Artist’s concept. Researchers have demonstrated a record-high laser pulse intensity of over 1023 W/cm2 using the petawatt laser at the Center for Relativistic Laser Science…
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Towards 2D Spin-Logic Memory Technology Using Magnetic Graphene
Simplified schematic picture of the studied device, showing electrical and thermal generation of spin currents in a bilayer graphene/CrSBr heterostructure. The magnetic Co electrodes are…
View More Towards 2D Spin-Logic Memory Technology Using Magnetic GrapheneMIT’s “Programmable Matter” Technique: A Zap of Light Switches Objects’ Colors and Patterns
A new system uses UV light projected onto objects coated with light-activated dye to alter the reflective properties of the dye, creating images in minutes.…
View More MIT’s “Programmable Matter” Technique: A Zap of Light Switches Objects’ Colors and PatternsA New Way to Make AR/VR Glasses: Freeform Optics Combined With Metasurface to Avoid “Bug Eyes”
A metaform is a new optical component that Rochester researchers say they can combine with freeform optics to create the next generation of AR/VR headsets…
View More A New Way to Make AR/VR Glasses: Freeform Optics Combined With Metasurface to Avoid “Bug Eyes”Beyond Qubits: Key Components for a Qutrit-Based Quantum Computer Demonstrated
The experimental quantum computing setup at the Advanced Quantum Testbed. Credit: Berkeley Lab Team led by Berkeley Lab, UC Berkeley scientists builds a new type…
View More Beyond Qubits: Key Components for a Qutrit-Based Quantum Computer DemonstratedSpectre Strikes Back: New Hacking Vulnerability Affecting Billions of Computers Worldwide
Computing experts thought they had developed adequate security patches after the major worldwide Spectre flaw of 2018, but UVA’s discovery shows processors are open to…
View More Spectre Strikes Back: New Hacking Vulnerability Affecting Billions of Computers WorldwideSnakeskin Inspires Safer Buildings
New research shows that it might be a good idea to look for inspiration in nature when designing load-bearing foundations for buildings. Despite human inventiveness…
View More Snakeskin Inspires Safer BuildingsConverting a Cell Phone Into Powerful Chemical Detector for $50
With only $50 worth of components, an ordinary cellphone transforms into a sophisticated scientific instrument, capable of identifying chemicals, drugs, and pathogens. Scientists from Texas…
View More Converting a Cell Phone Into Powerful Chemical Detector for $50Identifying Individual Molecules: How to Build a Better “Nanopore” Biosensor
Researchers have spent more than three decades developing and studying miniature biosensors that can identify single molecules. In five to 10 years, when such devices…
View More Identifying Individual Molecules: How to Build a Better “Nanopore” BiosensorNew Directed Energy Device for Biomedical and Military Defense Applications
An invention from Purdue University innovators may provide a new option to use directed energy for biomedical and defense applications. The Purdue invention uses composite-based…
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