Welcome to our weekly briefing on R&D headlines shaping technology, energy, manufacturing, and more. In this edition, we continue to explore how the Chinese startup DeepSeek is potentially rewriting AI training assumptions, the potential ripple effects on global energy demand, new tariffs upending automotive supply chains, plus highlights from the Idaho National Laboratory, Procter &…
How charge density waves could pave the way to faster, more efficient electronic devices
Scientists at Argonne National Laboratory report an advance in the quest for energy-efficient computing. Their latest research, published in Physical Review Letters, focuses on charge density waves, wave-like patterns of electrons. Using a novel microscopy technique, the researchers succeeded in manipulating these waves, potentially paving the way for a new generation of supercomputers that sip…
Can graphene serve as a single material for both memory and logic?
A new study published in Nature explores the electrochemical potential of graphene, a single-atom-thick sheet of carbon to function as both memory and logic components. By sandwiching graphene between electrolytes and applying specific voltages, researchers, including Marcelo Lozada-Hidalgo and J. Tong of the University of Manchester, created independent pathways for both protons and electrons to…