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MoS2 Radio Survives Nine Months in Orbit: What It Shows
A 2026 orbital MoS2 radio experiment ran for nine months. Its measured error rate supports a promising result, with mission qualification still ahead.
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Chips, memory and the supply chains that decide what computing can do next.
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Intel Glass Core Substrate: Why It’s Not Shipping
Intel's glass core substrate is not in Clearwater Forest, which uses organic substrate and EMIB. What ECTC 2026 showed, and why glass is years…
3D Chip Stacking’s Thermal Limit Splits Cache From Cores
3D chip stacking's thermal limit lets cache stack almost free, but logic-on-logic still cooks itself — a split that won't close for years.
Optoelectronics for High Energy Experiments: Evolution and Emerging Capabilities
Over 30 years of applying optoelectronic links in high energy physics experiments reveal key lessons. Discover which one.
The Future of Particle Detection: Diamond Pixel Sensors
Discover how Diamond Sensor are changing the world of high energy physics forever
Improving Spatial Resolution in Silicon Particle Detectors: How Physicists Do It
An overview on spatial resolution and on the capability to reconstruct the crossing point of a particle in silicon sensor
Performance Of The Epitaxial Layer In CMOS Devices
The epitaxial layer in a CMOS sensor is grown, not implanted, and its thickness and doping set the pixel's quantum efficiency and dark current.
The Evolution of Silicon Pixel: How Tiny Chips Transformed Particle Physics
Silicon pixel sensors revolutionized particle detection with microscopic tracking precision, enabling huge physics discoveries.
Czochralski vs Float Zone: Which Silicon Process Wins?
Czochralski vs Float Zone silicon growth compared — how each works, their strengths and limits, and which to choose for your application.
How Radiation Damage Degrades Silicon Detectors (And How Physicists Fight It)
The impact of radiation on silicon's sensors from leaky currents to doping fluctuations
The Promising Future of Spintronics: A New Frontier for Electronics
Spintronics uses an electron's spin, not just its charge, for logic and memory -- the physical effects, the devices built so far, and what's…
Graphene vs. Silicon: Exploring the Future of Materials and Technology
Graphene, a revolutionary wonder material with remarkable properties. Explore its limitless applications in technology and industry.
Charge Carriers 101: Understanding How Electricity Flows in Semiconductors
How electrons and holes are created in a semiconductor: energy bands, the band gap, and the energy it takes to free a charge carrier,…
CMOS Active Pixel Sensors (APS). Everything you need to know
What a CMOS active pixel sensor is, how each pixel amplifies its own charge, and why it replaced the passive-pixel design in almost every…
Optical Computing: Could Light Replace Electricity in Your Next Computer?
Optical computing has gained renewed interest due to its potential speed and energy-efficiency advantages over electronics. Check how this is possible.