Collaborate Disseminate
With the potential to hold many times more energy than the graphite it would replace, silicon is an enticing proposition for scientists working on next-generation lithium batteries. The trouble is that the silicon doesn’t stand up so well to the stress… Continue reading “Dead zone” discovery could bring high-density silicon batteries to life
Quantum computers could one day outperform traditional machines at many types of tasks, but hurdles remain. Now, physicists in Japan have successfully entangled groups of three silicon quantum dots for the first time, in a breakthrough that could help … Continue reading Triple entanglement in silicon marks major quantum computer breakthrough
Atomic force microscopy, laser ablation, and etching with a witches brew of toxic chemicals: sounds like [Zachary Tong] has been playing in the lab again, and this time he found …read more Continue reading Getting a Fly’s-Eye View with Microfabricated Lens Arrays
As revolutionary as they could be, quantum computers still have a few kinks to iron out, such as controlling more than a few dozen qubits at once. Now, researchers at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) have found a way to control potentially mill… Continue reading Crystal prism provides better control to quantum computer chips
It’s a problem that few of us will likely ever face: once you’ve built your first homemade integrated circuit, what do you do next? If you’re [Sam Zeloof], the answer …read more Continue reading Garage Semiconductor Fab Gets Reactive-Ion Etching Upgrade
They don’t call this the Silicon Age for nothing – the element is vital to all of the electronics that our modern world is built on. Now, research led by the Carnegie Institution for Science has developed a way to create a new form of silicon with a un… Continue reading Scientists create strange new form of silicon
Scientists have discovered a strange new form of crystal that was forged in the world’s first nuclear weapons test. Known as a “quasicrystal,” the curious creation is made out of desert sand and copper wiring arranged in an extremely rare atomic struct… Continue reading Nuclear tests forged “impossible” crystals out of sand and copper wiring
Join us on Wednesday, March 10 at noon Pacific for the Decapping Components Hack Chat with John McMaster!
We treat them like black boxes, which they oftentimes are, but what lies beneath the inscrutable packages of electronic components is another …read more
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Silicon has long been the gold standard for solar cells, but it’s beginning to reach its limit. Perovskite is emerging as a promising partner, and now engineers have achieved a new efficiency record closing in on 30 percent for this kind of tandem sola… Continue reading New silicon/perovskite solar cell world record nears 30% efficiency
Everybody loves solar power, right? It’s nice, clean, renewable energy that’s available pretty much everywhere the sun shines. If only the panels weren’t so expensive. Even better, solar is now the cheapest form of electricity for companies to build, according to the International Energy Agency. But solar isn’t all apples …read more