotics is Here
Researchers at Cornell University have developed an innovative cyborg by integrating robotic parts with living organisms, specifically using a mushroom brain and fungal self-healing skin. This creation not only excites but also raises ethical questions about the implications of releasing biohybrid robots into natural environments.
November 5th, 2024 — Source

MIT unveils ultra-efficient 3D nanoscale transistors that could revolutionize future electronics
These ultra-small 3D transistors come with 6-nanometer-wide vertical nanowires, marking a new milestone in nanoscale technology.
November 5th, 2024 — Source

Multicomponent hydride designs could advance science of superconducting materials
New materials designed by a University of Illinois Chicago graduate student may help scientists meet one of today's biggest challenges: building superconductors that operate at normal temperatures and pressures.
November 5th, 2024 — Source

Researchers confirm key heat flow principle, advancing next-gen computer chip design
In a leap toward more powerful and efficient computer chips, researchers at the University of Virginia have confirmed a key principle governing heat flow in thin metal films — a critical component in the race to design faster, smaller and more efficient devices. This work, published in Nature Communications ("Evaluating size effects on the thermal conductivity and electron-phonon scattering rates of copper thin films for experimental validation of Matthiessen's rule"), offers a breakthrough in understanding how thermal conductivity works in metals used within next-generation chips, unlocking possibilities for advancements in technology at scales once thought unattainable.
November 5th, 2024 — Source

Researchers develop high-quality nanomechanical resonators with built-in piezoelectricity
Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden and at the University of Magdeburg in Germany have developed a novel type of nanomechanical resonator that combines two important features: high mechanical quality and piezoelectricity. This development could open doors to new possibilities in quantum sensing technologies.
November 5th, 2024 — Source

Review explores field weakening control strategies for permanent magnet synchronous motors
A recent study, led by Runze Jing, summarized field weakening (FW) control strategies into calculation-based methods, voltage closed-loop control methods, and model predictive control-related methods. The calculation-based method substitutes the target speed and torque into the motor voltage equation to calculate the FW current and voltage reference values.
November 5th, 2024 — Source

Revolutionizing Superconductivity: 60K Temperature Findings
By determining the material's maximum achievable superconducting temperature, 60 Kelvin, Cornell researchers are advancing the comprehension of how it reaches this state, according to a study published in Physical Review Letters.
November 5th, 2024 — Source

Electronics — General Information — November 3rd, 2024

13-Inch iPad Air versus 13-Inch iPad Pro: Apple's Largest Tablets, Compared
In our time, iPads have become much more than just the shiny gadget every kid unwrapped on Christmas Eve. Today, iPads have not only become a solid replacement for MacBooks, they are one of the few tech tools that almost every student can truly benefit from.
November 3rd, 2024 — Source

Electronics — General Information — November 1st, 2024

A Novel Starch-Based Nanocomposite for Sustainable Electronics
Researchers from Queen Mary University of London have made a major breakthrough in sustainable electronics by developing new nanocomposite films made from starch instead of petroleum-based materials, according to a study published in Advanced Functional Materials.
November 1st, 2024 — Source

Chromium selenide cathode boosts potassium-ion battery performance
A breakthrough in material science could help deliver a new generation of affordable batteries, scientists say. An international team of researchers led by chemists from the University of Glasgow and battery testing experts at Helmholtz Institute Ulm have implemented a material made from chromium and selenium in a potassium-ion battery.
November 1st, 2024 — Source

Conductive silk threads could turn textiles into charging stations
Durability needs to improve ahead of commercialization
November 1st, 2024 — Source

Novel technique uses magnetic fields to probe long-term aging in batteries
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have developed and demonstrated an innovative set of methods to evaluate long-term aging in real-world battery cells.
November 1st, 2024 — Source

Electronics — General Information — October 30th, 2024

GMKtec EVO-X1 HX370 is an AMD Strix Point mini PC with OCuLink support
The upcoming GMKtec EVO-X1 HX370 is a small desktop PC with an AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 processor, LPDDR5x-7500 memory, and support for external graphics cards thanks to an OCuLink port with support for data transfer speeds up to 64 Gbps.
October 30th, 2024 — Source

Researchers from SNU and Samsung identify a critical mechanism in OLED performance degradation, and use the knowledge to dramatically improve OLED efficiency and lifetime
Researchers from Seoul National University (SNU), in collaboration from colleagues from Samsung's SAIT institute, have identified a critical mechanism behind the performance degradation of OLED devices, the interfacial exciton-polaron quenching mechanism.
October 30th, 2024 — Source

Electronics — General Information — October 28th, 2024

A single thin film perfectly absorbs all electromagnetic waves

The research team of Dr. Byeongjin Park and Dr. Sang Bok Lee from the Composites & Convergence Materials Research Division at the Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS), has developed the world's first ultra-thin film composite material capable of absorbing over 99% of electromagnetic waves from various frequency bands (such as 5G/6G, WiFi, and autonomous driving radar) using a single material.
October 28th, 2024 — Source

Advancements in Single Photon Detection with AsO2I/Ppy-I Nanocomposite

In a recent Scientific Reports article, researchers presented a novel nanocomposite, arsenic (III) oxide iodide/polypyrrole intercalated with iodide ions (AsO2I/Ppy-I), which demonstrates exceptional properties for single photon detection.
October 28th, 2024 — Source

How Engine AI is Challenging Tesla with Advanced Robotics

Engine AI, founded in October 2023, has quickly become a focal point in the robotics industry with its remarkably lifelike humanoid robot. This development not only showcases China's growing prowess in advanced technology but also signals a new chapter in the global race for robotics supremacy.
October 28th, 2024 — Source

Novel optical tactile sensors pave the way for advanced biometric recognition technologies

Optical tactile sensors are gaining significant attention as next-generation biometric recognition technologies. Capable of analyzing dynamic forces from a single image, these sensors transcend the limitations of existing optical systems, creating potential applications in diverse fields, such as handwriting emotion analysis, surface characterization, and anti-counterfeiting measures.
October 28th, 2024 — Source

Static electricity could help run air conditioners

An invention made from waste polystyrene that generates static electricity from motion and wind could lower power usage by recycling waste energy in air conditioners and other applications.
October 28th, 2024 — Source

Electronics — General Information — October 22nd, 2024

Single-transistor neuron redefines efficiency in neuromorphic computing
Computing systems have made impressive progress, but they still fall short when compared to the human brain's energy efficiency and adaptability. Biological neurons handle complex tasks like decision-making and pattern recognition with minimal energy, while conventional computers require significantly more power and complex circuitry even for basic logic operations. This disparity drives ongoing efforts to replicate the brain's efficiency in hardware.
October 23rd, 2024 — Source

Electronics — General Information — October 18th, 2024

Electrical Spectroscopy of Polaritonic Nanoresonators: Enhancing Sensing with 2D Materials
In a recent article in Nature Communications, researchers presented a novel method for detecting and characterizing polaritonic nanoresonators using electrical spectroscopy.
October 18th, 2024 — Source

Harnessing vibrations: Engineered material generates electricity from unexpected source
Imagine tires that charge a vehicle as it drives, streetlights powered by the rumble of traffic, or skyscrapers that generate electricity as the buildings naturally sway and shudder.
October 18th, 2024 — Source

Electronics — General Information — October 16th, 2024

Boston Dynamics teams with TRI to bring AI smarts to Atlas humanoid robot
Boston Dynamics and Toyota Research Institute (TRI) Wednesday revealed plans to bring AI-based robotic intelligence to the electric Atlas humanoid robot. The collaboration will leverage the work that TRI has done around large behavior models (LBMs), which operate along similar lines as the more familiar large language models (LLMs) behind platforms like ChatGPT.
October 16th, 2024 — Source

Diamond bonding technique could improve both quantum and conventional electronics
Synthetic diamond is durable, inert, rigid, thermally conductive and chemically well-behaved—an elite material for both quantum and conventional electronics. But there's one problem. Diamond only likes diamond.
October 16th, 2024 — Source or Source

