This large-bore, full-scale high-temperature superconducting magnet designed and built by Commonwealth Fusion Systems and MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center (PSFC) has demonstrated a record-breaking…
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New DNA-Based Microfluidic Chip Can Be Programmed To Solve Complex Math Problems
A novel chip automates the reaction cascades occurring between molecules inside
View More New DNA-Based Microfluidic Chip Can Be Programmed To Solve Complex Math ProblemsHigh-Precision THz Time-Domain Ellipsometry Developed for Wide-Gap Semiconductors
Schematic image of Terahertz time domain ellipsometry. Credit: Osaka University In semiconductor device applications, there is an increasing demand for semiconductors with very high carrier…
View More High-Precision THz Time-Domain Ellipsometry Developed for Wide-Gap SemiconductorsMIT Engineers Create 3D-Printed Objects That Sense How a User Is Interacting With Them
Researchers from MIT have developed a method to integrate sensing capabilities into 3D printable structures comprised of repetitive cells, which enables designers to rapidly prototype…
View More MIT Engineers Create 3D-Printed Objects That Sense How a User Is Interacting With ThemFuturistic AI-Based Computing Devices: Physicists Simulate Artificial Brain Networks With New Quantum Materials
Like biologically based systems (left), complex emergent behaviors—which arise when separate components are merged together in a coordinated system—also result from neuromorphic networks made up…
View More Futuristic AI-Based Computing Devices: Physicists Simulate Artificial Brain Networks With New Quantum MaterialsNew Chip Can Decode Any Type of Data Sent Across a Network
A new silicon chip can decode any error-correcting code through the use of a novel algorithm known as Guessing Random Additive Noise Decoding (GRAND). Credit:…
View More New Chip Can Decode Any Type of Data Sent Across a NetworkSolar-Powered Electrochemical Reaction Uses Wastewater To Make the World’s No. 2 Chemical
UIC researchers create a sustainable electrochemical system in which a solar cell is attached to a well holding a liquid solution. When charged, nitrates from…
View More Solar-Powered Electrochemical Reaction Uses Wastewater To Make the World’s No. 2 ChemicalScientists Uncover New Opportunities for Light-Powered Battery and Fuel Cell Design
Researchers from the University of Tsukuba, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Hiroshima Institute of Technology, et al. induced substantial motion of oxide ions within perovskite crystals…
View More Scientists Uncover New Opportunities for Light-Powered Battery and Fuel Cell DesignARROW: Who Can Bend Light for Cheaper Internet?
Today’s networks are struggling to deliver high bandwidth and availability imposed by emerging workloads. Credit: Image courtesy of Facebook ARROW, a reconfigurable fiber optics network…
View More ARROW: Who Can Bend Light for Cheaper Internet?Atomically-Thin, Twisted Graphene Has Unique Properties That Could Advance Quantum Computing
New collaborative research describes how electrons move through two different configurations of bilayer graphene, the atomically-thin form of carbon. These results provide insights that researchers…
View More Atomically-Thin, Twisted Graphene Has Unique Properties That Could Advance Quantum Computing