HEADLINES ARCHIVE
Gallium Oxide May Offer Advantages Over Silicon in Power Applications
Researchers have revealed their findings for devices such as field-effect transistors.
Farmers Use Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things to Combat Pests
Hoping to reduce the costs associated with agriculture lost to crop pests and disease each year, digital agriculture company Agrosmart is working toward a solution using IoT technology and AI.
Will a Breakthrough in Vanadium Dioxyde Lead to a New Generation of Ultra-Low Power Electronic Devices?
Phase changing at high temperatures may enable new space communications technology or radar for self-driving cars.
Radio Astronomy Gets a Boost From Standard Telecom Network
Researchers have demonstrated a new technique to reliably transmit a stable frequency reference over a standard fiber optic telecommunications network, expanding possibilities for radio astronomers.
Former Google, Facebook Employees Join Together to Battle Tech Addiction
Driven by a desire to right some wrongs, a few former employees of tech giants such as Google and Facebook have joined together to battle tech addiction.
Robot Barista Debuts at Japanese Cafe
Joining an ever-growing list of robots capable of performing tasks such as bartending and cleaning homes is a robot barista capable of both brewing and serving coffee to customers in a Japanese cafe.
Are Smartphones Affecting Well-being?
While socializing with others face-to-face generally tends to make people happy, it seems that smartphones may be getting in the way of that. New research finds that our phones may affect our happiness.
Moon Covered With 400,000 Pounds of Human Trash
Human trash, leftover from both manned and unmanned visits to the moon, has accumulated on the moon's surface in excess of 400,000 pounds in volume.
Amazon Exploring Use of Wristband to Track Movement of Warehouse Workers
Published on January 30, one of the patents details how the wristbands — through a haptic feedback system — vibrate to steer the wearer's hand in the right direction, thereby ensuring that human workers fulfill more orders. Likewise, the technology is also meant to track products as they move throughout the warehouse.
Google Flights Using Machine Learning to Predict Flight Delays
Tired of wasting time in airports waiting on flights that never seem to be on time? A new feature from Google Flights may be able to predict flight delays with some accuracy.
Toward a Silicon Quantum Chip
Silicon has been seen as a promising material for quantum technology, but its scalability is limited. Researchers are finding ways around that limit.
Shape-memory Technology Comes to Plastic Electronics
Researchers have identified a mechanism that triggers shape-memory phenomena in organic crystals used in plastic electronics. The work could lead to advancements in low-power electronics, medical electronics devices and more.
Putting Spintronics to Use for 'Green' Information Processing
New research points the way toward harnessing electron spin information into an energy-efficient means of processing data.
'Nanobulb' Shines for Cheaper, Faster Microscopy
Overcoming the "diffraction limit" in microscopy has proved challenging. Researchers at ITMO University have developed an innovative solution.
Silicon Metamaterial Offers Advanced Color Capabilities
Monocrystalline silicon offers new possibilities for subwavelength-resolution color. Potential applications include anti-counterfeiting and three-dimensional displays.
China Tops US in Technical Research Publications for First Time
A just-published report from the National Science Board (NSB), entitles Science & Engineering Indicators 2018, shows that China edged out the U.S. for percentage of worldwide science and engineering articles published in 2016, the latest year for which data is available.
Nanoparticle Gel Could Expand Viability of Holograms, LIDAR
Holograms have potential applications in autonomous vehicle sensors, space communications and optical wireless networks, but their materials cost and temperature requirements limit their use. A new nanoparticle gel approach could change that.
Lithium Battery Life Doubled by Adding Graphene Girders
New research from WMG at the University of Warwick has discovered an effective approach to replacing graphite in the anodes of lithium-ion batteries using silicon by reinforcing the anode’s structure with graphene girders.
Power MOSFET for Flyback Topologies
A power MOSFET designed according to the superjunction (SJ) principle offers outstanding efficiency gains of up to 4 percent and a decrease in device temperature of up to 16 percent when compared to the competition, which addresses current trends in flyback topologies.
College Explores Drone Use in Agriculture
Experts believe that drones will have a significant impact on the future of agriculture in terms of helping farmers locate injured or distressed animals and to simply check on the status of the entire farm.