New technology from Chalmers University of Technology and the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, is helping the EU establish its own competitive computer manufacturing industry. Researchers have developed components critical for optimising on-chip memory, a key factor in enhancing the performance of next-generation computers.

Researchers at Toyohashi University of Technology, in collaboration with the National Institute of Technology, Nagano College, and the Rajamangala University of Technology Isan, have evaluated the deformation behavior of tools and sheet using a digital image correlation method in V-bending of sheet metals with plastic tools manufactured by a 3D printer.

This method clarifies the deformation of the plastic tools during thin sheet metal bending, opening possibilities for design of plastic tools for stamping sheet metal products, particularly in small-lot production.

By analyzing almost 10,000 pregnancies, researchers discovered previously unidentified combinations of risk factors linked to serious negative pregnancy outcomes, finding that there may be up to a tenfold difference in risk for infants who are currently treated identically under clinical guidelines.

How can the latest technology, such as solar cells, be improved? An international research team led by the University of Göttingen is helping to find answers to questions like this with a new technique. For the first time, the formation of tiny, difficult-to-detect particles – known as dark excitons – can be tracked precisely in time and space. These invisible carriers of energy will play a key role in future solar cells, LEDs and detectors. The results were published in Nature Photonics.