New light-induced material shows powerful potential for quantum applications
(Nanowerk News) A class of material called perovskites, which have special electronic bonding with many applications, could be useful for quantum sensing.
October 16th, 2024 — Source

Researchers develop polyurea membranes for lithium recovery from waste batteries
In a study published in the Journal of Membrane Science, a research group led by Prof. Wan Yinhua from the Institute of Process Engineering (IPE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences propose a new zone-regulated interfacial polymerization strategy, aiming to fabricate acid- and alkali-resistant nanofiltration (NF) membranes with high separation selectivity for the lithium recovery from waste lithium batteries.
October 16th, 2024 — Source

Taking a major step toward fully 3D-printed active electronics
(Nanowerk News) Active electronics — components that can control electrical signals — usually contain semiconductor devices that receive, store, and process information. These components, which must be made in a clean room, require advanced fabrication technology that is not widely available outside a few specialized manufacturing centers.
October 16th, 2024 — Source

Electronics — General Information — October 12th, 2024

Google's sycamore quantum chip beats classical computers running random circuit sampling
A team of engineers, physicists and quantum specialists at Google Research has found that reducing noise to a certain level allows the company's sycamore quantum chip to beat classical computers running random circuit sampling (RCS).
October 12th, 2024 — Source

Electronics — General Information — October 11th, 2024

A quick and easy way to produce anode materials for sodium-ion batteries using microwaves
A research team has developed a process technology that enables ultrafast, 30-second preparation of hard carbon anodes for sodium-ion batteries using microwave induction heating.
October 11th, 2024 — Source

Engineering perovskite materials at the atomic level paves way for new lasers, LEDs
Researchers have developed and demonstrated a technique that allows them to engineer a class of materials called layered hybrid perovskites (LHPs) down to the atomic level, which dictates precisely how the materials convert electrical charge into light. The technique opens the door to engineering materials tailored for use in next-generation printed LEDs and lasers -- and holds promise for engineering other materials for use in photovoltaic devices.
October 11th, 2024 — Source or Source

Starch and MXene nanocomposites offer a biodegradable future for sustainable electronics
The world's generation of electronic waste is rising at an alarming pace. In 2022 alone, 62 million tonnes of e-waste were produced globally, according to the United Nations' 2024 Global E-waste Monitor report. To put that into perspective, the sheer volume of discarded electronics would fill 1.55 million 40-tonne trucks—enough trucks to line up bumper-to-bumper around the entire equator. Despite growing awareness of the environmental impact of e-waste, documented recycling efforts are struggling to keep pace, growing five times slower than the rate of waste generation.
October 11th, 2024 — Source

Electronics — General Information — October 10th, 2024

Ordered defects may be key for solution-deposited semiconductors
Standard manufacturing techniques for semiconductor devices -- the technologies that make electronics possible -- involve processing raw materials at high temperatures in vacuum vessels. This fundamentally limits manufacturing efficiency and scalability.
October 10th, 2024 — Source

Electronics — General Information — October 8th, 2024

Artificial plant purifies indoor air and doubles as a power source for small electronics
An accidental discovery that could have potentially revolutionary applications.
October 8th, 2024 — Source

Self-propelled shape-changing robots mimic aquatic insects for untethered swimming
Building robots that can effortlessly mimic the movements of insects on water has been a persistent challenge in robotics. The ability to move autonomously and efficiently in environments like water surfaces -- without needing external control or bulky power sources -- holds immense potential in fields such as medicine and environmental monitoring. These environments demand more than just mobility; they require precise control, adaptability, and efficiency.
October 8th, 2024 — Source

Using microwaves to efficiently control diamond qubits
Quantum computers and quantum communication are pioneering technologies for data processing and transmission that is much faster and more secure than with conventional computers. Qubits are the basic units of information in quantum computers; they are the quantum mechanical counterparts of the bits in ordinary data processing.
October 8th, 2024 — Source

Electronics — General Information — October 7th, 2024

BrainChip unveils microscopic NPU that consumes less than 1 milliwatt of power
Designed for wearables, smart home, and IoT applications
October 7th, 2024 — Source

Enhanced electrocapillarity technique advances battery interface analysis
Batteries power everything from smartphones to electric vehicles, with their performance hinging on the critical interface between the electrode and electrolyte. Penn State and industry researchers have developed a method to observe this interface at a higher resolution, which could potentially reveal new ways to improve battery efficiency and lifespan.
October 7th, 2024 — Source

Material informatics aids in developing high-performance solid electrolytes for rechargeable batteries
The surge in the adoption of renewable energy, coupled with the rapid growth of the electric vehicle market in recent years has significantly increased the demand for high-performance, all-solid-state batteries.
October 7th, 2024 — Source

Electronics — General Information — October 6th, 2024

New ultrathin optical device can precisely capture and stimulate the mammalian brain
Reliably tracking and manipulating the mammalian nervous system in laboratory or clinical settings allows neuroscientists to test their hypotheses, which may in turn lead to new important discoveries.
October 6th, 2024 — Source

Electronics — General Information — September 28th, 2024

Meet the robot with a detachable, self-crawling hand
Halloween isn't here yet, but researchers have already unveiled a robotic hand that can detach itself and crawl around on tiny, leg-like fingers to access objects out of reach. The design comes from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne and is as creepy as it sounds.
September 28th, 2024 — Source

Electronics — General Information — September 25th, 2024

AI-guided experimentation identifies better energy storage solutionFinding a needle in a haystack is the quintessentially impossible task. But what if new tools could make it straightforwardly achievable? Imagine if, instead of searching through everything by hand, you could portion out small piles of hay and use magnets.

September 25th, 2024 — Source

Best Alkaline Batteries for 2024
Alkaline batteries are known for longer endurance and long periods of use. Here are the best options from Amazon, Energizer and Duracell.
September 25th, 2024 — Source

Manganese cathodes could boost lithium-ion batteries
Rechargeable lithium-ion batteries are growing in adoption, used in devices like smartphones and laptops, electric vehicles, and energy storage systems. But supplies of nickel and cobalt commonly used in the cathodes of these batteries are limited.
September 25th, 2024 — Source

Nanoengineered manganese cathodes could boost lithium-ion batteries
Rechargeable lithium-ion batteries are growing in adoption, used in devices like smartphones and laptops, electric vehicles, and energy storage systems. But supplies of nickel and cobalt commonly used in the cathodes of these batteries are limited. New research led by the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) opens up a potential low-cost, safe alternative in manganese, the fifth most abundant metal in the Earth's crust.
September 25th, 2024 — Source

Researchers design platypus-inspired bionic multi-receptor skin
While engineers have developed increasingly advanced bio-inspired systems over the past decades, the sensing capabilities of these systems are typically far less advanced than those observed in humans and other animals.
September 25th, 2024 — Source

Waste heat to green energy: New approach boosts thermoelectric generator efficiency
Thermoelectric generators that can convert waste heat to clean energy could soon be as efficient as other renewable energy sources, like solar, according to a team led by Penn State scientists.
September 25th, 2024 — Source

Electronics — General Information — September 23rd, 2024

Does WD-40 Prevent Battery Corrosion? What You Need To Know
If you don't already have WD-40 in your garage, you're probably missing out. While there are plenty of things you shouldn't be doing with WD-40 like using it on your car brakes or instruments that you breathe through, it has a lot of practical uses that definitely make up for it.
September 23rd, 2024 — Source

Rust-Resistant Coating for Faster, More Durable Electronics
In a study published in Nature Communications, a team led by Penn State researchers developed a synthesis process to produce a "rust-resistant" coating with extra features suitable for creating faster, more durable electronics.
September 23rd, 2024 — Source

Seattle battery startup founded by father-son team brings new buzz to growing field
Housed in a scruffy gray building on the north shore of Seattle's Lake Union is a next-gen battery startup with a potentially game changing product.
September 23rd, 2024 — Source

