MIT Discovers Semiconductor That Can Perform Far Better Than Silicon
Researchers from MIT and elsewhere have found a material that can perform much better than silicon. The next step is finding practical and economic ways…
Researchers from MIT and elsewhere have found a material that can perform much better than silicon. The next step is finding practical and economic ways…
The new AI chip design is stackable and reconfigurable, for swapping out and building on existing sensors and neural network processors. Imagine a more sustainable…
Columbia University chemists and physicists find a link between tunable electronic and magnetic properties in a 2D semiconductor, with potential applications in spintronics, quantum computing,…
Construction of multiple logic circuits using only a single transistor. The National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) and the Tokyo University of Science have succeeded…
Discovery reveals the role of oxygen impurities in semiconductor properties A team of researchers investigating the properties of a semiconductor combined with a new thin…
Polaritons offer the best of two very different worlds. These hybrid particles combine light and molecules of organic material, making them ideal energy transfer vessels…
A novel photolithography technique could be a manufacturing game-changer for optical applications. Technologies that depend on lightweight, high-precision optical systems, like space telescopes, X-ray mirrors,…
A new material created by University of California, Berkeley, researchers could reduce the energy required to control advanced silicon transistors. Computers may be growing smaller…
Many semiconducting materials are possible candidates for solar cells. In recent years, perovskite semiconductors in particular have attracted attention, as they are both inexpensive and…
Researchers from KTH Royal Institute of Technology and Stanford University have fabricated a material for computer components that enable the commercial viability of computers that…
A platform for single-molecule measurement of binding kinetics & enzyme activity. The first molecular electronics chip has been developed, realizing a 50-year-old goal of integrating…
Reasserting U.S. Leadership in Microelectronics MIT researchers lay out a strategy for how universities can help the U.S. regain its place as a semiconductor superpower….
Chromium defects in silicon carbide may provide a new platform for quantum information. Quantum computers may be able to solve science problems that are impossible for…
Undergraduate classes provide hands-on introduction to nanotechnology and nanoengineering at MIT.nano. MIT undergraduates are using labs at MIT.nano to tinker at the nanoscale, exploring spectrometry,…
Invisibility devices may soon no longer be the stuff of science fiction. A new study published in the De Gruyter journal Nanophotonics by lead authors…
Imagine windows that can easily transform into mirrors, or super high-speed computers that run not on electrons but light. These are just some of the…
A large, unconventional anomalous Hall resistance in a new magnetic semiconductor in the absence of large-scale magnetic ordering has been demonstrated by Tokyo Tech materials…
An international team of researchers has used a unique tool inserted into an electron microscope to create a transistor that’s 25,000 times smaller than the…