More Dynamic, Scalable DNA Data Storage System Developed
Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a fundamentally new approach to DNA data storage systems, giving users the ability to read or modify…
Technology News
Manipulating the Flow of Light in Extreme Ways Using “Magic Angle” Twistronics
‘Twisted’ layers of 2D materials produce photonic topological transition at ‘magic’ rotation angles. Monash researchers are part of an international collaboration applying ‘twistronics’ concepts (the…
New MIT Research Suggests Coal Could Be Used to Make a Variety of Useful Devices
Dirty Carbon Reveals a Sophisticated Side Tar, the everyday material that seals seams in our roofs and driveways, has an unexpected and unappreciated complexity, according…
Artificial Brains Need Sleep Too – Desperate AI Researchers Discover Way to Stabilize Neuromorphic Processors
States that resemble sleep-like cycles in simulated neural networks quell the instability that comes with uninterrupted self-learning in artificial analogs of brains. No one can…
Carbon Nanotube Transistor Advance Paves the Way for 3D Microprocessors
Carbon Nanotube Transistors Make the Leap From Lab to Factory Floor Carbon nanotube transistors are a step closer to commercial reality, now that MIT researchers…
Discovery of Complex Nanometric Geometric Shapes on Dragonfly Wings Improves the Efficiency of Antibacterial Surfaces
Universitat Rovira i Virgili researchers have developed a nanometric-scale theoretical model to create structures that kill bacteria by using elastic forces. The results of this…
New Generation of Lightweight, Flexible Solar Cells and Display Screens Using Transparent Graphene Electrodes
New roll-to-roll production method could enable lightweight, flexible solar devices and a new generation of display screens. A new way of making large sheets of…
New 3D-Printable Material Developed That Mimics Biological Tissues
Biological tissues have evolved over millennia to be perfectly optimized for their specific functions. Take cartilage as an example. It’s a compliant, elastic tissue that’s…
Scientists Create Tiniest Semiconductor Laser – 3,000 Times Smaller Than a Millimeter
Scientists create smallest semiconductor laser that works in visible range at room temperature. An international team of researchers led by researchers from ITMO University announced…
Multifunctional Smart E-Glasses Monitor Health, Protect Eyes, Control Video Games
Fitness tracker bracelets and watches provide useful information, such as step count and heart rate, but they usually can’t provide more detailed data about the…
Progressing Electronics Beyond Moore’s Law With Graphene and 2D Materials
A team of researchers based in Manchester, the Netherlands, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland and the USA has published a new review on a field of computer…
Transformational Challenge Nuclear Reactor: Microreactor Built Using 3D Printing
Scientists at the Department of Energy Manufacturing Demonstration Facility at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have their eyes on the prize: the Transformational Challenge Reactor, or…
The Quantum Gate Hack – Applying Ideas From Gaming Hacks to Quantum Computing
PNNL quantum algorithm theorist and developer Nathan Wiebe is applying ideas from data science and gaming hacks to quantum computing. Everyone working on quantum computers…
Some Precious Metals – Such As Gold and Silver – Lose Their Conductive Property, If They Are Thin Enough
For the first time, it is possible to produce crystalline layers of precious metals that consist of a single atomic layer and which are semiconducting….
Discovery Unlocks ‘Hot’ Electrons for More Efficient Solar Panels
Highly energetic, “hot” electrons have the potential to help solar panels more efficiently harvest light energy. But scientists haven’t been able to measure the energies…
Promising Advances to Lower Cost and Durable Smart Window Technology
Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder have developed an improved method for controlling smart tinting on windows that could make them cheaper, more effective…
Most Cost Effective Solar Power Systems: Double-Sided Panels That Follow the Sun
Solar power systems with double-sided (bifacial) solar panels — which collect sunlight from two sides instead of one — and single-axis tracking technology that tilts…
Physicists Have Created the Most Sensitive Strain Sensor Ever Made
Sensitive Strain Sensor Created That Can Detect the Weight of a Feather The sensor, developed by the Materials Physics Group at the University of Sussex,…