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Silicon nanocones improve hydrogen fuel production from water
Silicon nanocones improve hydrogen fuel production from water
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Researchers at Stanford University (Stanford, CA) have used silicon nanocones to produce a low cost photovoltaic cell for producing hydrogen…
Adaptive Wi-Fi drops traditional router with new approach
Adaptive Wi-Fi drops traditional router with new approach
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Rethinking home Wi-Fi from the ground up and ditching the traditional router, Plume has announced pre-sale for its self-optimizing Wi-Fi…
The future of wearable medical devices
The future of wearable medical devices
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The technological convergence of portable consumer electronics such as smartphones, smart watches and fitness devices with that of professional medical…
Silicon cones on perovskite boost hydrogen production for fuel cells
Silicon cones on perovskite boost hydrogen production for fuel cells
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Researchers at Stanford University in the US have used silicon nanocones to produce a low cost photovoltaic cell for producing…

Organic QD startup shows 55-inch display
Organic QD startup shows 55-inch display
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StoreDot Ltd. (Herzeliya, Israel), a pioneer of organic quantum dot materials for use in displays, battery charging, sensors and semiconductor memory, has produced a 55-inch display using its MolecuLED material.
Solar cells with high bifaciality developed
Solar cells with high bifaciality developed
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R&D efforts to increase the efficacy of solar cells mostly focus on material research. Another approach is based on optical considerations: bifacial cells capture light from both sides, which also…
Leoni pumps 100 Gbps through copper pipe
Leoni pumps 100 Gbps through copper pipe
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Technology megatrends like IoT, cloud computing and industrial internet have a massive impact on shop-floor IT. Currently, in such environments the maximum data bandwidth over a distance of 100 meters…
Europe punts €5m on organic semiconductors
Europe punts €5m on organic semiconductors
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Flexible and printable electronics made using carbon-based materials offer numerous application possibilities and therefore the European Union is prepared to fund in its entirety a four-year project with €5 million.
Siemens to build the “Digital Autobahn”
Siemens to build the “Digital Autobahn”
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As a building block for autonomous driving and future smart highways, Siemens will equip a stretch of the German Autobahn A9 between Munich and Nuremberg with sensors that generate real-time…
Siemens to build the “Digital Autobahn”
Siemens to build the “Digital Autobahn”
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As a building block for autonomous driving and future smart highways, Siemens will equip a stretch of the German Autobahn A9 between Munich and Nuremberg with sensors that generate real-time…
Cortus processor IP manufactured by Russian foundry
Cortus processor IP manufactured by Russian foundry
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Russian semiconductor foundry JSC Angstem-T has made an ASIC that includes an APS 32bit microcontroller RISC core from French processor intellectual property licensor Cortus SAS (Montpellier, France).
Yamaha prototypes VR gloves for musicians
Yamaha prototypes VR gloves for musicians
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In cooperation with the Research Institute of Electronics at Shizuoka University (Japan), Yamaha Corporation (Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan) is investigating the use of millimeter-long multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) in elastomeric strain…
Micro-VCSELs and silicon photodiodes flex with micro-fluidics
Micro-VCSELs and silicon photodiodes flex with micro-fluidics
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Researchers from the University of Southern California have designed fully encapsulated flexible opto-fluidic fluorescence sensors based on the heterogeneous integration of thin film micro-VCSELs and silicon photodiodes.
Delphi implements novel radar-based assistance functions
Delphi implements novel radar-based assistance functions
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Automotive supplier Delphi has developed several new Advanced Driver Assistance Systems functions, based on environmental data from four 77GHz radar sensors. These functions include lateral traffic assistance, side impact protection…
Micro-VCSELs and silicon photodiodes into flexible micro-fluidics
Micro-VCSELs and silicon photodiodes into flexible micro-fluidics
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Researchers from the University of Southern California have designed fully encapsulated flexible opto-fluidic fluorescence sensors based on the heterogeneous integration of thin film micro-VCSELs and silicon photodiodes.
Transistor structures for advanced nanoscale processes
Transistor structures for advanced nanoscale processes
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Nanotech researchers at imec (Leuven, Belgium) report demonstrating junction-less gate-all-around lateral and vertical nanowire FET devices; the GAA-NWFET is, they say, a promising candidate for advanced logic and analogue/RF applications,…
Soft lightweight data gloves fit VR and musicians
Soft lightweight data gloves fit VR and musicians
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In cooperation with the Shizuoka University (Japan), Yamaha Corporation is investigating the use of millimeter-long multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) in elastomeric strain sensors for wearables.
IMEC reports nanowire FET in ‘vertical’ SRAM
IMEC reports nanowire FET in ‘vertical’ SRAM
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IMEC has reported a junction-less gate-all-around (GAA) nanowire field effect transistor as a promising candidate for integrated circuits at the 7nm node and beyond.
Collaboration targets 3D packaging for voltage regulators in data centers
Collaboration targets 3D packaging for voltage regulators in data centers
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UTAC, Sarda and AT&S are collaborating on the development of small, fast voltage regulators for data centers using 3D Gallium Arsenide system-in-package (SiP) technology.
China to dominate fab building with 10 planned
China to dominate fab building with 10 planned
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The construction of at least 19 wafer fabs will start in 2016 and 2017 but that list will be dominated by China, which is responsible for more than half of…
Integration of e-vehicles into the grid reduces power fluctuations, but ….
Integration of e-vehicles into the grid reduces power fluctuations, but ….
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Can electric vehicles stabilize the grid? What was postulated by a number of scientists and electric mobility pioneers has now been proved as feasible by the research project INEES. Profitability…
3D packaging collaboration targets voltage regulators in data centers
3D packaging collaboration targets voltage regulators in data centers
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UTAC (Singapore), Sarda Technologies (Durham, NC), and AT&S (Leoben, Austria) are collaborating on the development of small, fast, voltage regulators for data centers using 3D gallium arsenide (GaAs) system-in-package (SiP)…
China to dominate fab building with 10 planned
China to dominate fab building with 10 planned
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The construction of at least 19 wafer fabs will start in 2016 and 2017 but that list will be dominated by China, which is responsible for more than half of…
Graphene finding promises ultrafast electrical-to-optical conversion
Graphene finding promises ultrafast electrical-to-optical conversion
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A team of international researchers from the US (MIT), Israel, Croatia, and Singapore, have discovered that under certain circumstances, a flow of electric current running through a sheet of graphene…
MIT researchers turn graphene light on and off
MIT researchers turn graphene light on and off
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A team of international researchers from the US (MIT), Israel, Croatia, and Singapore, have discovered that under certain circumstances, a flow of electric current running through a sheet of graphene…
New process boosts ESD protection
New process boosts ESD protection
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Toshiba has developed new process technology to increase resistance to Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) in devices.
Collaboration targets 3D packaging for voltage regulators in data centers
Collaboration targets 3D packaging for voltage regulators in data centers
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UTAC, Sarda and AT&S are collaborating on the development of small, fast voltage regulators for data centers using 3D Gallium Arsenide system-in-package (SiP) technology.
Arrays of tiny lasers could lead to terahertz security scanners
Arrays of tiny lasers could lead to terahertz security scanners
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Researchers at MIT and Sandia National Laboratories recently described a new way to build terahertz lasers that could significantly reduce their power consumption and size, while also enabling them to…


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