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Microelectronics like semiconductor devices are at the heart of the technologies we use each day. As we move into an era where we are stretching the limits of Moore’s Law, it is...
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Maximizing Safety in Advanced Battery Systems
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High Thermally Conductive Polymeric Composites
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Model Predicts Breaking Point of Conducting Material
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Terahertz Imaging System Uses Small, Efficient Lasers
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Would You Use a CurveBoard?
MIT researchers have invented a way to integrate “breadboards” — flat platforms widely used for electronics prototyping — directly onto physical products.
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Piezo Technology in Pneumatic Valves
Compared to traditional solenoid valves, piezo valves are lightweight, precise and energy efficient. These advantages make them ideal for many critical applications—from semiconductor manufacturing to...
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Low-Inductance DC Power Bus
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Magnetic Shield Using Proximity Coupled, Spatially Varying Superconducting Order Parameters
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Conductive Polymer/Carbon Nanotube Structural Materials
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3D Inductor Technology Expands Microchip Capability
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Improved Model Predicts Heat Loss in Gallium Nitride Semiconductors
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Electrically Non-Conductive Ladder Fall Protection
INSIDER: Imaging
Microchip Capability Expanded with New 3D Inductor Technology
A team of engineers at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has boosted the performance of its previously developed 3D inductor technology by adding as much as three...
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Laser Diode Emits Deep UV Light
Nagoya University scientists have succeeded in designing a laser diode that emits deep-ultraviolet light. It emits the world's shortest lasing wavelength, at 271.8 nanometers, under pulsed electric current...
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New Method Gives Robust Transistors
Scientists at Linköping University (Linköping, Sweden) have described a method to manufacture transistors using gallium nitride and aluminum nitride that have the ability to withstand voltages as...
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