Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI have put forward a detailed plan of how faster and better defined quantum bits — qubits — can…
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Energy Harvesting From Skin Temperature for Battery-Free, Wearable Electronics
Conceptual illustration of a compliant TEG with soft electrodes and soft heat conductors (s-HCs) for self-powered circuit applications. The left inset is a photograph of…
View More Energy Harvesting From Skin Temperature for Battery-Free, Wearable ElectronicsRaspberry unveils $4 Pi Pico microcontroller
Credit: The Raspberry Pi Foundation Raspberry is introducing a new member to its family: a microcontroller. And its price won’t set anyone back too much:…
View More Raspberry unveils $4 Pi Pico microcontrollerAnode-Free Zinc Battery Could Someday Provide Large Scale Storage of Renewable Energy
Renewable energy sources, such as wind and solar power, could help decrease the world’s reliance on fossil fuels. But first, power companies need a safe,…
View More Anode-Free Zinc Battery Could Someday Provide Large Scale Storage of Renewable EnergySamsung announces 14-inch OLED screens that run at 90Hz
Samsung Display production technician with advanced OLED display equipment. Credit: Samsung Samsung Display, a subsidiary of The Samsung Group, has announced that it will begin…
View More Samsung announces 14-inch OLED screens that run at 90HzControlling the Nanoscale Structure of Desalination Membranes Is Key for Clean Water
This 3D model of a polymer desalination membrane shows water flow — the silver channels, moving from top to bottom — avoiding dense spots in…
View More Controlling the Nanoscale Structure of Desalination Membranes Is Key for Clean WaterNew Metamaterial Features Mechanical Properties That Can Be Reprogrammed
Over the past 20 years, scientists have been developing metamaterials, or materials that don’t occur naturally and whose mechanical properties result from their designed structure…
View More New Metamaterial Features Mechanical Properties That Can Be ReprogrammedHow Quantum Computers Could Usher In a Golden Age of Computing Power
Explained: Quantum engineering Quantum computers could usher in a golden age of computing power, solving problems intractable on today’s machines. Since the 1940s, classical computers…
View More How Quantum Computers Could Usher In a Golden Age of Computing PowerNew MIT Social Intelligence Algorithm Helps Build Machines That Better Understand Human Goals
A new algorithm capable of inferring goals and plans could help machines better adapt to the imperfect nature of human planning. In a classic experiment…
View More New MIT Social Intelligence Algorithm Helps Build Machines That Better Understand Human GoalsBreakthrough Allows Inexpensive Electric Vehicle Battery to Charge in Just 10 Minutes
A thermally modulated battery for mass-market electric vehicles without range anxiety and with unsurpassed safety, low cost, and containing no cobalt, is being developed by…
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