Water-free manufacturing approach could help advance 2D electronics integration
The future of technology has an age-old problem: rust. When iron-containing metal reacts with oxygen and moisture, the resulting corrosion greatly impedes the longevity and use of parts in the automotive industry.
September 23rd, 2024 — Source or Source

Electronics — General Information — September 22nd, 2024

Light momentum turns pure silicon from an indirect to a direct bandgap semiconductor
UC Irvine-led research reveals that the optical properties of materials can be dramatically enhanced—not by changing the materials themselves, but by giving the light new properties.
September 22nd, 2024 — Source

Electronics — General Information — September 19th, 2024

Breakthrough Research Sheds Light on Energy Dissipation in Miniaturized Electronics
Researchers have discovered a new mechanism for energy sharing in tiny interfaces in semiconductors, the components at the heart of our electronic devices. This mechanism arises from the close coupling between electrons and atomic vibrations. Researchers made a sandwich of atomically thin layers and used short pulses of light to push electrons across the interface.
September 19th, 2024 — Source

Lordin reports on a highly efficient and stable ultra-pure blue phosphorescent OLED emitter
Researchers from LORDIN, in collaboratioon with researchers from Korea's Dankook University, Gachon University and Hongik University, have reported on a highly efficient and stable ultra-pure blue phosphorescent OLED emitter, based on Lordin's Tetradentate Pt(II) material Complex with a vibration suppression effect.
September 19th, 2024 — Source

Scientists discover an unexpected involvement of sodium transport in mitochondrial energy generation
The GENOXPHOS (Functional Genetics of the Oxidative Phosphorylation System) group at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC) has discovered a crucial role of sodium in the generation of cellular energy.
September 19th, 2024 — Source

Solid-state battery prototype boosts energy density by nearly 25 percent
At a similar cost to standard lithium-ion batteries.
September 19th, 2024 — Source

Researchers create tiny nuclear-powered battery thousands of times more efficient than predecessors
A team of physicists and engineers affiliated with several institutions in China has developed an extremely small nuclear battery that they claim is up to 8,000 times more efficient than its predecessors. Their paper is published in the journal Nature.
September 19th, 2024 — Source

UDC announces support for organic electronics innovation with the new Sherwin I. Seligsohn Innovation Award
Universal Display Corporation announced the establishment of a new award, the Sherwin I. Seligsohn Innovation Award in honor of UDC's late founder. Through this award competition, UDC seeks to support and celebrate organic electronics innovation.
September 19th, 2024 — Source

Electronics — General Information — September 16th, 2024

Beyond displays: Liquid crystals in motion mimic biological systems
Liquid crystals are all around us, from cell phone screens and video game consoles to car dashboards and medical devices. Run an electric current through liquid crystal displays (LCDs) and they generate colors, thanks to the unique properties of these fluids: rearrange their shape, and they reflect different wavelengths of light.
September 16th, 2024 — Source

Real-Time TEM Reveals Unexpected Behavior in Spintronic MTJs
Researchers at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities have conducted a new study that sheds light on how next-generation electronics, such as computer memory components, malfunction or deteriorate over time. Gaining insight into the causes of deterioration could enhance the effectiveness of data storage solutions.
September 16th, 2024 — Source

Electronics — General Information — September 13th, 2024

Generating spin currents directly using ultrashort laser pulses
An international team of physicists has found that it is possible to generate spin currents directly using certain kinds of ultrashort laser pulses. In their study, published in the journal Physical Review Letters, the group used a linearly polarized laser pulse and a circularly polarized probe laser to create the spin currents.
September 13th, 2024 — Source

New discovery aims to improve the design of microelectronic devices
A new study led by researchers at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities is providing new insights into how next-generation electronics, including memory components in computers, breakdown or degrade over time. Understanding the reasons for degradation could help improve efficiency of data storage solutions.
September 13th, 2024 — Source

Producing future low-cost, aqueous zinc-ion batteries for sustainable, large-scale energy storage
With global demand for lithium-ion batteries fast depleting reserves of raw materials, experts are seeking safe, affordable and reliable alternatives for rechargeable batteries.
September 13th, 2024 — Source

Electronics — General Information — September 10th, 2024

Best Of IFA 2024: ASUS NUC 14 Pro AI
ASUS redefines powerful PCs with the NUC 14 Pro AI
September 10th, 2024 — Source

Breakthrough in non-volatile photonic-electronic memory with thin-film ferroelectrics
An international research team, led by Professor Gong Xiao from the National University of Singapore, has achieved a groundbreaking advancement in photonic-electronic integration.
September 10th, 2024 — Source

World's strongest battery paves way for light, energy-efficient vehicles
When cars, planes, ships or computers are built from a material that functions as both a battery and a load-bearing structure, the weight and energy consumption are radically reduced. A research group at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden is now presenting a world-leading advance in so-called massless energy storage -- a structural battery that could halve the weight of a laptop, make the mobile phone as thin as a credit card or increase the driving range of an electric car by up to 70 percent on a single charge.
September 10th, 2024 — Source

Electronics — General Information — September 9th, 2024

Improved virtual haptic technology enables uniform tactile sensation across displays
A virtual haptic implementation technology that allows all users to experience the same tactile sensation has been developed. A research team led by Professor Park Jang-Ung from the Center for Nanomedicine within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) and Professor Jung Hyun Ho from Severance Hospital's Department of Neurosurgery has developed a technology that provides consistent tactile sensations on displays.
September 9th, 2024 — Source

Low-Temperature Annealing of Polycrystalline Graphite via Electron Wind Force
In a recent article published in the Journal of Carbon Research, researchers investigated the effectiveness of low-temperature annealing techniques for polycrystalline graphite, specifically NBG-18, a material commonly used in nuclear applications.
September 9th, 2024 — Source

Metamaterial e-skin brings advanced multisensory capabilities to robotics and wearables
Creating technology that mimics human skin—a flexible, sensitive, and self-healing organ—has remained a significant challenge in material science and robotics.
September 9th, 2024 — Source

Electronics — General Information — September 7th, 2024

Beelink ERQ6 review: It's an office-class Ryzen 9 6900HX mini PC with 24GB memory
Beelink is back with another Mini PC for us to test, this time we have the EQR6, which is a bit of a mouthful in name, anyway it is an AMD office-class mini PC.
September 7th, 2024 — Source

Researchers develop approach to fabricate highly performing transistors based on 2D semiconductors
Two-dimensional (2D) semiconducting materials have distinct optoelectronic properties that could be advantageous for the development of ultra-thin and tunable electronic components. Despite their potential advantages over bulk semiconductors, optimally interfacing these materials with gate dielectrics has so far proved challenging, often resulting in interfacial traps that rapidly degrade the performance of transistors.
September 7th, 2024 — Source

Electronics — General Information — September 6th, 2024

Neutron imaging allows researchers to see inside a redox flow battery
At the beginning of the 20th century, the invention of X-ray imaging provided a leap of knowledge in medical science. Since then, we can see how our body's bones work, bringing numerous new treatments to light.
September 6th, 2024 — Source

Electronics — General Information — September 3rd, 2024

Novel photodetector integrates event sensing and memory for optical processing
Optical information processing is a critical technology for applications ranging from machine vision to high-speed optical communication. However, current photodetection systems face significant limitations in processing complex, dynamic optical signals efficiently. Traditional multi-pixel photodetector arrays generate excessive data during dynamic events, leading to high energy consumption and processing inefficiencies.
September 3rd, 2024 — Source

Optical computing empowers direction of arrival estimation beyond the diffraction limit
Wireless sensing and communication have become integral components of modern life. Among them, the key technology of direction-of-arrival (DOA) estimation, which utilizes array signal processing techniques to measure the angular direction of RF signals, has been widely applied in both civilian and military domains.
September 3rd, 2024 — Source

Researchers discover a simple way to make batteries last much longer
A simple production tweak could boost the lifespan of lithium-ion batteries by up to 70 percent.
September 3rd, 2024 — Source

