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Electronics & Semiconductors
Ultrafast oxide-ion conductors offer route to low-temperature fuel cells
Solid-oxide fuel cells (SOFCs), which convert chemical energy directly into electrical power, are promising energy-conversion technologies because they can operate on various fuels, including hydrogen, natural gas and biogas.
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New platform tackles critical material risks in electric motors
As manufacturers face growing uncertainty tied to critical material shortages and global supply chain disruptions, the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) researchers have developed a super intelligence ...
Oct 14, 2026
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Blink-powered glasses harvest mechanical energy from facial movements to power sensors
From blinking and smiling to jaw clenching and eyebrow raising, faces are constantly in motion—and generating tiny amounts of energy along the way. Now, Northwestern University engineers are putting that energy to work.
Oct 13, 2026
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Tiny droplets form soft networks for brain-inspired computing
Inside the human brain, billions of individual neurons connect to form a vast network capable of rapidly processing information and electrical signals. A team of researchers and engineers at Penn State is taking inspiration ...
Oct 13, 2026
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Scientists control where 2D semiconductor crystals begin to grow, addressing key challenge in stacking AI chips
Two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors, only a few atomic layers thick, are promising materials for making AI chips faster and more energy efficient by stacking additional semiconductor layers on top of existing computing circuits. ...
Oct 13, 2026
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Hardware
Vapor-clearing channels could keep powerful chips cool with less risk of short circuits
Integrated circuits are electronic chips containing the interconnected components that process information or control electrical signals inside many electronic devices. These chips are known to generate heat as they operate, ...
Oct 12, 2026
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Electronics & Semiconductors
New spinning method builds electronic circuits directly inside soft, washable fibers
Electronic devices are no longer limited to conventional systems with a screen, keyboard and processing components. Over the past decades, some electronics engineers have been developing thin electronic fibers that could ...
Oct 12, 2026
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Wristwatch-type wearable sensor enables real-time monitoring of sodium and potassium
Sweat can serve as a real-time source of information about the body's current state. For example, wearable sensors designed to measure sodium and potassium in sweat could provide biochemical information relevant to physiological ...
Oct 9, 2026
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Coal-derived carbon nanodots enable next-generation 2D electronics
Silicon-based microelectronics have powered the digital revolution, but their performance and efficiency are starting to reach limits imposed by the fundamental properties of silicon itself.
Oct 9, 2026
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Hardware
Overlooked indium selenide phase enables wafer-scale logic transistors
Just as carbon atoms arranged in different ways can form either graphite or diamond—the hardest natural material—semiconductor materials can also exhibit completely different properties depending on their atomic arrangements. ...
Oct 8, 2026
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Business
Samsung expects 780% quarterly operating profit jump on AI boom
Samsung Electronics on Thursday forecast a more than 780% leap in third-quarter operating profit from a year earlier, buoyed by high memory chip prices as AI fuels a global supply shortage.
Oct 8, 2026
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Electronics & Semiconductors
New wireless system could power medical implants as they stretch
Over the past few decades, electronics engineers have developed increasingly sophisticated implantable medical devices. Reliably powering some of these devices, however, can be challenging, particularly when they are based ...
Engineering
Ultrathin mesh harvests energy from human heart cells to generate electricity
A team of engineers led by the University of Massachusetts Amherst has designed an ultrathin, flexible mesh that seamlessly integrates electronics with human cells to provide a continuous, reliable, powerful electrical supply. ...
Oct 7, 2026
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Atomically thin transistors could transform computing by surpassing silicon's switching limit
For decades, silicon transistors have driven computational power, and scientists have devoted much of their time to making them smaller. That is because shrinking these tiny electronic switches that make up computer chips ...
Oct 6, 2026
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Agentic AI turns simple language into self-guided X-ray scans of microelectronics
Science has increasingly used artificial intelligence (AI) as a kind of microscope—sorting data, analyzing images and revealing hidden patterns. Now a new shift is underway: AI that not only breaks down data but also helps ...
Oct 6, 2026
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Hardware
Atom-thin material could overcome key transistor bottleneck for next-generation computer chips
If computer chips could be built from semiconductors just one atom thick, they could pack far more transistors into a smaller space while using less power. So far, however, the technology has been held back by the weakness ...
Electronics & Semiconductors
Self-powered artificial synapse combines sensing and memory in flexible electronics
Neuromorphic devices, which are designed to emulate aspects of biological neural networks, are promising candidates for low-power, intelligent sensing technologies, including wearable applications.
Sep 28, 2026
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Engineering
Saltwater sensor turns touch into electrical signals like skin, with prosthetic potential
You pick up a fragile glass from the table. Without thinking about it, you feel its surface against your fingertips and continuously adjust your grip. You hold it firmly enough to keep it from slipping out of your hand, but ...
Sep 28, 2026
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A unique solution for bioelectronics: Collagen and cacao butter
Collagen is the most abundant protein in the human body, making up about 30% of total protein and providing structure, strength and elasticity to skin, bones and soft tissues.
Sep 28, 2026
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Electronic skin lets users 'see' touch instantly
Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed a next-generation electronic skin that can sense and directly visualize pressure in real time, addressing key limitations of current wearable sensing ...
Sep 28, 2026
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Diamond quantum sensor enables AC and DC current ratio checks in one setup
Researchers at AIST, in collaboration with the Institute of Science Tokyo and the National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology, have developed a "current comparator" that uses diamond quantum sensors to accurately ...
Sep 28, 2026
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Magnetic field measurements reveal internal current distribution in fuel cells
Proton-exchange membrane fuel cells are promising clean power-generation technologies that do not emit carbon dioxide during operation. However, issues such as flooding (i.e., the accumulation of water generated during operation) ...
Sep 28, 2026
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Heat-resistant silicon carbide transistors fabricated on 6-inch wafers, moving closer to practical circuits
While silicon carbide (SiC) has long been promoted as a key to developing electronics for extreme environments, the field has been stuck in the lab. Now, a team of researchers focusing on junction field-effect transistors, ...
Sep 27, 2026
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Tiny OLED pixels can be manufactured like microchips using chemical-resistant polymers
Screens are becoming smaller and sharper. This can be seen, for example, in augmented reality glasses and the electronic viewfinders of cameras, some of which have a screen diagonal of less than 1 centimeter (0.4 inches).
Sep 23, 2026
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Hardware
Broadband distributed amplifier for data centers, measurement systems and sensors
Modern data centers, high-precision measurement systems and high-resolution radar sensors rely on extremely broadband amplifier chips that combine low noise with high output power. Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute ...
Sep 23, 2026
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