Nanotechnology

China Takes Chips Beyond Silicon — 32-Bit RISC-V Processor Built on Atomic-Thin Semiconductor

This week, Chinese scientists published a paper in Nature reporting that they have gone beyond silicon in chip manufacturing. A…

4 weeks ago

The world’s smallest pacemaker has been created in the US – it gets its nutrition directly from the body and dissolves over time

Scientists from Northwestern University in the United States have presented the world's smallest pacemaker — its size is comparable to…

4 weeks ago
The Chinese have made the world’s fastest transistor without silicon and sanctioned lithographsThe Chinese have made the world’s fastest transistor without silicon and sanctioned lithographs

The Chinese have made the world’s fastest transistor without silicon and sanctioned lithographs

A team of researchers at Peking University claims to have overcome technological limitations in boosting chip performance with relatively simple…

2 months ago
Imec to Receive ASML’s Best Tools for Sub-2nm Process DevelopmentImec to Receive ASML’s Best Tools for Sub-2nm Process Development

Imec to Receive ASML’s Best Tools for Sub-2nm Process Development

The Belgian research center Imec and ASML recently signed a five-year agreement, under which the Dutch lithography equipment manufacturer will…

2 months ago
‘This is the Holy Grail of Quantum Computing’ – D-Wave Achieves Quantum Supremacy‘This is the Holy Grail of Quantum Computing’ – D-Wave Achieves Quantum Supremacy

‘This is the Holy Grail of Quantum Computing’ – D-Wave Achieves Quantum Supremacy

D-Wave has joined the ranks of quantum computer developers who have claimed to have achieved so-called “quantum supremacy,” a term…

2 months ago
The world’s first EUV-based DDR5 memory has only a little bit of EUV and a lot of old manufacturing methodsThe world’s first EUV-based DDR5 memory has only a little bit of EUV and a lot of old manufacturing methods

The world’s first EUV-based DDR5 memory has only a little bit of EUV and a lot of old manufacturing methods

South Korean sources report that Micron has no plans to expand the use of EUV scanners in memory production in…

2 months ago
Chinese Scientists Invent Molecular Hard Drive With Multi-Level RecordingChinese Scientists Invent Molecular Hard Drive With Multi-Level Recording

Chinese Scientists Invent Molecular Hard Drive With Multi-Level Recording

A group of Chinese scientists published an article in the journal Nature titled “Molecular logic of hard drives for encrypted…

2 months ago
Laser beam turned into superfluid solid for the first timeLaser beam turned into superfluid solid for the first time

Laser beam turned into superfluid solid for the first time

Scientists have conducted an interesting experiment to obtain a new phase of matter — a superfluid solid. But the most…

2 months ago
Scientists have created the memory of tomorrow – on magnetic vortices with imitation of brain synapsesScientists have created the memory of tomorrow – on magnetic vortices with imitation of brain synapses

Scientists have created the memory of tomorrow – on magnetic vortices with imitation of brain synapses

The exponential growth of information flow and advances in neural networks and artificial intelligence require new and unusual memory, as…

2 months ago
The Chinese have learned to synthesize irregular diamonds – they are 50% harder than natural onesThe Chinese have learned to synthesize irregular diamonds – they are 50% harder than natural ones

The Chinese have learned to synthesize irregular diamonds – they are 50% harder than natural ones

Natural diamond has enormous hardness, which allows it to find many practical applications in industry and science. In addition, due…

2 months ago