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Electronics & Semiconductors
'Energy sandwich' could power next-generation solar and lighting
Researchers have achieved a new level of control over the atomic structure of a family of materials known as halide perovskites, creating a finely tuned "energy sandwich" that could transform how solar cells, LEDs and lasers ...
Nov 13, 2025
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Novel 'ink' for light-based 3D printing enables color-changing, conducting polymer structures
A new type of "ink" makes it possible to 3D print electrochemically switchable, conducting polymers using a light-based process. Researchers from the universities of Heidelberg and Stuttgart have succeeded in making so-called ...
Nov 13, 2025
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Rubber electronics are first to offer complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor functionality
Researcher Cunjiang Yu and his research team, including several of his former students, have announced a significant milestone in materials and electronics engineering: the creation of what they call "rubbery CMOS," which ...
Nov 12, 2025
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Overestimated semiconductor performance metrics: Researchers uncover main culprit
A research team affiliated with UNIST has uncovered a critical flaw in the performance evaluation metrics that have long guided researchers in semiconductor development. This discovery raises concerns that the commonly used ...
Nov 12, 2025
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Flexible display cools surfaces, offering energy-efficient alternative to traditional signs
Electronic signs are all around us, giving directions or advertising the latest gadget. In ACS Energy Letters, researchers report that they've developed a dynamic display technology that dissipates heat instead of generating ...
Nov 12, 2025
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Engineering
Once considered quality problems, substrate defects now enable precise control of semiconductor crystal growth
A team led by researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) has made a breakthrough in semiconductor development that could reshape the way we produce computer chips, optoelectronics and quantum computing devices.
Nov 11, 2025
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Consumer & Gadgets
'Western tech dominance fading' at Lisbon's Web Summit
Global tech leaders will pack Lisbon's annual Web Summit from Tuesday to talk Artificial Intelligence, robots and startups—all under the shadow of tensions over cutting-edge tech and the natural resources needed to build ...
Nov 11, 2025
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Consumer & Gadgets
Sweat-powered sticker turns your drinking cup into a health sensor
A team of engineers at the University of California San Diego has developed an electronic sticker that can monitor a person's vitamin C levels using the sweat from their fingertips—no blood draws, lab visits or batteries ...
Nov 10, 2025
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Electronics & Semiconductors
A crisis at chipmaker Nexperia sent automakers scrambling. Here's what to know
A battle for control of a little-known chipmaker has threatened global auto production by choking off the semiconductor supply chain, though there are signs the crisis is inching toward a resolution.
Nov 8, 2025
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Electronics & Semiconductors
New holography-inspired reconfigurable surface developed for wireless communication
Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS) are engineered structures comprised of several elements known as 'meta-atoms,' which can reshape and control electromagnetic waves in real-time. These surfaces could contribute to ...
Business
Global tech tensions overshadow Web Summit's AI and robots
Flashy AI, robotics and self-driving cars will be on show at the annual Web Summit in Lisbon from Monday, but global tensions over high-tech trade, competition and sovereignty will be weighing on the minds of entrepreneurs, ...
Nov 7, 2025
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Engineering
Thin resistor routinely used in photonic devices can also act as a thermometer
Integrated photonics has become a multi-billion-dollar industry, but it is feeling the heat—literally.
Nov 6, 2025
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Optical system uses diffractive processors to achieve large-scale nonlinear computation
Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) have developed an optical computing framework that performs large-scale nonlinear computations using linear materials.
Nov 6, 2025
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Engineering
New testing scheme could work for chips and clinics
Diagnostic testing is big business. The global market for testing semiconductors for defects is estimated at $39 billion in 2025. For medical lab tests, the market is even bigger: $125 billion.
Nov 6, 2025
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Ultra-thin 3D display delivers wide-angle, highly-detailed images
Researchers have developed an ultra-thin 3D display with a wide viewing angle, clear image quality and vivid display depth. By overcoming tradeoffs that typically limit glasses-free 3D displays, the advance could open new ...
Nov 5, 2025
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Electronics & Semiconductors
'Living metal' could bridge biological and electronic systems
Electronics have been transforming from rigid, lifeless systems into adaptive, living platforms capable of seamlessly interacting with biological environments. Researchers at Binghamton University are pioneering "living metal" ...
Nov 5, 2025
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Artificial proteins offer new path for fast, sustainable and biocompatible energy storage devices
Researchers have managed to modify a class of proteins to give them the ability to transport and store electricity. These proteins can be used to create sustainable, efficient and biocompatible conducting materials. These ...
Nov 5, 2025
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Engineering
Brain-inspired chips are helping electronic noses better mimic human sense of smell
After years of trying, the electronic nose is finally making major progress in sensing smells, almost as well as its human counterpart. That is the conclusion of a scientific review into the development of neuromorphic olfactory ...
Electronics & Semiconductors
Engineers achieve record 31% efficiency in red quantum LEDs for enhanced display color and brightness
A research team led by the School of Engineering of The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has made significant advances in quantum rod light-emitting diodes (QR-LEDs), setting record-high efficiency level ...
Nov 4, 2025
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Nvidia, Deutsche Telekom unveil 1-bn-euro AI industrial hub
US tech giant Nvidia and Deutsche Telekom said Tuesday a one-billion-euro ($1.1 billion) industrial artificial intelligence hub will soon be launched in Germany, Europe's latest bid to catch up in the global AI race.
Nov 4, 2025
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Engineering
Single-emitter white OLEDs offer simpler, more sustainable lighting technology
In an effort to create simpler next-generation lighting solutions, researchers from the University of Turku in Finland have developed a color-tunable white OLED. It is a top light-emitting device that produces white light ...
Nov 3, 2025
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Microsoft $9.7 billion deal with IREN will give it access to Nvidia chips
Microsoft has entered into a $9.7 billion cloud services contract with artificial intelligence cloud service provider IREN that will give it access to some of Nvidia's chips.
Nov 3, 2025
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Electronics & Semiconductors
New diode chain could be used to develop high-power terahertz technologies
Electromagnetic waves with frequencies between microwave and infrared light, also known as terahertz radiation, are leveraged by many existing technologies, including various imaging tools and wireless communication systems. ...
Electronics & Semiconductors
Iron-based battery material achieves higher energy state, promising improved storage and voltage
Researchers have created a more energy dense storage material for iron-based batteries. The breakthrough could also improve applications in MRI technology and magnetic levitation.
Oct 31, 2025
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Engineering
Concentration‑controlled doping turns a p‑type polymer semiconductor into its n‑type counterpart
A South Korean research team has, for the first time, uncovered the molecular-level mechanism by which trace amounts of impurities—known as dopants—can reverse charge polarity in organic polymer semiconductors.
Oct 31, 2025
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