With a novel layer to help the metallic components of the sensor bond, an international team of researchers printed sensors directly on human skin. Credit:…
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Novel Quantum Circuit Calculates Fourier Transform Faster and More Efficiently
A novel quantum circuit that calculates the Fourier transform in a much quicker, versatile, and more efficient way. Scientists design a novel quantum circuit that…
View More Novel Quantum Circuit Calculates Fourier Transform Faster and More EfficientlyFast Enough to See Light Travel: Ultrafast Camera Films 3-D Movies at 100 Billion Frames per Second
A three-dimensional video showing a pulse of laser light passing through a laser-scattering medium and bouncing off reflective surfaces. Credit: Caltech In his quest to…
View More Fast Enough to See Light Travel: Ultrafast Camera Films 3-D Movies at 100 Billion Frames per SecondUsing Surface Waves to Help Cool Nanostructured Microelectronic Devices
A research team led by the Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo finds that hybrid surface waves called surface phonon-polaritons can conduct heat…
View More Using Surface Waves to Help Cool Nanostructured Microelectronic DevicesTurning Diamond Into Metal – For Improved Solar Cells, LEDs, and Power Electronics
Researchers have discovered a way to transform the electronic properties of nanoscale needles of diamond. Credit: MIT News Normally an insulator, diamond becomes a metallic…
View More Turning Diamond Into Metal – For Improved Solar Cells, LEDs, and Power ElectronicsHigh-Energy Signals From Extragalactic Stars Connect Optical Atomic Clocks Across Earth for the First Time
Antennas and optical lattice clocks used. Upper left: 2.4 m antenna installed at INAF, Italy. Upper middle: 2.4 m antenna installed at NICT, Japan. Upper…
View More High-Energy Signals From Extragalactic Stars Connect Optical Atomic Clocks Across Earth for the First TimeNew MIT Solar-Powered System Efficiently Extracts Drinkable Water From “Dry” Air
A prototype of the new two-stage water harvesting system (center right), was tested on an MIT rooftop. The device, which was connected to a laptop…
View More New MIT Solar-Powered System Efficiently Extracts Drinkable Water From “Dry” AirMaking Disorder for an Ideal Battery: Disordered Yet Highly Symmetrical Structure
Three-dimensional surface of sodium ion diffusion in a hydroborate crystal. This new material forms a disordered yet highly symmetrical structure, allowing a mobility of sodium…
View More Making Disorder for an Ideal Battery: Disordered Yet Highly Symmetrical StructureResearchers Extract More Energy From Sunlight – Could Boost the Efficiency of Solar Panels by 50%
A schematic showing the layered structure of a tandem solar panel. Credit: Graphic courtesy Minjing Kim Researchers working to maximize solar panel efficiency said layering…
View More Researchers Extract More Energy From Sunlight – Could Boost the Efficiency of Solar Panels by 50%Space Technology Used for Cleaner and Greener Tennis at the French Open
Space technology is serving at the heart of the 2020 French Open. The showers in the tennis players’ showers at Roland Garros Stadium near Paris…
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