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INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
Atomically thin materials are a promising alternative to silicon-based transistors; now researchers can connect them more efficiently to other chip elements.
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INSIDER: Semiconductors & ICs
Physicists from the University of Sussex have developed an extremely thin, large-area semiconductor surface source of terahertz, composed of just a few...
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Briefs: Automotive
The transistors enable power converters to perform at substantially improved efficiencies, especially in high-power applications.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Nearly 100% of all-carbon-based transistors are reclaimed while retaining future functionality of the materials.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
The new photonic architecture could transform digital communications, artificial intelligence, and quantum computing.
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Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
The machines fold themselves within 100 milliseconds and can flatten and refold thousands of times.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Color changes of gold nanoparticles under the skin reveal concentration changes of substances in the body.
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
Researchers have developed a millimeter-thick accelerometer.
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Briefs: Nanotechnology
The technology could boost quantum computers and other superconducting electronics.
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Application Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Learn about tooling challenges and other considerations when designing micro-optics, including metrology equipment capabilities, and post-molding assembly.
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Special Reports: Manufacturing & Prototyping
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Advanced Materials & Coatings - May 2021
New diamond super-material enhances military aircraft survivability…a gold film gives robots “chameleon skin”…shape-shifting nanomaterial offers exciting biotech applications…aerogel-reinforced...

Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The thruster provides a low-cost, extremely efficient propulsion source for miniature satellites.
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Briefs: Nanotechnology
This affordable, scalable sensor could be a vital tool in the fight against air pollution and its associated health risks.
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Briefs: Nanotechnology
This method increases burn rate of solid propellants.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Programmed magnetic nanobeads are used to detect the virus in 55 minutes or less.
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Briefs: Energy
Bioinspired cellulose nanofibrils can be controlled by electricity.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
This technology provides highly efficient grid-scale electricity storage at a fifth of the cost of current storage technologies.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
A new method could jump-start the creation of tiny medical devices for the body.
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INSIDER: Semiconductors & ICs
Two-dimensional (2D) materials have a huge potential for providing devices with much smaller size and extended functionalities with respect to what can be achieved with...
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INSIDER: Semiconductors & ICs
Two-dimensional materials can be used to create smaller, high-performance transistors than the ones traditionally made of silicon, according to Professor Saptarshi Das of...
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Blog: Robotics, Automation & Control
Taking inspiration from the insect, Tufts researchers created light-activated composite devices that execute precise, visible movements and form complex three-dimensional shapes, like a "photonic sunflower. "
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Special Reports: Sensors/Data Acquisition
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Aerospace & Defense Sensing - April 2021
A microwave radiation sensor offers 100,000 times greater sensitivity...Nature-inspired sensors help autonomous machines to see better...New accelerometers aid the development of Electric Vertical...

Briefs: Nanotechnology
Ultrasound is used to deliver antibodies to treat cancers, infectious diseases, and rheumatoid arthritis.
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Briefs: Materials
This invention holds potential for a range of biomedical applications, from controlled-release drug delivery to tissue engineering.
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Briefs: Energy
These robust supercapacitors still work when stretched to eight times their original size.
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Technology Leaders: Imaging
Powerful, tiny cameras provide unique streaming-video solutions for NASA robots and defense applications.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The invention can become color-changing “artificial muscle.”
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Briefs: Nanotechnology
This method is an important step towards smaller, more advanced, environmentally friendly electronics.
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Briefs: Automotive
The material is designed for high-temperature applications in aircraft, building insulation, personal protective clothing, industrial, and automotive.
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Blog: Robotics, Automation & Control

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Blog: Electronics & Computers

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INSIDER: Electronics & Computers

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