Sony has officially announced its next-gen virtual reality gear for the PlayStation 5. While we haven’t seen exactly what the PSVR2 headset looks like, we…
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Creating the Heart of a Quantum Computer: Developing Qubits
A computer is suspended from the ceiling. Delicate lines and loops of silvery wires and tubes connect gold-colored platforms. It seems to belong in a…
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Bug in backup software results in loss of 77 terabytes of research data at Kyoto University
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Computer maintenance workers at Kyoto University have announced that due to an apparent bug in software used to back up research…
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Turning Up the Heat: Thermal Energy Storage Could Help Decarbonize Buildings
Berkeley Lab researchers have reported a breakthrough in phase-change materials, which will improve the affordability of thermal energy storage. Phase-change materials can be added inside…
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New Photovoltaic Materials Developed by Stanford Scientists for Ultrathin, Lightweight Solar Panels
Transition metal dichalcogenide solar cells on a flexible polyimide substrate. Credit: Koosha Nassiri Nazif New, ultrathin photovoltaic materials could eventually be used in mobile applications,…
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Smart charging can save electric vehicle drivers £110 a year and cut carbon footprint by 20%
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Drivers of electric vehicles could save an average of £110 a year—and cut their carbon footprint by 20%—by using “smart charging”…
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Nanotube Fibers Stand Strong – But for How Long Under Stresses and Strains?
Rice University researchers found that cyclic loading of nanotube fibers leads to strain ratcheting that can eventually lead to the failure of the fiber. Credit:…
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Transforming Materials With Light – Enabling Windows That Transform Into Mirrors and Super High-Speed Computers
A strong laser is seen illuminating a material in a low-temperature chamber. The laser is being used to change the material’s degree of transparency. Credit:…
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Novel Magnetic Semiconductor Gives New Perspective on Anomalous Hall Effect
Credit: Masaki Uchida of Tokyo Institute of Technology A large, unconventional anomalous Hall resistance in a new magnetic semiconductor in the absence of large-scale magnetic…
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Graphene Nanoribbon Breakthrough Could Lead to High-Speed, Low-Power Nanoscale Data Storage
Scanning tunneling microscopy image of a zigzag graphene nanoribbon. Credit: Felix Fischer/Berkeley Lab Technique Tunes Into Graphene Nanoribbons’ Electronic Potential Ever since atom thick –…
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