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Improved Thin-Film Microelectronics
The team demonstrated room-temperature deposition of silicon and gallium nitride—linchpin elements in many advanced microelectronics.
Body Heat as a Power Source
The relatively small difference between the temperature of skin and that of the surrounding environment means it can be difficult to make use of body heat.
Textile Generates Power from Sun and Motion
Researchers used a commercial textile machine to weave together solar cells constructed from light-weight polymer fibers with fiber-based triboelectric nano-generators.
Textile Generates Power from the Sun and Motion
Researchers used a commercial textile machine to weave together solar cells constructed from light-weight polymer fibers with fiber-based triboelectric nano-generators.
Stationary Antennas Nimbly Scan the Sky
University of Wisconsin–Madison electrical engineers are working out a new strategy to create antennas that spin their beams in circles while the devices stand still.
Chemical Extraction Method Could Recover Gold
The finding could help salvage an estimated 300 metric tons of gold from e-waste.
Device Could Boost Energy Storage Capacity by 10x
The device reportedly recharges in seconds, has a long life, and operates near 100% efficiency.
Spider Silk Used to Create Microscope Superlens
Superlenses offer the potential to allow viewing beyond current magnification limits.
Anode Boosts Charge Capacity of Batteries
In addition to tripling the charge capacity offered by graphite, the silicon-tin nanocomposite is extremely stable over many charge-discharge cycles, essentially extending its useful life.
Biosensor Allows for Early Detection of Prostate Cancer
The biosensor's high sensitivity makes it capable of early detection of the molecules that are produced by the cancer that pass into the bloodstream.
Underground Radar for Post-Katrina Damage
The technology is a pipe-penetrating scanning system that uses ultra-wide-band pulsed radar.
Plasma Etching of Biochar Reduces Supercapacitor Costs
The ability to absorb and discharge energy quickly makes supercapacitors integral to energy harvesting.
Brain-Machine Interface Triggers Recovery
WAP says theirs is the first study to report that long-term brain-machine interface use could lead to significant recovery of neurological function in patients suffering from severe spinal cord injuries.
Nanocrystal-generated Light Could Speed Communications
White light generated using semiconductor lasers may one day replace LED white-light bulbs for energy-efficient lighting, researchers say.
Liquid Light Switch for More Powerful Electronics
Current methods of converting between electrical and optical signals are both inefficient and slow, and researchers have been searching for ways to combine the two.
Latest Applications for Flexible Circuits
A wide range of technologies has benefited from flexible circuit designs and advanced flexible circuit material options. More advancements are in store.
Enabling Smart Grids with the Internet of Things
The Internet of Things is the network of physical devices that enables a power grid to achieve the ideals of a smart grid.
Low-Power Smart Camera "Awakens" to Specific Gestures
The camera could have applications ranging from remote-area operation, where energy efficiency is critical, to specialized surveillance and consumer electronics with hands-free operation.
How to Turn Music Into Colors With a Wi-Fi Bridge
Close Encounters of the Third Kind is a 1977 American science fiction film, written and directed by Steven Spielberg. As part of the movie’s theme scientists enable a computer, using light and sound patterns together, to have a musical conversation with alien guests from a UFO visiting out planet.
IoT Could Cause Energy Use to Spiral
Autonomous streaming of data by billions of sensors removes the existing potential constraints to the growth in internet energy consumption.