This cut-away rendering of the MIT nuclear battery concept shows important components such as the instrumentation and control module, the reactor, and the power module.…
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Energy Saving Electronics Breakthrough – Paving Way for a Carbon-Neutral Society
Quantifying electric fields in semiconductor devices: The schematic shows electric field distribution in the channel of a GaN transistor; laser beams highlight the second harmonic…
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MIT Makes a Significant Advance Toward the Full Realization of Quantum Computation
A tunable coupler can switch the qubit-qubit interaction on and off. Unwanted, residual (ZZ) interaction between the two qubits is eliminated by harnessing higher energy…
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Highly Efficient Solar Energy Collectors Grown From Microscopic Seeds
Rice University chemical engineering graduate student Siraj Sidhik holds a container of 2D perovskite “seeds” (left) and a smaller vial containing a solution of dissolved…
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Unlocking the Potential of Blockchain Technology: Decentralized, Secure, and Scalable
Algorand uses a unique blockchain architecture developed by MIT Professor Silvio Micali to offer a decentralized, secure, and scalable platform. Algorand uses a unique architecture…
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New Technology Uses Radio Signals to Image Hidden and Speeding Objects
Illustration of the lab setup for m-Widar, with transmitters and receiver at left and person behind wallboard at right. Inset at lower right shows the…
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Efficient Light-Electricity Conversion: Changing a 2D Material’s Symmetry Can Unlock Its Promise
Deforming MoS2 leads to the observation of the flexo-photovoltaic effect. Credit: Jie Jiang, Jian Shi Jian Shi Research Group engineers material into promising optoelectronic. Optoelectronic…
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Harvesting Fresh Drinking Water From the Atmosphere Around the Clock
The pilot condenser atop an ETH Zurich building. Credit: ETH Zurich / Iwan Hächler Fresh water is scarce in many parts of the world and…
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Teams Engineer Complex Human Vascular Tissues – Win Top Prizes in NASA Challenge
Team Winston, the first-place winner of NASA’s Vascular Tissue Challenge, used a chamber to hold the printed tissue and test a process called perfusion. Credit:…
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MIT Compares the Largest Satellite Internet Meganetworks: SpaceX, OneWeb, Telesat, and Amazon
Global internet meganetworks with thousands of satellites could beam down tens of terabytes per second, filling gaps left by land-based internet services. Credit: MIT News,…
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