Taiwan's TSMC reports profit drop in fourth quarter
Taiwanese chipmaking giant TSMC saw a nearly 20 percent drop in net profits in the fourth quarter of 2023, it announced Thursday.
Jan 18, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
Electrostatic generator to produce renewable energy from flexible structures
To shapeshift into the yoga pose called "destroyer of the universe," a human must gumby a leg behind their neck to point their toes directly at the sky. For non-gumbys, that feat might seem superhuman or even metahuman—is ...
Jan 17, 2024
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EU's competition czar warns tech giants on new rulebook
The European Union's competition czar Margrethe Vestager on Friday said US tech giants will have to strictly abide by the bloc's new rules on how they do business when they come into force in two months.
Jan 13, 2024
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Engineering
Scientists unveil blueprint for affordable solar cells to power Saudi Arabia and beyond
Scientists have unveiled a roadmap for bringing perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells to market, paving the way for a future powered by abundant, inexpensive clean energy in Saudi Arabia and the world.
Jan 11, 2024
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Researchers create first functional semiconductor made from graphene
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have created the world's first functional semiconductor made from graphene, a single sheet of carbon atoms held together by the strongest bonds known. Semiconductors, which ...
Jan 3, 2024
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Machine learning & AI
AI pioneer says public discourse on intelligent machines must give 'proper respect to human agency'
She's an important figure behind today's artificial intelligence boom, but not all computer scientists thought Fei-Fei Li was on the right track when she came up with the idea for a giant visual database called ImageNet that ...
Dec 25, 2023
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Engineering
New binder with 72 times higher electrical conductivity enhances battery performance
A research team, jointly led by Professor Seok Ju Kang and Professor Hyun-Wook Lee in the School of Energy and Chemical Engineering at UNIST, has successfully developed a novel binder technology that promises to revolutionize ...
Dec 14, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
'Lithium Valley': Inside California's 'white gold' rush
The Imperial Valley in southeastern California is emerging as a global hotspot for lithium: A new U.S. Department of Energy report confirms that the Salton Sea holds enough of the rare mineral to power over 375 million electric ...
Dec 8, 2023
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Next generation semiconductors: Diamond device shows highest breakdown voltage
To reach the world's goal of carbon neutrality by 2050, there must be a fundamental change in electronic materials to create a more reliable and resilient electricity grid. A diamond might be a girl's best friend, but it ...
Nov 27, 2023
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Photovoltaic converters: Reducing size, weight and cost through higher switching frequencies and lower losses
Within the Research Project PV-MoVe, researchers at the Fraunhofer IEE investigated how to use active switching loss reduction networks for power semiconductors to enable smaller, more lightweight, and more cost-efficient ...
Nov 21, 2023
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