Topic
electronics
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Wireless power could enable ingestible electronics
Small sensors or drug delivery devices could reside in the GI tract indefinitely.
April 27, 2017 -
Not stuck on silicon
Engineers use graphene as a “copy machine” to produce cheaper semiconductor wafers.
April 19, 2017 -
Researchers “iron out” graphene’s wrinkles
New technique produces highly conductive graphene wafers.
April 3, 2017 -
A faster single-pixel camera
New technique greatly reduces the number of exposures necessary for “lensless imaging.”
March 29, 2017 -
A big leap toward tinier lines
Self-assembly technique could lead to long-awaited, simple method for making smaller microchip patterns.
March 27, 2017 -
Toward printable, sensor-laden “skin” for robots
New 3-D-printed device mimics the goldbug beetle, which changes color when prodded.
March 23, 2017 -
Researchers devise efficient power converter for internet of things
Design reduces converter’s resting power consumption by 50 percent.
February 17, 2017 -
Voice control everywhere
Low-power special-purpose chip could make speech recognition ubiquitous in electronics.
February 13, 2017 -
Secure wireless chargers
New chip would thwart the counterfeiting that plagues the market for wired device chargers.
February 9, 2017 -
Printable electronics
New stamping technique creates functional features at nanoscale dimensions.
December 7, 2016 -
Lincoln Laboratory is honored with the Herschel Award
Infrared digital-pixel focal plane arrays are deemed a groundbreaking technology.
December 2, 2016 -
Inside tiny tubes, water turns solid when it should be boiling
MIT researchers discover astonishing behavior of water confined in carbon nanotubes.
November 28, 2016 -
The science of friction on graphene
Sliding on flexible graphene surfaces has been uncharted territory until now.
November 23, 2016 -
Stretchy optical fibers for implanting in the body
Biocompatible fibers could use light to stimulate cells or sense signs of disease.
October 17, 2016 -
Electron-phonon interactions affect heat dissipation in computer chips
Study shows particle collisions may explain overheated circuits, improve thermoelectric devices.
October 12, 2016 -
How to power up graphene implants without frying cells
New analysis finds way to safely conduct heat from graphene to biological tissues.
September 23, 2016 -
Analog computing returns
New analog compiler could help enable simulation of whole organs and even organisms.
June 20, 2016 -
Physicists predict previously unseen phenomena in exotic materials
Better understanding of topological semimetals could help usher in future electronics.
June 6, 2016 -
Light can “heal” defects in some solar cells
Defects in some new electronic materials can be removed by making ions move under illumination.
May 24, 2016 -
2.007 robots battle it out, revolutionary-style
Motors smoking, robot reenacted Paul Revere’s ride to win competition.
May 6, 2016