A focused laser is used to create thin films of tin dioxide. Credit: © 2020 Nakao et al. A clear semiconductor based on tin could…
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On this illustrated silicon chip (grey), electrical data (white) travels through the Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI) based electro-optical modulators, encoding electrical data into the optical domain…
A look inside the Metal Organic Vapor Phase Epitaxy (MOVPE). This machine was used to grow nanowires with hexagonal silicon-germanium shells. The emission from this…
The nanoscale terahertz wave generator can be implemented on flexible substrates. Credit: EPFL / POWERlab Researchers at EPFL have developed a nanodevice that operates more…
What goes in is not what comes out with a spatio-temporally modulated metasurface reflector. Credit: Los Alamos National Laboratory Electronically controlled 2-D reflector promises improved…
Terahertz waves are pervasive in our daily lives, and if harnessed, their concentrated power could potentially serve as an alternate energy source. Imagine, for instance,…
The ultrathin arrayed camera. Credit: Professor Ki-Hun Jeong, KAIST Ultrathin but fully packaged high-resolution camera. The unique structures of biological vision systems in nature inspired…
Could there be a new kind of light in the universe? Since the late 19th century, scientists have understood that, when heated, all materials emit…
An artist’s impression of how a nanometer-scale electrode is used to locally control the quantum state of a single nucleus inside a silicon chip. Credit:…
The metamaterial printed with the new system consists of a complex three-dimensional lattice structure on the micrometer scale. Credit: Vincent Hahn, KIT KIT scientists develop…
Electron microscopy image of topological photonic crystals in a perforated slab of silicon. The top and bottom crystal structures differ slightly; along the boundary between…
Left to right: Postdoctoral fellows Erkan Aydin (KAUST), Yi Hou (University of Toronto) and Michele De Bastiani (KAUST) are part of an international team that…
Biomedical engineers Bruce Lee and Saleh Akram Bhuiyan test catechol-containing adhesives to make underwater smart glue. Credit: Sarah Bird/Michigan Tech *:nth-child(1)>*:nth-child(6)>*:nth-child(2)>*:nth-child(1)>*:nth-child(1)>*:nth-child(1)>*:nth-child(1)” data-ae_styles=”display;block;position;static;float;none;clear;none;overflow;visible;column-count;auto;column-width;auto;column-span;none;contain;none”>With a small zap…
Filled with computing and networking equipment, data centers are central locations that collect, store and process data. New, comprehensive analysis presents a more nuanced presents…
The next era of computing will depend on controlling light the way we now control electricity, and researchers from Stanford University have developed a trick…
Researchers use a ferroelectric glass electrolyte within an electrochemical cell to create simple self-charging batteries. A new type of battery combines negative capacitance and negative…
These photos are an Infrared image comparison of the heat sinks with and without MIL-101(Cr) coating. Credit: Chenxi Wang Mammals sweat to regulate body temperature,…
A sample of the ultra-thin and ultra-flexible electronic material that could be printed and rolled out like newspaper, for the touchscreens of the future. Credit:…
Claudia Gollner and the laser system at TU Wien. Credit: TU Wien A new, extremely efficient source of terahertz radiation has been developed at TU…
Let there be light — and it was directional: The world’s first electrically powered Yagi-Uda antenna was built at the University of Würzburg’s Department of…