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Atomically Thin Magnets Could Enable the Next Generation of Spin and Quantum Electronics

Researchers from Stevens Institute of Technology have developed a ferromagnetic semiconductor that is able to work at room temperature.

7 minutes ago by Luke James

A Highly Sensitive and High-Performing ‘Green’ Electronic Sensor

University of Massachusetts (UMass) Amherst researchers claim that they have developed bioelectronic ammonia gas sensor that uses electric-charge-conducting protein nanowires to create biomaterials for devices.

6 hours ago by Luke James

Arm Ramps Up 5G Portfolio With New CPUs, GPUs, and NPUs

With an eye on 5G at the hardware level, Arm is attracting notice from Facebook, Snapchat, Google, and Netflix.

9 hours ago by Antonio Anzaldua Jr.

Flexible and Stretchable Crystals as an Alternative Material for Electronic Applications

A recent paper describes new materials that can be used to make single crystal electronics that are inherently more flexible and stretchable.

one day ago by Luke James

TinyML: When Small IoT Devices Call for Compressed Machine Learning

Machine learning on small IoT devices presents several challenges to designers: power consumption, latency, and accuracy.

one day ago by Vanessa Samuel

NYU and IBM Researchers Discover a New Spintronics-Based Fast Data Transfer Solution

Working in collaboration, New York University and IBM Research have studied the use of spintronics as a means to increase the efficiency of both data transfer and storage—thus enhancing the already-fast-growing R&D into spintronics-based software solutions.

one day ago by Sam Holland

Summer Months Usher In More Heatstrokes. A New pH-Measuring Sweat Sensor Detects Early Signs

Heat-related illnesses cause more deaths than any other weather incident. Now, researchers are designing biomonitors—some that measure pH in sweat—to detect early indicators of heatstroke.

one day ago by Gary Elinoff

One Step Closer to Solving the Storage Problems of Renewable Energy

Researchers at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) have reportedly found a way to treat cheap electrode materials and improve their properties during electrolysis.

2 days ago by Luke James

LiDAR-Captured Road Data Now Publicly Available in Open-Source Machine Learning Dataset

Scale AI says COVID-19 has shown the value of autonomous vehicles for no-contact delivery. They're making real-world road data available to train machine learning models to this end.

2 days ago by Gary Elinoff

Study Focused on Photonics Circuitry Shows Promising Advances for the Use of LiDAR in Autonomous Vehicles

Researchers at the lab of Tobias Kippenberg at Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) have reportedly found a new way to implement a parallel FMCW LiDAR engine by using integrated nonlinear photonic circuitry.

2 days ago by Luke James

Xilinx’s New Customizable FPGA for Data Centers is “Born to Run”

With an increasing burden on networking systems, Xilinx has unveiled a new FPGA with high data processing and flexibility to meet evolving connectivity standards.

2 days ago by Robin Mitchell

U.S. Army Dedicates Research Study to Advancing Cooling Systems for Thermal Management Needs

Thermal management of electronics is critical for high-reliability applications and is essential to improve the performance of electrical systems such as those in EVs, smartphones, and laptops.

About 4 days ago by Rushi Patel

A Fast-Charging Supercapacitor Technology to Revolutionize Energy Use in EVs

Researchers at the University of Surrey have developed a new “ground-breaking” supercapacitor technology and claim that it brings the world a “step closer” to clean energy storage.

About 5 days ago by Luke James

The D-Band May Be the Path Forward for 6G Research

For now, 5G is on the main stage. But behind the curtains, 6G might not be as far away as we think.

5 days ago by Nicholas St. John

‘Wave’ Plasmons Proposed to Power a New Class of Sensing and Communication Technologies at Nanoscale

A study co-led by Berkeley Lab has shown how wavelike plasmons could be used to power an entire new class of nanoscale sensing and photochemical technologies.

May 22, 2020 by Luke James

ISP in a Box: Althea Reimagines Mesh Network Systems

It all starts with firmware that runs a routing protocol, allowing routers to pay each other for bandwidth and automate network configuration.

May 22, 2020 by Kayla Matthews

Engineers Create the First Double-Sided 10-Layer PCB Using 3D Printing

A new project indicates the value of 3D printing in PCB design: fast prototyping.

May 22, 2020 by Gary Elinoff

A Promising Remedy for a Major Flaw in 3D Printing

Developments in 3D printing are coming thick and fast. In a relatively short amount of time, we have gone from clunky machinery capable of only printing very basic components to printers that can be used in the home by hobbyists to print anything from toys to prosthetic limbs.

May 22, 2020 by Luke James

Semiconductor Nanophotonics Linked to Higher Communication Speed for Supercomputers and Data Centers

In the world of electronics and indeed science on the whole, when something simply just works without explanation, that’s not good enough; lots of questions get asked and researchers poke and prod until they can understand the underlying mechanisms and processes at work.

May 21, 2020 by Luke James

The Watson AI Lab Funds 10 COVID-19 Research Projects

MIT has taken a proactive approach to the COVID-19 crisis, developing medical devices, contact tracing apps, and now, AI-based solutions to provide relief.

May 21, 2020 by Robin Mitchell