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…
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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,…
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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…
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A new accelerator chip called “Hiddenite” that can achieve state-of-the-art
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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…
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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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Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have succeeded in developing a simple hydrocarbon molecule with a logic gate function, similar to that in transistors, in…
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In a paper published by Science, DeepMind demonstrates how neural networks can improve approximation of the Density Functional (a method used to describe electron interactions…
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