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Primary side regulation is critical to the expansion of the IoT movement
Primary side regulation is critical to the expansion of the IoT movement
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In November of 2015, the Paris Agreement was reached by 196 nations on the reduction of climate change.  The key…
CES is the largest selection of insecure devices in the world
CES is the largest selection of insecure devices in the world
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The annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas has just wrapped up. With 160,000 attendees, 3,800 exhibitors and almost 2.5…
Solar-cell ‘doctor’ seeks to cure greenhouse gas emission problems
Solar-cell ‘doctor’ seeks to cure greenhouse gas emission problems
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SINTEF, the largest independent research organisation in Scandinavia, is coordinating the Eco-Solar European Union project which is focusing on how…
Startup develops room-temp metallic “velcro” glue
Startup develops room-temp metallic “velcro” glue
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MesoGlue LLC (Jacksonville, Florida) has been founded to make use surface nanostructures to create a metalic glue that works at…

NXP embraces 28nm FDSOI for MCUs
NXP embraces 28nm FDSOI for MCUs
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NXP is set to extend the use of 28nm fully-depleted silicon-on-insulator (FDSOI) process technology down to its low-power LPC microcontrollers, according to Goeff Lees, newly installed as general manager of…
Mechanochemical advance reduces perovskite manufacturing costs
Mechanochemical advance reduces perovskite manufacturing costs
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A cheap and environmentally safe method of production of perovskites has been developed by scientists from the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IPC PAS) and…
Innovative powertrain reduces fuel consumption significantly
Innovative powertrain reduces fuel consumption significantly
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The Technische Hochschule Cologne university has developed a powertrain prototype that will burn 25 percent less fuel than its original version. The secret lies in the utilisation of the engine’s…
Innovative powertrain significantly reduces fuel consumption
Innovative powertrain significantly reduces fuel consumption
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The Technische Hochschule Cologne university has developed a powertrain prototype that will burn 25 percent less fuel than its original version. The secret lies in the utilisation of the engine’s…
Consumers feel perils of connectivity
Consumers feel perils of connectivity
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Earlier this month, Nest’s smart thermostat reportedly stopped working, leaving many users frustrated and their homes freezing cold.
Innovation contest around field-oriented motor control
Innovation contest around field-oriented motor control
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For its 25th Anniversary, Nanotec is seeking new application concepts for its integrated motors and controllers. Design ideas must incorporate the use of field-oriented control, either with or without an…
Solar cells: Charge carrier formation impacts energy effificency
Solar cells: Charge carrier formation impacts energy effificency
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Researchers at University of Tsukuba have demonstrated a precise mechanism by which sunlight generates electrical charge within cutting-edge solar cell film which may yield benefits for solar power industry.
Superoxide boosts lithium-air battery performance
Superoxide boosts lithium-air battery performance
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Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory believe they may have been overcome the drawbacks associated with lithium-air batteries which is the formation of lithium peroxide,…
Wafer-level SiP yields 5X footprint reduction
Wafer-level SiP yields 5X footprint reduction
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Portuguese OSATS company Nanium S. A. has pushed its wafer-level packaging expertise to 3D SiPs, under a new packaging technology dubbed WLSiP/WL3D for 3D Wafer-Level System-in-Package. The new packaging technology…
Balancing Lead-Acid Batteries
Balancing Lead-Acid Batteries
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Lead-acid batteries are widely used in a broad range of industries and applications. The telecom industry uses a series stack of four lead-acid batteries to provide a 48V stack. Energy…
Printable glucose sensor promises breathalyser-based diabetes testing
Printable glucose sensor promises breathalyser-based diabetes testing
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A simple breathalyser that will give diabetics a non invasive method for monitoring their daily glucose levels and has the potential to replace the ‘prick test’ methods used today is…
BioLED uses luminescent proteins to produce white light
BioLED uses luminescent proteins to produce white light
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Scientists from Germany and Spain have discovered a way to create a BioLED by packaging luminescent proteins in the form of rubber. The device gives off a white light which…
Uncovering oxygen’s role in enhancing red LEDs
Uncovering oxygen’s role in enhancing red LEDs
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An international group of researchers have discovered that the quantity and location of oxygen in GaN can be fine-tuned to improve the optical performance of europium-doped GaN devices. GaN doped…
BMW funds battery-less solar storage
BMW funds battery-less solar storage
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Solar storage has for too long been focused on converting photons to electricity, according to a Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) project funded by BMW. For instance, if your purpose…
Safer lithium-ion battery shuts down before overheating
Safer lithium-ion battery shuts down before overheating
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Researchers at Stanford University have developed the first lithium-ion battery that shuts down before overheating and restarts immediately when the temperature cools.
Cathode innovation aims for high capacity lithium-ion batteries
Cathode innovation aims for high capacity lithium-ion batteries
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Researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have found that using a different method to make lithium nickel manganese cobalt oxide (NMC) can offer the potential to create higher…
Two-stage power management solution boosts energy-harvesting efficiency
Two-stage power management solution boosts energy-harvesting efficiency
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Scientists at Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a two-stage power management and storage system that could improve the efficiency of triboelectric generators that harvest energy from irregular human motion…
Micron 3-D NAND back to Moore
Micron 3-D NAND back to Moore
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Flash memory is back on the Moore's Law scaling curve, according to Micron Technology Inc. (Boise, Idaho) thanks to its move into three-dimensional structures.
Intelligent sensors map out chemical pollutants in sea water
Intelligent sensors map out chemical pollutants in sea water
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Researchers at the Universitat Politècnica de València (Polytechnic University of Valencia, UPV) have designed an intelligent sensor system which enables the immediate detection and delimitation of toxic waste, diesel, and…
Capturing Maxwell’s demon: Analyzing microscopic changes in thermodynamics
Capturing Maxwell’s demon: Analyzing microscopic changes in thermodynamics
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Scientists from Aalto University have now succeeded in using nanotechnology to construct an autonomous Maxwell’s demon that makes it possible to analyze the microscopic changes in thermodynamics.
MIT researchers resurrect the incandescent lamp with nano-tech
MIT researchers resurrect the incandescent lamp with nano-tech
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Work by a team at MIT and at Purdue University aims, in the words of the Institute’s press statement, to, “combine the warm look of traditional light bulbs with 21st-century…
Smart 3D imager arrays: Metrology sensor provides in-process measurement
Smart 3D imager arrays: Metrology sensor provides in-process measurement
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FARO Technologies, Inc., has introduced 3D imager arrays that claim to drive automated industrial manufacturing metrology processes to the next level.
How to cost-effectively transition to brushless DC motors for your applications
How to cost-effectively transition to brushless DC motors for your applications
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Adriano De Rosa, IC Architect – Micronas GmbH considers how to cost-effectively transition to brushless DC motors for your applications.
High-speed electronics from electronically connected graphene nanoribbons
High-speed electronics from electronically connected graphene nanoribbons
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An international research team at Tohoku University's Advanced Institute of Materials Research (AIMR) has succeeded in chemically interconnecting chiral-edge graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) with zigzag-edge features by molecular assembly, and demonstrated…


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