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Could shrinking a key component help make autonomous cars affordable?
Electrical engineers working on shrinking the mechanical and electronic components in a rooftop lidar down to a single silicon chip think the component could be mass produced for as little...
T2K project clarifying why matter dominates antimatter in the universe
Physicists working on the T2K project at Lancaster University are inching closer to an explanation for the dominance of matter over antimatter -- a phenomena that makes the universe possible.
Gust of wind facilitates flamingo's zoo escape
Officials at a British zoo said a flamingo escaped from its enclosure thanks to a well-timed gust of wind, but was soon returned to its flock.
Gold catalysts made simple with new technique
Scientists from Cardiff University have created a new and simple method for creating catalysts made from precious metals and have shown that gold still remains the most stable and efficient...
Excellent external microphones to boost your camera’s audio.
Capture quality video and sound. (Mathias Arlund via Unsplash/)It’s an old saw of video production: Any shot can be fixed or replaced, but if you have terrible audio, your video is probably...
Untwisting plastics for charging internet-of-things devices
Scientists are unraveling the properties of electricity-conducting plastics so they can be used in future energy-harvesting devices.
Lung-heart super sensor on a chip tinier than a ladybug
This Lilliputian chip's detection bandwidth is enormous -- from sweeping body motions to faint sounds of the heartbeat, pulse waves traversing body tissues, respiration rate, and lung sounds.
Could shrinking a key component help make autonomous cars affordable?
Engineers and business leaders have been working on autonomous cars for years, but there's one big obstacle to making them cheap enough to become commonplace: They've needed a way to...
Scientists find a rule to predict new superconducting metal hydrides
The search for coveted high-temperature superconductors is going to get easier with a new 'law within a law' discovered by Skoltech and MIPT researchers and their colleagues, who figured out...
New photon-counting camera captures 3-D images with record speed and resolution
Researchers have developed the first megapixel photon-counting camera based on new-generation image sensor technology that uses single-photon avalanche diodes (SPADs). The new camera can detect single photons of light at...
Peeking into a world of spin-3/2 materials
Researchers have been pushing the frontiers of the quantum world for over a century. And time after time, spin has been a rich source of new physics.
Bactericidal nanomachine: Researchers reveal the mechanisms behind a natural bacteria killer
Scientists are one step closer to adapting the bacteria-killing power of a naturally occurring nanomachine, a tiny particle that performs a mechanical action.
Device turns shells of sea creatures into power for medical, augmented reality, cellphone devices
An innovation using material derived from the shells of crabs and other sea creatures may soon provide a new option for powering medical sensors, phone screens and other devices.
Testing how accurately X-ray lasers can measure the inner workings of biological molecules
One of the great advantages of X-ray free-electron lasers like the one at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory is that they allow researchers to determine the structure...
Applying mathematics to accelerate predictions for capturing fusion energy
A key issue for scientists seeking to bring the fusion that powers the sun and stars to Earth is forecasting the performance of the volatile plasma that fuels fusion reactions....
Questionable stability of dissipative topological models for classical and quantum systems
Scientists analyze the spectral instability of energy-dissipative systems caused by their boundaries: A situation that is naturally given in experimental setups.
Scientists fit two co-catalysts on one nanosheet for better water purification
Scientists havee designed and tested a new two-dimensional (2-D) catalyst that can be used to improve water purification using hydrogen peroxide.
Applying mathematics to accelerate predictions for capturing fusion energy
Scientists have borrowed a technique from applied mathematics to rapidly predict the behavior of fusion plasma at a much-reduced computational cost.
Biomechanics of skin can perform useful tactile computations
As our body's largest and most prominent organ, the skin also provides one of our most fundamental connections to the world around us. From the moment we're born, it is...
NTSB: Roy Halladay was on drugs, performing stunts when plane crashed
Former MLB pitcher Roy Halladay was performing stunts and had high levels of amphetamines in his system when he crashed his small plane and died in 2017, according to the...
MLB players pay tribute to Dodgers legend on Jackie Robinson Day
Players from around Major League Baseball paid homage to then-Brooklyn Dodgers icon Jackie Robinson on the day named in his honor.
New textile could keep you cool in the heat, warm in the cold
Imagine a single garment that could adapt to changing weather conditions, keeping its wearer cool in the heat of midday but warm when an evening storm blows in. In addition...
Air Force selects Wisconsin, Alabama bases for F-35As
The Air Force announced Wednesday that it has selected Truax Field in Wisconsin and Dannelly Field in Alabama as its next two F-35A Lightning II locations for the Air National...
These fold-up robots fly just like ladybugs
Researchers created a ladybug-like robot whose wing snap open in milliseconds, just like its insect inspiration. (Pexels/)When a ladybug takes flight, its wings spring open within a tenth of a second—faster than a...
Staff at Berkeley Lab's X-Ray facility mobilize to support COVID-19-related research
X-rays allow researchers to map out the 3-D structure of proteins relevant to diseases at the scale of molecules and atoms, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's (Berkeley Lab's) Advanced Light...
New boron material of high hardness created by plasma chemical vapor deposition
Yogesh Vohra, Ph.D., uses microwave-plasma chemical vapor deposition to create thin crystal films of never-before-seen materials. This effort seeks materials that approach a diamond in hardness and are able to...
Scientists offer perspectives on cavitation science
A type of damage in soft materials and tissue called cavitation is one of the least-studied phenomena in physics, materials science and biology, say expert observers. But strong evidence suggesting...
Origin of defects that sap potential of next gen solar tech
Scientists have discovered the source of efficiency-limiting defects in perovskites -- a class of potential materials for next generation solar cells and flexible LEDs.