New Flexible Cooling Device Could Provide Efficient Cooling for Mobile Electronics
A team of researchers has made the first demonstration of a solid state cooling device based on the electrocaloric effect. This thin flexible device that…
Electronics
Gallium Nitride Electronics Poised to Drastically Cut Energy Usage
Using an exotic material called gallium nitride (GaN), Cambridge Electronics Inc. has announced a line of GaN transistors and power electronic circuits that promise to…
Engineers Use Voltage to Control Magnetic Memory
New research details how a MIT-based team has made important strides in the concept of using an electrical signal to control a magnetic memory. A…
New Nanotechnology Aids in Electron Cooling Without External Sources
Using a nanoscale structure that consisted of a sequential array of a source electrode, a quantum well, a tunneling barrier, a quantum dot, another tunneling…
Brookhaven National Laboratory Scientists Explore Ways to Synchronize Magnetic Spins for Nanoscale Electronic Devices
Brookhaven National Laboratory researchers are working to develop ways to synchronize the magnetic spins in nanoscale devices to build tiny signal-generating or receiving antennas and…
Research Reveals ‘Speed Limit’ for Electrical Switching in Magnetite
New research from the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory reveals for the first time the ‘speed limit’ for electrical switching in magnetite. Menlo Park, California —…
Graphene Provides Cooling for Electronics
A new discovery shows that graphene provides efficient electronics cooling, reducing the working temperature in hotspots inside a processor by up to 25 percent. An…
DARPA Announces the Vanishing Programmable Resources Program
DARPA’s Vanishing Programmable Resources program seeks to develop electronics capable of dissolving into the environment around them when triggered to do so. The sophisticated electronics…
Nanotechnology Dramatically Improves Electronic Device Performance
A new study from researchers at Tyndall National Institute and the National University of Singapore shows that subtle changes in the intermolecular van der Waals…
Liquid Metal Used in Ultra-Stretchable Conducting Wires
Researchers at the North Carolina State University have created conductive wires that are made out of liquid metal, with the ability to stretch eight times…
Dissolvable Electronic Components Could Be Used in Medical Implants
A team of scientists has created flexible electronic components that will dissolve inside the body or in water. These components could be used to make…