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A team of international physicists join forces in hunt for sterile neutrinos

“An international group of more than 260 scientists have produced one of the most stringent tests for the existence of sterile neutrinos to date. The scientists from two major international experimental groups, MINOS+ at the Department of Energy’s Fermilab …

Assessing the value of battery energy storage in future power grids

“Storage value increases as variable renewable energy supplies an increasing share of electricity, but storage cost declines are needed to realize full potential. In the transition to a decarbonized electric power system, variable renewable energy (VRE) resources such as wind …

‘Black dwarf supernova’: ISU physicist calculates when the last supernova ever will happen

“The end of the universe as we know it will not come with a bang. Most stars will very, very slowly fizzle as their temperatures fade to zero. “It will be a bit of a sad, lonely, cold place,” said …

Break it down: A new way to address common computing problem

“A computational framework for solving linear inverse problems takes a parallel computing approach In this era of big data, there are some problems in scientific computing that are so large, so complex and contain so much information that attempting to …

Broken Cable Damages Arecibo Observatory

“The National Science Foundation facility is closed while engineers review the damage and assess the extent of repairs that will be needed to bring the telescope back online. One of the auxiliary cables that helps support a metal platform in …

Deep learning and metamaterials make the invisible visible

“By combining purpose-built materials and neural networks, researchers at EPFL have shown that sound can be used in high-resolution imagery. Imaging allows us to depict an object through far-field analysis of the light- and sound-waves that it transmits or radiates …

Electronic components join forces to take up 10 times less space on computer chips

“Electronic filters are part of the inner workings of our phones and other wireless devices. They eliminate or enhance specific input signals to achieve the desired output signals. They are essential, but take up space on the chips that researchers …

Engineers manipulate color on the nanoscale, making it disappear

“Most of the time, a material’s color stems from its chemical properties. Different atoms and molecules absorb different wavelengths of light; the remaining wavelengths are the “intrinsic colors” that we perceive when they are reflected back to our eyes …

Imec presents low-power 60 GHz radar chip for contactless health tracking in battery-powered devices

“This week at the virtual conference IEEE RFIC, leading research and innovation hub imec presents a millimeter-wave motion detection radar at 60GHz, integrated in standard 28nm CMOS. Achieving 2-cm range resolution, the ultra-sensitive radar is optimized for vital sign monitoring …

Intel says new transistor technology could boost chip performance 20%

“Intel Corp (INTC.O) on Thursday disclosed a new method for making transistors on semiconductors that its chief architect said could boost the performance Intel’s next round of processors by as much as 20%. The Santa Clara, California-based company …