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Launched in January 2024, Nature Reviews Electrical Engineering is an online-only reviews journal aiming to cover the breadth and depth of modern electrical engineering and electronics. 

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    • Rational and scientific use of hyperspectral imaging involves the selection of appropriate imaging hardware and data analysis software. Sun et al. describe applications of hyperspectral imaging in food quality inspection and provide guidance for non-specialist researchers aiming to implement this technology.

      • Da-Wen Sun
      • Hongbin Pu
      • Jingxiao Yu
      Review Article
    • This Review discusses the current capabilities and challenges facing different power electronic technologies in wind generation systems from single turbines to the system level. Several projects are reviewed to highlight areas of current research focus, and future trends of wind power generation are summarized.

      • Frede Blaabjerg
      • Meng Chen
      • Liang Huang
      Review Article
    • Blockchain technology can be integrated into mobile multi-robot systems. This Perspective overviews the initial achievements, open challenges and research directions in the field of blockchain-based mobile multi-robot systems.

      • Marco Dorigo
      • Alexandre Pacheco
      • Volker Strobel
      Perspective
    • Nature evolves intricate surfaces/interfaces to achieve high energy efficiency, providing a promising, low-carbon solution to energy crisis. This Review explores diverse energy processes in nature and how to translate nature’s inspiration to efficiently harvest energy from water, sunlight, heat and their hybrids, especially through interfacial engineering.

      • Baoping Zhang
      • Wanghuai Xu
      • Zuankai Wang
      Review Article
    • Two-dimensional MXenes have emerged as state-of-the-art functional electromagnetic interference shielding materials in multispectral electromagnetic bands. Highly conductive and ultrathin films of MXenes can efficiently block electromagnetic waves from radiofrequency and gigahertz-range microwaves to terahertz or infrared-frequency waves.

      • Aamir Iqbal
      • Tufail Hassan
      • Chong Min Koo
      Review Article
  • Evolution and interdisciplinarity are key words for Elisa Vianello, senior scientist and Edge AI program coordinator at CEA-Leti, who talks to Nature Reviews Electrical Engineering about her research activity and the importance of bridging the gap between academia and industry.

    • Silvia Conti
    • Elisa Vianello
    Q&A
  • For the transition to a sustainable energy sector, massive hydrogen production and use is crucial. There is growing awareness of a connection between an indirect global warming potential and the production of hydrogen, so its fugitive emissions must be addressed. This Comment emphasizes the need for affordable hydrogen-sensing methods to benefit safety, energy efficiency and the climate.

    • Yichen Cai
    • Sudipta Chatterjee
    • Kuo-Wei Huang
    Comment
  • Addressing the electronic-waste crisis requires global cooperation to enhance recycling, innovate in sustainable materials management and embrace eco-design. By viewing electronic waste as valuable ‘urban mines’, we can unlock a circular economy and ensure the sustainable recovery of strategic metals, fostering a greener, more sustainable future.

    • Alessia Amato
    • Francesca Beolchini
    Comment
  • Memristor devices have shown notable superiority in the realm of neuromorphic computing chips, particularly in artificial intelligence (AI) inference tasks. Researchers are now grappling with the intricacies of incorporating in situ learning capabilities into memristor-based chips, paving the way for more powerful edge intelligence.

    • Peng Yao
    • Bin Gao
    • Huaqiang Wu
    Comment
  • An article in Nature Electronics presents how to use electron-beam lithography to obtain p- and n-type vertical organic electrochemical transistor matrix arrays and complementary logic circuits.

    • Silvia Conti
    Research Highlight