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“Qutrit” Experiments Are a First in Quantum Teleportation

“The proof-of-concept demonstrations herald a major step forward in quantum communications For the first time, researchers have teleported a qutrit, a tripartite unit of quantum information. The independent results from two teams are an important advance for the field of …

Rice device channels heat into light

“Carbon nanotube films created at Rice University enable method to recycle waste heat The ever-more-humble carbon nanotube may be just the device to make solar panels – and anything else that loses energy through heat – far more efficient. Rice University scientists …

Scientists create the world’s thinnest gold

“cientists at the University of Leeds have created a new form of gold which is just two atoms thick – the thinnest unsupported gold ever created. The researchers measured the thickness of the gold to be 0.47 nanometres – one million …

Scientists look to synthetic biology and 3-D printing for life support in space

“Do-it-yourself bio and maker communities can help NASA meet needs of long-distance missions. As NASA gears up to send humans back to the moon or even to Mars, they’ll need to figure out how to keep these humans healthy …

Simple Arduino Timer Switch

“Let’s make a simple arduino switch. It is very useful way to run your devices for specific time. Supplies: 1. Arduino Uno 2. Dot matrix PCB 3. OLED 0.96’ Display 4. 5v Relay 5. BC547 Transistor 6. 1N4007 …

SpaceX’s Mars-Colonizing ‘Starship’ Prototype Coming Together in Texas

“The first orbital prototype of SpaceX’s Mars-colonizing Starship vehicle should be ready to fly soon, company founder and CEO Elon Musk said. SpaceX is building two orbital Starship forerunners — a bit of intracompany competition intended to improve the design …

SunTracker 2 Revision 3

“A learning platform for optimizing solar systems energy output through alignment to our suns path across the sky. This is a photovoltaic (PV) solar tracking controller prototype. Solar trackers adjust the PV panel direction, to keep solar panels perpendicular to …

Synthesizing Single-Crystalline Hexagonal Graphene Quantum Dots

“A KAIST team has designed a novel strategy for synthesizing single-crystalline graphene quantum dots, which emit stable blue light. The research team confirmed that a display made of their synthesized graphene quantum dots successfully emitted blue light with stable electric …

Technique Uses Magnets, Light to Control and Reconfigure Soft Robots

“Researchers from North Carolina State University and Elon University have developed a technique that allows them to remotely control the movement of soft robots, lock them into position for as long as needed and later reconfigure the robots into new …

The TCP Packet Badge

“A badge that features an entire TCP packet design with funky LED show and an “Internet Explorer” mode that slows all of it down. The Design I was asked by NotSoSecure to think of a badge that makes TCP packets …