Usnic acid (yellow) is integrated in and released from the implant’s graphene coating. The usnic acid kills the bacteria (green) and thereby prevents them from…
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Artificial neural networks modeled on real brains can perform cognitive tasks. A new study shows that artificial intelligence networks based on human brain connectivity can…
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New research from the Georgia Institute of Technology finds that elephants dilate their nostrils in order to create more space in their trunks, allowing them…
View More How an Elephant’s Trunk Manipulates Air To Eat and Drink – Animal’s “Swiss Army Knife” Could Help Build Better Robots
In experiments performed at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, researchers found that fluctuations in the electrical charge of multiple quantum bits, or “qubits,” can be highly…
View More Experiments Prove Quantum Computing Errors Correlated, Tied to Cosmic Rays
Close-up of the new MIT metasurface, or flat optical device patterned with some 100,000 nanoscale structures, that is integrated on a silicon chip and can…
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Fueled faster, better computing for decades, ever-increasing silicon chip density nears physical limit. Researchers at The Rockefeller University have shed new light on “Moore’s Law”…
View More Twilight for Silicon? End of “Moore’s Law” in View As Silicon Chip Density Nears Physical Limit
Scales of descriptors — from whole nanoparticle to unit cell to individual atoms. Credit: University of Birmingham Researchers have developed a ‘library of properties’ to…
View More Online “Library of Properties” Helps To Create Safer Nanomaterials Faster
An MIT-developed inflatable robotic hand gives amputees real-time tactile control. The smart hand is soft and elastic, weighs about half a pound, and costs a…
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The MIT Solar Electric Vehicle Team poses with Nimbus, their solar car, after winning the 2021 American Solar Challenge. Credit: Photo courtesy of MIT SEVT…
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Researchers at the University of Vienna have designed a new 3D magnetic nanonetwork, where magnetic monopoles emerge due to rising magnetic frustration among the nanoelements,…
View More 3D Magnetic Nanonetwork Breakthrough Could Enable New Generation of 3D Storage Technologies