Power and Electrical Engineering

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World's fastest transistor approaches goal of terahertz device

Made from indium phosphide and indium gallium arsenide, “the new transistor utilizes a pseudomorphic grading of the base and collector regions,” said Milton…

Mileage from megawatts

If all the cars and light trucks in the nation switched from oil to electrons, idle capacity in the existing electric power system could generate most of the…

World's Fastest Transistor Approaches Goal Of Terahertz Device

With a frequency of 845 gigahertz, their latest device is approximately 300 gigahertz faster than transistors built by other research groups, and approaches…

'Stripes' and superconductivity — Two faces of the same coin?

Previous experiments have shown that in high-temperature superconductors known as cuprates, electrons bind together in pairs. The energy required to pull a…

Beyond silicon: MIT demonstrates new transistor technology

The work will be presented at the IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting Dec. 11-13 by Dae-Hyun Kim. Kim is a postdoctoral associate in the laboratory of…

Engineered yeast speeds ethanol production

Currently used as a fuel additive to improve gasoline combustibility, ethanol is often touted as a potential solution to the growing oil-driven energy crisis….

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