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Entire colour palette of inexpensive fluorescent dyes

“ETH researchers have developed a modular system for the simple and inexpensive production of security inks. It is based on polymers and could also be used in solar power plants and screens in the future. Novel fluorescent dyes developed by …

First Israeli Nanosatellite Designed to Communicate from Space with Optical Ground Station

“TAU-SAT3 was successfully launched yesterday. The researchers: “An important step toward demonstrating reliable quantum communication” A new technological achievement for Tel Aviv University: in less than two years TAU launched three nanosatellites into space. The third, TAU-SAT3, was …

Improving the operational stability of perovskite solar cells

“Scientists at EPFL have found a way to improve the operational stability of perovskite solar cells, a crucial step towards their commercialization. Hybrid perovskites are materials made from metal halide frameworks interspersed with organic cations. They have attracted a lot …

Into the blue: Progress in perovskite LEDs for deep-blue light

“Rapid crystallization method enables high-performance and spectrally stable deep-blue perovskite LEDs The deep blue of your LED display is likely produced by indium gallium nitride (InGaN), a costly substance. In the field of LEDs, researchers are seeking alternatives in a …

James Webb Telescope Reveals Milky Way-like Galaxies in Young Universe

“New images from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) reveal for the first time galaxies with stellar bars — elongated features of stars stretching from the centers of galaxies into their outer disks — at a time when the universe was …

Lab lights way to simple chemical synthesis

“Rice lab photochemistry method eases manufacture of drug, chemical precursors Inexpensive iron salts are a key to simplifying the manufacture of essential precursors for drugs and other chemicals, according to scientists at Rice University. They’ve refined the process of …

Lights! Cameras! Atoms! Scientist Peers Into the Quantum Future

“Pioneering researcher illuminates molecular forces with a world-class instrument using AI and high performance computing at the edge. Ryan Coffee makes movies of molecules. Their impacts are huge. The senior scientist at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (above) says these …

More energy-efficient robotic systems?

“An NYU Tandon team’s new mathematical model holds the key In every sector, sustainability and energy efficiency have become pressing concerns, and robotics is no exception. Until now, however, researchers seeking to predict the energy usage of robotic systems …

New quantum computing architecture could be used to connect large-scale devices

“Researchers have demonstrated directional photon emission, the first step toward extensible quantum interconnects. Quantum computers hold the promise of performing certain tasks that are intractable even on the world’s most powerful supercomputers. In the future, scientists anticipate using quantum …

New Type of Entanglement Lets Scientists ‘See’ Inside Nuclei

“First-ever observation of quantum interference between dissimilar particles offers new approach for mapping distribution of gluons in atomic nuclei—and potentially more Nuclear physicists have found a new way to use the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC)—a particle collider …