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Squishy, metal-free magnets to power robots and guide medical implants

“”Soft robots,” medical devices and implants, and next-generation drug delivery methods could soon be guided with magnetism — thanks to a metal-free magnetic gel developed by researchers at the University of Michigan and the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in …

STMicroelectronics reveals automotive-grade inertial modules for cost-effective functional-safety applications up to ASIL B - ST News

“Deliver high accuracy and reliability in vehicle navigation, body electronics, and automated driving systems STMicroelectronics has introduced the ASM330LHBG1 automotive 3-axis accelerometer and 3-axis gyroscope module with a safety-software library that enables a cost-effective solution for functional-safety applications. The ASM330LHBG1 …

STMicroelectronics reveals monolithic automotive synchronous buck converters for light-load, low-noise, and isolated applications

“Save space and ease integration in car body electronics, audio systems, and inverter gate drivers STMicroelectronics has introduced new automotive-qualified step-down synchronous DC/DC converters that save space and ease integration in applications including body electronics, audio systems, and inverter …

Toshiba Completes New 300-Millimeter Wafer Fabrication Facility for Power Semiconductors

“Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation (“Toshiba”) today held a ceremony to mark the completion of a new 300-millimeter wafer fabrication facility for power semiconductors and an office building at Kaga Toshiba Electronics Corporation in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan, one of Toshiba …

Towards the quantum of sound

“The quantum ground state of an acoustic wave of a certain frequency can be reached by completely cooling the system. In this way, the number of quantum particles, the so-called acoustic phonons, which cause disturbance to quantum measurements, can be …

TU Graz Researchers Optimize 3D Printing of Optically Active Nanostructures

“The shape, size and optical properties of 3-dimensional nanostructures can now be simulated in advance before they are produced directly with high precision on a wide variety of surfaces. Nanoprobes or optical tweezers with sizes in the nanometre range are …

Turning glass into a ‘transparent’ light-energy harvester

“EPFL physicists propose a novel way to create photoconductive circuits, where the circuit is directly patterned onto a glass surface with femtosecond laser light. The new technology may one day be useful for harvesting energy, while remaining transparent to light …

Two atoms playing ping-pong

“A team at TU Wien has developed a “quantum ping-pong”: Using a special lens, two atoms can be made to bounce a single photon back and forth with high precision. Atoms can absorb and reemit light - this is an everyday …

UC Irvine-led research team discovers new property of light

“Photon momentum discovery unlocks novel, silicon-based optoelectronic capabilities A research team headed by chemists at the University of California, Irvine has discovered a previously unknown way in which light interacts with matter, a finding that could lead to improved solar …

UCLA Engineers Develop Terahertz Imaging System Capable of Capturing Real-Time, 3D Multi-Spectral Images for the First Time

“Terahertz waves can penetrate opaque materials and provide unique spectral signatures of various chemicals, but their adoption for real-world applications has been limited by the slow speed, large size, high cost and complexity of terahertz imaging systems. The problem arises …