Scientists Are Building Detectors to Reveal the Invisible Universe

Most of the universe is made of dark matter and dark energy, yet scientists still don’t know what either one is. New ultra-sensitive detectors are being built to spot incredibly rare particle ...
Silicon Semiconductor

CEA-Leti demonstrates combined MicroLED and Organic Photodetector Architecture

CEA-Leti recently demonstrated a co-packaged microLED and organic photodetector (OPD) architecture that enables optical sensing functions. This solution paves the way to integrate sensing capabilities ...
optics.org

UC Davis shrinks spectrometer for diagnostics and sensing

The UC Davis device exploits the properties of photon-trapping surface textures (PTST), surface modifications that enhance the light absorption capabilities of silicon photodiodes in the near-IR range ...
Morningstar

IEEE Study Proposes a Novel High-Efficiency Silicon Single-Photon Detector

Researchers develop a new detector with over 84% photon detection efficiency and multiple operation modes NEW YORK, Jan. 15, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Silicon single-photon detectors (Si SPDs) play a ...
Phys.org

Scientists realize a three-qubit quantum register in a silicon photonic chip

Quantum technologies are highly promising devices that process, transfer or store information leveraging quantum mechanical effects. Instead of relying on bits, like classical computers, quantum ...
Science Daily

Beyond silicon: These shape-shifting molecules could be the future of AI hardware

Scientists have developed molecular devices that can switch roles, behaving as memory, logic, or learning elements within the same structure. The breakthrough comes from precise chemical design that ...
Electronic Design

Tiny Spectrometer Features Tunable Layered Organic-Semiconductor Sensor

For electrical engineers working in almost any part of the wired or wireless spectrum, the spectrum analyzer is a critical test and measurement tool. For optical engineering, the equivalent tool is ...
eeworldonline

Silicon photodiodes featured targeted spectral sensitivity

Marktech Optoelectronics has introduced a new family of silicon photodiodes that includes devices optimized for precise near-infrared (NIR) detection with minimal visible sensitivity and a ...
Wall Street Journal

Silicon Valley Is Racing to Make Critical Minerals—and Blunt China’s Dominance

Gabbro is an unremarkable rock, so cheap and abundant it is used for gravel and building roads. It may also be part of how America breaks its dependence on China’s critical minerals. On an industrial ...
Wired

Silicon Valley Is All About the Hard Sell These Days

Sam Altman’s appearance on The Tonight Show is part of a larger charm offensive currently being waged by the tech establishment. It was a distinctly clever, if somewhat surprising, choice from Altman, ...
CNBC

Ray Dalio says Middle East is becoming a 'Silicon Valley of capitalists’

Bridgewater founder Ray Dalio compared some Middle Eastern countries' rise to Silicon Valley. "There's a buzz here, the way there's a buzz in San Francisco, places like that," said Dalio. The Middle ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Harnessing Silicon Lifecycle Management For Chip Security

Silicon lifecycle management is starting to be used in ways that extend well beyond its original mission of ensuring a chip functions to spec throughout its expected lifetime. While tracking aging ...