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Unmasking the magic of superconductivity in twisted graphene

“The discovery in 2018 of superconductivity in two single-atom-thick layers of graphene stacked at a precise angle of 1.1 degrees (called ‘magic’-angle twisted bilayer graphene) came as a big surprise to the scientific community. Since the discovery, physicists …

Using Quantum Parrondo’s Random Walks for Encryption

“Assistant Professor Kang Hao Cheong and his research team from the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) have set out to apply concepts from quantum Parrondo’s paradox in search of a working protocol for semiclassical encryption. In a …

Wheels4Water : Let’s paddle away through water mgmt issues

“Are we neglecting the importance of water? Probably, the answer is YES. Go through this different and versatile project to find a solution. Before diving into the Hardware & Software setup, it is important to first understand what the project is …

3D-printable double helical gear pump *watertight*

“Fully 3D-printable hydraulics for all your robotics projects Recently saw a video of Boston Dynamics it’s Atlas robot doing all kind of awesome stuff and learned that the robots were fully hydraulic. I was wondering if it would be …

A highly simplified way to predict quantum light-matter interactions

“When light interacts with matter, for example when a laser beam hits a two-dimensional material like graphene, it can substantially change the behavior of the material. Depending on the form of interaction between light and matter, some chemical reactions appear …

A new twist on 2D materials may lead to improved electronic, optical devices

““Tuning” the interface and twist angle of layered 2D materials enhances key properties A new generation of electronics and optoelectronics may soon be possible by controlling twist angles in a particular type of bilayer 2D material used in these devices …

A Sunny Outlook for Solar

“New research demonstrates great promise of all-inorganic perovskite solar cells for improving the efficiencies of solar cells Hybrid organic-inorganic perovskites have already demonstrated very high photovoltaic efficiencies of greater than 25%. The prevailing wisdom in the field is that the …

AMD publishes GPUFORT as Open Source to address CUDA’s dominance

“NVIDIA dominates the parallel computing industry largely thanks to its own solution, CUDA. In response to this domain, AMD has published the source code of GPUFORT , a project that will be under Radeon Open eCosystem (ROCm) and that aims to …

Arduino OLED Oscilloscope

“Low frequency oscilloscope using OLED display OLED low frequency oscilloscope, bandwidth is DC to 1000Hz. Max sampling rate is 16000 samples per second. An oscilloscope with these specifications has limited use, but it is a good exercise in using OLED …

Bandsaw Stand From Scrap Lumber

“I have a portable bandsaw that I absolutely love- it’s one of my favorite and most useful tools. Cutting small pieces of metal with any degree of precision can be difficult however. What I needed was a stand to …