Digital Technology Revolutionizes Agriculture
icreekside At the first solar term of the year Lichun, or Beginning of Spring, a farmer is ploughing via machinery in Hengyang, central China's Hunan province. (PHOTO: XINHUA) Agricultural activities have…
Sericulture’s Ancient Beginnings
A feeder camps cocoons with square clusters in a large silkworm farming base in Xinwei Town, Meng Shan County, Guangxi Province, Dec. 24, 2022. (PHOTO:VCG) China is the first country in the world…
Don’t Ignore the Need for Small, Low-Capacity Batteries
Much of the current media attention on batteries, as well as significant R&D efforts and commercial investments, is focused on high-capacity, power-dense rechargeable (secondary) batteries. Such views make sense, of…
Beyond lithium: a promising cathode material for magnesium rechargeable batteries
Magnesium is a promising candidate as an energy carrier for next-generation batteries. However, if magnesium batteries are to replace lithium-ion batteries, cycle performance and capacity need to be improved. To…
Superconductivity switched on and off in ‘magic-angle’ graphene
A quick electrical pulse completely flips the electronic properties of a material, opening the way to ultrafast, brain-inspired superconducting electronics. Physicists have discovered a new way to switch superconductivity on…
How to Charge Your Battery Quickly and Safely
Any hobbyist can charge a battery quickly, but can you charge it without exploding, overheating, or a significant drop in battery cycle life? A number of companies already manage fast…
Powering Swallowable Sensors for Smarter Healthcare
The future of ingestible sensors could be a hybrid of silicon-based circuits and biodegradable materials, with batteries made of nutrients and run on gastric juices. At least, that's the vision…
New microscope developed for designing better, high-performance batteries
Lithium-ion batteries have changed everyday life -- nearly everyone owns a smartphone, we see more electric cars on the road, and they keep generators running in emergencies. As more and…
Novel design helps develop powerful microbatteries
Translating the electrochemical performance of large batteries into tiny power sources has been a long-standing technical challenge, limiting the ability of batteries to power tiny devices, microrobots, and implantable medical…
Navitas’ Design Journey in GaN Semiconductors
Navitas Semiconductor, a major supplier of gallium nitride (GaN) power devices, showcased its latest products at CES 2023 in Las Vegas. These GaN-based devices range from 20-W mobile phone chargers…