An 8-inch wafer fabricated at Sandia National Laboratories’ MESA complex for new acousto-optic device technologies. Credit: Craig Fritz/Sandia National Laboratories Once a dominant force in chipmaking, the United States has watched its lead slip to…
Mechanical engineering professor Dan Negrut poses with a space rover used for testing. Credit: Joel Hallberg / UW–Madison Engineers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have pinpointed a surprising flaw in how <span class="glossaryLink" aria-describedby="tt" data-cmtooltip="…
Argon plasma in the vacuum chamber during magnetron sputtering, with the substrate in the center of the photograph. Credit: Empa Scientists have cracked a long-standing challenge in thin-film electronics. We are surrounded by electronic devices…
AI has uncovered promising new materials that could make lithium-ion batteries obsolete and revolutionize energy storage. Credit: Shutterstock AI just helped scientists find five new materials that might outperform lithium in future batteries. These discoveries…
A new titanium alloy from RMIT University could cut costs, boost strength, and transform 3D‑printing technology. Credit: SciTechDaily.com Engineers at RMIT University have developed a new 3D-printed titanium material that costs roughly one-third less than…
A new study shows how sulfate and other salt ions reduce free water to improve the lifespan and performance of aqueous batteries. Credit: Heno Hwang Water was silently sabotaging battery performance until scientists added salt….
A sphere (top) is positioned above a cloudy glass plate (center) so that the light it emits creates a complex pattern on the screen (bottom). The position of the sphere can be determined by analyzing…
Artistic representation of metasurface quantum graphs. Credit: Joshua Mornhinweg Harvard engineers have built a chip-thin metasurface that replaces entire quantum optical setups. New research reveals that metasurfaces can act as powerful building blocks for quantum…
The team’s chip processes information from millions of collisions each second. Credit: ATLAS Experiment © 2025 CERN In one of the most extreme environments on Earth—the Large Hadron Collider—normal electronics fail almost instantly. But engineers…
