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Electronics & Semiconductors
Researchers identify a strategy to achieve large transport gap modulation in graphene
Over the past decade or so, the semimetal graphene has attracted substantial interest among electronics engineers due to its many advantageous qualities and characteristics. In fact, its high electron mobility, flexibility ...
Apr 14, 2021
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No batteries? No sweat! Wearable biofuel cells now produce electricity from lactate
It cannot be denied that, over the past few decades, the miniaturization of electronic devices has taken huge strides. Today, after pocket-size smartphones that could put old desktop computers to shame and a plethora of options ...
Apr 13, 2021
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Wearable devices and the promising future of personalized diagnostics
Researchers are developing wearable devices to transform the way we monitor, diagnose and treat acute and chronic conditions, including COVID-19.
Apr 13, 2021
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Consumer & Gadgets
A haptic film activated by LEDs: Low-cost tactile feedback for devices
A Korean research team succeeded in developing a technology generating various vibration using LED light signals. The technology allows various tactile sensations by area and reduction in size by considerably lowering the ...
Apr 13, 2021
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Biden tells execs US needs to invest, lead in computer chips
President Joe Biden used a virtual meeting with corporate leaders about a global shortage of semiconductors to push Monday for his $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan, telling them that the U.S. should be the world's computer ...
Apr 12, 2021
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Intel to supply self-driving systems for delivery trucks
Intel on Monday said it is supplying self-driving systems to Silicon Valley startup Udelv, which plans to have a fleet of autonomous delivery vehicles in action within two years.
Apr 12, 2021
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Engineering
A single spin-orbit torque device to sense 3D magnetic fields
Sensors that can detect magnetic fields have many potential applications, for instance, in the development of sophisticated medical devices and transportation systems. Most approaches for detecting 3D magnetic fields developed ...
Apr 09, 2021 feature
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White House convenes CEO summit on semiconductor shortage
The White House will hold a virtual summit with leading CEOs on Monday to discuss the global semiconductor shortage that has crimped automakers and electronics companies, officials announced Friday.
Apr 09, 2021
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Business
Chipmaker TSMC says revenue up 16.7% as demand surges
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the world's biggest contract producer of processor chips, said Friday its revenue rose 16.7% in the latest quarter over a year ago as the global economy rebounded from the coronavirus ...
Apr 09, 2021
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Chip shortage forces more production cuts by GM, Ford
The global shortage of semiconductors has forced General Motors and Ford to further cut production at their North American factories as chip supplies seem to be growing tighter.
Apr 08, 2021
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Researchers realize resonant tunnelling diodes based on twisted black phosphorus homostructures
In recent years, electronics engineers worldwide have been trying to develop new semiconductor heterostructure devices using atomically thin materials. Among the many devices that can be fabricated using these materials are ...
Apr 07, 2021 feature
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