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Reverse engineering of 3D-printed parts by machine learning reveals security vulnerabilities

“Machine learning can make reverse engineering of complex composite material parts easy Over the past 30 years, the use of glass- and carbon- fiber reinforced composites in aerospace and other high-performance applications has soared along with the broad industrial adoption …

Rock ‘n’ Control

“Göttingen Physicists use oscillations of atoms to control a phase transition The goal of “Femtochemistry” is to film and control chemical reactions with short flashes of light. Using consecutive laser pulses, atomic bonds can be excited precisely and broken as …

Rocket Lab Mission Fails to Reach Orbit

“Following a successful lift-off, first stage burn, and stage separation, Rocket Lab experienced an anomaly during its 13th Electron mission ‘Pics Or It Didn’t Happen.’ The issue occurred approximately four minutes into the flight on July 4, 2020 and …

Samsung Leads Semiconductor Paradigm Shift with New Material Discovery

“Researchers at the Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT) have unveiled the discovery of a new material, called amorphous boron nitride (a-BN), in collaboration with Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) and the University of Cambridge. Published …

Scaling up the quantum chip

“MIT engineers develop a hybrid process that connects photonics with “artificial atoms,” to produce the largest quantum chip of its type. MIT researchers have developed a process to manufacture and integrate “artificial atoms,” created by atomic-scale defects in microscopically thin …

Silicon-germanium photo-receiver for mainstream telecom-waveband networks on a chip

“Researchers at C2N, in co-operation with CEA LETI and STMicroelectronics, have demonstrated a power-efficient and high-speed silicon-germanium avalanche photo-receiver. The device is fully compatible with accessible semiconductor technology and fiber-optic links operated at telecom waveband standard. Owing to its low-cost …

Skoltech researchers solve a 60-year-old puzzle about a superhard material

“Skoltech researchers together with their industrial colleagues and academic partners have cracked a 1960s puzzle about the crystal structure of a superhard tungsten boride that can be extremely useful in various industrial applications, including drilling technology. The research, supported by …

Slothbot Takes a Leisurely Approach to Environmental Monitoring

“For environmental monitoring, precision agriculture, infrastructure maintenance and certain security applications, slow and energy efficient can be better than fast and always needing a recharge. That’s where “SlothBot” comes in. Powered by a pair of photovoltaic panels and designed …

Stanford-led team shows how to store data using 2D materials instead of silicon chips

“Researchers have invented a way to slide atomically-thin layers of 2D materials over one another to store more data, in less space and using less energy. A Stanford-led team has invented a way to store data by sliding atomically thin …

The Euclid space telescope is coming together

“ESA’s Euclid mission has reached another milestone on its journey towards launch. Its two instruments are now built and fully tested. These have been delivered to Airbus Defence and Space in Toulouse, France, where they are now being integrated …