By tweaking materials, scientists create transistors that remember

Graduate student Riley Bond and Professor Howard Katz added voltage to the transistor and observed its ability to retain a charge. Credit: Johns Hopkins University A team of Johns Hopkins…

Engineers develop device that merges sensing and computing functions for reconfigurable computing platform

Reconfigurable memristor-based in-sensor processing hardware supporting multiple types of visual encoding methods, algorithms, and architectures. Credit: Dang et al. In recent years, engineers have been trying to create hardware systems…

Enhancing mechanical and thermoelectric performance of alloy for chip-scale refrigeration

Super-adhesive patches can adapt to different motions for enhanced skin interaction

US finalizes up to $6.6 bn funding for chip giant TSMC

The first of TSMC’s three new facilities in Arizona is set to fully open by early-2025, according to President Joe Biden. The United States will award Taiwanese chip giant TSMC…

LEDs based on transition metal dichalcogenides display reduced efficiency losses

Creating compact near-sensor computing chips via 3D integration of 2D materials

Characterization of 2D materials and fabrication process flow for M3D integration. a, Optical image of a 2-inch sapphire wafer with MOCVD-grown MoS2. Scale bar, 2.5 cm (1 inch) b, The corresponding Raman…

What do people think about smartglasses? New research reveals a complicated picture

Credit: Vika Glitter from Pexels Smartglasses, a type of wearable device, have evolved rapidly since the pioneering yet ill-fated Google Glass received social backlash in 2013. Early adopters were nicknamed…

First practical application of viscous electron flow realizes terahertz photoconductivity in graphene

Repurposed RFID tags allow for battery-free sensing and tracking

Credit: Hana Tobias, Qualcomm Institute at UC San Diego Data is power. According to Dinesh Bharadia, an associate professor at UC San Diego in the Department of Electrical and Computer…