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Electronics & Semiconductors
'Origami' testing app could help tackle spread of malaria
A new approach to tackling the spread of malaria in sub-Saharan Africa, which combines affordable, easy-to-administer blood tests with machine learning and unbreakable encryption, has generated encouraging early results in ...
Aug 03, 2021
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Heterogeneous epitaxy of semiconductors targeting the post-Moore era
A research team led by Prof. Liu Zhiqiang from the Institute of Semiconductors of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in cooperation with the team led by Prof. Gao Peng from Peking University and the team led by Prof. Liu Zhongfan ...
Aug 02, 2021
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Innovative transmitter IC architecture enables >80GHz analog output bandwidth
The growing popularity of data-intensive applications, such as cloud services, video streaming, high-performance computing and 5G, poses ever-increasing demands on optical communication networks within data centers. Here, ...
Jul 28, 2021
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Flexible 32-bit microprocessor could pave the way to fully flexible smart integrated systems
A team of researchers at ARM Inc., has developed a 32-bit microprocessor on a flexible base which the company claims could pave the way to fully flexible smart integrated systems. In their paper published in the journal Nature, ...
Jul 26, 2021
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Consumer & Gadgets
Ultra-wideband micro-location technology developed
From Augmented Reality games to automatic car locks: Gauging the location of devices is becoming increasingly important in modern life. Except that the precision we demand is far beyond the reach of GPS or Bluetooth. With ...
Jul 26, 2021
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Electronics & Semiconductors
New type of wireless charger can charge multiple devices simultaneously
Mobile phones and tablets have allowed us to stay in touch regardless of our location, yet they still rely on plugs, sockets, and charging pads to power up. New technology developed at Aalto University may be the key to true ...
Jul 26, 2021
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Electronics & Semiconductors
The electrical control of domain wall devices based on perpendicular magnetic tunnel junctions
Domain walls (DWs) are boundaries between two neighboring magnetic domains. The electrical manipulation of these boundaries in nanostructures could ultimately lead to the development of new computing systems to store and ...
Jul 23, 2021 feature
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Stellantis CEO expects chip shortage to drag into next year
The leader of the world's fourth-largest automaker expects a global computer chip shortage that has cut vehicle production to last into next year.
Jul 21, 2021
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Solar cells: Layer of three crystals produces a thousand times more power
The photovoltaic effect of ferroelectric crystals can be increased by a factor of 1,000 if three different materials are arranged periodically in a lattice. This has been revealed in a study by researchers at Martin Luther ...
Jul 20, 2021
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Business
Qualcomm beefs up artificial intelligence team with purchase of Twenty Billion Neurons
Qualcomm said Monday that it recently acquired the assets of Twenty Billion Neurons, a Microsoft-backed artificial intelligence/computer vision startup that develops avatars that can see and interact with people in a human-like ...
Jul 20, 2021
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Organic electronics may soon enter the GHz-regime
Physicists of the Technische Universität Dresden introduce the first implementation of a complementary vertical organic transistor technology, which is able to operate at low voltage, with adjustable inverter properties, ...
Jul 16, 2021
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Snake skin inspires development of wearable sensors with wide-ranging strain sensitivity
Many bodily functions in humans are manifested by mechanical deformations to the skin—from the stretching, bending and movement of muscles and joints to the flutter of a pulse at the wrist. These mechanical changes can ...
Jul 15, 2021
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Business
Taiwan chipmaker TSMC says profit up 11.2% as demand rises
TSMC, the biggest contract manufacturer of processor chips for Apple Inc. and other global brands, said Thursday its latest quarterly profit rose 11.2% over a year earlier to $4.8 billion as demand for smartphones and consumer ...
Jul 15, 2021
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Engineering
Liquid metal sensors and AI could help prosthetic hands to 'feel'
Each fingertip has more than 3,000 touch receptors, which largely respond to pressure. Humans rely heavily on sensation in their fingertips when manipulating an object. The lack of this sensation presents a unique challenge ...
Jul 14, 2021
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