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Technologies

Turning Diamond Into Metal – For Improved Solar Cells, LEDs, and Power Electronics

lutra 15 October 2020

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…

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Technologies

High-Energy Signals From Extragalactic Stars Connect Optical Atomic Clocks Across Earth for the First Time

lutra 15 October 2020

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…

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Technologies

New MIT Solar-Powered System Efficiently Extracts Drinkable Water From “Dry” Air

lutra 15 October 2020

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…

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Technologies

Making Disorder for an Ideal Battery: Disordered Yet Highly Symmetrical Structure

lutra 14 October 2020

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…

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Technologies

Researchers Extract More Energy From Sunlight – Could Boost the Efficiency of Solar Panels by 50%

lutra 14 October 2020

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…

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Technologies

Space Technology Used for Cleaner and Greener Tennis at the French Open

lutra 13 October 2020

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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Technologies

Graphene Detector Reveals THz Light’s Polarization Using Interference of Plasma Waves

lutra 13 October 2020

Artist’s rendering of a phase-sensitive terahertz interferometer. Credit: Daria Sokol/MIPT Press Office Physicists have created a broadband detector of terahertz radiation based on graphene. The…

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Technologies

New Hollow Optical Fiber Greatly Reduces Signal Noise

lutra 12 October 2020

The anti-resonant hollow core fiber features a unique arrangement of seven hollow capillaries arranged around a hollow core inside the fiber. Credit: Arjun Iyer/Renninger lab/University…

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Technologies

Free App Genopo Analyzes Coronavirus Genome on a Smartphone in Less Than 30 Minutes

lutra 12 October 2020

The app Genopo makes genomics more accessible to remote or under-resourced regions. Credit: Dr. Ira Deveson A new mobile app has made it possible to…

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Technologies

Revolutionary Zero-Emissions Power Source: Validating the Physics Behind the New MIT-Designed Fusion Experiment

lutra 12 October 2020

Rendering of SPARC, a compact, high-field, DT burning tokamak, currently under design by a team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Commonwealth Fusion Systems.…

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Software

Virtual reality helps people stay fit and well through lockdown

lutra 04 March 2021

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain People who use virtual reality headsets as a way of passing the time during lockdown are exercising more vigorously and feeling…

Software

Reinforcement learning algorithms score higher than humans, other AI systems at classic video games

lutra 26 February 2021

A team of researchers at Uber AI Labs in San Francisco has developed a set of learning algorithms that proved to be better at playing…

Software

Microsoft will release Office 2021 for Windows and Macs later this year

lutra 23 February 2021

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Microsoft confirmed it will launch Office 2021, the latest version of its productivity suite of apps like Word, Excel and others,…

Software

Epic Games pays virtual money in loot box settlement

lutra 23 February 2021

Epic Games, maker of Fortniteare to pay the equivalent of $8 to players who bought so-called ‘loot boxes’ containing game items without knowing what was…

Hardware

Samsung announces high bandwidth memory, processing-in-memory architecture

lutra 18 February 2021

Credit: Samsung Samsung Electronics has announced on its Newsroom webpage the development of a new kind of memory chip architecture called high-bandwidth memory, processing-in-memory—HBM-PIM. The…

Hardware

Imec showcases world’s first sub-5mw, IEEE 802.15.4z ultra-wideband transmitter chip

lutra 17 February 2021

Imec showcases the first IEEE 802.15.4z impulse-radio ultra-wideband (IR-UWB) transmitter chip, with a record-low power consumption of 4.9mW. Credit: imec At this week’s International Solid-State…

Hardware

Qualcomm’s new 5G modem promises 10 gigabits per second peak download speeds

lutra 11 February 2021

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Qualcomm rolled out its next generation of 5G processors Tuesday that the company says can deliver peak download speeds of 10…

Hardware

Intel’s benchmark claims against Apple’s M1 draw scrutiny

lutra 08 February 2021

Credit: CC0 Public Domain They say that breaking up is hard to do. Apple and Intel had a 15-year relationship as Intel produced the chips…

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