Scientists have developed black glasses grafted with silicon microparticles as negative electrode material to improve lithium-ion battery performance. [ + ]

Researchers have developed a process to improve organic solar cell electrical conductivity by 20 times and photoelectric conversion efficiency by 10% at room temperature. [ + ]

Scientists turned old solar panels into a high-performance, energy-harvesting thermoelectric material that harvests heat and converts it into electricity. [ + ]

The tiny, transparent and flexible material could be used as a novel dielectric (insulator) component in transistors, which would enable these devices to shrink in size. [ + ]

Brushless motors are useful for computer equipment that requires safe, uninterrupted operation for long periods. [ + ]

Scientists have reported the design of a silicon-based non-volatile switch that would greatly reduce the energy needs of data centres. [ + ]

The chip-scale optical interconnect can transmit about 400 GB of data per second — the equivalent of about 100,000 streaming movies. [ + ]

Australian researchers have found a way to create an advanced photonic integrated circuit that builds bridges between so-called data superhighways. [ + ]

Voltage converter, voltage divider, linear stabiliser — which one should you choose? [ + ]

The breakthrough enables the mechanical and electronic systems needed to operate a robot to be manufactured all at once. [ + ]

FPGAs require a different design capture, implementation and verification approach than traditional processors due to the truly parallel nature of programmable logic. [ + ]

Dual-ion batteries are emerging as one of the promising technologies for sustainable energy storage and have low costs. [ + ]

Scientists have identified machine learning techniques that could help automate RHEED data analysis, accelerating semiconductor research in the process. [ + ]

Engineers developed the artificial skin with a processing system based on synaptic transistors, which mimics the brain's neural pathways in order to learn. [ + ]

Researchers introduced a novel method to control a light beam with another beam through a unique plasmonic metasurface in a linear medium at ultralow power. [ + ]