Cardiff University researchers from the Institute for Compound Semiconductors (ICS) worked with collaborators to innovate an ultrafast and highly sensitive ‘avalanche photodiode’ (APD) that creates less electronic ‘noise’ than its silicon rivals. APDs are highly sensitive semiconductor devices that exploit the ‘photoelectric effect’ – when light hits a material – to convert light to electricity. Faster, ...

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A team of researchers from Russia, Germany, and France featuring materials scientists from the Moscow Institute of Science and Technology (pictured) has investigated how the electrical properties of dihexyl-quaterthiophene thin films depend on their structure. This material is an organic semiconductor with prospects for flexible electronics. It turned out that once the thin films undergo ...

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Farnell  has expanded its embedded systems product offering with the addition of the Renesas range. Renesas provides a range of embedded solutions: MCU, analogue, mixed-signal, power ICs, SoCs for the automotive, industrial, cloud computing and IoT markets. Farnell will stock over 1,500 products from Renesas, with 30% available for re-reeling.  

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Nissan and Scottish ice-cream vendor Mackie’s have created a zero-emission ice cream van. Based on Nissan’s e-NV200 electric van, it comes with a soft-serve machine, freezer drawer and drinks fridge. Ice cream is served from a side-hatch. Payment is by contactless bank card and smartphone via a ‘tap-and-pay’ panel mounted on the side. The van ...

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Researchers at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology. (MIPT) have investigated how the electrical properties of dihexyl-quaterthiophene thin films depend on their structure. This material is an organic semiconductor with prospects for flexible electronics. It turned out that once the thin films undergo a transition from the crystal to the liquid-crystal state, they lose some of ...

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Last Friday,  IET Venues celebrated  #LGBTSTEMDay for diversity in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics). This international day recognises the global challenges LGBTQ+ scientists and engineers face, from discrimination in their own institution or country, and IET Venues are proud to support them to conduct their research safely and successfully whether domestically or abroad. IET ...

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DigiTrans is a spin-off  from the University of Antwerp and imec which handles data for transportation systems. The transport sector struggles with rigid systems, often specialized in a single task, that require a lot of manual handling, human interactions and multiple checking. Digitrans is a uniform middleware product that connects to any data source or ...

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