The electronic and optical devices that we use on a daily basis, such as mobile phones, LEDs and solar cells use transistors and other parts that are consistently getting smaller and more compact.

A new laser-based system is designed to do just that, quicker and cheaper than ever before. Being developed by a team at Germany's University of Stuttgart, the setup incorporates multiple lasers that ...

Thermoelectric materials convert heat to electricity and vice versa, and their atomic structures are closely related to how well they perform. Now researchers have discovered how to change the atomic ...