How long it takes for a memory microchip to delete data is to be used to detect fake or failing flash memory with a smartphone app expected next year. The electronics industry f

28-06-2018

Neuromorphic computing, electronic devices that imitate the processes of the human brain for faster, more energy efficient, computation could have come one step closer with the dev

22-06-2018

A honeycomb style wafer of silicon placed over a mobile phone’s or other computing devices’ hot spots could cool 400% better than existing heat sinks. Made of silicon with holes

13-06-2018

Nanoparticles of materials are increasingly used in electronics, from flexible circuits to solar cells. The properties of materials at the extremely small scale are not obvious to

Environment | 06-06-2018

The heat your computer generates could help increase battery life by a fifth with a nanostructured thin film technology that turns that waste warmth into electricity. The thin f

24-05-2018

High-power electronics could work at higher temperatures for longer with water flowing over a heat exchanger’s surface that is designed to repel the liquid, the exact opposite of w

21-05-2018

Iceberg monitoring robot marine vessels that work together to overcome extreme weather and damage are one vision of scientists developing biologically inspired swarming machines.

10-05-2018

Optical computing where circuits are replaced by light beams is a step closer with nanoantennaes that can be tuned to emit and receive particular wavelengths and manufactured witho

02-05-2018

The clothes people wear will one day identify them to retailers as potential loyal shoppers with the help of video camera feeds, machine vision and biometric identification. The de

27-04-2018