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‘Tsunami’ on a silicon chip: a world first for light waves

“Could improve photonic communications devices and infrastructure A collaboration between the Sydney Nano Institute and Singapore University of Technology and Design has for the first time manipulated a light wave, or photonic information, on a silicon chip that retains its …

Tuning the energy levels of organic semiconductors

“Physicists from the Dresden Integrated Center for Applied Physics and Photonic Materials (IAPP) and the Center for Advancing Electronics Dresden (cfaed) at the TU Dresden, together with researchers from Tübingen, Potsdam and Mainz were able to demonstrate how electronic energies …

Upside-down 3D-printed skin and bone, for humans to Mars

“3D printing human tissue could help keep astronauts healthy all the way to Mars. An ESA project has produced its first bioprinted skin and bone samples. These state-of-the-art samples were prepared by scientists from the University Hospital of Dresden Technical …

U.S. Naval Research Laboratory ‘connects the dots’ for quantum networks

“Researchers at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) developed a new technique that could enable future advancements in quantum technology. The technique squeezes quantum dots, tiny particles made of thousands of atoms, to emit single photons (individual particles of …

Virgin Orbit’s Rocket-Launching 747 Jumbo Jet Nails 1st Drop Test

“The Virgin Galactic sister company performed its first-ever drop test today (July 10), releasing a LauncherOne rocket from its Boeing 747 carrier plane over California’s Mojave Desert. “Now THAT’s what I call a drop test! Video from today …

Building a bridge to the quantum world

“Scientists develop prototype of what may serve as link to connect quantum computers Entanglement is one of the main principles of quantum mechanics. Physicists from Professor Johannes Fink’s research group at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (IST …

Combing nanowires

“A new technique lets researchers make hundreds of nanowires, capable of recording intracellular signals, at the same time Machines are getting cozy with our cells. Embeddable sensors record how and when neurons fire; electrodes spark heart cells to beat or …

Confirmation of old theory leads to new breakthrough in superconductor science

“Harvard/Argonne team clears up a decades-old mystery about the reverse Hall effect in high-temperature superconductors. Phase transitions occur when a substance changes from a solid, liquid or gaseous state to a different state — like ice melting or vapor condensing …

Contact Lost With Three Starlink Satellites, Other 57 Healthy

“Three of the 60 satellites SpaceX launched last month to begin its broadband megaconstellation have lost contact with ground control teams, a SpaceX spokesperson said June 28. Those three satellites will deorbit “passively,” the spokesperson said, meaning Earth’s gravity …

Danish researchers create worldwide solar energy model

“Solar cells are currently the world’s most talked-about renewable energy source, and for any future sustainable energy system, it is crucial to know about the performance of photovoltaic systems at local, regional and global levels. Danish researchers have just …