A new sort of optical device allows engineers to change the frequencies of individual photons, putting new capabilities in engineers’ hands. Among the first lessons…
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Researchers Warn: AI Algorithms Can Influence People’s Voting and Dating Decisions
Potential date? (Dataset photograph from Karras et al. (2018), licensed CC BY 2.0, name DSC_3929.jpg and author Jean-Simon Asselin Researchers highlight need for public education…
View More Researchers Warn: AI Algorithms Can Influence People’s Voting and Dating Decisions6G and Beyond: Silicon Multiplexer Chip Will Drive Next Generation Communications
Schematic of the integrated multiplexer, showing broadband terahertz wave being split into four different frequencies, where each is capable of carrying digital information. Credit: Osaka…
View More 6G and Beyond: Silicon Multiplexer Chip Will Drive Next Generation CommunicationsNew Brain-Like Computing Device With Electrochemical “Synaptic Transistors” Simulates Human Learning
Artificial synapse artist’s concept. Like Pavlov’s dog, device can be conditioned to learn by association. Researchers have developed a brain-like computing device that is capable…
View More New Brain-Like Computing Device With Electrochemical “Synaptic Transistors” Simulates Human LearningMIT Develops Nanostructured Device That Stops Light in Its Tracks
As a laser illuminates these nanometer-scale devices (blue wave), attosecond electron flashes are generated (red pulse) at the ends of nanotips and used to trace…
View More MIT Develops Nanostructured Device That Stops Light in Its TracksEnergy-Saving Gas Turbines Made by 3D Printer
Neutrons can “see” through metal. Therefore neutron diffraction is an ideal method for measuring residual stress inside of components made by additive manufacturing. The image…
View More Energy-Saving Gas Turbines Made by 3D PrinterSmart Glass Has a Bright Future: Daylight Steering Provide Huge Energy Savings
SEM micrograph of vertically standing, flat micromirror array with an inset of magnified area. Credit: Hillmer et al. Light modulation via optical MEMS microshutter and…
View More Smart Glass Has a Bright Future: Daylight Steering Provide Huge Energy SavingsAdvanced Computer Model Enables Improvements to “Bionic Eye” Technology
Researchers developed an experimentally validated advanced computer model that reproduces the shapes and positions of millions of nerve cells in the eye, as well as…
View More Advanced Computer Model Enables Improvements to “Bionic Eye” TechnologyNew Artificial Neuron Device Runs Neural Network Computations Using 100 to 1000 Times Less Energy
SEM image of the artificial neuron device. Credit: Sangheon Oh/Nature Nanotechnology Training neural networks to perform tasks, such as recognizing images or navigating self-driving cars,…
View More New Artificial Neuron Device Runs Neural Network Computations Using 100 to 1000 Times Less EnergyMore Compact and Efficient Vertical Turbines Could Be the Future for Wind Farms
Farm of Vertical Axis Wind Turbines. Credit: Oxford Brookes University The now-familiar sight of traditional propeller wind turbines could be replaced in the future with…
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