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DNA strand turns into nanoscale molecular rectifier
DNA strand turns into nanoscale molecular rectifier
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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…
New materials promise safer, cheaper solid-state rechargeables
New materials promise safer, cheaper solid-state rechargeables
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Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (Gaithersburg, MD) have potentially brought safer, solid-state rechargeable batteries two steps…
Terahertz technology steps closer to industrial scale nondestructive testing
Terahertz technology steps closer to industrial scale nondestructive testing
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Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunication, Heinrich Hertz Institut, HHI in Berlin, Germany have packaged the transmitting and receiving…
Platooning project highlights V2X maturity
Platooning project highlights V2X maturity
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As part of the European Truck Platooning Challenge, in these days numerous heavy trucks in various parts of Europe set…

Printed pressure, temperature sensors form Internet of tyres
Printed pressure, temperature sensors form Internet of tyres
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Silent Sensors has moved to CPI’s National Printable Electronics Centre in the UK to scale up the London-based company's patented tyre sensor technology which has been developed to measure tyre…
Wi-Fi time-of-flight locates users to within tens of centimeters
Wi-Fi time-of-flight locates users to within tens of centimeters
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A system designed by MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (Cambridge, MA) enables a single WiFi access point that can locate users within tens of centimetres; the team offers…
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 that could impact electricity generation.
Another way to characterize twisted light for quantum communications
Another way to characterize twisted light for quantum communications
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Twisted light has raised interest for its potential for quantum communication applications. The discrete nature of one of the defining parameters of twisted light, orbital angular momentum (OAM), makes it…
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.
MIT system lets Wi-Fi locate users within tens of centimeters
MIT system lets Wi-Fi locate users within tens of centimeters
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A system designed by MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (Cambridge, MA) enables a single WiFi access point that can locate users within tens of centimetres; the team offers…
FinFET’s father forecasts future
FinFET’s father forecasts future
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Don’t worry about the end of Moore’s law, there are plenty of good ideas on the semiconductor road map, according to Chenming Hu, a university researcher credited as being the…
Low power integrated audio processors sounding like an enabler for new generations of wearable products
Low power integrated audio processors sounding like an enabler for new generations of wearable products
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Kenichi Kiyozaki, Product Manager, ON Semiconductor looks at how the latest integrated hardware and software solutions in the audio processing sector can help facilitate the development of innovative and high-performing…
How to design better, more efficient lighting systems
How to design better, more efficient lighting systems
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Mehdi Samii of Ametherm Inc. considers ways to design better, more efficient lighting systems.
‘2-in-1’ solar cell + battery hybrid promises many advantages
‘2-in-1’ solar cell + battery hybrid promises many advantages
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Researchers at TU Graz in Austria are investigating ways of combining photovoltaic cells with electrochemical energy storage systems to create a single hybrid device.
Material challenge: Can a battery and solar cell hybrid system really work?
Material challenge: Can a battery and solar cell hybrid system really work?
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Researchers at TU Graz in Austria are investigating ways of combining photovoltaic cells with electrochemical energy storage systems to create a single device.
MEMS gravimeter takes underground mapping to the masses
MEMS gravimeter takes underground mapping to the masses
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Using a proprietary asymmetric cantilever design, researchers from the University of Glasgow have designed a portable MEMS-based gravimeter boasting the smallest resonant frequency ever reported for a MEMS device together…
MIT system lets Wi-Fi locate users within tens of centimeters
MIT system lets Wi-Fi locate users within tens of centimeters
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A system designed by MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (Cambridge, MA) enables a single WiFi access point that can locate users within tens of centimetres; the team offers…
Video: Apple takes a recycling step
Video: Apple takes a recycling step
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Apple is to be applauded for creating a system to recover at least some of the resources it has gone to such trouble to assemble in its iPhones.
MEMS yields low-cost gravity detector
MEMS yields low-cost gravity detector
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Researchers at QuantIC (Gilmorehill Campus of Glasgow University), which is the UK centre of excellence for research, development and innovation in quantum enhanced imaging, have adapted widely-available technology found in…
Smartphone technology yields low-cost gravity detector
Smartphone technology yields low-cost gravity detector
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Researchers at QuantIC (Gilmorehill Campus of Glasgow University), which is the UK centre of excellence for research, development and innovation in quantum enhanced imaging, have adapted widely-available technology found in…
Transparent wood lowers cost of solar cells
Transparent wood lowers cost of solar cells
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Researchers at Stockholm's KTH Royal Institute of Technology have developed a transparent wood material that is suitable for mass production applications thereby offering the potential to lower solar cell manufacturing…
Lawrence Livermore, IBM partner on brain-like supercomputer
Lawrence Livermore, IBM partner on brain-like supercomputer
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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (Livermore, CA) has announced that it will take delivery of a supercomputer based on IBM's TrueNorth neural networking chip.
Lawrence Livermore Lab to deploy neural network computer to mimic brain
Lawrence Livermore Lab to deploy neural network computer to mimic brain
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The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has announced it will take delivery of a supercomputer based on the TrueNorth neural networking chip developed by IBM.
Swiss made open-source processor core ready for IoT
Swiss made open-source processor core ready for IoT
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Researchers at ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich) and the University of Bologna have developed PULPino, an open-source processor optimized for low power consumption and application in…
Swiss open-source processor core ready for IoT
Swiss open-source processor core ready for IoT
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Researchers at ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich) and the University of Bologna have developed PULPino, an open-source processor optimized for low power consumption and application in…
MIT researchers refine single WiFi access point to deliver tens-of-cm location
MIT researchers refine single WiFi access point to deliver tens-of-cm location
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A system designed by MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab enables a single WiFi access point that can locate users within tens of centimetres; the team offers the prospect…
Lawrence Livermore to deploy IBM neural network computer
Lawrence Livermore to deploy IBM neural network computer
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The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has announced it will take delivery of a supercomputer based on the TrueNorth neural networking chip developed by IBM.
Smartphone innovation: QuantIC develops low-cost ultra-sensitive gravity detector
Smartphone innovation: QuantIC develops low-cost ultra-sensitive gravity detector
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Researchers at QuantIC, which is the UK centre of excellence for research, development and innovation in quantum enhanced imaging, have adapted widely-available technology found in smartphones to make a small,…


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