Internet
As concerns about social media's harmful effects on teens continue to rise, platforms from Snapchat to TikTok to Instagram are bolting on new features they say will make their services safer and more age appropriate. But ...
Aug 10, 2022
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Researchers from UNSW Sydney have developed a tiny, transparent and flexible material to be used as a novel dielectric (insulator) component in transistors. The new material would enable what conventional silicon semiconductor ...
Aug 3, 2022
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Consumer & Gadgets
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists and health authorities have relied on contact-tracing technologies to help manage the spread of the virus. Yet there's a major flaw in a framework that many of these ...
Jul 21, 2022
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Internet
One of the world's most popular social media platforms, TikTok, is now host to a steady stream of deepfake videos.
Jul 19, 2022
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Engineering
Two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors are semiconducting materials with thicknesses on the atomic scale, which have exceptional electronic properties. In the future, these materials could have the potential to replace silicon ...
Electronics & Semiconductors
Two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors are a class of semiconducting materials with thicknesses on the atomic scale. These materials have numerous advantageous properties, including good mobilities at thicknesses below 1 nm, ...
Engineering
Drab urban environments tend to increase our stress, whereas nature can soothe the soul, but how do you get the best of both? One option is to increase color and vegetation in cities, but finding the best approach can be ...
Jun 17, 2022
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Logic gates, the basic elements of the digital world, can now be built using one single molecule. An example is XOR, with two inputs. If at least one of them is "1," then the output is "1," as well; otherwise, it is 0. These ...
Jun 15, 2022
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Scientists from the Institute of Industrial Science at The University of Tokyo fabricated three-dimensional vertically formed field-effect transistors to produce high-density data storage devices by ferroelectric gate insulator ...
Jun 13, 2022
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Engineering
Lancaster researchers have developed a camera-like device able to image mini whirlpools in quantum liquids for the first time ever.
May 30, 2022
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