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New Glass-Ceramic Emits Light When Under Mechanical Stress

“Transparent glassy material could be used to provide a light-based readout of stress in the body or buildings Researchers have created a new glass-ceramic that emits light in response to mechanical stress, a property known as mechanoluminescence. With further development …

New hardware offers faster computation for artificial intelligence, with much less energy

“Engineers working on “analog deep learning” have found a way to propel protons through solids at unprecedented speeds. As scientists push the boundaries of machine learning, the amount of time, energy, and money required to train increasingly complex neural network …

New Photoacoustic Endoscope Fits Inside a Needle

“Tiny imaging device lays groundwork for high-resolution 3D imaging during clinical procedures Researchers have created a photoacoustic imaging endoscope probe that can fit inside a medical needle with an inner diameter of just 0.6 millimeters. Photoacoustic imaging, which combines …

Nexperia reveals wafer-level 12 & 30V MOSFETs with market-leading efficiency

“Three new devices in DSN1006 and DSN1010 save power and simplify thermal management in space-constrained applications Nexperia, the expert in essential semiconductors, has introduced the PMCB60XN and PMCB60XNE 30V N-channel small-signal trench MOSFETs, with market-leading RDS(on) in the ultra-compact …

Next generation atomic clocks are a step closer to real world applications

“Quantum clocks are shrinking, thanks to new technologies developed at the University of Birmingham-led UK Quantum Technology Hub Sensors and Timing. Working in collaboration with and partly funded by the UK’s Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl), a team …

One more slice to drive the solar stack

“An extra metal fluoride layer facilitates charge separation and boosts performance in perovskite–silicon tandem solar cells. Inserting a metal fluoride layer in multilayered perovskite–silicon tandem solar cells can stall charge recombination and enhance performance, KAUST researchers have found …

News  Programming pH

Programming pH

“pH — the concentration of protons in a watery solution — indicates how acidic the solution is. It regulates a broad range of natural and engineered chemical processes, including the synthesis of designed DNA sequences for applications in biotechnology. Changing the pH …

Quantum cryptography: Hacking futile

“An international team led by LMU physicist Harald Weinfurter has successfully implemented an advanced form of quantum cryptography for the first time. Encryption is more secure against hacking attempts. The Internet is teeming with highly sensitive information. Sophisticated encryption techniques …

Repro­ducibil­ity is the best pre­dic­tor of gen­er­al­iz­abil­ity

“An international team of researchers was recently able to show that research results from the field of strategic management in some cases generalizes to new time periods and new geographies. The decisive criterion for this is the reproducibility of a …

Researchers 3D print sensors for satellites

“Cheap and quick to produce, these digitally manufactured plasma sensors could help scientists predict the weather or study climate change. MIT scientists have created the first completely digitally manufactured plasma sensors for orbiting spacecraft. These plasma sensors, also known as …