A newly created nano-architected material exhibits a property that previously was just theoretically possible: it can refract light backward, regardless of the angle at…
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Artificial Intelligence Tutoring Outperforms Expert Instructors in Brain Surgery Training
A student training on a neurosurgical simulator. Credit: The Neuro Machine learning algorithms enhanced technical performance and learning outcomes during simulated brain tumor removal. The
View More Artificial Intelligence Tutoring Outperforms Expert Instructors in Brain Surgery TrainingFirst Successful Implantation of Revolutionary Artificial Vision Brain Implant
Rendering of the Intracortical Visual Prosthesis (ICVP) wireless implantable stimulator model alongside a penny for scale. Credit: Illinois Institute of Technology While there is currently…
View More First Successful Implantation of Revolutionary Artificial Vision Brain ImplantSolar Modules With a Marble Look for House Facades
Solar cells as building material? In cooperation with the SUNOVATION company, KIT researchers developed perovskite solar modules with marble optics for facades. Credit: Amadeus Bramsiepe,…
View More Solar Modules With a Marble Look for House FacadesActive Camouflage Using a Polymer Network of Liquid Crystals
The researchers’ artificial chromatophores consist of membranes stretched over circular cavities attached to pneumatic pumps. Pressurizing the cavity stretches the membrane, changing the pitch of…
View More Active Camouflage Using a Polymer Network of Liquid CrystalsUnusual Story of an Energy System Developed by a Handful of Activists and Used by 36 Million People
In the mid-1990s, a few energy activists in Massachusetts had a vision: What if consumers had choice about the energy they consumed? Instead of being…
View More Unusual Story of an Energy System Developed by a Handful of Activists and Used by 36 Million PeopleHiddenite: A New AI Processor Based on a Cutting-Edge Neural Network Theory
A new accelerator chip called “Hiddenite” that can achieve state-of-the-art
View More Hiddenite: A New AI Processor Based on a Cutting-Edge Neural Network TheoryChaining Atoms Together Using Nuclear Spins Yields Quantum Storage
Artist’s illustration depicts the quantum spin of an ytterbium ion with the surrounding yttrium orthovanadate crystal. The spin states of the atoms can be used…
View More Chaining Atoms Together Using Nuclear Spins Yields Quantum Storager2c: An Open-Source Tool for Software Security
The startup r2c, founded by
View More r2c: An Open-Source Tool for Software SecuritySolar-Powered System From MIT Offers a Route to Inexpensive Desalination
MIT researchers have developed a solar-powered desalination system that is more efficient and less expensive than previous methods. In this schematic, a confined water layer…
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