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“Two Raspberry Pi computers have launched into space from Cape Canaveral in Florida on a Space X rocket. The credit card-sized devices are heading to the International Space Station (ISS) to carry out experiments programmed by school pupils. It is …
“An international team of researchers has used a unique tool inserted into an electron microscope to create a transistor that’s 25,000 times smaller than the width of a human hair. The research, published in the journal Science, involves …
“A meeting between C.C. Wei, CEO of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), and Taichung Mayor Lu Shiow-yen last week is believed by some industry analysts to be an indication that TSMC is planning to build a 2-nanometer process manufacturing …
“One Virginia family received the keys to their new 3D-printed home in time for Christmas. The home is Habitat for Humanity’s first 3D-printed home in the nation, according to a Habitat news release. Janet V. Green, CEO of Habitat …
“Scientists have used state-of-the-art 3D printing and microscopy to provide a new glimpse of what happens when taking magnets to three-dimensions on the nanoscale – 1000 times smaller than a human hair. “If we can control those magnetic forces on the …
“Oldenburg chemist Dmitry Momotenko has developed a new printing technology for tiny metallic objects. He succeeded in producing copper columns with a diameter of only 25 billionths of a meter. In recent years 3D printing, also known as additive manufacturing …
“A Rice University-led study is forcing physicists to rethink superconductivity in uranium ditelluride, an A-list material in the worldwide race to create fault-tolerant quantum computers. Uranium ditelluride crystals are believed to host a rare “ spin-triplet” form of superconductivity , but puzzling …
“Scientists have shown how electricity is transported in printed 2D materials, paving the way for design of flexible devices for healthcare and beyond. A study, published today in Nature Electronics, led by Imperial College London and Politecnico di Torino researchers …
News Bringing space inside the lab: Researchers replicate the climates of exoplanets to help find extraterrestrial life
“Scientists do not need to travel light-years away to chart the atmospheres of exoplanets, thanks to research happening in the Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering with scientists at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). Ryan Cole (PhDMechEngr’21) has …
“Researchers develop a faster, cheaper method to produce customized optical components for a variety of applications, including corrective eyewear, medical imaging and virtual reality Researchers have developed a way to create freeform optical components by shaping a volume of curable …