Tag: information technology

Schematic representation of remote epitaxy through thick AC. Credit: Nature (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-025-09484-z A team led by researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) has made a breakthrough in semiconductor development that could change the way we produce computer chips, optoelectronics and quantum computing devices. The team, which also includes researchers from the National High Magnetic […]

By Tomasa Rizzotti

November 11, 2025November 11, 2025

Three-dimensional illustration of the overall microfluidic structure. The flow path is marked with the blue and red colors indicating low and high fluid temperatures respectively. Credit: Wu et al. (Physics Electronics, 2025). As electronic devices become more powerful and compact, they can generate denser heat flows, or in other words, produce more heat in a […]

By Tomasa Rizzotti

October 26, 2025October 26, 2025

Palladium plug membrane at the end of the membrane manufacturing process (left). Stopped green lines sketch the membrane. Scanning -electron microscopy image of the membrane shows the palladium plugs embedded in the pores of the silica support (right). Credit: Courtesy of the Researchers, published by MIT News Palladium is one of the keys to start […]

By Tomasa Rizzotti

October 1, 2025October 1, 2025

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain On September 29, the Trump administration announced a series of actions intended to stimulate coal extraction and generating electricity, the latest step in a government-wide effort to reverse the decline of the fuel. The announcements of the EPA, energy and interior departments are intended to strengthen the domestic coal industry in […]

By Tomasa Rizzotti

September 30, 2025September 30, 2025

Credit: Steve Johnson van Pexels By combining microwave technology with chemical treatment, Felicia Syrén has investigated how renewable materials such as jute and paper yarn can get new properties – and therefore new applications within the textile industry. In her PhD thesis, Syrén investigated how Jute can be changed by microwave treatment and impregnation with […]

By Tomasa Rizzotti

September 29, 2025September 29, 2025

Luka de Robot. Credit: Dr. Zhao Zhao / University of Guelph Published in an article in Frontiers in Robotics and AIDr. Zhao Zhao and her colleagues have investigated the long -term lifetime of a social robot that was given to 20 families in 2021 to see if it could help their children read. Four years […]

By Tomasa Rizzotti

August 8, 2025August 8, 2025

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain When it comes to cyber security, people are often seen as the weakest link, but new research suggests that people with a little help can do surprisingly effective work when identifying malware. In a first-in-in-specs study, researchers from the Cheriton School of Computer Science of the University of Waterloo worked together […]

By Tomasa Rizzotti

August 5, 2025August 5, 2025