Electrical & Electronic Engineering

RISC-V Star Rises Among Chip Developers Worldwide

IEEE Spectrum: Most of the smartphones in our pockets contain computer chips based on Arm architecture, whereas Intel’s x86 architecture reigns supreme among laptops, desktops, and server hardware. But a fast-growing number of companies in the U.S., Europe, and especially Asia…

The Robots Are Coming … to Mow Your Lawn

New York Times: Even before last winter’s snow had fully melted, the roar of leaf blowers began to punctuate the quiet of many towns, renewing noise battles that had only intensified as more people worked from home. Leaf blowers are not just…

Are Digital Humans the Next Step in Human-Computer Interaction?

IEEE Spectrum: In the fictional worlds of film and TV, artificial intelligence has been depicted as so advanced that it is indistinguishable from humans. But what if we’re actually getting closer to a world where AI is capable of thinking and…

Biomaterials engineer Molly Stevens creates materials for tissue regeneration and ultrasensitive diagnostics

C&EN: Molly Stevens has long been driven by the hope that her research will change people’s lives. Toward the end of her PhD work in single-molecule biophysics, she heard…