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Maxim’s Low-Power Microcontrollers Extend Battery Life for Wearables and Other Compact Devices

“MAX32660 and MAX32652, based on the low-power Arm Cortex-M4, are ideal for wearable sensors and battery-powered applications Designers of internet of things (IoT) sensors, environmental sensors, smartwatches, medical/preventive health wearables, and other size-constrained devices can now increase battery life …

NUS-led research team develops cost effective technique for mass production of high-quality graphene

“Novel method uses 50 times less solvent than conventional methods A research team led by the National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed an economical and industrially viable strategy to produce graphene. The new technique addresses the long-standing challenge of …

Researchers Develop Nanoparticle Films for High-Density Data Storage

“As we generate more and more data, the need for high-density data storage that remains stable over time is becoming critical. New nanoparticle-based films that are more than 80 times thinner than a human hair may help to fill this …

Scientists create “Swiss army knife” for electron beams

“DESY scientists have created a miniature particle accelerator for electrons that can perform four different functions at the push of a button. The experimental device is driven by a Terahertz radiation source and can accelerate, compress, focus and analyse electron …

Berkeley Lab Scientists Print All-Liquid 3-D Structures

“Scientists from the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have developed a way to print 3-D structures composed entirely of liquids. Using a modified 3-D printer, they injected threads of water into silicone oil — sculpting tubes …

Innovative detectors quickly pinpoint radiation source

“‘Lighthouse’ detectors minimize workers’ exposure to dangerous radiation Innovative “lighthouse” detectors that use a sweeping beam to quickly pinpoint a radiation source in seconds are reducing radiation exposure for workers and opening up new areas for robotic monitoring to avoid …

Intel Core i9 Processor Comes to Mobile: The Best Gaming and Creation Laptop Processor Intel Has Ever Built

“Today at a global event in Beijing, Intel unveiled the first ever Intel® Core™ i9 processor for laptops. Part of the new lineup of high-performance mobile products unveiled, the powerful 8th Gen Intel Core i9 processor is the highest-performance laptop …

Kesterite solar cells: germanium promises better opto-electronic properties than tin

“Specific changes in the composition of kesterite-type semiconductors make it possible to improve their suitability as absorber layers in solar cells. As a team at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin showed, this is particularly true for kesterites in which tin was replaced …

NASA Selects Lockheed Martin Skunk Works to Build X-Plane

“Supersonic commercial travel is on the horizon. Today NASA awarded Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) Skunk Works® a contract to design, build and flight test the Low-Boom Flight Demonstrator, an X-plane designed to make supersonic passenger air travel a reality. “It …

Researchers Seek to Improve Quality Control for Nanomanufacturing

“New Monitoring Tool Would Be Able to Detect Imperfections Almost Instantaneously Researchers from the University of Houston are developing a new quality control tool for continuous nanomanufacturing, a key step in moving nanodevices from the lab to the real world …