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Bulletproof vests and other forms of body armor are currently made from a product commercially known as Zylon. It’s a material called polybenzoxazole or PBO and is traditionally made by using polyphosphoric acid (PPA) as both a catalyst for…

Scientists at Lancaster University and the University of Oxford have created a nano-electronic circuit which vibrates without any external force. The teams used a tiny suspended wire that resembled a vibrating guitar string to show how a…

Globally, air conditioning accounts for between 15 and 70% of total primary energy consumption and generates significant amounts of greenhouse gases. Technologies that use radiative cooling to control the temperature of buildings, such…

Aside from all of the other important background noise that makes our cellphones run, there's something called the fast Fourier transform running on it, too. The FFT, as it is known, is a signal-processing algorithm that you use more…

Currently, there is no one set of standards for IoT security. Every manufacturer out there develops its own set of security on its devices and these may or may not work with other devices out there. Back in August, the National Institute…

The elusive promise of superconductivity, first discovered in 1986, raised hopes that electricity might someday be transmitted with no loss for perfectly efficient power lines and maglev trains, long before energy efficiency top of mind.…

Surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) are electromagnetic waves that travel along metal–dielectric or metal–air interfaces. Researchers at Penn State now think these quasi-particles may be the solution to problems caused by shrinking electronic…

The pace at which healthcare data breaches occur is accelerating rapidly. In 2018, 15 million patient records were accessed in 503 breaches. By the halfway point of 2019, more than 25 million patient records had been breached. When…

While artificial intelligence struggles to replicate the marvels of the human brain, robotics also looks to biomimicry for inspiration when trying to solve problems. Mechanical engineers at the University of Virginia School of…

Central Semiconductor introduced its newest family of Schottky bridge rectifiers: CBRDFSH series, available in 1.0A - 2.0A, 40V - 100V options. Devices are packaged in the low profile BR DFN surface mount case and feature highly desirable…

The age-old parable of the tortoise and the hare seems to have implications in the world of signal processing. Certain signal processing tasks, such as precisely selecting frequency channels, require slower data transfer rates. Optical…

With the huge growth in sensor applications, the need for smaller, more environmentally friendly, and robust semiconductors is evident, particularly for wearable devices designed to monitor and treat medical conditions. Semiconductors,…

Qubits, the fundamental components of quantum computers, are sensitive to environmental “noise” from control electronics, heat, and even impurities in the qubit material. Qubits exist in one of two states corresponding to the binary…

As the market for wearable fitness and wellness trackers grows, consumers, healthcare professionals and manufacturers, alike, are seeking even more accurate devices. Today’s non-flexible wearables are limited in their capabilities and their…

Temporary and permanent medical implants for diagnostic, monitoring or therapeutic purposes now include cardiovascular, ophthalmic, surgical, dental, orthopedic,  respiratory, gastrointestinal, urogenital, and drug delivery devices, as well…