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3D-printed Material to Replace Ivory

“With an elephant-friendly alternative to ivory, developed by TU Wien and Cubicure, old artefacts can be restored with high precision. For centuries, ivory was often used to make art objects. But to protect elephant populations, the ivory trade was banned …

A breakthrough that enables practical semiconductor spintronics

“It may be possible in the future to use information technology where electron spin is used to process information in quantum computers. It has long been the goal of scientists to be able to use spin-based quantum information technology at …

A Molecule That Responds to Light

“A novel Light-Spin Interface with Europium(III) Molecule Advances Development of Quantum Computers - KIT Researchers Report in Nature Communications Light can be used to operate quantum information processing systems, e.g. quantum computers, quickly and efficiently. Researchers at Karlsruhe Institute …

Auxin visualized for the first time

“A biosensor visualizes redistribution dynamics of the plant hormone auxin in living cells A team of scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology in Tübingen and the University of Bayreuth have created a novel tool that provides a …

CMU’s Snakebot Goes for a Swim

“Carnegie Mellon University’s acclaimed snake-like robot can now slither its way underwater, allowing the modular robotics platform to inspect ships, submarines and infrastructure for damage. A team from the Biorobotics Lab in the School of Computer Science’s Robotics …

Digital Isolator from STMicroelectronics Boosts Performance and Reliability Using New Thick-Oxide Galvanic Isolation Technology

“STMicroelectronics has begun volume production of the STISO621 dual-channel digital isolator, launching a new series of high-performance ICs for industrial applications and general optocoupler replacement. The STISO621 transfers data between two isolated domains at up to 100Mbit/s, with pulse …

Discovery could help lengthen lifespan of electronic devices

“Finding could result in electronics with better endurance University of Sydney researchers have made a significant discovery in the field of materials science, for the first time providing a full picture of how fatigue in ferroelectric materials occurs. Ferroelectric materials …

Dutch researchers establish the first entanglement-based quantum network

“A team of researchers from QuTech in the Netherlands reports realization of the first multi-node quantum network, connecting three quantum processors. In addition, they achieved a proof-of-principle demonstration of key quantum network protocols. Their findings mark an important milestone towards …

Elon Musk’s Boring Company Las Vegas Loop proves quite boring in first rides – no Autopilot yet

“Elon Musk’s Boring Company has allowed the media a first look at the Las Vegas Loop, and it proved to be, well, quite boring. The Las Vegas Convention Center Loop, The Boring Company’s first full-scale loop project, has …

Fast-spinning black holes narrow the search for dark matter particles

“Certain ultralight bosons would be expected to put the brakes on black holes, but new results show no such slowdown. Ultralight bosons are hypothetical particles whose mass is predicted to be less than a billionth the mass of an electron …