UK research suggests that lighting, music, national flags could help customers find service robots more acceptable
A new study has found that U.K. hotels and restaurants using humanlike service robots can make solo guests feel more comfortable in engaging with these robots by providing comfortable ambient conditions—including lighting, scents and sounds—and adding local cues like British flag designs on the robot's body.
September 3rd, 2024 — Source

Electronics — General Information — September 2nd, 2024

Copper iodide nanoclusters offer environment-friendly solution for healthy lighting
Healthy lighting technology is receiving increasingly widespread attention. Traditional solid-state lighting sources utilize photoluminescence down conversion technology to realize ideal white emission.
September 2nd, 2024 — Source

Energy localization in three-dimensional nanostructure
Photothermoelectric (PTE) effect involves two energy conversion processes: photothermal conversion and thermoelectric effect. When the incident light is locally absorbed, a temperature difference is generated in thermoelectric material, and thus a voltage potential difference is established as an output electrical signal for photodetection.
September 2nd, 2024 — Source

Electronics — General Information — August 27th, 2024

New lithium-ion battery recycling method is Earth-friendly and more economical
Lithium-ion batteries are everywhere, in cell phones, computers, electric vehicles, and even toys, to name only a few places. They have become an integral part of our everyday lives.
August 27th, 2024 — Source

Next-gen Khadas Mind modular mini PC coming in September with Intel Core Ultra
The Khadas Mind is an unusual mini PC that stuffs a processor, memory, storage, and a small battery into a pocket-sized device that can be used as a standalone computer. But what really sets the Khadas Mind apart from other mini PCs is the Mind Link interface that lets you connect an external graphics dock or other high-speed accessories.
August 27th, 2024 — Source

Electronics — General Information — August 26th, 2024

An entire brain-machine interface on a chip
Brain-machine interfaces (BMIs) have emerged as a promising solution for restoring communication and control to individuals with severe motor impairments. Traditionally, these systems have been bulky, power-intensive, and limited in their practical applications.
August 26th, 2024 — Source

Apple Reportedly Working on Advanced AI Robots—Here's What We Know
Apple reportedly develops human-like robots, with plans to introduce advanced AI-driven machines that could rival Tesla's robotics efforts.
August 26th, 2024 — Source

Engineers develop new two-dimensional, low-power-consumption field-effect transistor
A team of electrical and computer engineers at Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, working with one colleague from City University of Hong Kong and another with Fudan University, has developed a new two-dimensional, low-power-consumption field-effect transistor (FET) that could allow smartphones to need recharging less often.
August 26th, 2024 — Source

Study of disordered rock salts leads to battery breakthrough
For the past decade, disordered rock salt has been studied as a potential breakthrough cathode material for use in lithium-ion batteries and a key to creating low-cost, high-energy storage for everything from cell phones to electric vehicles to renewable energy storage.
August 26th, 2024 — Source

Ultra-stable layered oxide cathodes could boost battery performance
Recent efforts aimed at developing more advanced battery technologies have in great part focused on designing novel cathode materials. This is because existing cathodes do not perform well at high voltages and can contribute to the rapid loss of battery capacity.
August 26th, 2024 — Source

Electronics — General Information — August 25th, 2024

Scientists use attosecond X-ray pulses to shed new light on the photoelectric effect
A team of scientists from the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory has uncovered new information about the photoelectric effect, a phenomenon first described by Einstein over a century ago. Their method provides a new tool to study electron-electron interactions, which are fundamental to many technologies, including semiconductors and solar cells.
August 25th, 2024 — Source

Electronics — General Information — August 24th, 2024

China's robot makers chase Tesla to deliver humanoid workers
Robots come from some of the same suppliers that rode China's EV wave
August 24th, 2024 — Source

Nontoxic ceramic could replace lead-based electronic components
The ceramic produced in Prof. Igor Lubomirsky's lab at the Weizmann Institute of Science seemed too good to be true. It belongs to a class of materials that are the backbone of many essential technologies but that unfortunately also create an environmental problem because they usually contain lead, which is highly toxic.
August 24th, 2024 — Source

Electronics — General Information — August 22nd, 2024

A world first: Qubit coherence decay traced to thermal dissipation
Physicists from Aalto University in Finland, alongside an international team of collaborators, have theoretically and experimentally shown that superconducting qubit coherence loss can be directly measured as thermal dissipation in the electrical circuit holding the qubit.
August 22nd, 2024 — Source

Developing innovative new display technologies to create ultrahigh-definition screens efficiently
A research team has developed a double-layer dry transfer printing technology that simultaneously transfers light-emitting and electron-transferring layers onto a substrate. This technology is expected to provide a more life-like view in augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR), greatly enhancing the immersive experience.
August 22nd, 2024 — Source

Most Advanced Humanoid Robot Ever Created
The Figure 02 humanoid robot, developed by the innovative company Figure, represents a significant advancement in the fields of artificial intelligence, computer vision, and robotics. This innovative robot is designed to perform complex tasks through natural language interaction and advanced sensory inputs, marking a new era in the way we approach labor across various sectors.
August 22nd, 2024 — Source

Repurposing pencil lead as an optical material using plasma
Optical materials are essential in many modern applications, but controlling the way a material reflects light on its surface is costly and difficult. Now, in a recent study, researchers from Japan found a simple and low-cost way of tuning the reflectance spectra of pencil lead samples using plasma.
August 22nd, 2024 — Source

Redox-active metal-organic framework anode for Li batteries in freezing conditions
The Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER) has developed a redox-active metal-organic hybrid electrode material (SKIER-5) for Li batteries that remains stable in cold conditions as low as minus 20 degrees Celsius. By addressing the limitations of graphite as an anode material of conventional Li batteries under freezing conditions, SKIER-5 has the potential to be a superior alternative.
August 22nd, 2024 — Source

The future of robotics: Brain-inspired technologies paving the way
In the ever-evolving field of robotics, a groundbreaking approach has emerged, revolutionizing how robots perceive, navigate, and interact with their environments. This new frontier, known as brain-inspired navigation technology, integrates insights from neuroscience into robotics, offering enhanced capabilities and efficiency.
August 22nd, 2024 — Source

Electronics — General Information — August 21st, 2024

Apple and 4-H team to deliver technology to the next generation of learners
In community centers, classrooms, and even on a bus, Apple is helping 4-H introduce and integrate technology into the organization's programming.
August 21st, 2024 — Source

Molecular wires with a twist
From the high-voltage wires that carry electricity over long distances, to the tungsten filaments in our incandescent lights, we may have become accustomed to thinking that electrical conductors are always made of metal. But for decades, scientists have been working on advanced materials based on carbon-based oligomer chains that can also conduct electricity.
August 21st, 2024 — Source or Source

Quality control: neatly arranging crystal growth to make fine thin films
Table salt and refined sugar look white to our eyes, but that is only because their individual colorless crystals scatter visible light. This feature of crystals is not always desirable when it comes to materials for optical and electrical devices, however.
August 21st, 2024 — Source or Source

Electronics — General Information — August 16th, 2024

Engineers design tiny batteries for powering cell-sized robots
A tiny battery designed by MIT engineers could enable the deployment of cell-sized, autonomous robots for drug delivery within in the human body, as well as other applications such as locating leaks in gas pipelines.
August 16th, 2024 — Source

Electronics — General Information — August 14th, 2024

CoX₂Y₄: a family of two-dimensional magnets with versatile magnetic order
Two-dimensional (2D) magnetic materials offer a promising platform for nanoscale spintronics and for exploration of novel physical phenomena.
August 14th, 2024 — Source

Light-Based Lithography Sets New Standard for Chip Density
Researchers from the Paul Scherrer Institute, Laboratory of X-ray Nanoscience and Technologies, developed a method for producing denser circuit patterns. Modern microchips feature conductive tracks separated by twelve nanometers, approximately 6,000 times thinner than human hair.
August 14th, 2024 — Source

New semiconductor material promises more energy-efficient and powerful electronics
Aluminum Yttrium Nitride (AlYN) has attracted the interest of many research groups around the world due to its outstanding material properties. However, the growth of the material has been a major challenge. Until now, AlYN could only be deposited by magnetron sputtering.
August 14th, 2024 — Source

