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Analog Devices’ New Easy Drive™ SAR ADCs Simplify Design While Delivering Industry Leading Performance

“Analog Devices, Inc. today introduced a new portfolio of next-generation 16-to-24-bit, ultra-high precision successive approximation register (SAR) analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) that simplify the often complex process of designing ADCs into instrumentation, industrial and healthcare applications. The new high-performance SAR ADC …

Astronomers discover a rare “black widow” binary, with the shortest orbit yet

“The system is orbited by third stellar companion and may have originated near the center of the Milky Way. The flashing of a nearby star has drawn MIT astronomers to a new and mysterious system 3,000 light years from …

Engineers use artificial intelligence to capture the complexity of breaking waves

“Their model’s predictions should help researchers improve ocean climate simulations and hone the design of offshore structures. Waves break once they swell to a critical height, before cresting and crashing into a spray of droplets and bubbles. These waves …

Frozen Neon Invention Jolts Quantum Computer Race

“Single electrons trapped on solid neon could serve as highly stable qubits Quantum computers can theoretically find the answers to problems no classical computer could ever solve, but they rely on infamously unstable components known as qubits. New findings now …

Hitting New Heights

“A device developed in the Hawkes Lab achieves the tallest height of any known jumper, engineered or biological. A mechanical jumper developed by UC Santa Barbara engineering professor Elliot Hawkes and collaborators is capable of achieving the tallest height — roughly …

How can we be sure machine learning is accurate?

“Rochester researchers use ‘counterfactuals’ to verify predictions of drug safety. Scientists rely increasingly on models trained with machine learning to provide solutions to complex problems. But how do we know the solutions are trustworthy when the complex algorithms the models …

How to print a robot from scratch: New 3D-printing approach melds solids, liquids

“Imagine a future in which you could 3D-print an entire robot or stretchy, electronic medical device with the press of a button—no tedious hours spent assembling parts by hand. That possibility may be closer than ever thanks to a …

Improving the efficiency of tandem solar cells

“EPFL scientists in Neuchâtel have developed a tandem solar cell that can deliver a certified efficiency of 29.2%. This achievement was made possible by combining a perovskite solar cell with a textured silicon solar cell. Solar cells made of …

Magnetic impurities turn quantum dots into emitters of free electrons

“Manganese impurities added to quantum dots enable high-efficiency generation of free electrons for use in photochemistry and photocathodes. Incorporating magnetic ions into colloidal quantum dots enables them to convert light into a stream of free electrons. This effect could benefit …

New AMD Ryzen 5000 C-Series Processors Bring Leadership Performance and All-Day Battery Life to Chrome OS

“Today, AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) announced new Ryzen™ 5000 C-Series processors, bringing “Zen 3” architecture to premium Chrome OS devices for work and collaboration. The new processors offer all-day battery life1 and leadership performance with up to eight high-performance x86 cores …