Officials in Ghana have issued warnings about the potentially deadly impacts of e-waste on citizens, noting that the widespread improper disposal of electronics poses a danger to public health and the ...

Electronic devices lose energy as heat due to the movement of electrons. Now, a breakthrough in nanoengineering has produced a new kind of switch that matches the performance of the best traditional ...

Warnings about magnets and gadgets have been passed down like tech folklore, often without much explanation. The reality is more nuanced: some electronics are genuinely vulnerable to magnetic fields, ...

Transistors, the building blocks of modern electronics, are typically made of silicon. Because it's a semiconductor, this material can control the flow of electricity in a circuit. But silicon has ...

In large measure, the modern electronics industry is consumed with two primary priorities: increasing device performance and reducing design and manufacturing costs. These high-level goals are the ...

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Researchers at Oregon State University discovered a high-performance metal-insulator-metal diode that could form the basis of a new approach to electronics. “Diodes made previously with other ...