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TSMC R&D Chief: There’s Light at the End of the Chip Shortage

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Yuh-Jier Mii started on the ground floor of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. in 1994 as a fabrication integration manager. Today he’s one of the Hsinchu-based company’s leaders as senior vice president of research and development. During his...

Feb 25, 2022

Graphene sensor rapidly detects opioid metabolites in wastewater: Graphene multiplexed sensor works quicker, faster, and cheaper than previous opioid wastewater monitoring methods

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

An atom-thick sheet of graphene is the basis of a new, penny-sized sensor that can quickly and efficiently detect and measure opioid byproducts in wastewater, researchers report.

Feb 25, 2022

Behind Intel’s HPC Chip that Will Pierce the Exascale Barrier

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

On Monday, Intel unveiled new details of the processor that will power the Aurora supercomputer, which is designed to become one of the first U.S.-based high-performance computers (HPCs) to pierce the exaflop barrier—a billion billion high-precisi...

Feb 25, 2022

Breakthrough discovery in light interactions with nanoparticles paves the way for advances in optical computing

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Computers are an indispensable part of our daily lives, and the need for ones that can work faster, solve complex problems more efficiently, and leave smaller environmental footprints by minimizing the required energy for computation is increasing...

Feb 25, 2022

Graphene sensor rapidly detects opioid metabolites in wastewater

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

The unique properties of the atom-thick sheet of carbon, known as graphene, enabled a new penny-sized, multiplexed bio-sensor that's the first to detect opioid byproducts in wastewater, a team of researchers from Boston College, Boston Univer...

Feb 25, 2022

Research team makes breakthrough discovery in light interactions with nanoparticles, paving the way for advances in optical computing

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Researchers detail a breakthrough discovery in nanomaterials and light-wave interactions that paves the way for development of small, low-energy optical computers capable of advanced computing.

Feb 25, 2022

Scientists Are Unraveling the Mysteries Around Type-2 Diabetes

SciTechDaily   -   Scientific News Websites

For more than 30 years, scientists have been trying to unravel the mystery of how a key biological molecule self assembles into a rogue protein-like... The post Scientists Are Unraveling the Mysteries Around Type-2 Diabetes appeared first on SciT...

Feb 25, 2022

Inorganic Borophene Liquid Crystals: A Superior New Material for Optoelectronic Devices

Tokyo Institute of Technology   -   Organizations and Universities Websites

Liquid crystals derived from borophene have risen in popularity, owing to their immense applicability in optoelectronic and photonic devices. However, their development requires a very narrow temperature range, which hinders their large-scale appl...

Feb 25, 2022

ERDC Partners With Multiple Universities on Graphene Research

Science Times   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) have started working with multiple applications for graphene, from graphene-infused asphalt and concrete to water filtration systems.

Feb 25, 2022

Ultrasensitive, New Design to SARS-CoV-2 Antigen Test

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Novel research on the use of nanotechnology for electrochemical immuno-biosensing of the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) antigen has emerged from the ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces journal. This study aims to advance current technology for the rapid d...

Feb 25, 2022

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