Researchers recycle diaper waste into a self-powered weather station using triboelectric nanogenerators
Researchers from Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore - Mr. Sayyid Abdul Basith, Dr. Arunkumar Chandrasekhar, and Dr. George Jacob -- have developed a self-powered weather station using recycled diaper waste in collaboration with Central Institute of Petrochemicals Engineering & Technology (CIPET), Chennai and University of Glasgow, UK. Based on triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) technology, this weather monitoring system operates without needing batteries by harnessing wind energy.
August 14th, 2024 — Source

Electronics — General Information — August 8th, 2024

Generating and detecting graphene plasmon polaritons with terahertz electronics
Graphene plasmon polaritons are a class of hybrid quasi-particles with advantageous optoelectronic properties. These particles have proved promising for the development of miniaturized nanoscale circuits that operate in the terahertz and mid-infrared regions of the electromagnetic spectrum.
August 8th, 2024 — Source

Electronics — General Information — August 6th, 2024

Minisforum AtomMan G7 TI mini PC combines NVIDIA RTX 4070 graphics with up to an Intel Core i9-14900HX processor
Chinese mini PC maker MINISFORUM is expanding its line of compact gaming desktops with the new MINISFORUM AtomMan G7 Ti. It's basically a small desktop computer with the guts of a decent gaming laptop, including support for up to a 55-watt, 24-core, 32-thread Intel Core i9-14900HX Raptor Lake processor and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 mobile graphics.
August 6th, 2024 — Source

Minisforum Announces G7 Ti Mini PC Powered by 14th Gen Core Processors
Minisforum today announced the G7 Ti Powerhouse, a Versatile mini-PC that offers AI-enhance creativity and raw power. Featuring Intel Core i9-14900HX or i7-14650HX processors and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 graphics, Minisforum G7 Ti delivers unparalleled performance for AI-based workloads.
August 6th, 2024 — Source

Minisforum G7 Ti Mini-PC with 14th Gen Intel Core i9-14900HX or i7-14650HX Processor
Minisforum has announced the G7 Ti , a versatile mini-PC equipped with Intel Core i9-14900HX or i7-14650HX processors and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 graphics. The G7 Ti is designed to deliver high performance for AI-enhanced workloads.
August 6th, 2024 — Source

MSI MS-C906 ultra-low-power fanless mini PC Edge AI
The MSI MS-C906 is a groundbreaking ultra-low-power fanless box IPC designed to meet the demanding requirements of edge AI applications. Powered by the Intel 13th Gen Raptor Lake-P U Series Processor, this compact-size Box PC offers unparalleled performance and reliability, making it an ideal choice for various industrial and commercial environments.
August 6th, 2024 — Source

Soft gold enables connections between nerves and electronics
Gold does not readily lend itself to being turned into long, thin threads. But researchers at Linköping University in Sweden have now managed to create gold nanowires and develop soft electrodes that can be connected to the nervous system.
August 6th, 2024 — Source

Vertically stacked skin-like active-matrix display with ultrahigh aperture ratio
Skin-like displays are critical components of information output in next-generation portable and wearable electronics. Currently, all such displays are fabricated on glass or thick plastic substrates, limiting the inherent mechanical flexibility of organic materials and preventing intimate skin contact.
August 6th, 2024 — Source

Electronics — General Information — August 3rd, 2024

Researchers develop new battery-free technology that draws power out of thin air
The breakthrough converts 'waste' radio signals into energy
August 3rd, 2024 — Source

Electronics — General Information — August 2nd, 2024

Two-atom-thick boron sheets rival silicon in race for smaller electronics
The field of two-dimensional materials has seen remarkable progress since the isolation of graphene in 2004. This atomically thin form of carbon sparked intense research into other potential 2D materials with unique and useful properties.
August 2nd, 2024 — Source

High density carbon tube nanoarray design miniaturize filter capacitors
A research team has constructed high-density three-dimensional carbon tube nanoarray electrodes for use in line-filtering capacitors, showcasing immense potential as high-performance miniaturized filter devices.
August 2nd, 2024 — Source

Solving the doping problem: Enhancing performance in organic semiconductors
Cavendish physicists have discovered two new ways to improve organic semiconductors. They found a way to remove more electrons from the material than previously possible and used unexpected properties in an environment known as the non-equilibrium state, boosting its performance for use in electronic devices.
August 2nd, 2024 — Source

Synthesis of ceramic nanospheres with tunable electromagnetic wave absorption performance
Microwave technology has dramatically progressed, marked by the arrival of the 5G era, owing to the advantages of electromagnetic waves in long-distance, wireless, and high-speed transmissions.
August 2nd, 2024 — Source

Electronics — General Information — July 31st, 2024

A strategy to synthesize fin-like metal nanosheets for 2D transistors
The effective integration of extremely thin insulating layers with two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors could enable the fabrication of 2D transistors with an electrical capacitance comparable to SiO2 with thicknesses below 1-nm. These transistors could, in turn, help to boost the performance and reduce the power consumption of electronic devices.
July 31st, 2024 — Source

Acer Predator Orion 5000 review: Affordable, premium performance
Acer's Predator Orion 5000 might not have looks for everyone, but its performance for the money makes it an excellent value.
July 31st, 2024 — Source

New technique measures superconductivity at very high pressures
In 1911, Heike Kamerlingh Onnes discovered the first superconductor, metallic mercury when cooled to a critical temperature of 4.2 Kelvin, where it conducts electricity without resistance. Ever since materials scientists have been on a quest to better understand the phenomenon and whether other elements and materials have higher critical temperatures that could make them useful for practical electricity transport, with the holy grail being ambient temperature.
July 31st, 2024 — Source

Electronics — General Information — July 28th, 2024

New transistors switch at nanosecond speeds and deliver remarkable durability — ferroelectric material transistor could revolutionize electronics, say MIT scientists
Promising technology could impact electronics in a big way.
July 28th, 2024 — Source

Electronics — General Information — July 27th, 2024

Researchers develop a promising seqeuntially-coated stretchable OLED device
Researchers from Korea's Yonsei University developed a new highly-promising stretchable OLED device by sequential coating technique. The new device can stretch up to 70% and maintain 80% brightness after 300 cycles at 40% strain. The OLED offers a maximum brightness of 3,151 nits and a total current efficiency of 5.4 cd/A.
July 27th, 2024 — Source

Electronics — General Information — July 26th, 2024

Imec Develops Ultra-Low Noise Si MOS Quantum Dots Using 300mm CMOS Technology
Such low noise values enable high-fidelity qubit control, as reducing the noise is critical for maintaining quantum coherence and high fidelity control. By demonstrating those values, repeatedly and reproducibly, on a 300 mm Si MOS quantum dot process, this work makes large-scale quantum computers based on Si quantum dots a realistic possibility.
July 26th, 2024 — Source

'Kink state' control may provide pathway to quantum electronics
The key to developing quantum electronics may have a few kinks. According to a team led by researchers at Penn State, that's not a bad thing when it comes to the precise control needed to fabricate and operate such devices, including advanced sensors and lasers.
July 26th, 2024 — Source

Miracle' filter turns store-bought LEDs into spintronic devices
Traditional electronics use semiconductors to transmit data through bursts of charged carriers (electrons or holes) to convey messages in "1s" and "0s." Spintronic devices can process an order of magnitude more information by assigning binary code to the orientation of electrons' magnetic poles, a property known as spin— an "up" spin is a 1, a "down" is a 0.
July 26th, 2024 — Source

New laser technique could enable data storage on printable magnetic devices
The proliferation of all things digital doesn't mean that printing technology is no longer relevant. In fact, printing technology is required to make the semiconductors necessary for the digital world. And as an Osaka Metropolitan University-led team has shown using a new printing technique, printable magnetic devices for high-density data storage might soon be realized.
July 26th, 2024 — Source

