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DTU researchers have invented a nanolaser constructed in a semiconductor membrane that causes electrons and light to gather in a small area (blue shadow). By using light instead of electrical signals on microchips, data speed can be increased and energy loss reduced. Illustration: Yi Yu. The invention of a nanolaser is the first step towards future digital communication, where communication on microchips can be based entirely on light particles. Researchers at DTU have develo

Scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of the team’s miniaturized, 3D-printed ion trap. Forty calcium ions are trapped in the space between the four poles that create an oscillating electrical potential. @Xiaoxing Xia/LLNL Researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), the University of California (UC) Berkeley, UC Riverside and UC Santa Barbara have miniaturized quadrupole ion traps for the first time with 3D printing — a breakthrough in one of the most p

@EPFL EPFL researchers have shown theoretically that, in highly ordered materials, heat can flow toward warmer regions without violating the laws of thermodynamics. Their work could help design electronics that minimize heat loss. To understand how heat normally flows, you could study the second law of thermodynamics – or wrap your hands around a hot mug of coffee. Both tell us that heat tends to flow toward cooler regions. As a material’s thermal energy increases, its atoms

Chiral , a Swiss nanotechnology company developing manufacturing solutions for next-generation semiconductors and quantum devices, has closed a €10 million ($12 million) seed funding round to scale its nanomaterial integration technology. Crane Venture Partners led the investment, joined by Quantonation, HCVC, and Founderful, alongside public funding from Innosuisse, Switzerland's innovation agency. The ETH Zurich and Empa spin-off is tackling what CEO Seoho Jung describes as

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company has announced plans to manufacture advanced three-nanometer chips at its second fabrication plant in Kumamoto, Japan, marking a significant upgrade from its original production roadmap for the facility. TSMC CEO C.C. Wei delivered the news to Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi during a Thursday meeting in Tokyo, just days before Japan's general election. The announcement represents a strategic shift for the facility, which will n

Extended Data Fig. 2 Co 3 Sn 2 S 2 helix device fabrication. @ Nature Scientists from the RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science and colleagues have developed a new way to fabricate three-dimensional nanoscale devices from single-crystal materials using a focused ion beam instrument. The group used this new method to carve helical-shaped devices from a topological magnet composed of cobalt, tin, and sulfur, with a chemical formula of Co₃Sn₂S₂, and found that they behave li

Schematic view: In an acidic electrolyte H 2 SO 4 , proton intercalation displaces confined water molecules, protonating the MXene surface, which results in a reduced Titanium oxidation state.  © Energy & Environmental Science / HZB In a neutral electrolyte Li 2 SO 4 the interaction of partially desolvated Li⁺ ions and water with the MXene surface results in an increased Titanium oxidation state. The two different chemical behaviours also change the interlayer spacing of the