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Understanding the tantalizing benefits of tantalum for improved quantum processors
Whether it's baking a cake, building a house, or developing a quantum device, the quality of the end product significantly depends on its ingredients or base materials. Researchers working to...
Study demonstrates one of the world's fastest electron microscopes in action
Electron microscopes give us insight into the tiniest details of materials and can visualize, for example, the structure of solids, molecules or nanoparticles with atomic resolution. However, most materials in...
New 3D stretchable electronics can advance organ-on-chip technology
Flexible electronic nanomembranes show promise for revolutionary organ-on-chip technologies, potentially reducing the need for animal testing in medical research.
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Sudan cease-fire breaks down, stalling negotiations
Hopes for a sustainable cease-fire in Sudan were dashed on Wednesday after talks broke down between the government's military force and a powerful militia group.
Examining a nanocrystal that shines on and off indefinitely
In 2021, lanthanide-doped nanoparticles made waves—or rather, an avalanche—when Changwan Lee, then a Ph.D. student in Jim Schuck's lab at Columbia Engineering, set off an extreme light-producing chain reaction from...
You can make carbon dioxide filters with a 3D printer
In a new study, North Carolina State University researchers demonstrated that it's possible to make carbon dioxide capture filters using 3-D printing. Specifically, they printed a hydrogel material that can...
Scientists' report world's first X-ray of a single atom
A team of scientists from Ohio University, Argonne National Laboratory, the University of Illinois-Chicago, and others, led by Ohio University Professor of Physics, and Argonne National Laboratory scientist, Saw Wai...
Study: Scientists use X-ray to identify single atom for first time
For the first time, scientists have taken the first X-ray signal of a single atom, with such detection having the potential to revolutionize areas of science like quantum information, nanotechnology,...
New scheme for qubit control in a multilevel system
A team led by Prof. Guo Guangcan from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) has made significant progress in the research of multilevel quantum system tunability.
New catalyst design for electrocatalytic acetylene semihydrogenation
Recently, Prof. Zeng Jie's research group from Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), collaborating with Prof. Xia...
Metal fuel for carbon-free energy on Earth… and the Moon
Everything burns. Given the right environment, all matter can burn by adding oxygen, but finding the right mix and generating enough heat makes some materials combust more easily than others....
Counterintuitive lithium compounds suggest route toward high-temperature superconductivity
Researchers from Skoltech, Jiangsu Normal University, and elsewhere have predicted unexpected compounds formed by lithium and cesium under high pressure. These new substances display unexpected chemistry and never-before-seen crystal structures,...
Examining the latest developments of spatiotemporal vortices of light
Vortices of light, null regions of intensity surrounded by spiral phases, make up the skeleton of a wavefield and influence the properties of light. Since the discovery of the tight...
Engineering team receives $3.6M to combat plastic waste
Plastics transformed engineering in the past century, but they also transformed the environment in ways that will take millennia to repair. Washington University in St. Louis is leading a new...
Understanding the Tantalizing Benefits of Tantalum for Improved Quantum Processors
Researchers working to improve the performance of superconducting qubits, the foundation of quantum computers, have been experimenting using different base materials in an effort to increase the coherent lifetimes of...
Biomicrofluidics Selects Groundbreaking Platform to Manipulate Biospecimens for 2022 Best Paper Award
Biomicrofluidics is pleased to announce Sumin Lee as the winner of its 2022 Best Paper award. An expert panel of judges selected Lee for her significant contribution as an emerging...
Japan passes bill to extend lifespan of nuclear power plants beyond legal limit of 60 years
The Japanese parliament has passed a bill that would extend the lifespan of nuclear power plants to more than 60 years as the country aims to cut carbon emissions and...
Engineering designer materials with bird-inspired structural colors using nanoparticle-based supraballs
Materials scientists are often bioinspired, and in a new study, bird-inspired by structural colors exhibited by avian species to form non-iridescent nanoparticle assemblies. Such nanoparticle mixtures varying in particle chemistry...
Lattice built with negative thermal expansion properties reveals unique relaxation mechanism
A team of nuclear chemists at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, working with a colleague from Changzhou University, has discovered a unique relaxation mechanism in a lattice-based material they built...
First experimental confirmation that some microbes are powered by electricity
In microbial electrosynthesis, microorganisms use CO2 and electricity to produce alcohol, for example. How this process works biologically, however, has only been speculated about, until now. Researchers at the Leibniz...
Color-changing material indicates when medications get too warm
Some foods and medicines, such as many COVID-19 vaccines, must be kept cold. As a step toward a robust, stable technique that could indicate when these products exceed safe limits,...
A breakthrough in the electrooxidation of propylene
A research team led by Prof. Geng Zhigang from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) designed a molecular catalyst that can undergo dynamically reversible interconversion for the...
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BAFTA film awards to be presented on Feb. 18
Britain's BAFTA Awards for excellence in cinema are to be presented at a London gala on Feb. 18.
Erykah Badu joins cast of film adaptation of 'Piano Lesson' play
Grammy-winning artist Erykah Badu has joined the cast of the Netflix film adaptation of August Wilson's play, "The Piano Lesson."
AceMagician AMR5 Mini PC review: An affordable and compact option for students
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Heatwave prompts Hanoi to reduce street lights as power cuts loom
Faced with record-breaking heat, Vietnam's capital Hanoi has turned off some street lights to save electricity as demand for air conditioning soars.