A recent United Nations report found that the world generated 137 billion pounds of electronic waste in 2022, an 82% increase from 2010. Yet less than a quarter of 2022's e-waste was recycled. Wh...
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Researchers have collaborated on the development of a tellurium-selenium composite oxide semiconductor material. Their efforts led to the successful creation of a high-performance and highly stab...
https://techxplore.com/news/2024-04-high-amorphous-p-oxide-semiconductor.html
Pacemakers, defibrillators, radar technology and electric vehicles all need electrical components called capacitors that can store and release a lot of energy in a matter of a few microseconds. R...
https://techxplore.com/news/2024-04-storage-efficiency-durability-capacitors.html
Micron is set to receive up to $6.1 billion in grants from the US government to help build its semiconductor plants in New York and Idaho, President Joe Biden said on Thursday.
https://techxplore.com/news/2024-04-micron-bn-american-chip-factories.html
Researchers have achieved a significant breakthrough in developing a small-scale energy storage device capable of stretching, twisting, folding, and wrinkling. Their study is published in the jou...
https://techxplore.com/news/2024-04-rubber-stretchable-energy-storage-device.html
Researchers have found a way to super-charge the 'engine' of sustainable fuel generation—by giving the materials a little twist.
https://techxplore.com/news/2024-04-simple-fuel-generation.html
The mass production of conventional silicon chips relies on a successful business model with large "semiconductor fabrication plants" or "foundries." New research by KU Leuven and imec shows that...
https://techxplore.com/news/2024-04-potential-thin-electronics-flexible-chip.html
Frenchman Christophe Fouquet takes the reins of Dutch chip giant ASML on Wednesday with a daunting to-do list, top of which will be steering business with China as semiconductors become a geopoli...
https://techxplore.com/news/2024-04-china-future-hq-asml-boss.html
Electronic devices are getting more and more complex as they are built to carry out an ever-increasing number of functions. This can be seen in the increased functionality in our personal devices...
https://techxplore.com/news/2024-04-aerogel-based-phase-materials-thermal.html
Setting the stage for a new era of immersive displays, researchers are one step closer to mixing the real and virtual worlds in an ordinary pair of eyeglasses using high-definition 3D holographic...
https://techxplore.com/news/2024-04-holographic-displays-glimpse-immersive-future.html
Malaysia's leader on Monday announced plans to build a massive semiconductor design park, aiming to boost the Southeast Asian nation's role in the global chip industry.
https://techxplore.com/news/2024-04-malaysia-massive-chip-pm.html
A new DC-DC power converter is superior to previous designs and paves the way for more efficient, reliable and sustainable energy storage and conversion solutions. The Kobe University development...
https://techxplore.com/news/2024-04-flexible-efficient-dc-power-sustainable.html
Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), mainly used as the power of computer, communication and consumer electronic products, require higher energy density, longer cycling life, faster-charging capability,...
https://techxplore.com/news/2024-04-universal-cocktail-electrolyte-ultra-stable.html
The energy demands of today's ubiquitous small electronic devices—including sensors, data transmitters, medical implants and 'wearable' consumer products such as Fitbits—can no longer be met ...
https://techxplore.com/news/2024-04-harvesting-vibrational-energy-noise.html
The light-emitting electrochemical cell (LEC) can be fabricated in a sustainable and cost-effective way on both rigid and flexible surfaces making it suitable for a broad range of applications, l...
https://techxplore.com/news/2024-04-energy-losses-emerging-source.html
University of Queensland researchers have built a generator that absorbs carbon dioxide (CO2) to make electricity.
https://techxplore.com/news/2024-04-proof-concept-nanogenerator-sustainable-power.html
Taiwanese semiconductor giant TSMC announced Thursday a nearly 9 percent increase in net profits in the first quarter of 2024, buoyed by global demand for its microchips used to power everything ...
https://techxplore.com/news/2024-04-taiwan-tsmc-profit-q1.html
A new study from NC State University combines three-dimensional embroidery techniques with machine learning to create a fabric-based sensor that can control electronic devices through touch. The ...
https://techxplore.com/news/2024-04-machine-fabric-based-sensor.html
A research group led by Prof. Ge Ziyi at the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has proposed a key strategy for optimizing guest component...
https://techxplore.com/news/2024-04-method-high-efficiency-guest-components.html
Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW) resonators have been widely used in wireless communication below 2 GHz. However, as wireless communication evolves into 5G and 6G, with the new frequency bands above 3...
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A team from the Photonics Research Laboratory (PRL)-iTEAM of the Universitat Politècnica de València and the company iPRONICS have designed and manufactured a revolutionary chip for the telecom...
https://techxplore.com/news/2024-04-team-universal-programmable-multifunctional-photonic.html
A team of South Korean scientists led by Professor KIM Dae-Hyeong of the Center for Nanoparticle Research within the Institute for Basic Science has pioneered a novel approach to stretchable disp...
https://techxplore.com/news/2024-04-stretchable-quantum-dot-display.html
Researchers developing the next generation of computing technology aim to bring some light to the field—literally. Optical computing, which relies on particles of light called photons, is expec...
https://techxplore.com/news/2024-04-advance-based-capabilities-future-smart.html
The United States announced on Monday grants of up to $6.4 billion to South Korean semiconductor giant Samsung to produce cutting-edge chips in Texas.
https://techxplore.com/news/2024-04-grant-samsung-bn-chip.html
A new methodology developed by scientists from Japan allows for the precise activation of integrated sensors by manipulating the droplets' locations, thus detecting capacitance changes to estimat...
https://techxplore.com/news/2024-04-smart-droplets-elevating-tiny-tech.html
Controlling heat flow is key to enhancing performance in a wide variety of systems. In electronic devices, such as mobile phones or any type of processor, overheating decreases their performance ...
https://techxplore.com/news/2024-04-electrical-pulses-thermal-resistance-devices.html
When scuba divers need to say "I'm okay" or "Shark!" to their dive partners, they use hand signals to communicate visually. But sometimes these movements are difficult to see.
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Researchers at Linköping University, Sweden, have developed a digital display screen where the LEDs themselves react to touch, light, fingerprints and the user's pulse, among other things. Their...
https://techxplore.com/news/2024-04-perovskite-generation-digital-displays-fingerprints.html
The Taiwan chip giant TSMC has agreed to build a third semiconductor factory in Arizona, raising its total investment in the United States to $65 billion, US officials said Monday.
https://techxplore.com/news/2024-04-biden-big-taiwan-chip-investment.html
A team of materials scientists and engineers from Donghua University, in China, and the National University of Singapore, has developed a type of fiber that does not rely on chips or batteries to...
https://techxplore.com/news/2024-04-chipless-fiber-wireless-visual-digital.html