Futuristic power plant concept. Nuclear fusion is the process that powers the Sun and all other stars. During fusion, the nuclei of two atoms are…
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Centrifugal Multispun Nanofibers Put an Effective New Spin on COVID-19 Masks
Figure. (A) Schematic illustration of the centrifugal multispinning polymer nanofiber production process. (B) The polymer nanofibers spun by the system. The increase of the number…
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MIT Student’s Artistic Approach to Designing Medical Devices
Jessica Xu, a senior studying mechanical engineering, has combined her passion for art and engineering through her work on medical devices. Credit: John Freidah Everything…
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Enabling Better Optoelectronic Devices With Thin Cuprous Iodide Film
Figure 1: A thin film of cuprous iodide crystals (blue) on an indium arsenide substrate (yellow). The sample’s purity was tested by shining photons onto…
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New Deep Learning AI Tool Can Revolutionize Microscopy
The image shows how a neural network is used to retrieve interesting information from a microscope image. Credit: Aykut Argun An AI tool developed at…
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Unlocking the Next Generation of Computer Technology: New Nanoscale Device for Spintronics
Magneto-optical microscope used for imaging spin waves in a Fabry-Pérot resonator. Credit: Matt Allinson, Aalto University Spin waves could unlock the next generation of computer…
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Innovative Technology for Building Ultralow-Loss Integrated Photonic Circuits
Integrated silicon nitride photonic chips with meter-long spiral waveguides. Credit: Jijun He, Junqiu Liu (EPFL) Encoding information into light, and transmitting it through optical fibers…
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Thermoelectric Material Discovery May Deliver New Forms of Electric Power in the Future
Clemson physicist joins forces with collaborators from China and Denmark to create hybrid compound. Thermoelectrics directly convert heat into electricity and power a wide array…
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Awestruck Scientists Watch 2D Puddles of Electrons Spontaneously Emerge in a 3D Superconducting Material
SLAC and Stanford scientists observed puddles of 2D superconducting behavior emerging from a 3D unconventional superconductor, which conducts electricity with 100% efficiency at unusually high…
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Machine Learning at Speed: Optimization Code Increases Performance by 5x
Technology developed through a KAUST-led collaboration with Intel, Microsoft and the University of Washington can dramatically increase the speed of machine learning on parallelized computing…
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