The experimental quantum computing setup at the Advanced Quantum Testbed. Credit: Berkeley Lab Team led by Berkeley Lab, UC Berkeley scientists builds a new type…
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Computing experts thought they had developed adequate security patches after the major worldwide Spectre flaw of 2018, but UVA’s discovery shows processors are open to…
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New research shows that it might be a good idea to look for inspiration in nature when designing load-bearing foundations for buildings. Despite human inventiveness…
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With only $50 worth of components, an ordinary cellphone transforms into a sophisticated scientific instrument, capable of identifying chemicals, drugs, and pathogens. Scientists from Texas…
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Researchers have spent more than three decades developing and studying miniature biosensors that can identify single molecules. In five to 10 years, when such devices…
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The research team at National Institute of Informatics developed a technique to search automatically for simulation configurations that test various behaviors of automated driving systems.…
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Credit: CC0 Public Domain According to Michael Twidale, professor in the School of Information Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, bad usability can be…
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An invention from Purdue University innovators may provide a new option to use directed energy for biomedical and defense applications. The Purdue invention uses composite-based…
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Schematic representation of the coherent control of a spin defect (red) in an atomic layer of boron nitride. Boron nitride consists of boron (yellow spheres)…
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‘Smart’ device to harvest daylight. Credit: NTU Singapore Device can be used to illuminate dark, underground spaces in daytime. A team of Nanyang Technological University,…
View More Illuminating Dark, Underground Spaces: Scientists Design “Smart” Device to Harvest Daylight