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Documentation Academy Aims to Empower Open Source Newcomers
From ACM Careers Canonical's Open Documentation Academy aims to help newcomers participate in the open source community, offering mentorship and… BNN | February 28, 2024
NIST Researchers Tap Ambient Lighting to Recharge Indoor Devices
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NIST Researchers Tap Ambient Lighting to Recharge Indoor Devices

Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology are looking to ambient lighting as a potential source of generating small amounts of power for... American Institute of Physics
From ACM Careers | August 5, 2021
Reinventing the Computer With Brain-Inspired Neuromorphic Computing
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Reinventing the Computer With Brain-Inspired Neuromorphic Computing

Brain-inspired neuromorphic computing paves the way forward with new directions in computing hardware, algorithms, architectures, and materials. American Institute of Physics
From ACM Careers | January 15, 2020
Using Light to Speed Up Computation
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Using Light to Speed Up Computation

A new type of photonic integrated circuit called a PAXEL, for photonic accelerator, shows promise for high-speed, energy-efficient computing. American Institute of Physics
From ACM Careers | September 24, 2019
Brain-Inspired Architecture Could Improve How Computers Handle Data and Advance AI
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Brain-Inspired Architecture Could Improve How Computers Handle Data and Advance AI

IBM researchers designed a new computer architecture with co-located memory and processing. In studies, their prototype ran 200 times faster than conventional computers... American Institute of Physics
From ACM Careers | October 4, 2018
Building Nanomaterials for Next-Generation Computing
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Building Nanomaterials for Next-Generation Computing

Nanoscientists at Northwestern University have developed a blueprint to fabricate new heterostructures using 2-D materials. American Institute of Physics
From ACM Careers | May 30, 2018
Engaging Diamond For Next-Era Transistors
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Engaging Diamond For Next-Era Transistors

Materials scientists have developed a new diamond transistor fabrication process that promises to advance the development of more robust and energy-efficient electronics... American Institute of Physics
From ACM Careers | May 16, 2017
Light Has New Capacity For Electronics
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Light Has New Capacity For Electronics

Researchers have demonstrated a photo-dielectric effect that is not due to photo-conduction, a finding expected to contribute to the development of photo-capacitors... American Institute of Physics
From ACM Careers | April 27, 2017
Putting a Spin on Logic Gates
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Putting a Spin on Logic Gates

How do you build a logic gate for devices too small for classical physics? A research collaboration in Germany used vibrations in a magnetic material's collective... American Institute of Physics
From ACM Careers | April 10, 2017
Jumping Droplets Extinguish ­npredictable Hotspots in Electronics
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Jumping Droplets Extinguish ­npredictable Hotspots in Electronics

A "jumping droplet" technique developed by Duke University researchers passively cools dynamic hotspots with effective thermal transport in all directions. American Institute of Physics
From ACM Careers | April 5, 2017
Spintronic Technology Advances with Newly Designed Magnetic Tunnel Junctions
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Spintronic Technology Advances with Newly Designed Magnetic Tunnel Junctions

A Japanese team of researchers has succeeded in applying MgGa2O4 as an alternative to more conventional tunnel barrier materials, demonstrating that magnetic tunnel... American Institute of Physics
From ACM Careers | March 22, 2017
Tuning Materials and Devices to Adapt to Their Environment
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Tuning Materials and Devices to Adapt to Their Environment

Researchers at UCSB are trying to leverage advanced and scalable materials deposition techniques to create tunable, high-frequency integrated circuits and devices... American Institute of Physics
From ACM Careers | September 13, 2016
Swapping Substrates Improves Edges of Graphene Nanoribbons
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Swapping Substrates Improves Edges of Graphene Nanoribbons

A team of researchers from China and Japan have devised a way to make monolayer graphene nanoribbons with zigzag edges in the lab. American Institute of Physics
From ACM Careers | August 1, 2016
Diamonds Closer to Becoming Ideal Semiconductors
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Diamonds Closer to Becoming Ideal Semiconductors

Researchers have found a new way to dope single crystals of diamonds, a crucial process for building semiconductors and possibly more efficient electronic devices... American Institute of Physics
From ACM Careers | May 24, 2016
Researchers Introduce Disposable Laser
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Researchers Introduce Disposable Laser

Researchers from France and Hungary have invented a way to print lasers that's so cheap, easy, and efficient they believe the core of the laser could be disposed... American Institute of Physics
From ACM Careers | May 4, 2016
Cooling Chips With the Flip of a Switch
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Cooling Chips With the Flip of a Switch

Researchers at Penn State have created a dielectric material that can hold absorbed heat even after the external electric field has been switched off. American Institute of Physics
From ACM Careers | April 6, 2016
Printing Nanomaterials with Plasma
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Printing Nanomaterials with Plasma

Researchers have developed a new method that uses plasma to print nanomaterials onto a 3-D object or flexible surface, such as paper or cloth. American Institute of Physics
From ACM Careers | March 23, 2016
Warming Up Optoelectronic Research
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Warming Up Optoelectronic Research

A team of physicists has created a new material that can control excitons — bound pairs of electrons and electron holes — at room temperature, opening a path toward... American Institute of Physics
From ACM Careers | March 8, 2016
Nanodevice, Build Thyself
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Nanodevice, Build Thyself

Researcher into the electronic interactions of molecules could yield information that may one day be harnessed to make molecular building blocks self-assemble into... American Institute of Physics
From ACM Careers | January 15, 2016
Double the (quantum) Fun
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Double the (quantum) Fun

A detailed analysis of the electrical characteristics of a tiny transistor made from two quantum dots could help researchers design better devices to manipulate... American Institute of Physics
From ACM Careers | October 6, 2015
Communicating with Hypersonic Vehicles in Flight
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Communicating with Hypersonic Vehicles in Flight

Researchers propose a potential new way to maintain communication with re-entering spacecraft and other vehicles by matching resonance of the communication antenna... American Institute of Physics
From ACM Careers | June 17, 2015
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