For scientists to understand the role the changing environment in the Arctic Ocean plays in global climate change, there is a need to map the…
View More Navigating Beneath the Arctic Ice – Without GPS
Navigating Beneath the Arctic Ice – Without GPS
Patching Up Your Health: Ultrathin Self-Powered E-health Patches
Photograph of the sheet-type piezoelectric system. Accurate biomonitoring is possible without being noticed; the ultrathin and soft sheet system realizes attachment of the device to…
View More Patching Up Your Health: Ultrathin Self-Powered E-health Patches
Science Made Simple: What Is Quantum Computing?
DOE’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory is using a sophisticated cooling system to keep qubits – the heart of quantum computers – cold enough for scientists…
View More Science Made Simple: What Is Quantum Computing?
Combining Light & Superconductors Could Boost Artificial Intelligence Capabilities
In Applied Physics Letters, researchers propose an approach to large-scale AI that focuses on integrating photonic components with superconducting electronics. Credit: Jeffrey Michael Shainline Optoelectronic…
View More Combining Light & Superconductors Could Boost Artificial Intelligence Capabilities
Hibernation and Trash features abound for the upcoming Android 12
Android. Credit: Unsplash Among other features, the new Android version 12 will both automatically set unused apps to idle mode to provide more space as…
View More Hibernation and Trash features abound for the upcoming Android 12
DOE Pushes for Aggressive U.S. Investment in Fusion Energy
NIF’s high-energy laser beams converge on a target at the center of the target chamber. Success in achieving fusion ignition would be a major step…
View More DOE Pushes for Aggressive U.S. Investment in Fusion Energy
MagicDNA: Tiny, Complex DNA Robots Designed in Minutes Instead of Days
This “airplane,” made of strands of DNA, is 1000 times smaller than the width of a human hair. Credit: Ohio State University New software will…
View More MagicDNA: Tiny, Complex DNA Robots Designed in Minutes Instead of Days
Faster, Larger Quantum Computers, Tricked-Out With Qubits Comprised of Holes
Electron holes could be the solution to operational speed/coherence trade-off. A new study indicates holes the solution to operational speed/coherence trade-off, potential scaling up of…
View More Faster, Larger Quantum Computers, Tricked-Out With Qubits Comprised of Holes
Soft, Mechanical Metamaterial That Can “Think” Offers Potential of Helpful “Living” Machines in the Future
New soft, mechanical metamaterials can “think” about how forces are applied to it and respond via preprogrammed reactions. Credit: Elizabeth Flores-Gomez Murray/ Penn State New…
View More Soft, Mechanical Metamaterial That Can “Think” Offers Potential of Helpful “Living” Machines in the Future
New Conductive Polymer Ink Paves Way for Next-Generation Printed Electronics
Researchers at Linköping University, Sweden, have developed a stable high-conductivity polymer ink. The new n-type material comes in the form of ink with ethanol as…
View More New Conductive Polymer Ink Paves Way for Next-Generation Printed Electronics