Quasi-2D Perovskite Nanowires: Promising Candidates for Laser Applications
In a recent article published in Light: Science & Applications, researchers from China developed a single-mode double-pulsed nanolaser utilizing self-assembled perovskite multiple quantum wells (MQWs).
July 26th, 2024 — Source

Researchers discover battery-free technology that harvests power from radio and Wi-Fi signals for low-powered devices
Applications would result in less dependency on batteries in low-powered devices
July 26th, 2024 — Source

Electronics — General Information — July 24th, 2024

Nano device steers and shifts light for future wireless communication channels
It is a scene many of us are familiar with: You're working on your laptop at the local coffee shop with maybe a half dozen other laptop users -- each of you is trying to load websites or stream high-definition videos, and all are craving more bandwidth. Now imagine that each of you had a dedicated wireless channel for communication that was hundreds of times faster than the Wi-Fi we use today, with hundreds of times more bandwidth.
July 24th, 2024 — Source

Researchers control electronic properties of moire crystals
If you make a material thinner and thinner, at a certain point it undergoes a seemingly miraculous transformation: A two-dimensional material that consists of only one or two layers of molecules sometimes has completely different properties than the same material when it is thicker.
July 24th, 2024 — Source

Electronics — General Information — July 22nd, 2024

DiaDEM: A Digital Discovery Platform for Organic Electronics - Become a Beta Tester and Secure Free Credits
DiaDEM is a platform to boost the development of organic electronics, providing a one-stop-shop solution from digital discovery to experimental verification. DiaDEM comprises an exhaustive database of materials with optoelectronic properties, advanced scientific models for refinement and direct link to the supply chain for efficient procurement of materials for in-house validation.
July 22nd, 2024 — Source

Flexible all-cellulose films combine structural color and strength for sustainable electronics
Cellulose, the most abundant biopolymer on Earth, has long been recognized for its potential as a sustainable alternative to petroleum-based materials. As concerns about environmental pollution and resource depletion grow, researchers have been exploring ways to harness cellulose's unique properties for various applications.
July 22nd, 2024 — Source

Nanocomposite Membrane for Improved Hybrid Supercapacitors
In a recent article published in Gels, researchers developed and characterized a nanocomposite perfluorosulfonic acid (PFSA)/Montmorillonite-Na+ polymer membrane for use as a gel electrolyte in hybrid supercapacitors. The focus was on enhancing the performance and efficiency of supercapacitors using innovative materials.
July 22nd, 2024 — Source

Ultra-low threshold lasing in organic polymer blend microspheres with the highest Q factor
Dielectric optical microresonators confine and concentrate light in a tiny circular path due to multiple near total internal reflections at the curved dielectric-air interface, where light interferes constructively for certain wavelengths. These microresonators offer the possibility to achieve control of light confinement and propagation through precise adjustment of their shape, size and refractive index.
July 22nd, 2024 — Source

Electronics — General Information — July 19th, 2024

Stretchable electronics might make their way onto the market thanks to roll-to-roll process
Electronics have evolved over the years to supersede simply enhancing day-to-day life to becoming almost seamlessly integrated with daily life. People have become accustomed to wearable electronics, but what about stretchable ones?
July 19th, 2024 — Source

Electronics — General Information — July 18th, 2024

A new method to fabricate stretchable and breathable electronics
In recent years, engineers and material scientists have introduced increasingly flexible electronics that could be used to create new wearable devices, such as smart watches, biosensors and health-monitoring technologies. To be safely worn by humans for prolonged periods of time, these electronics should also be permeable (i.e., letting air and humidity pass through) and bio-compatible (i.e., not harmful to the human body).
July 18th, 2024 — Source

Ant insights lead to robot navigation breakthrough
Have you ever wondered how insects are able to go so far beyond their home and still find their way? The answer to this question is not only relevant to biology but also to making the AI for tiny, autonomous robots.
July 18th, 2024 — Source or Source

Soft, stretchy 'jelly batteries' inspired by electric eels
Researchers have developed soft, stretchable 'jelly batteries' that could be used for wearable devices or soft robotics, or even implanted in the brain to deliver drugs or treat conditions such as epilepsy.
July 18th, 2024 — Source

Nanoscale trilayer exhibits ultrafast charge transfer in semiconductor materials
Successfully innovating optoelectronic semiconductor devices depends a lot on moving charges and excitons—electron-hole pairs—in specified directions for the purpose of creating fuels or electricity.
July 18th, 2024 — Source

Electronics — General Information — July 9th, 2024

Detecting defects in tomorrow's technology: Study enhances understanding of likely candidate for next-generation chips
Silicon computer chips have served us well for more than half a century. The tiniest features on chips currently sold are approximately 3 nanometers—a startlingly small size given that a human hair is roughly 80,000 nanometers wide. Reducing the size of features on chips will help us meet our endless need for more memory and processing power in the palm of our hand. But the limit of what can be achieved with standard materials and processes is near.
July 9th, 2024 — Source

Hybrid Nanostructures Power High-Performance Flexible Electronics
A research team at the Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS) has created hybrid bio-nanostructures and used them to create fibrous organic light-emitting diodes (FOLEDs) and fibrous solar cells (FSCs) that showed excellent stability and performance over a wide temperature range, from --80 ℃ to 150 ℃. The study has been published in the journal Small Structures.
July 9th, 2024 — Source

Making rechargeable batteries more sustainable with fully recyclable components
Rechargeable solid-state lithium batteries are an emerging technology that could someday power cell phones and laptops for days with a single charge. Offering significantly enhanced energy density, they are a safer alternative to the flammable lithium-ion batteries currently used in consumer electronics—but they are not environmentally friendly.
July 9th, 2024 — Source

Nanoscale Thermal Transistor: Fast Heat Flow Control
In a recent article published in Nature Communications, researchers from the United States of America introduced a novel nanoscale photonic thermal transistor designed for sub-second heat flow switching.
July 9th, 2024 — Source

Perovskite-filled carbon nanotube transistors pave the way for ultra-low power electronics
The miniaturization of electronic components has been a driving force behind computing advancements for over half a century. However, as silicon-based transistors approach their physical limits, researchers are exploring alternative materials to continue progress in semiconductor technology.
July 9th, 2024 — Source

Researchers design nano primary battery system for remediating diverse heavy metal ions
A team led by Prof. Wu Zhengyan and Zhang Jia from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has synthesized a versatile, broad-spectrum Fe/Cu primary battery-based nanocomposite with photo-induced protonation effect to immobilize diverse heavy metal ions.
July 9th, 2024 — Source

There's an AMD Ryzen 7 PC hiding inside this folding keyboard
Linglong showed off a portable PC design in China that folds smaller than a laptop.
July 9th, 2024 — Source

Electronics — General Information — July 4th, 2024

Quantum communication: How will 'quantum-secure' communication technologies develop in future?
Fraunhofer ISI and Saarland University have analyzed three generations of quantum communication in a new study. The study's quantitative monitoring gives insights into patent development, projects future growth, and compares international research strategies. The study also examined how Germany and Europe stand in an international context.
July 4th, 2024 — Source

Electronics — General Information — July 2nd, 2024

MSI Introduces New Industrial Lite Box MS-C918 Mini PC

July 2nd, 2024 — Source

Electronics — General Information — June 28th, 2024

Engineers pioneer mass production of quantum dot lasers for optical communications
South Korean researchers have developed technology to mass-produce quantum dot lasers, widely used in data centers and quantum communications. This breakthrough could reduce semiconductor laser production costs to one-sixth of their current level.
June 28th, 2024 — Source

Semiconducting MAX phases show promise for high-temperature thermoelectric applications
The field of thermoelectric materials has long sought to harness waste heat and convert it into useful electricity. This technology holds immense potential for improving energy efficiency across numerous industries and applications. However, developing materials that can effectively convert heat to electricity, especially at high temperatures, has proven challenging.
June 28th, 2024 — Source

