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Electronics & Semiconductors
Towards more energy-efficient 2D semiconductor devices
According to researchers from the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD), a recently discovered family of two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors could pave the way for high-performance and energy-efficient electronics. ...
Sep 15, 2021
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High-precision THz time-domain ellipsometry for wide-gap semiconductors
In semiconductor device applications, there is an increasing demand for semiconductors with very high carrier concentrations. The semiconductor material parameters, namely carrier density and mobility, primarily determine ...
Sep 15, 2021
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Electronics & Semiconductors
The realization of an Ising Hamiltonian solver based on coupled phase-transition nano-oscillators
Combinatorial optimization problems are a class of hard computational problems that are commonly solved by computers for a variety of applications. Combinatorial optimization algorithms, for instance, allow economists to ...
Sep 07, 2021
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Researchers realize gallium nitride-based complementary logic integrated circuits
Most integrated circuits (ICs) and electronic components developed to date are based on silicon metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) technology. As silicon (Si) is known to have a narrow bandgap, however, in recent years engineers ...
Sep 06, 2021 feature
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Engineering
Researchers developing air quality sensors to detect COVID-19
In the not-so-distant-future, Pratim Biswas envisions a time when people can measure their risk of catching COVID-19 in all sorts of environments—like restaurants, doctor's offices, and hospitals—by simply wearing a small ...
Sep 03, 2021
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Business
Chinese chip giant to invest $9 bn in new plant as US ban bites
China's biggest chipmaker said Friday it would invest $8.87 billion in a new semiconductor plant in Shanghai, as Beijing is hit by a US blacklist and a global chip shortage.
Sep 03, 2021
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Putting batteries on a chip could enable wearable sensors
Fitbits, car windows, oil refineries—the roll call of devices and technologies that rely on ultra-small sensors already numbers in the hundreds of billions.
Sep 01, 2021
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Ultrasonic social distancing
Social distancing has been a critical component of the world's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The idea being that keeping physical apart from other people will reduce the risk of a person spreading the respiratory virus ...
Sep 01, 2021
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Engineering
Researchers realize vertical organic permeable dual-based transistors for logic circuits
Integrated circuits (ICs) based on organic transistors have many valuable applications, for instance, in the fabrication of paper-like displays or other large-area electronic components. Over the past few decades, electronics ...
Aug 30, 2021 feature
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Electronics & Semiconductors
'Charging room' system powers lights, phones, laptops without wires
In a move that could one day free the world's countertops from their snarl of charging cords, researchers at the University of Michigan and University of Tokyo have developed a system to safely deliver electricity over the ...
Aug 30, 2021
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Hardware
New design kit opens door to next generation of chips
Researchers from NC State University and Synopsys are unveiling a new computer chip design kit to facilitate the development of new chips – and are making it freely available in order to encourage growth and innovation ...
Aug 30, 2021
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Promising candidates revealed for next-generation LED-based data communications
A new paper from the University of Surrey and the University of Cambridge has detailed how two relatively unexplored semiconducting materials can satisfy the telecommunication industry's hunger for enormous amounts of ...
Aug 26, 2021
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Hardware
Turning the tables into touchscreens
Scientists from Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST) used a synchronized projector and camera to produce a touchscreen-like interface on a flat surface. Because the camera only registered the user's fingers when ...
Aug 24, 2021
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