New material is based on iron and gallium, avoiding the need for expensive and scarce rare-earth elements
Read article: Ultra-magnetostrictive material shows promise for beyond-CMOS technologies
Material with good heat conductivity and an ultralow dielectric constant might keep tiny computer chips cool
Read article: Polymer-based insulator could help maintain Moore’s law
New technique might help in the development of a quantum internet
Read article: Qubit needle detected in a haystack of nuclear spins
New perovskite/silicon devices show a photovoltaic conversion efficiency of nearly 30%
Read article: Tandem solar cells break new record
Tiny pieces of diamond can be stretched to change their electronic properties
Read article: Elastic diamond could be used to make LEDs and lasers
James McKenzie looks at the power of incremental improvement and the commercial success of magnetic‑recording technology
Read article: Hot time for hard disks: why magnetic-recording technology is still going strong
Light-emitting diode does not suffer from efficiency droop and lases at high current densities thanks to a new fin-shaped design
Read article: Nanoscale LED shines brighter
Device manufactured using near-field nanolithography is the first functional hard drive made from silk proteins
Read article: Silk hard drive stores optical data
Device mimics insect’s “lobula giant movement detector” neuron
Read article: Swarming locusts inspire new collision detector
Explore the latest technology white papers from physics-based industry in instrumentation and measurement, and semiconductors
Read article: White papers: WITec, Ocean Insight and Photonic Science & Engineering
