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Molecular thumb drives: Researchers store digital images in metabolite molecules

“In a step toward molecular storage systems that could hold vast amounts of data in tiny spaces, Brown University researchers have shown it’s possible to store image files in solutions of common biological small molecules. DNA molecules are well …

NASA Invests in 3D Printing for Aviation

“Additive manufacturing (AM), also known as 3D printing, is a promising new technology for all areas of aviation manufacturing. Additive manufacturing’s flexibility in design and customization, cost reduction, and speed in delivering finished parts make it a perfect fit …

NVIDIA Breaks Eight AI Performance Records

“You can’t be first if you’re not fast. Inside the world’s top companies, teams of researchers and data scientists are creating ever more complex AI models, which need to be trained, fast. That’s why leadership in …

Paper-Thin and Flexible Batteries May Mean Better Power Sources for Space Travel & IoT Devices

“Batteries are ubiquitous in our daily lives: they power everything from cell phones to cars, homes, aircraft and even spaceships. They are critical in enabling the next generation of electric vehicles and large-scale stationary energy storage. Yet, despite rapid advances …

Producing Graphene from Carbon Dioxide

“The general public knows the chemical compound of carbon dioxide as a greenhouse gas in the atmosphere and because of its global-warming effect. However, carbon dioxide can also be a useful raw material for chemical reactions. A working group at …

Robot-ants that can jump, communicate and work together

“Individually, ants have only so much strength and intelligence. However, as a colony, they can use complex strategies to complete sophisticated tasks and evade larger predators. At EPFL, robotics researchers in Professor Jamie Paik’s Laboratory have reproduced this phenomenon …

Simulating quantum systems with neural networks

“A new computational method, based on neural networks, can simulate open quantum systems with unprecedented versatility. The method was independently developed by physicists at EPFL, France, the UK, and the US, and is published in Physical Review Letters. Even on …

Spontaneous synchronisation achieved at the nanoscale

“Researchers from the ICN2 Phononic and Photonic Nanostructures Group have led a research which synchronised for the first time a couple of optomechanical oscillators. This work sets a solid basis for producing reconfigurable networks of such oscillators, with potential applications …

Tiny Supersonic Jet Injector Accelerates Nanoscale Additive Manufacturing

“By energizing precursor molecules using a tiny, high-energy supersonic jet of inert gas, researchers have dramatically accelerated the fabrication of nanometer scale structures. The rapid additive manufacturing technique also allows them to produce structures with high aspect ratios. Now, a …

Trapped light particles: Dresden physicists use nanostructures to free photons for highly efficient white OLEDs

“Thanks to intensive research in the past three decades, organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) have been steadily conquering the electronics market - from OLED mobile phone displays to roll-out television screens, the list of applications is long. Current OLED research focuses in …