Team collaborates on assembling and testing “rock star” system 4,100 feet underground A team of scientists has assembled a first-of-its-kind system to help them understand…
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Photosynthesis Power: A Reliable and Renewable Biological Photovoltaic Cell
This system, containing blue-green algae, powered a microprocessor continuously for a year using nothing but ambient light and water. Credit: Paolo Bombelli Algae-Powered Computing Scientists…
View More Photosynthesis Power: A Reliable and Renewable Biological Photovoltaic CellLaser Pulses for Ultrafast Signal Processing Could Make Computers a Million Times Faster
Illustration of the gold-graphene structure in which electron waves from real and virtual charges are targeted with two ultrafast laser pulses. The combined effect can…
View More Laser Pulses for Ultrafast Signal Processing Could Make Computers a Million Times FasterPrintable, Self-Assembled Logic Circuits Created From Proteins
Researchers constructed self-assembled, protein-based circuits that can perform simple logic functions to demonstrate that it is possible to create stable digital circuits that take advantage…
View More Printable, Self-Assembled Logic Circuits Created From ProteinsPatent-Pending Technology Converts “Waste” Carbon Into Valuable Chemicals and Useful Elements
Waste carbon from farms, sewage and other sources can be processed into high-grade bio-based fuels more easily with a new PNNL-developed flow cell. In this…
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NeuroMechFly, the first accurate “digital twin” of the fly Drosophila melanogaster, offers a highly valuable testbed for studies that advance biomechanics and biorobotics. This could…
View More NeuroMechFly: A Morphologically Realistic Biomechanical Model of a FlySurprising Bacterial Nanowire Discovery May Lead to Living and Self-Repairing Electrical Circuits
Bacteria producing nanowires made up of cytochrome OmcS. Credit: Ella Maru Studio Cooling Speeds Up Electrons in Bacterial Nanowires The ground beneath our feet and…
View More Surprising Bacterial Nanowire Discovery May Lead to Living and Self-Repairing Electrical CircuitsRevolutionary New Qubit Platform Could Transform Quantum Computing
An illustration of the qubit platform made of a single electron on solid neon. Researchers froze neon gas into a solid at very low temperatures,…
View More Revolutionary New Qubit Platform Could Transform Quantum Computing‘Superhero’ streamers raising big money for cancer research
Gamers across the country have been raising much-needed funds for cancer research, with charity live streams already fetching tens of thousands of dollars. The Game on…
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Pacific Northwest National Laboratory scientists have uncovered new properties in a semiconductor material using a powerful, unconventional technique. Credit: Quardia, Shutterstock.com Discovery reveals the role…
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