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“The vast majority of computing devices today are made from silicon, the second most abundant element on Earth, after oxygen. Silicon can be found in various forms in rocks, clay, sand, and soil. And while it is not the best …
“Computational models of layered hybrid perovskites open new material design space for light-based applications such as LEDs and water purification Materials scientists at Duke University computationally predicted the electrical and optical properties of semiconductors made from extended organic molecules sandwiched …
“The efficiency of solar cells can be increased by thin-film contacts developed by researchers at KAUST. Improving the performance of solar cells requires scrutinizing every aspect of their design. First, this means improving the crystalline quality of the absorbing material …
“An international team of researchers, affiliated with UNIST has presented an innovative wearable technology that will turn your skin into a loudspeaker. This breakthrough has been led by Professor Hyunhyub Ko in the School of Energy and Chemical Engineering at …
News Two astronauts just survived a ‘ballistic descent’ in a Russian rocket. Here’s everything we know
“On Thursday at 4:40 a.m. Eastern time, NASA’s Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin launched aboard the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The two men were set for a sixth-month stint …
“BIOPRINTNING A new method enables non-invasive monitoring of oxygen metabolism in cells that are 3D bioprinted into complex living structures. This has great implications for studies of cell growth and interactions e.g. under tissue-like conditions, as well as for …
“IBM researchers designed a new computer architecture with co-located memory and processing. In studies, their prototype ran 200 times faster than conventional computers. IBM researchers are developing a new computer architecture, better equipped to handle increased data loads from artificial …
“Researchers are documenting the different temperature and proton dosages required to make defects that will further allow silicon carbide to be used for quantum technology. Silicon carbide (SiC), a material known for its toughness with applications from abrasives to car …
“Scientists have developed a human-friendly, ultra-flexible organic sensor powered by sunlight, which acts as a self-powered heart monitor. Previously, they developed a flexible photovoltaic cell that could be incorporated into textiles. In this study, they directly integrated a sensory device …
“Designers who have traditionally used Microchip’s PIC® microcontrollers (MCUs) and developed with the MPLAB® ecosystem can now easily evaluate and incorporate AVR® MCUs into their applications. The majority of AVR MCUs are now beta supported with the release of …