Key Takeaways: Sensor waste is a mounting issue in the IoT era, with billions of short-lived devices contributing to global e-waste. Researchers at the University of Münster have developed a fully inkjet-printable humidity sensor m...

Insights | By Robin Mitchell | 20-06-2025

Key Takeaways: Imec has achieved record RF performance with a GaN-on-Si E-mode transistor, reaching 27.8dBm output power and 66% PAE at 13GHz. The device uses an 8-finger gate layout and InAlN barrier laye...

In The News | By Matthew Walker | 19-06-2025

Key Takeaways: Rice University researchers have developed reconfigurable carbon nanotube transistors capable of switching between p-type and n-type behaviours. These polarity-configurable thin-film transistors (PC-TFTs) enable flex...

Insights | By Robin Mitchell | 19-06-2025

Laser Weapons will depend heavily on Silicon Carbide (SiC) Semiconductors. Key Takeaways about SiC Power Modules: The New Backbone of Military Electrification: Modern power converters based on wide bandgap semiconductors offer many advanta...

Insights | By Gary Elinoff | 18-06-2025

While smartphones, laptops, and smart appliances have transformed modern life, their rapid turnover and complex construction have created a mounting environmental concern: electronic waste. Despite widespread awareness, most e-waste still ends up in landfills...

Insights | By Robin Mitchell | 18-06-2025

Key Takeaways: China’s RISC‑V adoption is no longer grassroots — it’s now national policy, with all domestic IoT chips mandated to adopt the ISA by 2027. Open source is China’s strategic workaround to Western sanctions, allowing ra...

Insights | By Robin Mitchell | 17-06-2025

Key Takeaways: A new low-temperature technique using PFBT has been developed to repair sulphur vacancies in molybdenum disulfide (MoS₂), a key material for next-generation semiconductors. The method restores the atomic structure of...

Insights | By Robin Mitchell | 17-06-2025

Key Takeaways: Researchers tattooed living tardigrades using ice lithography — a biocompatible nanofabrication process demonstrating unprecedented precision at the microscale. This technique may enable next-gen biodevices — potenti...

Insights | By Robin Mitchell | 17-06-2025

Key Takeaways: AI memory bottlenecks are slowing the progress of large-scale models, with current GPU limitations at the centre of the problem. Standard memory technologies like DDR4/5 can’t deliver the bandwidth AI workloads deman...

Insights | By Robin Mitchell | 13-06-2025

Key Takeaways about Space-Grade GaN: Enabling the Next Generation of Defence Satellite: Gallium Nitride (GaN) is a type of wide bandgap semiconductor, alongside of SiC   The technology has inherently good resistance to radiation, w...

Insights | By Gary Elinoff | 13-06-2025

Key Takeaways: Waste-derived TENGs use common bathroom waste materials like towels and scrubbers to generate electricity from everyday movements. Energy output of up to 34.5 μW demonstrates practical use in low-power applications l...

Insights | By Robin Mitchell | 12-06-2025

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By Matthew Walker | 11-06-2025