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Researchers create a photographic film of a molecular switch
Molecular switches are the molecular counterparts of electrical switches and play an important role in many processes in nature. Nanotechnologist now produced a photographic film at the atomic level and...
Optical Microcomb Device May Result in Improved Telecommunications, Sensors, Clocks
Modern communications technology increasingly relies on light to transmit data over fiber optics. And the high data rates that fuel the internet are achieved using many frequencies (colors) of light,...
Simulating wind farm development
Wind farms are large, highly technical projects but their development often relies on personal decisions made by individual landowners and small communities. Recognizing the power of the human element in...
Engineers design a device that operates like a brain synapse
Teams around the world are building ever more sophisticated artificial intelligence systems of a type called neural networks, designed in some ways to mimic the wiring of the brain, for...
The Star Wars: Squadrons gameplay will make you excited to fly a starfighter in VR
Even if you’re not a huge Star Wars fan, the appeal of plunking down into an X-wing or some other slick space fighter has almost undeniable appeal. At least that’s what EA...
The exhaust gas from a power plant can be recovered and used as a raw reaction material
A research group developed a new technology that can drastically conserve the energy used to capture CO2 from gases exhausted from a concentrated source such as thermal power plants. With...
Woman pulls over on highway when snake spotted in car
Police in Missouri came to the assistance of a driver who pulled over at the side of the interstate and fled her vehicle when she discovered a snake slithering around...
New production method for heterostructure devices
Researchers have developed a pioneering production method for heterostructure devices, based on 2D materials such as graphene.
Teaching physics to neural networks removes 'chaos blindness'
Teaching physics to neural networks enables those networks to better adapt to chaos within their environment. The work has implications for improved artificial intelligence (AI) applications ranging from medical diagnostics...
Polymers can fine-tune attractions between suspended nanocubes
Researchers demonstrate a high level of control over a type of colloid in which the suspended particles take the form of hollow, nanoscale cubes. This case has only previously been...
New system uses wind turbines to defend the US national grid from power cuts
A 'smart' system that controls the storage and release of energy from wind turbines will reduce the risk of power cuts and support the increase of wind energy use world-wide,...
Simulating wind farm development
Engineers have devised a model to describe how, in the process of establishing wind farms, interactions between developers and landowners affect energy production costs.
Video: How tear gas affects your body
2-Chlorobenzalmalononitrile, better known as CS gas, is one of the most common tear gases used in the United States today, but did you know it's not actually a gas?
Martha Graham Dance's long-lost 'Immediate Tragedy': Your must-watch of the day
Martha Graham's company collaborates with Wild Up and the Soraya in Northridge to reimagine a 1937 dance for the digital (and coronavirus) age.
An ant-inspired approach to mathematical sampling
Researchers have observed the exploratory behavior of ants to inform the development of a more efficient mathematical sampling technique.
Is teleportation possible? Yes, in the quantum world
Researchers are exploring new ways of creating quantum-mechanical interactions between distant electrons. The research marks an important advance in quantum computing.
Measuring a tiny quasiparticle is a major step forward for semiconductor technology
A team of researchers has uncovered new information about the mass of individual components that make up a promising quasiparticle, known as an exciton, that could play a critical role...
Is teleportation possible? Yes, in the quantum world
"Beam me up" is one of the most famous catchphrases from the Star Trek series. It is the command issued when a character wishes to teleport from a remote location...
Polymers can fine-tune attractions between suspended nanocubes
Colloids are complex mixtures in which microscopic particles of one substance are suspended evenly throughout another. They can be prepared in many different ways, but to achieve desirable properties in...
IAEA resolution urges Iran to fully cooperate, allow access to nuclear inspectors
International Atomic Energy Authority's board of governors on Friday approved a resolution urging Iran to fully cooperate with it and allow the watchdog agency's inspectors into two suspected nuclear sites.
Listen: BTS releases Japanese single 'Stay Gold'
K-pop group BTS released "Stay Gold," a new single from its Japanese album "Map of the Soul: 7 ~The Journey~."
Researchers study a novel type of extracellular vesicles
Researchers from Sechenov University and the University of Pittsburgh compared the properties of two groups of extracellular vesicles. Either present in a liquid phase or attached to the fibres of...
Skyrmion dynamics and traverse mobility
Skyrmions could revolutionise computing exhibiting great potential in the electronic storage of information, and the key to such a breakthrough could be understanding their behaviour under applied currents.
Researchers pioneer new production method for heterostructure devices
Researchers at the University of Exeter have developed a pioneering production method for heterostructure devices, based on 2-D materials such as graphene.
Single-spin electron paramagnetic resonance spectrum with kilohertz spectral resolution
A high-resolution paramagnetic resonance detection method based on the diamond nitrogen-vacancy (NV) color center quantum sensor was proposed and experimentally implemented in a study led by academician DU Jiangfeng from...
Hot ring produces microwave-powered ultrasound pulses wirelessly
Ultrasound imaging is one of the workhorses in a modern hospital. It hits the trifecta of being relatively cheap, portable and non-invasive. Causing future parents to get a bit emotional...
Scientists develop supersensitive sensors for mirror molecules in medicines
Researchers of Tomsk Polytechnic University with colleagues from the Czech Republic have developed supersensitive sensors for detecting enantiomers, known as "mirror molecules," in drugs. These molecules can reduce drug effectiveness...
Three-dimensional superlattice engineering with block copolymer epitaxy
Three-dimensional (3-D) structures at the nanoscale are important in modern devices, although their fabrication with traditional top-down approaches is complex and expensive. Block copolymers (BCPs) that are analogous to atomic lattices can spontaneously...