English
Arabic
Chinese (Simplified)
Dutch
Esperanto
French
German
Greek
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
UrduTransition metal perovskites oxides exhibit several desirable properties, including high-temperature superconductivity and electrocatalysis. Now, scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology explore the structure and properties of a perovskite oxide, PbFeO3, in anticipation of the unusual charge distribution and exotic magnetic…
Tag: ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING/ELECTRONICS
Wireless tech a ‘game changer’ for nuclear power plants
Rudy Shankar (Energy Systems Engineering, Lehigh University) leads team of global experts behind newly published IAEA report outlining benefits of wireless technology and guidelines for use in instrumentation, control systems
Plasmon-coupled gold nanoparticles useful for thermal history sensing
Researchers have demonstrated that stretching shape-memory polymers embedded with clusters of gold nanoparticles alters their plasmon-coupling, giving rise to desirable optical properties. One potential application for the material is a sensor that relies on optical properties to track an object…
Controlling bubble formation on electrodes
Study finds the wettability of porous electrode surfaces is key to making efficient water-splitting or carbon-capturing systems
Japan-Germany international joint experiment on space optical communication
NICT’s optical ground station successfully received downlink light from DLR’s small satellite-mounted optical terminal (OSIRISv1)
Technology uses ‘single’ approach to develop electronics, acoustics
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A Purdue University innovator has developed a new approach to creating popular thin films used for devices across a broad range of fields, including optics, acoustics and electronics. Epitaxial lithium niobate (LNO) thin films are an…
Mobile app generates data for the energy management of the future
Wind farms and solar plants play a central role in the success of the energy transition and thus in climate protection. However, these renewable energies also cause disruptive fluctuations in the energy grid because they do not always produce energy…
New nanotransistors keep their cool at high voltages
Power converters are the little-known systems that make electricity so magical. They are what allow us to plug in our computers, lamps and televisions and turn them on in a snap. Converters transform the alternating current (AC) that comes out…
Detecting hidden signals
Johns Hopkins APL team finds an easier optimal detection scheme for near-term quantum sensors
Researchers harvest energy from radio waves to power wearable devices
From microwave ovens to Wi-Fi connections, the radio waves that permeate the environment are not just signals of energy consumed but are also sources of energy themselves. An international team of researchers, led by Huanyu “Larry” Cheng, Dorothy Quiggle Career…
Wafer-thin nanopaper changes from firm to soft at the touch of a button
Bioinspired cellulose nanofibrils can be controlled by electricity / Strength and stiffness can be modulated via an electrical switch
New fire-simulating tool could improve in-flight fire safety
Some of the most dangerous fires are the ones you don’t see coming. That goes not only for fires in buildings but for those kilometers off the ground, aboard commercial airliners. Many aircraft have systems to detect fires early on,…
Optical fiber could boost power of superconducting quantum computers
The secret to building superconducting quantum computers with massive processing power may be an ordinary telecommunications technology – optical fiber. Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have measured and controlled a superconducting quantum bit (qubit) using…
Stay on track! Support system to help the visually impaired navigate tactile paving
Scientists develop improved image processing algorithm that can more accurately detect tactile paving in various lighting conditions and environments
World-first aged care monitoring and alert technology unveiled
New smart monitoring system features innovative sensor tech developed by RMIT University
Mussel sensors pave the way for new environmental monitoring tools
Researchers at North Carolina State University have designed and demonstrated a new system that allows them to remotely monitor the behavior of freshwater mussels. The system could be used to alert researchers to the presence of toxic substances in aquatic…
Uncertain energy
Mathematicians and risk analysts are working to help modernize the country’s energy markets
Florida company licenses NASA technology that keeps electronics cool
From shutting down unexpectedly to exploding, electronics can wreak havoc when they overheat. A Florida-based company called Protodromics LLC has licensed a NASA technology that takes advantage of a physical force called electrohydrodynamics (EHD) to pump water or other fluids…
Goodbye large neural probes
Changing electrophysiology methods with an ultrasmall needle technology
Energizing India
India has an ambitious plan for developing more renewable energy; researchers say the country can aim even higher
Focusing on the unhealthy brain to speed drug discovery
University of Houston collaboration with National Institutes of Health delivers toolkit to accelerate process
Expressing some doubts about android faces
Researchers at Osaka University study the expressiveness of android faces using motion capture cameras and identify ways in which they still lack the complexity of real human reactions, which may help guide future robot design
Big breakthrough for ‘massless’ energy storage
Researchers from Chalmers University of Technology have produced a structural battery that performs ten times better than all previous versions. It contains carbon fibre that serves simultaneously as an electrode, conductor, and load-bearing material.
Real “doodles of light” in real-time mark leap for holograms at home
Fast line-based algorithm turns hand-writing into holograms using standard CPUs
Intelligent insect counter opens new opportunities for nature monitoring
Engineers and biologists from Aarhus University have developed an intelligent light trap that can count insects and determine their species as they fly past; this could significantly boost nature monitoring
Unveiling smart buoys for marine environment monitoring!