Soft, stretchy electrode simulates touch sensations using electrical signals
A team of researchers led by the University of California San Diego has developed a soft, stretchy electronic device capable of simulating the feeling of pressure or vibration when worn on the skin. This device, reported in a paper published in Science Robotics ("Conductive block copolymer elastomers and psychophysical thresholding for accurate haptic effects"), represents a step towards creating haptic technologies that can reproduce a more varied and realistic range of touch sensations.
June 28th, 2024 — Source

Electronics — General Information — June 26th, 2024

Breakthrough nanoporous material exhibits giant piezoelectric response
Recently a super-strain nanoporous material, barium calcium zirconium titanate composition (Ba0.85Ca0.15)(Ti0.9Zr0.1)O3 (BCZT) was created, which showcases an extraordinary piezoelectric response (d33 ≈7500 pm V-1) . This value represents an order of magnitude greater than the traditional piezoelectric materials like lead zirconate titanate (PZT).
June 26th, 2024 — Source

Scientists Create Smiling Robot Face From Living Skin Cells, Good Luck Sleeping Tonight
A group of Japanese scientists have conjured up a way to attach living skin to robot faces to make them more lifelike. The skin equivalent is a "living skin model composed of cells and extracellular matrix" which is said to be "an ideal covering for robots due to its biological functionalities."
June 26th, 2024 — Source or Source

Electronics — General Information — June 23rd, 2024

A new method to achieve smooth gait transitions in hexapod robots
Robots that can navigate various terrains both rapidly and efficiently could be highly advantageous, as they could successfully complete complex missions in challenging environments. For instance, these robots could help to monitor complex natural environments, such as forests, or could search for survivors after natural disasters.
June 23rd, 2024 — Source

Electronics — General Information — June 22nd, 2024

Major capacitor breakthrough could usher microelectronics with 170 times higher power density
Tiny capacitors, huge potential
June 22nd, 2024 — Source

Electronics — General Information — June 21st, 2024

Bacterial batteries that harvest energy from soil
A U.K. university spin-out has developed a bacteria-powered battery that harvests energy from microorganisms in the soil to recharge itself, with a prototype already rolled out in Brazil.
June 21st, 2024 — Source

Electronics — General Information — June 20th, 2024

Graphene oxide films unlock new capabilities for silicon photonics
Photonic integrated circuits, which use light instead of electricity to transmit and process information, have emerged as a critical technology for fields such as telecommunications, artificial intelligence, sensing, and astronomy. By leveraging the well-established silicon fabrication processes used in electronic circuits, silicon photonics has become a leading platform for state-of-the-art photonic integrated circuits.
June 20th, 2024 — Source

Researchers create power-generating, gel electret-based device for wearable sensors
A team of researchers from NIMS (National Institute for Materials Science), Hokkaido University and Meiji Pharmaceutical University has developed a gel electret capable of stably retaining a large electrostatic charge. The team then combined this gel with highly flexible electrodes to create a sensor capable of perceiving low-frequency vibrations (e.g., vibrations generated by human motion) and converting them into output voltage signals. This device may potentially be used as a wearable health care sensor.
June 20th, 2024 — Source

Electronics — General Information — June 17th, 2024

Apple's devices are about to get super-thin, report says
The "thinpossible" iPad Pro was just the beginning.
June 17th, 2024 — Source

Molecular sponge for the electronics of the future
An international research team led by Dr Florian Auras from Dresden University of Technology (TUD) has succeeded in developing a new type of material in the rather young research field of covalent organic frameworks.
June 17th, 2024 — Source

Electronics — General Information — June 15th, 2024

Strengthener for graphene
Grapene's unusually high conductivity and favorable mechanical properties could further the development of flexible electronics, new batteries, and innovative composite materials for aeronautics and space flight. However, the development of elastic and tough films remains a challenge.
June 15th, 2024 — Source

Electronics — General Information — June 12th, 2024

Affordable and sensitive nanofiber piezoelectric sensors for human and robot motion monitoring
Flexible piezoelectric sensors are essential to monitor the motions of both humans and humanoid robots. However, existing designs are either are costly or have limited sensitivity. In a recent study, researchers from Japan tackled these issues by developing a novel piezoelectric composite material made from electrospun polyvinylidene fluoride nanofibers combined with dopamine.
June 12th, 2024 — Source

Study uses electrospun nanofibers to improve flexible piezoelectric sensors
Flexible piezoelectric sensors are essential to monitor the motions of both humans and humanoid robots. However, existing designs are either costly or have limited sensitivity.
June 12th, 2024 — Source

Electronics — General Information — June 7th, 2024

MINISFORUM unveils AtomMan X7 Pt is a water-cooled mini PC
The MINISFORUM AtomMan X7 Pt is a compact desktop computer with an AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS processor, support for up to 64GB of dual-channel DDR5-5600 memory, two M.2 2280 slots for PCIe 4.0 SSDs and I/O features that include dual 2.5 GbE LaN ports, an OCuLink port, and two USB4 ports.
June 7th, 2024 — Source

Electronics — General Information — June 6th, 2024

Researcher developed liquid metal-based electronic logic device that mimics intelligent prey-capture mechanism of Venus flytrap
A research team led by the School of Engineering of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has developed a liquid metal-based electronic logic device that mimics the intelligent prey-capture mechanism of Venus flytraps. Exhibiting memory and counting properties, the device can intelligently respond to various stimulus sequences without the need for additional electronic components.
June 6th, 2024 — Source

Electronics — General Information — May 31st, 2024

A 20-year-old puzzle solved: Researchers reveal the 'three-dimensional vortex' of zero-dimensional ferroelectrics
Materials that can maintain a magnetized state by themselves without an external magnetic field (i.e., permanent magnets) are called ferromagnets. Ferroelectrics can be thought of as the electric counterpart to ferromagnets, as they maintain a polarized state without an external electric field.
May 31st, 2024 — Source

On-chip GHz time crystals enable new physics and optoelectronics
Researchers have for the first time observed a time crystal on a microscale semiconductor chip oscillating at a rate of several billion times per second, unveiling exceptionally high non-linear dynamics in the GHz range.
May 31st, 2024 — Source

Electronics — General Information — May 30th, 2024

Controlling ion transport for a blue energy future
Blue energy has the potential to provide a sustainable alternative to fossil fuels. In simple terms, it involves harnessing the energy produced when the ions in a salt solution move from high to low concentrations. A team including researchers from Osaka University has probed the effect of voltage on the passage of ions through a nanopore membrane to demonstrate greater control of the process.
May 30th, 2024 — Source

Squishy magnetic microjoints bend the rules of microrobotics
Robotic micromanipulation, which involves robots handling tiny objects, has long been limited by the challenges of integrating rotational joints at microscopic scales. The ability to precisely rotate and orient objects is crucial for complex micromanipulation tasks like cell rotation and industrial microassembly.
May 30th, 2024 — Source

Study reveals potential of superparaelectric materials as gate dielectrics in next-gen microelectronics
In our communication-centered society, Moore's law sets a high expectation for the increasing rate of the packing density of Si-based transistors. This drives the search for thickness-scalable high dielectric constant (high k) gate layers. Current material candidates, from simple binary oxides to complex polar oxides, all have failed to solve the "polarizability-scalability-insulation robustness" trilemma, hence contributing to the sum total of issues threatening the continuation of the Moore's law.
May 30th, 2024 — Source

Electronics — General Information — May 27th, 2024

Sustainable graphene paste for flexible devices
The rising demand for portable electronics, e-textiles, and IoT devices has driven the need for lightweight technologies and miniaturized energy storage solutions. Graphene-based nanomaterials are at the forefront of extensive research due to their chemical stability, high surface area, strength, flexibility, and superior thermal and electrical conductivity.
May 27th, 2024 — Source

Electronics — General Information — May 25th, 2024

Charge your laptop in a minute? Supercapacitors can help; new research offers clues
Imagine if your dead laptop or phone could charge in a minute or if an electric car could be fully powered in 10 minutes.
May 25th, 2024 — Source

