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A Four-State Magnetic Tunnel Junction for Novel Spintronics Applications

“A novel magnetic tunnel junction, which has four resistance states instead of two states in existing magnetic tunnel junctions, may pave the way to novel spintronics devices, including multi-level magnetic memory. A tunnel junction is a device consisting of two …

A new lens on the world

“Case Western Reserve scientists, collaborators at Harvard and Italian university Unical, aim to ‘revolutionize optics’ by combining nanostructured metasurfaces with liquid crystal technology For more than 500 years, humans have mastered the art of refracting light by shaping glass into …

AI automatic tuning delivers step forward in Quantum computing

“Researchers at Oxford University, in collaboration with DeepMind, University of Basel and Lancaster University, have created a machine learning algorithm that interfaces with a quantum device and ‘tunes’ it faster than human experts, without any human input. They are dubbing …

Army scientists take new spin on quantum research

“Army researchers discovered a way to further enhance quantum systems to provide Soldiers with more reliable and secure capabilities on the battlefield. Specifically, this research informs how future quantum networks will be designed to deal with the effects of noise …

Biomorphic batteries could provide 72x more energy for robots

“Like biological fat reserves store energy in animals, a new rechargeable zinc battery integrates into the structure of a robot to provide much more energy, a team led by the University of Michigan has shown. This approach to increasing capacity …

Cellular IoT development board simplifies prototyping of space-constrained IoT products for makers and hobbyists

“Circuit Dojo’s Feather platform employs Nordic’s nRF9160 SiP to offer low power LTE-M/NB-IoT cellular IoT and GPS for global operation Nordic Semiconductor today announces that Circuit Dojo, a Branford, CT-based electronic design company, has …

Coffee stains inspire optimal printing technique for electronics

“Using an alcohol mixture, researchers modified how ink droplets dry, enabling cheap industrial-scale printing of electronic devices at unprecedented scales. Have you ever spilled your coffee on your desk? You may then have observed one of the most puzzling phenomena …

Cosmic rays may soon stymie quantum computing

“Building quantum computers underground or designing radiation-proof qubits may be needed, researchers find. The practicality of quantum computing hangs on the integrity of the quantum bit, or qubit. Qubits, the logic elements of quantum computers, are coherent two-level systems that …

Electron movements in liquid measured in super-slow motion

“Electrons are able to move within molecules, for example when they are excited from outside or in the course of a chemical reaction. For the first time, scientists have now succeeded in studying the first few dozen attoseconds of this …

From Biopaste to Bioplastic

“A viscous biopaste that is easy to process, solidifies quickly and is suitable for producing even complex structures using the 3D printing process has been developed by a research team headed by Prof. Dr. Marie-Pierre Laborie from the Chair of …