Electronics & Semiconductors
For decades, there has been a trend in microelectronics towards ever smaller and more compact transistors. 2D materials such as graphene are seen as a beacon of hope here: they are the thinnest material layers that can possibly ...
Mar 9, 2021
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Engineering
A team at the University of Cordoba has developed a methodology that defines the cultivable space between two-axis photovoltaic modules, with the aim of promoting the conversion of existing plants over to agrivoltaic production.
Apr 30, 2024
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Robotics
(Tech Xplore)—The University of Sydney's Centre for Field Robotics has begun field testing SwagBot, a robot that is meant to serve the traditional role of a cowboy. It has a simple design—a silver box set atop four long ...
Energy & Green Tech
For decades, researchers have been working toward mitigating excess atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. One promising approach captures atmospheric CO2 and then, through CO2 electrolysis, converts it into value-added ...
Jun 30, 2021
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Electronics & Semiconductors
An international research team has achieved an important milestone in the quest for high density, low-power consuming nonvolatile magnetic memory.
Apr 25, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Imagine a typical recycling plant. Now imagine that the plant is a chemistry lab, and the crushed soda cans and waist-high stacks of junk mail have been replaced by microscopic structures worth tens of thousands of dollars ...
Oct 19, 2022
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Engineering
Researchers at the UPC's Department of Electronic Engineering have developed a new type of magnetometer that can be integrated into microelectronic chips and that is fully compatible with the current integrated circuits. ...
Nov 28, 2022
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Engineering
Material used in organic solar cells can also be used as light sensors in electronics. This has been shown by researchers at Linköping University, Sweden, who have developed a type of sensor able to detect circularly polarized ...
Sep 28, 2023
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Security
How much personal information can our phone apps gather through location tracking? To answer this question, two researchers—Mirco Musolesi (University of Bologna, Italy) and Benjamin Baron (University College London, UK)—carried ...
Feb 19, 2021
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Internet
Hovering airborne vehicles could connect smart sensors to the internet of things.
Dec 12, 2019
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