Electronics — General Information — May 24th, 2024

More than spins: Exploring uncharted territory in quantum devices
Many of today's quantum devices rely on collections of qubits, also called spins. These quantum bits have only two energy levels, the '0' and the '1'. However, unlike classical bits, qubits can exist in superpositions, meaning they can simultaneously be in a combination of the '0' and '1' states.
May 24th, 2024 — Source

Ultra-flexible electronic slime takes cues from shape-shifting amoeba
The field of epidermal electronics, which involves flexible electronic systems that interface with the skin, has attracted growing interest in recent years for potential applications ranging from health monitoring to human-machine interaction.
May 24th, 2024 — Source

Electronics — General Information — May 23rd, 2024

Breakthrough process creates next generation of powered wearable fibers
Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, have established new, scalable methods of developing battery- and solar-powered fibers, making it theoretically possible for electrical energy to be harvested from, and stored in, the clothing people wear.
May 23rd, 2024 — Source

Electronics — General Information — May 21st, 2024

New crystal production method could enhance quantum computers and electronics
In a study published in Nature Materials, scientists from the University of California, Irvine describe a new method to make very thin crystals of the element bismuth—a process that may aid the manufacturing of cheap flexible electronics an everyday reality.
May 21st, 2024 — Source

Powering wearable devices with high-performing carbon nanotube yarns
With the growth of the Internet of Things, sustainable solution for powering wireless sensors and devices are considered important. Thermoelectric generators, for example, which have the ability to convert waste heat into electricity can offer a sustainable solution. Researchers around the world have been working on such solutions.
May 21st, 2024 — Source

Printed organic transistors achieve record performance and 3D circuit density
Organic semiconductors have long held promise for enabling deformable electronic devices that can be manufactured at low cost and high volumes using printing techniques. However, realizing this vision has been hampered by the relatively poor performance and non-uniformity of printed organic transistors compared to those made with conventional silicon.
May 21st, 2024 — Source

Electronics — General Information — May 17th, 2024

A promising three-terminal diode for wireless communication and optically driven computing
Two-terminal devices are electronic components connected to electrical circuits via two electrical terminals. Although these components are the key building blocks of most existing devices, they can limit a system's performance and functions.
May 17th, 2024 — Source

Study examines low-permittivity dielectric ceramics for microwave/millimeter-wave communication
Microwave dielectric ceramics are the cornerstone of wireless communication devices, widely utilized in mobile communications, satellite radar, GPS, Bluetooth, and WLAN applications. Components made from these ceramic materials, such as filters, resonators, and dielectric antennas, are extensively used in wireless communication networks.
May 17th, 2024 — Source

Electronics — General Information — May 14th, 2024

Chainmail catalysts: Carbon-encapsulated FeNi alloys for enhanced oxygen electrocatalysis
Rapid growth in global energy demand has caused massive depletion of traditional fossil fuels and serious environmental problems, and there is no doubt that the development of efficient energy storage and conversion technologies is an essential field of research.
May 14th, 2024 — Source

High-Resolution Microscope Reveals Electron Behavior in Graphene
Researchers at ETH Zurich have successfully detected electron vortices in graphene for the first time using a high-resolution magnetic field sensor. The study was published in the scientific journal Science.
May 14th, 2024 — Source

New dielectric composites enhance power grid components
Researchers have made a significant leap forward in dielectric materials, with the development of a new class of composites that address critical challenges in medium and high voltage power grid components. These composites offer a trifecta of advantages -- efficient electric field management, minimized energy loss, and adaptable performance.
May 14th, 2024 — Source

Electronics — General Information — May 13th, 2024

Cat collaboration demonstrates what it takes to trust robots
Would you trust a robot to look after your cat? New research suggests it takes more than a carefully designed robot to care for your cat, the environment in which they operate is also vital, as well as human interaction.
May 13th, 2024 — Source

Flexible micro-supercapacitor with laser-enhanced liquid metal
A joint research team, led by Dr. Chanwoo Yang and Researcher Seong Ju Park from Korea Institute of Industrial Technology (KITECH), along with Prof. Jin Kon Kim and Dr. Keon-Woo Kim from POSTECH, has successfully developed a compact energy storage device with excellent elasticity.
May 13th, 2024 — Source

MatterSim: A deep-learning model for materials under real-world conditions
In the quest for groundbreaking materials crucial to nanoelectronics, energy storage, and healthcare, a critical challenge looms: predicting a material's properties before it is even created. This is no small feat, with any combination of 118 elements in the periodic table, and the range of temperatures and pressures under which materials are synthesized and operated. These factors drastically affect atomic interactions within materials, making accurate property prediction and behavior simulation exceedingly demanding.
May 13th, 2024 — Source

Electronics — General Information — May 10th, 2024

A better way to control shape-shifting soft robots
A new machine-learning technique can train and control a reconfigurable soft robot that can dynamically change its shape to complete a task. The researchers also built a simulator that can evaluate control algorithms for shape-shifting soft robots.
May 10th, 2024 — Source

Strategy uses boron-nitrogen covalent bonds to enable high-performance narrowband electroluminescence
To meet the demands of next-generation ultrahigh-definition displays, the organic light-emitting diodes (OLED) industry is actively pursuing the development of narrowband organic light-emitting materials.
May 10th, 2024 — Source

Team observes two distinct holographic patterns with ultrafast imaging
A team of scientists led by Professor Dong Eon Kim at the Pohang University of Science and Technology and Professor X. Lai at the Innovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and Technology has achieved a breakthrough in ultrafast imaging by separately and clearly observing two distinct holographic patterns, spider-leg- and fishbone-like, for the first time.
May 10th, 2024 — Source

Electronics — General Information — May 8th, 2024

Flexible pseudocapacitor defies climate extremes, packs energy punch
In today's rapidly evolving technological landscape, the demand for reliable energy storage solutions has never been greater. With our reliance on electronic devices growing, especially in aviation, space exploration, and satellite operations, the need for energy storage that can withstand extreme temperatures is paramount.
May 8th, 2024 — Source

X-ray study offers first look at a quantum version of the liquid-crystal phase
Ever since superconductivity was discovered in the early 1900s, it has both captivated and mystified scientists. Superconductors conduct electricity with virtually zero resistance, allowing for highly efficient transmission of electrical currents. Among other uses, they create the strong magnetic fields we depend on for medical imaging with MRI machines.
May 8th, 2024 — Source

Electronics — General Information — May 7th, 2024

A second life for batteries
Discarded lithium-ion cells from electric cars could be re-used as stationary power storage units. Researchers at TU Graz have established the first indicators for a reliable assessment of their condition.
May 7th, 2024 — Source

Biomimetic LEDs inspired by the natural light-emitting mechanisms of fireflies
A new groundbreaking innovation known as biomimetic LEDs is setting new benchmarks for efficiency and sustainability. Inspired by the captivating natural bioluminescence of fireflies, these LEDs offer a promising solution to the environmental challenges posed by traditional lighting methods.
May 7th, 2024 — Source or Watch Video

Harnessing ambient energy for IoT devices and smart dust networks with microscale rectennas
The rapid proliferation of wireless devices and the Internet of Things (IoT) has been one of the defining technological trends of the 21st century. As billions of smart devices come online, powering them efficiently and sustainably has emerged as a critical challenge. B
May 7th, 2024 — Source

Electronics — General Information — May 3rd, 2024

Two research groups show that it is possible to produce a high-performance pure blue MR-TADF OLED emitter without the need for an assistant dopant
Researchers from the Universities of St Andrews, Kyoto and Kyushu have coincidentally developed state-of-the-art multi-resonant TADF (MR-TADF) OLED emitters, based on a helical boron-nitrogen-oxygen doped nanographene design.
May 3rd, 2024 — Source

Electronics — General Information — May 1st, 2024

A miniature wireless robot that can effectively move through tubular structures
Robots have already proved to be promising tools to complete complex and demanding maintenance tasks. While engineers have developed a wide range of robots that could help to maintain and repair infrastructure, many of these robots need to be plugged into external power sources, which limits their real-world application.
May 1st, 2024 — Source

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