An international team led by Artem R. Oganov, a Professor at Skoltech and MISIS, and Dr. Ivan Troyan from the Institute of Crystallography of RAS…
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Scientists Devise a 2D-Material-Based Stacked Structure to Reduce Computing Power Consumption
2D materials could help usher in an era of low-power semiconductor chips and circuits. A 2D Perspective: Stacking Materials to Realize a Low Power Consuming…
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2,000-Year-Old Greek Astronomical Calculator: Experts Recreate a Mechanical Cosmos for the World’s First Computer
Cosmos Display at the front of the Antikythera Mechanism, showing the positions of the Sun, Moon, and five planets as well as the phase of…
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Shutting the Nano-Gate: Breakthrough May Lead to Single-Molecule Sensors and Cheaper Genomic Sequencing
Nanopore electrical tweezer for trapping and manipulating nano-objects in water. Credit: Osaka University Researchers at Osaka University create voltage-controlled nanopores that can trap particles as…
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Google adding new features to Chromebooks as devices turn 10
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Google’s popular low-cost Chromebooks are turning 10, and they are adding features to mimic higher-end devices like Apple’s MacBooks. The tech…
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Autonomous Materials: Researchers Design Patterns in Self-Propelling Liquid Crystals
New research shows that the movement in liquid crystals can be harnessed and directed, a step toward developing autonomous materials that can sense inputs, amplify…
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“Wearable Microgrid” Harvests Energy From Human Body to Power Electronic Gadgets
The wearable microgrid uses energy from human sweat and movement to power an LCD wristwatch and electrochromic device. Credit: Lu Yin Nanoengineers at the University…
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Solar-Powered Lunar Ark Proposed As “Modern Global Insurance Policy”
Overhead view of the proposed ark design. Credit: Jekan Thanga The ambitious project proposed by a University of Arizona team aims to preserve humankind –…
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Solution to Puzzling Phenomenon of Strangely Beautiful, Vortex-Like Structures May Improve Cold Spray Efficiency
The upper part shows a cold spray copper coating, with very visible vortex-like structures twirling around an aluminum substrate in the bottom part (EBSD image).…
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2D Heterostructures Rolled Like Sushi May Lead to Ultra Miniaturized Electronics
Image of a heterotube diode: This device contains a MoS2 semiconductor shell (blue), over the insulator hBN shell (purple), over the carbon nanotube core (green)…
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