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Fast Flowing Heat in Graphene Heterostructures Discovered

Nanoscale head flow has a crucial role in many modern electronic and optoelectronic applications, like thermal management, photodetection, thermoelectrics and data communication. 2D layered materials are starting to confirm their groundbreaking role in many of these applications.

Move Over, Intel: Samsung To Become Top Chip Maker

IC Insights forecasts that Samsung will displace Intel as the number one semiconductor company in the world in its update to the 2017 McClean Report.

Ultra-low Power Biometric Sensors Introduced for Healthcare Wearables

Silicon Labs has introduced a new family of sensors with advanced heart rate monitoring and electrocardiogram capabilities

Two Internet of Things Development Boards Feature Bluetooth Low Energy Technology

ON Semiconductor’s new boards help designers with smart home, smart city, industrial automation and health applications

Researchers find Magnetoelectric Material Can Boost Electronic's Memory

Researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison discover new material can create stronger electronics.

Scientists Make Transparent Materials Absorb Light

A group of physicists from Russia, Sweden and the U.S. have demonstrated a highly unusual optical effect. They managed to “virtually” absorb light using a material that has no light-absorbing capacity.

New Technique Developed to Model Transplantation of the Human Liver

A team of scientists, physicians and engineers from the Center for Engineering in Medicine (CEM) and the Transplant Center of the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) at the Harvard Medical School in Boston, MA have reported the development of a new technology that will enable researchers to better study liver transplantation in a pre-clinical setting.

New Defense Against Hackers is Only a Few Atoms Thick

Researchers at New York University Tandon School of Engineering have introduced a new class of unclonable cybersecurity security primitives made of a low-cost nanomaterial with the highest possible level of structural randomness.

New 3D Printers are 10 Times Faster Than Commercial Counterparts

MIT engineers have developed a new desktop 3D printer that performs up to 10 times faster than existing commercial counterparts. Most common printers may fabricate a few Lego-sized bricks in one hour but the new design can print similarly sized objects in just a few minutes.

Microwave-based Test Method Can Help 3D Chip Designers

Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology have invented a new approach to testing multilayered, 3D computer chips that are now appearing in some of the latest consumer devices.

Researchers Develop Huge Breakthrough in Topological Insulator Based Devices

Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have recently made a significant breakthrough in this field of research.

Major Breakthrough in Quantum Computing, Key Components Developed

A team from the University of Sydney and Microsoft, with Stanford University in the U.S., has miniaturized a component that is essential for the scale-up of quantum computing.

New OPPO Camera Phone Offers More Storage

On Monday, the OPPO F5 6GB phone was available to order in India — just a few weeks after the F5 4GB debuted.

New Discovery Creates Better and Cheaper Transparent Conductors

Researchers at the University of Liverpool have made a discovery that could improve the conductivity of a type of glass coating which is used in items like touch screens, solar cells and energy-efficient windows.

New Animation Method Develops Better Light in Computer Graphics

Computer scientists at Aalto University in Otaniemi, Finland, have developed a new computational method that creates more realistic light in computer graphics.

Facebook Developing Method to Animate Profile Photos Based on Reaction to Posts

Computer scientists at Tel-Aviv University collaborated with researchers at Facebook to develop a new computational technique that makes it possible for users to animate still images in a highly realistic way.

Researchers Developed Faster, Longer-Lasting Batteries

New battery prototype is an “all-solid-state” and has the potential to store more energy while maintaining high safety and reliability levels. Further, the battery is based on sodium, a cheap alternative to lithium.