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You can now use Arduino to program Linux IoT devices

“Today, at Embedded Linux Conference 2018, Arduino announced the expansion of the number of architectures supported by its Arduino Create platform for the development of IoT applications. With this new release, Arduino Create users can manage and program a wide …

Breakthrough in Circuit Design Makes Electronics More Resistant to Damage and Defects

“A newly published paper in Nature Electronics details how researchers at the Advanced Science Research Center, GC/CUNY, used an array of nonlinear resonators to overcome signal disruption when electronic circuits are broken or damaged People are growing increasingly dependent …

Graphene opens up new applications for microscale resonators

“Operation at high temperatures and broad tunability could bring microelectromechanical resonators to space and beyond A range of sensing and communications technologies, such as satellites, already rely on tiny devices called resonators—also known as vibrating microelectromechanical and nanoelectromechanical systems …

Nature inspires light, robust lattice structures

“New technique for creating lightweight materials that are stiffer and stronger than previously possible Advances in materials engineering have led to the development of lightweight structures that are both strong and stiff, which are transforming aerospace, automotive and medical industries …

OLED: Nanometer-thin layer improves efficiency

“Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research in Mainz, Germany, have received an unexpected result: They have discovered a new method to improve contacts in OLEDs. This new approach leads to a higher energy efficiency and can be …

The quest to bring 3-D-Printed homes to the developing world

“IN THE LOW-SLUNG hills of El Salvador, building a house is not an easy task. The land is vulnerable to earthquakes, flooding, volcanic eruptions. The roads are rugged, electricity sparse. For the past several years, New Story—a housing …

Scientists develop new tool for imprinting biochips

“The new technology could allow researchers to fit more biochemical probes onto a single biochip and reduce the cost of screening and analyzing changes associated with disease development, detecting bioterrorism agents, and other areas of research 3-D printing has gained …

Atomristor - memristor effect in atomically thin nanomaterials

“In trying to bring brain-like (neuromorphic) computing closer to reality, researchers have been working on the development of memory resistors, or memristors, which are resistors in a circuit that ‘remember’ their state even if you lose power. Today, most computers …

Illinois researchers develop heat switch for electronics

“Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have developed a new technology for switching heat flows ‘on’ or ‘off’. The findings were published in the article “Millimeter-scale liquid metal droplet thermal switch,” which appeared in Applied Physics Letters. Switches …

MIT and newly formed company launch novel approach to fusion power

“Goal is for research to produce a working pilot plant within 15 years. Progress toward the long-sought dream of fusion power — potentially an inexhaustible and zero-carbon source of energy — could be about to take a dramatic leap forward. Development of …