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Newly Discovered Design Rules Lead to Better Fuel Cell Catalyst

“Optimized oxides made from common metals use less energy and show the potential of new design approach. The Science To create better batteries and fuel cells, scientists must make oxygen molecules gain and lose electrons efficiently. The reactions are frustratingly …

NIST ‘Astrocomb’ Opens New Horizons for Planet-Hunting Telescope

“The hunt for Earth-like planets, and perhaps extraterrestrial life, just got more precise, thanks to record-setting starlight measurements made possible by a National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) “astrocomb.” NIST’s custom-made frequency comb—which precisely measures frequencies, or …

NRL, AFRL Develop Direct-Write Quantum Calligraphy in Monolayer Semiconductors

“Scientists at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) and the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) have developed a way to directly write quantum light sources, which emit a single photon of light at a time, into monolayer semiconductors such …

NTU, MIT and Russian scientists develop AI to predict and engineer material properties

“Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), in collaboration with researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the United States and the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology in Russia, have developed a machine learning approach that …

Project  Open DSO-150

Open DSO-150

“An open source firmware for JYE Tech DSO-150 Digital Storage Oscilloscope Fully open source firmware for JYETECH DSO-150 https://www.jyetech.com/Products/LcdScope/e150.php Complete rewrite of DSO-150 Firmware - No longer DSO-138 compatible (Sorry …

Play multiple sound files on multiple output devices with Python and sounddevice

“Ever wanted to have multiple different sound files playing on different output devices attached to a host computer? Say you’re writing a DJing application where you want one mix for headphones and one for the speakers. Or you’re …

Quantum dots used to track flowers’ pollen

“A pollination biologist from Stellenbosch University is using quantum dots to track the fate of individual pollen grains. This is breaking new ground in a field of research that has been hampered by the lack of a universal method to …

Questions in Quantum Computing: How to Move Electrons with Light

“Tiny moving particles make up everything in our physical world— including modern electronics, whose function relies on the movement of negatively-charged electrons. Physicists strive to understand the forces that push these particles into motion, with the goal of harnessing their …

Researchers look to computing’s past to unlock 3D-printed mechanical logic gates for the future

“Taking a page from the past, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory scientists and engineers are combining mechanical computing with 3D printing as part of an effort to create “sentient” materials that can respond to changes in their surroundings, even in extreme …

Researchers modeled design concepts for innovative opposed-piston engine on Titan supercomputer

“The Pinnacle Engines opposed-piston cylinder shown in three different views. Visualizations illustrate the generation of coherent flow structures and their collapse during the compression stroke, which leads to high levels of turbulence before combustion. Pinnacle Engines researchers analyzed fluid dynamics …