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INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
A new type of nanoscale engine has been proposed that would use quantum dots to generate electricity from waste heat, potentially making microcircuits more efficient.
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Stretched-out clothing might not be a great practice for laundry day, but in the case of microprocessor manufacture, stretching out the atomic structure of the silicon in...
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A research group at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed a relatively simple, fast and effective method of depositing uniform, ultrathin layers of...
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There’s hardly a moment in modern life that doesn’t involve electronic devices, whether they’re guiding you to a destination by GPS or deciding which incoming messages merit a beep, ring, or...
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As fuel prices rise, cheaper (and cleaner) forms of energy become more attractive and important to consumers. Gas-electric hybrid cars such as the Toyota Prius and Ford Fusion...
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A new study of the batteries commonly used in hybrid and electric-only cars has revealed an unexpected factor that could limit the performance of batteries currently on the...
INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
Looking toward improved batteries for charging electric cars and storing energy from renewable but intermittent solar and wind, scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have...
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Tiny sensors – made of a potentially trailblazing material just one atom thick and heralded as the “next best thing” since the invention of silicon – are now being developed...
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The silicon semiconductor’s days as the king of microchips for computers and smart devices could be numbered, thanks to the development of the smallest transistor...
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Reza Shahbazian-Yassar thinks sodium might be the next big thing in rechargeable batteries.
The gold standard in the industry right now is the lithium ion battery, which can be...
INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
A new study shows that jumping can be much more complicated than it might seem. In research that could extend the range of future rescue and exploration robots, scientists have found that...
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The University of Arizona College of Engineering will lead a $5.5 million, five-year research project, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, to develop more affordable and efficient...
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New research by the Rice University lab of Qianfan Xu has produced a micron- scale spatial light modulator (SLM) like those used in sensing and imaging devices, but with the...
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Tufts University School of Engineering researchers have demonstrated silk- based implantable optics that offer significant improvement in tissue imaging while simultaneously enabling photo thermal...
INSIDER: Test & Measurement
Electrical engineers at Oregon State University have developed new technology to monitor medical vital signs, with sophisticated sensors so small and cheap they could fit onto a bandage, be...
INSIDER: Test & Measurement
As of 2010, more than a third of all utility meters in the United States used wireless automatic meter reading (AMR) technology – 47 million in all. They make it a lot easier for the utility company...
INSIDER: Test & Measurement
The two-story building on West Commercial Avenue in El Centro, Calif., was built in the 1920s and has withstood four major earthquakes in 1940, 1979, 1987 and 2010, but it may not be...
INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
Researchers have developed a self-charging power cell that directly converts mechanical energy to chemical energy, storing the power until it is released as electrical current. By...
INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
Researchers Study Nickel’s Impact On Li-ion Battery Electrodes
Anyone who owns an electronic device knows that lithium ion batteries could work better and last longer. Now, scientists examining battery materials on the nano-scale reveal how nickel forms a physical barrier that impedes the shuttling of lithium ions in the electrode, reducing how...
INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
Doctoral Student Is Developing Next Generation of Lithium-ion Batteries
According to Steven Arnold Klankowski, a doctoral candidate in chemistry at Kansas State University, sometimes even batteries can use a boost of energy. Klankowski is working under Jun Li, professor of chemistry, to develop new materials that could be used in future lithium-ion...
INSIDER: Photonics/Optics
A multi-university team has employed a high-powered laser to dramatically improve one of the tools scientists use to study the world at the atomic level. The team was able to use...
INSIDER: Photonics/Optics
A slice of light is about to come into focus for the first time, thanks to a new X-ray detector constructed at the University of South Carolina. And according to Krishna Mandal, the...
INSIDER: Photonics/Optics
In a leap forward for laser technology, a team at University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) has developed the first violet nonpolar vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) based on...
INSIDER: Photonics/Optics
Fifteen years of work by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's National Ignition Facility (NIF) team paid off recently with a historic record-breaking laser shot. The NIF...
INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
Tightening or relaxing the tension on a drumhead will change the way the drum sounds. The same goes for drumheads made from graphene, only instead of changing the sound,...
INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
Researchers who are studying a new magnetic effect that converts heat to electricity have discovered how to amplify it a thousand times over, which is the first step toward making...
INSIDER: Photonics/Optics
Transistors, resistors, capacitors, and diodes. All of these are examples of common electrical circuit elements that can be found on a computer motherboard, for instance. Billions of...
INSIDER: Photonics/Optics
At the heart of digital photography is a chip called an image sensor that captures a map of the intensity of the light as it comes through the lens and converts it to an electronic...
INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
These days, graphene is the rock star of materials science, but it has an Achilles heel – it is exceptionally sensitive to its electrical environment.
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