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MEMS energy exchange exceeds theory, shows PV promise
MEMS energy exchange exceeds theory, shows PV promise
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An academic team has built a nanoscale MEMS device that transfers heat radiatively at 100 times the theoretical level and…
Lithium-ion battery anodes: Can wild mushrooms outperform graphite?
Lithium-ion battery anodes: Can wild mushrooms outperform graphite?
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Researchers at Purdue University have created electrodes for lithium-ion batteries from a type of wild mushroom that when modified with…
FPGA-based acceleration, in cloud service, from Xilinx & IBM
FPGA-based acceleration, in cloud service, from Xilinx & IBM
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Xilinx and IBM have announced they will be enabling FPGA-based acceleration within the SuperVessel OpenPOWER development cloud. Development of performance-demanding…
MEMS energy exchange exceeds theory, shows PV promise
MEMS energy exchange exceeds theory, shows PV promise
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An academic team has built a nanoscale MEMS device that transfers heat radiatively at 100 times the theoretical level and…

Organ-on-chip startup raises $28 million
Organ-on-chip startup raises $28 million
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Emulate Inc. (Cambridge, Mass.), a startup spun off from the Wyss Institute at Harvard University, has raised $28 million in a Series B round of financing.
Identifying defects in LED materials promises more efficient lighting
Identifying defects in LED materials promises more efficient lighting
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Researchers at University of California, Santa Barbara (USCB) have identified a specific type of defect in the atomic structure of a LED that results in less efficient performance.
Perovskite solar cell performance boosted by applying pressure
Perovskite solar cell performance boosted by applying pressure
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Stanford University scientists have discovered that applying pressure to solar cell perovskites can change the properties of the inexpensive materials and how they respond to light.
IBM, Xilinx announce FPGA-based acceleration in R&D cloud platform
IBM, Xilinx announce FPGA-based acceleration in R&D cloud platform
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Xilinx (San Jose, CA) and IBM (Armonk, NY) announced they will be enabling FPGA-based acceleration within the SuperVessel OpenPOWER development cloud services offered on ptopenlab.com.
3D printable hydraulic actuators simplify robot mechanics
3D printable hydraulic actuators simplify robot mechanics
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Researchers from System from MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab have managed to intertwine solid and liquid 3-D printing patterns to yield hermetically closed hydraulic actuators.
3D-printed hydraulic actuators for simpler robot mechanics
3D-printed hydraulic actuators for simpler robot mechanics
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Researchers from System from MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab have managed to intertwine solid and liquid 3-D printing patterns to yield hermetically closed hydraulic actuators.
Increasing pressure on perovskites boosts solar cell performance
Increasing pressure on perovskites boosts solar cell performance
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Stanford University scientists have discovered that applying pressure to solar cell perovskites can change the properties of the inexpensive materials and how they respond to light.
Cognitive computing platform unites Xilinx and IBM
Cognitive computing platform unites Xilinx and IBM
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Xilinx and IBM announced they will be enabling FPGA-based acceleration within the SuperVessel OpenPOWER development cloud services offered on ptopenlab.com.
LED lighting efficiency: Is spotting crystal lattice defects the key?
LED lighting efficiency: Is spotting crystal lattice defects the key?
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Researchers at University of California, Santa Barbara (USCB) have identified a specific type of defect in the atomic structure of a LED that results in less efficient performance.
Conductive ink for digital printing
Conductive ink for digital printing
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DuPont Advanced Materials (DuPont) jhas introduced an electronic ink for inkjet printing that offers the high conductivity and strong adhesion required for rapid digital design, prototyping and full-scale manufacturing. The…
Graphene as a filter for future THz wireless devices
Graphene as a filter for future THz wireless devices
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Scientists at EPFL and UNIGE have developed a graphene based microchip that essentially filters out unwanted radiation ensuring that a wireless data signal remains uncorrupted. The discovery, the results of…
High-Performance Multi-Functional LED Headlamps
High-Performance Multi-Functional LED Headlamps
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Advanced solutions to thermal engineering and assembly challenges are bringing the advantages of LED lighting to the headlamps of leading car brands.
Conductive ink for digital printing: low-Ohms and ink-jettable
Conductive ink for digital printing: low-Ohms and ink-jettable
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DuPont Advanced Materials (DuPont) jhas introduced an electronic ink for inkjet printing that offers the high conductivity and strong adhesion required for rapid digital design, prototyping and full-scale manufacturing. The…
Energy saving OLED lighting system helps hospital patients sleep
Energy saving OLED lighting system helps hospital patients sleep
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OLEDWorks LLC (Rochester, NY) is collaborating with the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) to develop a lighting prototype that would save energy and not disrupt sleep…
The death of the smartphone is vastly exaggerated
The death of the smartphone is vastly exaggerated
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With all the buzz surrounding the IoT and smartwatches some have dared to suggest that we will soon be seeing the decline of the smartphone. The argument follows the analogy…
AMS aids Sarda’s Heterogeneous Integrated Power Stage
AMS aids Sarda’s Heterogeneous Integrated Power Stage
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ams’ foundry know-how and IP has been applied by Sarda Technologies to implement a gate driver IC for ultra-efficient server power stage; ams will manufacture a key component for the…
Energy saving LED light helps hospital patients sleep
Energy saving LED light helps hospital patients sleep
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OLEDWorks LLC is collaborating with the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) to develop a lighting prototype that would save energy and not disrupt sleep patterns for…
Design win; ams foundry technology in Sarda’s Heterogeneous Integrated Power Stage
Design win; ams foundry technology in Sarda’s Heterogeneous Integrated Power Stage
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ams’ foundry know-how and IP has been applied by Sarda Technologies to implement a gate driver IC for ultra-efficient server power stage; ams will manufacture a key component for the…
Natcore claims new solar cells achieve commercial-level efficiency
Natcore claims new solar cells achieve commercial-level efficiency
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Natcore Technology (Rochester, NY) claims to have achieved commercial-level efficiencies for its laser-processed solar cells.
‘Fab-in-a-box’ enables flexible IC production scale-up
‘Fab-in-a-box’ enables flexible IC production scale-up
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Flexible electronics solution provider PragmatIC (Cambridge, UK) has completed a detailed design study validating its FlexLogIC "fab-in-a-box" concept for production scale-up of flexible integrated circuits (flexICs).
Radar scanner with all-round view
Radar scanner with all-round view
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Robots are ubiquitous in to industrial production, and so are the safety laser scanners that protect humans from collisions. The optical sensors used in such environments however have hit their…
Flexible electronics scale up to billions with fab-in-a-box
Flexible electronics scale up to billions with fab-in-a-box
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Flexible electronics solution provider PragmatIC has completed a detailed design study validating its FlexLogIC "fab-in-a-box" concept for production scale-up of flexible integrated circuits (flexICs).
All-back-contact laser-processed solar cell claims commercial-level efficiencies
All-back-contact laser-processed solar cell claims commercial-level efficiencies
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Natcore Technology Inc. claims to have achieved commercial-level efficiencies for the company's laser-processed solar cells.
The DNA of molecular electronics: nanoscale rectifiers
The DNA of molecular electronics: nanoscale rectifiers
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Researchers from the University of Georgia and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) have joined their efforts to develop what they believe to be the world's smallest diode, in fact…


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