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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 16-Jan-2026 01:11 ET (16-Jan-2026 06:11 GMT/UTC)

PKU scientists push semiconductor technology to new limits

Peking University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Peking University, October 13, 2025: A team led by Academician Huang Ru and Professor Wu Yanqing from the School of Integrated Circuits at Peking University has developed a super-thin, high-performance semiconductor with enhanced heat conductivity, enabled by a silicon carbide (SiC) substrate. The research, published in Nature Electronics under the title “Amorphous indium tin oxide transistors for power amplification above 10 GHz,” marks a significant step forward in next-generation radio-frequency (RF) electronics.

CRF and the Jon DeHaan Foundation to launch TCT AI Lab at TCT 2025

Cardiovascular Research Foundation
Meeting Announcement

The Cardiovascular Research Foundation^® (CRF^®) and Jon DeHaan Foundation today announced the launch of the TCT AI Lab, a groundbreaking new program debuting at TCT^®2025, October 25–28 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. The TCT AI Lab is a first-of-its-kind destination dedicated to integrating artificial intelligence into clinical practice. Over three intensive days, clinicians will progress from the fundamentals of AI to hands-on clinical applications – guided by leading innovators at the forefront of digital medicine.

Architecture’s past holds the key to sustainable future

Taylor & Francis Group
Book Announcement

Modern ‘sustainable’ innovations in architecture are failing to slow climate change, but revisiting ancient knowledge and techniques found in traditional architecture could offer better solutions.

Canada’s fastest academic supercomputer is now online at SFU after $80m upgrades

Simon Fraser University
Business Announcement

Simon Fraser University’s Burnaby campus is once again home to Canada’s most powerful academic supercomputer, following the installation of a new system, named Fir. The new Fir system replaces the Cedar supercomputer, housed at the Cedar Supercomputing Centre (the Centre) at SFU. Fir is ranked number 78 in the TOP500 list of the world’s most powerful supercomputers, the only Canadian system in the top 100 worldwide.

“The new Fir supercomputer represents a much needed, major upgrade to the national Canadian computing infrastructure,” says Dugan O’Neil, SFU’s Vice President Research and Innovation. “The growing importance of data for research in all types of academia and in industry continues to drive demand for high-performance computing, and we are meeting that need. Fir will drive research across Canada and I have no doubt it will facilitate significant advances in a wide range of fields in the coming years.”

ORNL leads three INFUSE projects solving fusion challenges

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

ORNL has been selected to lead three research collaborations with fusion industry partners as part of the 2025 cohort of the Innovation Network for Fusion Energy program. The awarded projects will tap ORNL’s deep expertise in fusion materials, plasma diagnostics and advanced modeling and simulation to solve practical challenges and develop new technologies to accelerate the development of fusion energy.

Funder: Fusion Energy Sciences

Interactive apps, AI chatbots promote playfulness, reduce privacy concerns

Penn State
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The more interactive a mobile app or artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot is, the more playful they are perceived to be, with users letting their guard down and risking their privacy, according to a team led by researchers at Penn State.

Journal: Behaviour and Information Technology

When the wireless data runs dry

University of Pittsburgh
Grant and Award Announcement

Wei Gao, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering, has collaborated with researchers from Peking University to develop analytical metrics to qualitatively evaluate the quality of synthetic wireless data. The researchers have created a novel framework that significantly improves the task-driven training of AI models using synthetic wireless data.