Joerg Appenzeller, Pierre Morin, Cesar Javier Lockhart de la Rosa, Francesca Iacopi, Zhihong Chen
{"title":"Accelerating the semiconductor innovation pipeline","authors":"Joerg Appenzeller, Pierre Morin, Cesar Javier Lockhart de la Rosa, Francesca Iacopi, Zhihong Chen","doi":"10.1038/s44287-026-00274-x","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s44287-026-00274-x","url":null,"abstract":"The growth of artificial intelligence requires better computation at lower energy. Semiconductors remain the more prolific materials platform driving practical improvements to device hardware. Here, the authors outline a critical pathway for accelerating the transfer of early findings in material science into manufactural processes for faster scale-up and technology applications.","PeriodicalId":501701,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Electrical Engineering","volume":"3 3","pages":"141-142"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147570491","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Tackling wind theft through interdisciplinary collaboration","authors":"Yunfei Du, Xiaochi Ding, Peng Hou, Hongxing Yang, Hongbin Sun, Xinwei Shen","doi":"10.1038/s44287-026-00275-w","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s44287-026-00275-w","url":null,"abstract":"As wind farms multiply, wake effects from upwind wind farms reduce downwind output, a phenomenon known as ‘wind theft’ that costs billions and sparks disputes. Interdisciplinary collaboration can address this growing challenge.","PeriodicalId":501701,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Electrical Engineering","volume":"3 5","pages":"268-269"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-02-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147968217","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Structural alignment for energy–computation co-design","authors":"Xin Lu, Jing Qiu, Xinlei Wang, Jinjin Gu, Jiafeng Lin, Sihai An, Junhua Zhao","doi":"10.1038/s44287-026-00273-y","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s44287-026-00273-y","url":null,"abstract":"Artificial intelligence systems are becoming gigawatt-scale, always-on workloads that today’s power systems were not built to carry. Capacity expansion and short-term coordination alone cannot close this gap. Here, we argue that alignment requires a structural perspective: enabling energy and computation systems to interpret each other’s structural organization and evolving constraints.","PeriodicalId":501701,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Electrical Engineering","volume":"3 5","pages":"266-267"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-02-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147968216","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"International Electron Devices Meeting 2025 (IEDM 2025)","authors":"Rachel Won","doi":"10.1038/s44287-026-00272-z","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s44287-026-00272-z","url":null,"abstract":"IEDM 2025 highlighted the increasingly synergistic relationship between industrial and academic communities, particularly in advancing solutions to device reliability mechanisms, process integration and yield challenges, and application-driven performance requirements.","PeriodicalId":501701,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Electrical Engineering","volume":"3 3","pages":"144-144"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-02-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147570493","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"From scaling to synergy in facing 3D nanodevice challenges","authors":"Szuya Sandy Liao, Min Cao","doi":"10.1038/s44287-026-00269-8","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s44287-026-00269-8","url":null,"abstract":"Continued scaling brings intertwined challenges in transport and heat dissipation. Advancing 3D nanodevice technologies requires a unified understanding of electron and energy flow, an expanded toolbox of integration-ready materials, and stronger alignment between theoretical modelling and fabrication strategies to drive innovation effectively.","PeriodicalId":501701,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Electrical Engineering","volume":"3 3","pages":"137-138"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-02-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147570490","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Choong Seon Hong, Eui-Nam Huh, Hyundong Shin, Jinseok Lee
{"title":"AI for wireless communications and healthcare research at Kyung Hee University","authors":"Choong Seon Hong, Eui-Nam Huh, Hyundong Shin, Jinseok Lee","doi":"10.1038/s44287-026-00266-x","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s44287-026-00266-x","url":null,"abstract":"Professors at Kyung Hee University connect artificial intelligence, communications and quantum science with clinical and industrial partners. In this Viewpoint, four professors discuss how uniting intelligence initiatives with trauma centres in healthcare, quantum computing and 6G technologies improves predictive models for patient outcomes.","PeriodicalId":501701,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Electrical Engineering","volume":"3 5","pages":"271-273"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-02-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147968201","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Atomic-layer electronics withstand space radiation","authors":"Jiahao Liu","doi":"10.1038/s44287-026-00268-9","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s44287-026-00268-9","url":null,"abstract":"A study in Nature shows that atomically thin MoS2 electronics intrinsically withstand space radiation, as validated by 9 months of stable on-orbit operation in low Earth orbit.","PeriodicalId":501701,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Electrical Engineering","volume":"3 3","pages":"143-143"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-02-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147570492","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Research on battery technology at Hanyang University","authors":"Jang-Yeon Hwang, Yang-Kook Sun","doi":"10.1038/s44287-026-00262-1","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s44287-026-00262-1","url":null,"abstract":"Research at the Department of Battery Engineering at Hanyang University focuses on lithium-ion and next-generation battery technologies. In this Viewpoint, two professors discuss how strong industry–university partnerships enable the department to offer practical research opportunities and specialized education to nurture battery experts, bridging cutting-edge academic research and real-world industrial applications.","PeriodicalId":501701,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Electrical Engineering","volume":"3 4","pages":"211-213"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-02-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147686413","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}