Researchers from the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa have developed an innovative sensing system capable of identifying and distinguishing different stimuli. The system is based on origami (the art of paper folding) combined with ink developed at the Technion. The research, published in Nature Communications, was led by Professor Hossam Haick of the Technion’s Wolfson […]
Researchers Break Through Intel SGX, Intel’s Security Wall
Technion-Israel Institute of Technology researchers and their colleagues abroad have broken through Intel’s innovative security wall, Intel Software Guard Extension (SGX). SGX is a recently introduced security feature of Intel processors for protecting the privacy and integrity of information and applications on the computer. It is available in all recent Intel processors, and is broadly […]
Future Of Semiconductor Lasing: Topological Insulator Lasers
Israeli and US researchers have developed a new, highly efficient coherent and robust semiconductor laser system: the topological insulator laser. The findings are presented in two new joint research papers, one describing theory and the other experiments, published online today by the prestigious journal Science. Topological insulators are one of the most innovative and promising areas […]
Lessons from Marine Sponges Could Lead to Novel Glass Technology
The technology for glass forming and shaping requires heat treatment at high temperatures of about 1000o C. So it has long been a mystery how it is that certain marine organisms are able to form glass architectures (called spicules) in cold water. Now, a paper published recently in Science Advances by Professor Emil Zolotoyabko, of […]
Computational Imaging On The Electric Grid
Researchers at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and the University of Toronto have developed a technology for producing a new understanding of the nighttime landscape—from the office level to the entire city—based on the flicker of electric lights. Artificial lighting plays a central role in our lives—in the home, in the office, on the road, […]
Watch Out, Silicon Chips: Molecular Electronics Are Coming
Technion researchers have developed a method for growing carbon nanotubes that could lead to the day when molecular electronics replace the ubiquitous silicon chip as the building block of electronics. The findings are published this week inNature Communications. Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have long fascinated scientists because of their unprecedented electrical, optical, thermal and mechanical properties, […]