Research

Jaxa is teaming with a Japanese company, iQPS, for on-orbit demonstrations that will estimate satellite orbital positions in real-time to centimeter-level accuracy. The Japanese space agency, has announced the joint research agreement as part of its Small Technology Innovation Satellite Research and Development Program. It will be partnering with iQPS (Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space) to enable a high-performance ...

The University of Leicester is celebrating its progress towards developing a usable space battery employing radioisotope power technologies. Specifically, it highlights that its Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator (RTG) has successfully completed its extreme vibration test campaign, proving the resilience that would be required for a rocket launch. Space battery The Space Nuclear Power group – a team at the University of ...

The U.S. Department of Commerce is to put up $1.6 billion to fund R&D to accelerate domestic capacity for semiconductor advanced packaging. The programme will focus on five areas: Equipment, tools, processes, and process integration; Power delivery and thermal management; Connector technology, including photonics and radio frequency (RF); Chiplets ecosystem; Co-design/EDA. Several awards of approximately $150 million per award in ...

Subtle electrolyte changes can maintain power density in electric aviation batteries, according to the University of Michigan. While extended capacity retention is key for vehicle traction batteries, electric aviation demands power density retention from its batteries. “Both takeoff and landing require high power, and landing is more challenging because you’re not fully charged,” said Michigan engineering professor Venkat Viswanathan. “To ...

Researchers in Oxford have demonstrated a chip-scale trapped-ion quantum logic IC that works with all-electrical drive and a magnetic field. Because it avoids the need for per-qubit lasers, it is more easily scaled to many qubits, according to Oxford Ionics, the company behind it, which is working with the Universities of Oxford and Oregon. Oxford Ionics is also claiming a ...

Bright fast phosphorescence is possible without heavy metal ions such as platinum or iridium, according to a team at Osaka University. Its researchers came across a molecule, thienyl diketone, which is a champion among organic phosphorescers. “We discovered this molecule by chance and initially did not understand why it demonstrated such superior performance,” said Osaka scientist Yosuke Tani. “However, as ...

At DAC 2024, Efabless celebrated a milestone of 40 commercial companies designed chips using its chipIgnite and Google-sponsored OpenMPW programme. Of these, some are ready for production volumes, the majority are at the prototype/proof of concept stage, said CEO, Michael Wishart. The platform allows start-ups and smaller companies to prototype designs and innovate without having to buy a license, he ...

4mm diameter elastomer fibres are a promising substrate for electronics in clothing, according to Nottingham Trent University, which is investigating washable stretchable medical wearables. To make the electronic fibre, a long thin flexible PCB is helically wound along, and bonded to, the elastomer core, with its components facing inwards. “The basic idea has been around for centuries – it’s the ...

402Tbit/s has been sent down 50km of commercial-grade optical fibre by an international team led by the Japanese National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT). 1,505 WDM (wavelength division multiplexed) channels were used simultaneously, spread across six optical bands spanning 37.6THz (275nm) of spectrum. Signals were boosted with six doped-fiber amplifiers, with lumped and distributed Raman-amplification, “to cover all ...

A European pilot line for digital, analogue and RF ICs on 10nm and 7nm FD-SOI was announced today at French research lab CEA-Leti in Grenoble. Called Fames Pilot Line, it will create manufacturing processes for OxRAM, FeRAM, MRAM and FeFETs embedded non-volatile memories; RF switches, filters and capacitors; integrated inductors for dc-dc converters; and both heterogeneous and sequential 3D integration. ...