Apr. 30, 2025 — Lightweight lithium metal is a heavy-hitting critical mineral, serving as the key ingredient in the rechargeable batteries that power phones, ... A New Shape for Energy Storage ...

Although smartphones have undergone various types of innovation, one area that hasn't seen much progress is the battery department. Manufacturers are compensating for this by packing massive ...

The two most important tests I conducted looked at battery life and reach. To test the battery life, I charged each camping fan to its max capacity. Then I turned them on high, started the timer, and ...

Abstract: In this paper, a low-power zero-IF self-oscillating mixer (SOM) for a new generation of high data-rate battery-free, yet active μRFID tag (a fully integrated RF identification tag on a ...

Abstract: This paper presents a cryo-CMOS readout SoC based on a homodyne demodulation architecture with an integrating receiver. The homodyne receiver module for each qubit employs a dedicated local ...