A superconducting quantum tunnelling capacitor is expected to solve a key problem for large-scale quantum computing. The problem is ensuring that the flow of quantum information is in the right direction. This is also necessary for a conventional computer, wit...

By Rob Coppinger | 07-09-2018

The use of intelligent racks is increasing as the real-time remote monitoring of power supplies and management of data centre infrastructure continues to grow in importance. Data centres are not only expanding in size. They are also becoming ever more complex...

By Nnamdi Anyadike | 06-09-2018

Once limited to research laboratories and supercomputers, sophisticated artificial intelligence (AI) is today becoming a key part of consumer-grade products and services, including smaller, cheaper, lower power devices and IoT products. Admittedly, in some cas...

By Mark Patrick | 04-09-2018

Smart cities need smart technology to improve the lives of its residents and to streamline the whole operation and maintenance of urban infrastructure. And while you can’t necessarily use the same technology everywhere – geographical features, financial challe...

By Stefan Berggren | 03-09-2018

The ending of the UK government’s main renewable energy support scheme in April 2019 might, in most circumstances, be expected to provide a serious blow to the UK’s renewable energy hopes. Except that it could also be just what is needed to provide battery sto...

By Nnamdi Anyadike | 30-08-2018

Hackers could be stopped intercepting transmitted data with a transmitter that changes its frequency with each individual 1 or 0 bit within a data packet. Hackers can intercept data being transmitted and jam signals or corrupt the packets of data sent wireless...

By Rob Coppinger | 29-08-2018

Over recent decades, astounding engineering advances have brought us exciting new products that are ever more powerful, smaller, slimmer and lighter. The hidden price of this progress has been a tendency for full ownership of the relating technology to move ou...

By Mark Patrick | 28-08-2018

A medical implant the size of a grain of rice which is powered by radio waves from outside the body has been successfully tested opening the way to smaller longer lasting devices for treating a wide variety of ailments. Pacemakers and brain implants for Parkin...

By Rob Coppinger | 23-08-2018

The development of GaN (Gallium Nitride)-based electronic devices is allowing for the construction of more compact, lighter and cheaper power converters. And in the coming years, growth in the GaN semiconductor device market is expected to have a major effect...

By Nnamdi Anyadike | 22-08-2018

Solar power usage is on the rise, but remains a small portion of the renewables vertical. In 2015, 23% of all Chinese power was generated with from renewable sources; in Germany, 12.4%. By contrast, the USA managed just 10%, and of all of these, only a small p...

By Christian Cawley | 21-08-2018

Millions of people in this country wont buy an electric car (EVs) and there are two very big reasons why. But that could be about to change, but only for one of them. So what's the problem with electric cars, especially as there are some really good-looking on...

By Paul Whytock | 17-08-2018

Electrodes that are made from supermolecular sponges have given Lithium-ion batteries faster recharge rates and higher energy capacities thanks to the mixing of salt with carbon. The electrodes need a hierarchical three-dimensional structure to deliver the...

By Rob Coppinger | 16-08-2018