Secret to treating ‘Achilles’ heel’ of alternatives to silicon solar panels revealed
A team of researchers from the UK and Japan has found that the tiny defects which limit the efficiency of ...
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New silicon nanowires can really take the heat
Scientists have demonstrated a new material that conducts heat 150% more efficiently than conventional materials used in advanced chip technologies. ...
Researchers use light for thermomagnetic recording on silicon waveguide
WASHINGTON — Researchers have demonstrated, for the first time, light-induced thermomagnetic recording in a magnetic thin-film on silicon waveguides. The ...
In race to build quantum computing hardware, silicon begins to shine
Research conducted by Princeton University physicists is paving the way for the use of silicon-based technologies in quantum computing, especially ...
Ring my string: Building silicon nano-strings
Tightening a string, e.g. when tuning a guitar, makes it vibrate faster. But when strings are nano-sized, increased tension also ...
Scientists achieve key elements for fault-tolerant quantum computation in silicon spin qubits
Researchers from RIKEN and QuTech—a collaboration between TU Delft and the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO)— have achieved ...
Quantum computing in silicon hits 99% accuracy
Australian researchers have proven that near error-free quantum computing is possible, paving the way to build silicon-based quantum devices compatible ...
Groundbreaking research produces record levels of strain in single-crystal silicon, which could lead to phones with smoke detector technology
University of Surrey researchers have developed a single-step procedure to put single-crystal silicon under more strain than has been achieved ...
Atom by atom: new silicon computer chip technique opens up quantum computing construction possibilities
Quantum computers could be constructed cheaply and reliably using a new technique perfected by a University of Melbourne-led team that ...
KTU students’ success in the Silicon Valley competition: Created a transparent protective face mask
A team of students from Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) and start-up Assero have introduced an innovative see-through mask. The ...
Mass production of revolutionary computer memory moves closer with ULTRARAM™ on silicon wafers for the first time
A pioneering type of patented computer memory known as ULTRARAM™ has been demonstrated on silicon wafers in what is a ...
Innovative silicon nanochip can reprogram biological tissue in living body
A silicon device that can change skin tissue into blood vessels and nerve cells has advanced from prototype to standardized ...
Scientists propose novel bilayer structure for crystalline silicon solar cells
Researchers from the Shanghai Advanced Research Institute (SARI) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have proposed a novel "bilayer" structure composing ...
Simple silicon coating solves long-standing optical challenge
Quick bursts of laser light, lasting less than a trillionth of a second, are used in a range of applications ...
Hybrid artificial neural networks and analytical model for prediction of optical constants and bandgap energy of 3D nanonetwork silicon structures
In a new publication from Opto-Electronic Advances; DOI 10.29026/oea.2021.210039, Shreeniket Joshi and Amirkianoosh Kiani from Ontario Tech University, Ontario, Canada discuss ...
Metal-halide perovskite semiconductors can compete with silicon counterparts for solar cells, LEDs
WASHINGTON, October 26, 2021 -- Climate change and its consequences are becoming increasingly obvious, and solar cells that convert the ...
Silicon anodes muscle in on battery technology
RICHLAND, Wash.—Silicon is a staple of the digital revolution, shunting loads of signals on a device that’s likely just inches ...
All-nitride superconducting qubit made on a silicon substrate
Credit: (c) National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, and Nagoya University ...
Groundbreaking technique yields important new details on silicon, subatomic particles and possible ‘fifth force’
Using a groundbreaking new technique at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), an international collaboration led by NIST ...
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Climate change reveals unique artefacts in melting ice patches
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Danish astrophysics student discovers link between global warming and locally unstable weather
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The Cinderella Project: The right to see yourself in the mirror and like what you see
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Long-duration energy storage beats the challenge of week-long wind-power lulls
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Simple, inexpensive diagnostic technology to combat global threat of African Swine Fever
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Tiny robotic crab is smallest-ever remote-controlled walking robot