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New 3D Printing Technique: A Game Changer for Medical Testing Devices

“USC Viterbi researchers have developed a 3D printing technique to fabricate microfluidic devices for biomedical applications at a microscale not previously possible. Microfluidic devices are compact testing tools made up of tiny channels carved on a chip, which allow biomedical …

New Polymer Materials Make Fabricating Optical Interconnects Easier

“New technology poised to make silicon photonics more practical, which could boost efficiency of Internet data centers Researchers have developed new polymer materials that are ideal for making the optical links necessary to connect chip-based photonic components with board-level circuits …

New transistor could cut 5% from world’s digital energy budget

“Design Also Poised To Save Space, Retain Memory In Event Of Power Loss A new spin on one of the 20th century’s smallest but grandest inventions, the transistor, could help feed the world’s ever-growing appetite for digital memory …

No Small Measure: Probing the Mechanics of Gold Contacts at the Nanoscale

“New method allows scientists to precisely measure the strength of nanomaterials only a few atoms thick The physical properties at the surface of nanomaterial structures become much more prominent as they approach atomic scales. In a recent study, Japanese scientists …

Quantum innovation advances low-cost alternative solar technology

“A team of researchers from the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering has leveraged quantum mechanics to optimize the active layer within a device known as an inverted perovskite solar cell – a technology that could one day …

Renesas Introduces Industry’s First PCIe Gen6 Clock Buffers and Multiplexers

“New Devices from the Timing Leader Offer High Output Count, Small Packages, and Design Margin for Future Requirements; Complete Industry’s First PCIe Gen6 Timing Solution. Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE:6723), a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, today introduced …

Renesas Launches Virtual Development Environment for Fast Automotive Application Software Development and Evaluation

“New Environment Allows Customers to Bring Leading-Edge Software to Market Quickly Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE:6723), a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, today announced the launch of a virtual development environment that enables advance development and operational evaluation of …

Researchers Create Miniature Wide-Angle Camera with Flat Metalenses

“New design enables high-quality wide-angle cameras that can possibly fit into smartphones Researchers have designed a new compact camera that acquires wide-angle images of high-quality using an array of metalenses — flat nanopatterned surfaces used to manipulate light. By eliminating the …

Researchers engineer electrically tunable graphene device to study rare physics

“An international team, co-led by researchers at The University of Manchester’s National Graphene Institute (NGI) in the U.K. and the Penn State College of Engineering in the U.S., has developed a tunable graphene-based platform that allows for …

Researchers Generate High-Quality Quantum Light with Modular Waveguide Device

“New approach could enable faster and more practical optical quantum computers For the first time, researchers have successfully generated strongly nonclassical light using a modular waveguide-based light source. The achievement represents a crucial step toward creating faster and more practical …