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News MIT scientists develop low-cost, high-precision fabrication method for thin mirrors and silicon wafers
“A novel photolithography technique could be a manufacturing game-changer for optical applications. Technologies that depend on lightweight, high-precision optical systems, like space telescopes, X-ray mirrors, and display panels, have developed significantly over the past several decades, but more advanced progress …
“The Mastcam-Z camera recorded video of Phobos, one of the Red Planet’s two moons, to study how its orbit is changing over time. NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has captured dramatic footage of Phobos, Mars’ potato-shaped moon, crossing the …
News New hardware created by Stanford team shows a way to develop delicate quantum technologies based on tiny mechanical devices
“By bringing the benefits of mechanical devices into the quantum realm, Stanford researchers aim to create advanced computing and sensing devices. Stanford University researchers have developed a key experimental device for future quantum physics-based technologies that borrows a page from …
“A joint research and development hub will harness the strength of synthetic diamonds to build a new generation of quantum computers. The newly established Research Hub for Diamond Quantum Materials is led by German-Australian quantum computing provider Quantum Brilliance, with …
“An international research team involving the CNRS, Air Liquide and the University of Kyoto (Japan) has just demonstrated the very promising capabilities of a new family of materials for storing flammable gases such as acetylene. These materials are nanoporous and …
“Nanomaterials scientists from Utrecht University have improved a nanogel in such a way that it can now transport individual molecules from one liquid to the other. “By enlarging the surface area between two liquids, we can increase the exchange of …
“Researchers settle the debate on the relative stabilities of boron nitride’s structures using a state-of-the-art quantum simulation method Despite the huge technological interest in boron nitride (BN), understanding the relative stability of its different structural phases remains a challenge …
“Imaging method measures particle size and position with nanometer precision Researchers have developed a new measurement and imaging approach that can resolve nanostructures smaller than the diffraction limit of light without requiring any dyes or labels. The work represents an …
“Researchers at UC Berkeley have developed a new way to 3D-print glass microstructures that is faster and produces objects with higher optical quality, design flexibility and strength, according to a new study published in the April 15 issue of Science …
“A team from the UNIGE has succeeded in visualizing crystal nucleation - the stage that precedes crystallization - that was invisible until now. At the interface between chemistry and physics, the process of crystallization is omnipresent in nature and industry. It is …