In chamber 1, the nanoparticles, made from tantalum metal, are grown. Within this chamber, individual tantalum atoms clump together, similar to the formation of rain…
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Atomic Design for a Carbon-Free Planet – “To Help Save Earth, Essentially”
Manipulating materials at a fundamental level, MIT’s Ju Li reveals new properties for energy applications. For much of his career, Ju Li thrived on the theoretical…
View More Atomic Design for a Carbon-Free Planet – “To Help Save Earth, Essentially”MIT’s New Neural Network: “Liquid” Machine-Learning System Adapts to Changing Conditions
The new type of neural network could aid decision making in autonomous driving and medical diagnosis. MIT researchers have developed a type of neural network…
View More MIT’s New Neural Network: “Liquid” Machine-Learning System Adapts to Changing ConditionsHarvard Scientists Trilayer Graphene Breakthrough Opens the Door for High Temperature Superconductors
Artist rendition of twisted trilayer graphene. Credit: Polina Shmatkova & Margarita Davydova In 2018, the physics world was set ablaze with the discovery that when…
View More Harvard Scientists Trilayer Graphene Breakthrough Opens the Door for High Temperature SuperconductorsDiscovery Could Lead to Self-Propelled Robots – Using Only Energy Flow From Their Environment
Army-funded researchers discover how to make materials capable of self-propulsion, allowing materials to move without motors or hands. Credit: Yongjin Kim, UMass Amherst Army-funded researchers…
View More Discovery Could Lead to Self-Propelled Robots – Using Only Energy Flow From Their EnvironmentNo More Needles for Diagnostic Tests? Engineers Develop Nearly Pain-Free Microneedle Patch
Engineers at the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis have developed a microneedle patch that can be applied to the skin,…
View More No More Needles for Diagnostic Tests? Engineers Develop Nearly Pain-Free Microneedle PatchScientists Create Advanced, More Powerful Superconducting Magnet for Next Generation Light Sources
This half-meter-long prototype of a niobium-tin superconducting undulator magnet was designed and built by a team from three U.S. Department of Energy national laboratories. The…
View More Scientists Create Advanced, More Powerful Superconducting Magnet for Next Generation Light SourcesNew Technology Could Dramatically Lower Cost of Electron Sources – For Night Vision, Particle Accelerators and More
Artist’s representation of a halide perovskite photocathode. Researchers at Rice University and Los Alamos National Laboratory found halide perovskite semiconductors (silver) treated with a thin…
View More New Technology Could Dramatically Lower Cost of Electron Sources – For Night Vision, Particle Accelerators and MoreHigh-Entropy Alloys: Islands Without Structure Inside Metal Alloys for Tougher Materials
Proposed hierarchical deformation mechanism paradigm for the equiatomic CrCoNi-based HEAs subjected to increasing degrees of deformation. Elastic deformation, dislocation-mediated plasticity, twinning-induced plasticity, TRIP, and finally…
View More High-Entropy Alloys: Islands Without Structure Inside Metal Alloys for Tougher MaterialsDeterrence With Imperfect Attribution: A Better Kind of Cybersecurity Strategy
The multilateral nature of cybersecurity today makes it markedly different than conventional security, according to a new study co-authored by an MIT professor. New model…
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