“Seawater battery-based smart buoys can monitor and collect over 15 different marine data, such as salinity, pH, and water temperature, as well as the location and range of fishing grounds. As it is a promising alternative for safe and scalable…
Solving ‘barren plateaus’ is the key to quantum machine learning
New theorems put quantum machine learning on rigorous footing and identify the key issue that will determine whether it will provide quantum speedup
The 2nd International Conference on Cyber-Physical Systems and Control
The 2nd International Conference on Cyber-Physical Systems and Control (CPS&C’2021) will be held on June 29 – July 2, 2021.
Teamwork makes light shine ever brighter
Combined energy sources return a burst of photons from plasmonic gold nanogaps
Top electronics brands, global organizations launch alliance for circular electronics
Top electronics brands join new alliance to set shared vision for circular economy for electronics; release roadmap, vision on how to accelerate the circular transition
Artificial neuron device could shrink energy use and size of neural network hardware
Training neural networks to perform tasks, such as recognizing images or navigating self-driving cars, could one day require less computing power and hardware thanks to a new artificial neuron device developed by researchers at the University of California San Diego.…
Light it up: uOttawa researchers demonstrate practical metal nanostructures
Researchers at the University of Ottawa have debunked the decade-old myth of metals being useless in photonics – the science and technology of light – with their findings, recently published in Nature Communications, expected to lead to many applications in…
Researchers help keep pace with Moore’s Law by exploring a new material class
University of Virginia School of Engineering and Northwestern University researchers create a new polymer-based electrical insulation for circuits that could help put more power in smaller spaces
https://discovery.kaust.edu.sa/en/article/1098/the-right-ring-count-to-harness-waste-heat
Electronic organic materials offer promise to support alternative and green energy sources to meet escalating global energy demands and strict environmental regulations. A KAUST-led team has now developed electron-transporting, so-called n-type, organic semiconductors that could help generate electricity from waste…
Nanotech scientists create world’s smallest origami bird
ITHACA, N.Y. – If you want to build a fully functional nanosized robot, you need to incorporate a host of capabilities, from complicated electronic circuits and photovoltaics to sensors and antennas. But just as importantly, if you want your robot…
Study finds plants would grow well in solar cell greenhouses
A recent study shows that lettuce can be grown in greenhouses that filter out wavelengths of light used to generate solar power, demonstrating the feasibility of using see-through solar panels in greenhouses to generate electricity. “We were a little surprised…
Inexpensive tin packs a big punch for the future of supercapacitors
A sustainable, powerful micro-supercapacitor may be on the horizon, thanks to an international collaboration of researchers from Penn State and the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China. Until now, the high-capacity, fast-charging energy storage devices have been limited…
A promising breakthrough for a better design of electronic materials
A deeper understanding of molecular vibrations can increase electron velocity in semiconductor materials
How hummingbirds hum
New measurement technique unravels what gives hummingbird wings their characteristic sound
Acoustic graphene plasmons study paves way for optoelectronic applications
The first images of mid-infrared optical waves compressed 1,000 times captured using a highly sensitive scattering-type scanning near-field optical microscope. –
Keeping it cool: New approach to thermal protection in outdoor wearable electronics
Scientists develop a radiative cooler that keeps wearable devices cool even under direct sunlight
Distinguished Lehigh researcher Zakya Kafafi elected to National Academy of Engineering
Kafafi’s ‘contributions to materials technologies for organic optoelectronics’ recognized with one of the highest honors given to engineers in the United States
NYU Tandon professor wins NSF CAREER award for promising young researchers
The National Science Foundation (NSF) selected an NYU Tandon School of Engineering professor who is developing new approaches to training deep learning (DL) artificial intelligence frameworks, to receive its most prestigious award for promising young academics. Anna Choromanska , an…
Dean Sam H. Noh named 2020 ACM fellow
Sam H. Noh, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Dean of the Graduate School of Artificial Intelligence at UNIST, has been elected as a 2020 fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), the world’s largest scientific and educational…
Story tips: Urban climate impacts, materials’ dual approach and healing power
Modeling – Urban climate impacts Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have identified a statistical relationship between the growth of cities and the spread of paved surfaces like roads and sidewalks. These impervious surfaces impede the flow of water into…
Cutting-edge scale-out technology from Toshiba will take Fintech and Logistics to new level
Multi-chip architecture points way to continued increases in performance of Toshiba’s optimization computer; potential to create a game-changing shift in complex financial transactions and robotics
Shedding light on perovskite films
Efficient materials for future solar cells – New model to determine photoluminescence quantum efficiency
Capturing all of light’s data in one snapshot
$7.5 million Department of Defense project to create a ‘super camera’
New approach found for energy-efficient AI applications
Most new achievements in artificial intelligence (AI) require very large neural networks. They consist of hundreds of millions of neurons arranged in several hundred layers, i.e. they have very “deep” network structures. These large, deep neural networks consume a lot…
Scientists stabilize atomically thin boron for practical use
Borophane is stable outside a vacuum, opening possibilities for real-world applications