World news

Results: 32792
arrow_upward arrow_downward

New kind of transistor could shrink communications devices on smartphones

Tech Xplore   -   Scientific News Websites

One month after announcing a ferroelectric semiconductor at the nanoscale thinness required for modern computing components, a team at the University of Michigan has demonstrated a reconfigurable transistor using that material.

Mar 8, 2023

How the EU Chips Act Could Build "Innovation Capacity" in Europe

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

The European Commission wants Europe to boost its share of global semiconductor production to 20 percent by 2030, from 10 percent today. To that end, it is forwarding plans for more than €43 billion in public and private investment through a Euro...

Mar 8, 2023

Perovskite nanocrystal computer components inspired by brain cells

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers at Empa, ETH Zurich and the Politecnico di Milano are developing a new type of computer component that is more powerful and easier to manufacture than its predecessors. Inspired by the human brain, it is designed to process large amoun...

Mar 8, 2023

Oxygen groups key to unlocking graphene's antimicrobial potential, say scientists

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

The amount of surface oxygen in graphene materials is a key factor in how effective they could be in killing bacteria—a discovery which may help to design safer and more effective products to combat antimicrobial resistance.

Mar 8, 2023

Oxygen groups key to unlocking graphene's antimicrobial potential

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

New discovery about graphene materials may help to design safer and more effective products to fight antimicrobial resistance.

Mar 8, 2023

Researchers enhance durability of low-cost solar cells made from nano-sized crystals

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

An international team of researchers has developed a new technique to enhance the durability of inverted perovskite solar

Mar 8, 2023

Adrian Meldrum to Chair Vector Board: People in the News: 03/08/23

Photonics Media   -   Scientific News Websites

Adrian Meldrum joined the board of Vector Photonics as executive chair. Meldrum has served in leadership positions at companies including G&H (Gooch & Housego), Oclaro, IQE, and Bookham. Adrian Meldrum, executive chair of Vector P...

Mar 8, 2023

Super-resolution in ultrafast scattering

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Super-resolution microscopy has transformed the way we view the biological world, and enabled scientists to visualize biological structures and their interactions inside cells, at a resolution of a few nanometers. But 'seeing' atomic mot...

Mar 8, 2023

Novel memristors are based on perovskite nanocrystals

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers are developing a new type of computer component that is more powerful and easier to manufacture than its predecessors. Inspired by the human brain, it is designed to process large amounts of data fast and in an energy-efficient way.

Mar 8, 2023

Brain tumor discovery paves way for new drug treatments

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

New research has shown that the blood vessels that feed aggressive brain tumors have receptors that could allow a new type of drug-containing nanoparticle to be used to starve the tumors of the energy they use to grow and spread, and also cause ot...

Mar 7, 2023

REFINE