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...
https://techxplore.com/news/2024-04-circuit-boards-recycled.html
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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.
https://techxplore.com/news/2024-04-waterproof-glove-scuba-divers-communicate.html
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
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
New research suggests that materials commonly overlooked in computer chip design actually play an important role in information processing, a discovery that could lead to faster and more efficien...
https://techxplore.com/news/2024-04-hidden-semiconductor-material.html
A team of Korean researchers has developed a new memory device that can be used to replace existing memory or be used in implementing neuromorphic computing for next-generation artificial intelli...
https://techxplore.com/news/2024-04-ultra-lowpower-memory-neuromorphic.html
Damage to nerve tissue due to skin defects such as burns, skin diseases, and trauma causes loss of sensory and cognitive functions that are essential for life-sustaining activities, as well as me...
https://techxplore.com/news/2024-04-artificial-skin-regenerate-transmit-sensation.html
A research team has developed a mini-inductor based on amorphous alloys that can achieve both excellent flexibility and high inductance. The study is published in Advanced Functional Materials.
https://techxplore.com/news/2024-04-scientists-amorphous-flexible-mini-inductor.html
Researchers in the UNC-Chapel Hill Chemistry Department are using semiconductors to harvest and convert the sun's energy into high-energy compounds that have the potential to produce environmenta...
https://techxplore.com/news/2024-04-chemistry-solar-technology-greenhouse-gas.html
Researchers have developed a high-performance energy management unit (EMU) that significantly boosts the efficiency of electrostatic generators for Internet of Things (IoT) applications. This bre...
https://techxplore.com/news/2024-04-powering-future-advanced-energy-harvesting.html
A new electrical power converter design achieves a much higher efficiency at lower cost and maintenance than before. The direct current voltage boost converter developed by Kobe University is poi...
https://techxplore.com/news/2024-04-scientists-high-boost-efficiency-dc.html
Two-dimensional (2D) superconducting materials have been found to be promising for the development of miniaturized optoelectronic devices. To perform well while consuming less energy, however, th...
https://techxplore.com/news/2024-03-2d-perovskite-oxide-photoactive-high.html
Organic electrochemical transistors (OECTs) are an emerging class of transistors based on organic superconducting materials known for their ability to modulate electrical current in response to s...
https://techxplore.com/news/2024-03-strategy-fabricating-high-density-vertical.html
A research team led by Prof. Kwon Hyuk-jun of the DGIST Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science has developed a next-generation AI semiconductor technology that mimics the human...
https://techxplore.com/news/2024-03-generation-ai-semiconductor-devices-mimic.html
A research team led by the School of Engineering of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has addressed the long-standing challenge of creating artificial olfactory sensors w...
https://techxplore.com/news/2024-03-biomimetic-olfactory-chips-enable-advanced.html