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How smart technology gadgets can avoid speed limits

“Speed limits apply not only to traffic. There are limitations on the control of light as well, in optical switches for internet traffic, for example. Physicists at Chalmers University of Technology now understand why it is not possible to increase …

Increase Functionality in Sensor Nodes with New 8-bit tinyAVR MCUs

“ATtiny3217 and ATtiny3216 join Microchip’s tinyAVR family with largest memory in the series AVR® microcontrollers (MCUs) have long been used to create highly responsive sensor nodes because of their cost effectiveness and ease of implementation. To enhance the capability …

LLNL-developed petawatt laser system fully integrated, operational at ELI Beamlines

“After evaluation by an international peer review group, the L3-HAPLS advanced petawatt laser system has been declared fully integrated and operational at the ELI Beamlines Research Center in Dolní Břežany, Czech Republic. The group assessed the laser performance, determined …

Microsoft and DEWA bringing quantum computing to Dubai

“DEWA will work with Microsoft and access new quantum Microsoft Azure services to create quantum-inspired solutions to power energy optimization and improve sustainability efforts in Dubai and the United Arab Emirates The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) on Thursday …

Northwestern researchers achieve unprecedented control of polymer grids

“Materials could find applications in water purification, solar energy storage, body armor Synthetic polymers are ubiquitous — nylon and polyester, Teflon and epoxy, to name just a few. All are made up of long, linear structures that can tangle. Chemists have …

Quantum Leap in Computer Simulation

“Physicists have successfully run the largest quantum computing simulation to date, a key step in becoming quantum-ready If a quantum computer were a racing car it wouldn’t so much speed past a Formula One, it would simply take a …

Research shows graphene forms electrically charged crinkles

“Gently compressed stacks of graphene form sharp crinkles that carry an electric charge, which could be useful in nanoscale self-assembly and other applications. Researchers from Brown University have discovered another peculiar and potentially useful property of graphene, one-atom-thick sheets of …

Researchers Solve Major Challenge in Mass Production of Low-Cost Solar Cells

“Spray Coating Could Make Perovskite an Inexpensive Alternative to Silicon for Solar Panels, Explains NYU Tandon School of Engineering’s André D. Taylor An international team of university researchers today reports solving a major fabrication challenge for perovskite cells — the …

U-M researchers create world’s smallest ‘computer’

“IBM’s announcement that they had produced the world’s smallest computer back in March raised a few eyebrows at the University of Michigan, home of the previous champion of tiny computing. Now, the Michigan team has gone even smaller …

A multifunctional, multiscale, reconfigurable surface

“Composite surface has features that can move microparticles, mix droplets, repel biofilms and more An international team of researchers, led by Harvard University, have developed a dynamic surface with reconfigurable topography that can sculpt and re-sculpt microscale to macroscale features …