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Electric gains in battery performance

“Batteries made from earth-abundant metals show great potential for grid-scale energy storage. A high-performance version of the zinc-ion battery will enable station energy storage that promises to be cheaper, safer and more environmentally friendly than lithium-ion batteries. Until now, zinc-ion …

FAA grounds Virgin Galactic’s spacecraft during investigation of Branson flight issues

“The Federal Aviation Administration grounded Virgin Galactic on Thursday, as the federal regulator investigates the company’s previous spaceflight that carried founder Richard Branson. “Virgin Galactic may not return the SpaceShipTwo vehicle to flight until the FAA approves the final …

Ferroelectrics everywhere?

“New family of ferroelectric materials raises possibilities for improved information and energy storage A new family of materials that could result in improved digital information storage and uses less energy may be possible thanks to a team of Penn State …

Generating entangled photons with nonlinear metasurfaces

“A new method for generating quantum-entangled photon pairs employs nonlinear metasurfaces to enhance and tailor photon emissions—an important step towards creating miniaturized quantum devices for everyday applications Quantum nanophotonics is an active research field with emerging applications that range …

Geologists propose theory about a famous asteroid

“The troughs on Vesta have long been a topic of scientific speculation The asteroid Vesta is the second largest asteroid in our solar system. With a diameter of about 330 miles, it orbits the sun between the planets Mars and …

Imaginary Numbers Protect AI From Very Real Threats

“Using complex numbers helps secure machine learning algorithms from adversarial attacks in experiments focused on image classification. Computer engineers at Duke University have demonstrated that using complex numbers—numbers with both real and imaginary components—can play an integral part …

Linux Kernel 5.14 Released, This is What’s New

“Announcing the latest kernel’s arrival on the Linux Kernel mailing list Linux founder Linus Torvalds couldn’t resist acknowledging the attention his ‘hobby’ project has received for its 30th anniversary recently, remarking: “I realize you must all still be …

Nano ‘camera’ made using molecular glue allows real-time monitoring of chemical reactions

“Researchers have made a tiny camera, held together with ‘molecular glue’ that allows them to observe chemical reactions in real time. The device, made by a team from the University of Cambridge, combines tiny semiconductor nanocrystals called quantum dots and …

NASA Begins Air Taxi Flight Testing with Joby

“NASA began flight testing Monday with Joby Aviation’s all-electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft as part of the agency’s Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) National Campaign. This testing runs through Friday, Sept.10, at Joby’s Electric Flight …

New AMD Patent Proposes Teleportation to Make Quantum Computing More Efficient

“Based on a multi-SIMD quantum processor architecture A team of researchers with AMD have filed a patent application that looks toward a more efficient and reliable quantum computing architecture, thanks to a conventional multi-SIMD (Single Instruction Multiple Data …