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The demon is in the detail – Trinity team discovers uniquely quantum effect in erasing information

“Researchers from Trinity have discovered a uniquely quantum effect in erasing information that may have significant implications for the design of quantum computing chips. Their surprising discovery brings back to life the paradoxical “Maxwell’s demon”, which has tormented physicists …

The Klausner Machine :: Hear Your Plants

“Roald Dahl wrote a short story named The Sound Machine. There, an inventor named Klausner develops a machine to hear plants painful shrieking noises when they are cut. Based on that idea I’ve made The Klausner Machine. In this …

The new heavy isotope mendelevium-244 and a puzzling short-lived fission activity

“Gaining a better understanding of the limiting factors for the existence of stable, superheavy elements is a decade-old quest of chemistry and physics. Superheavy elements, as are called the chemical elements with atomic numbers greater than 103, do not occur …

Toshiba Launches 1200V Silicon Carbide MOSFET that Contributes to High-efficiency Power Supply

“Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation (“Toshiba”) has launched “TW070J120B,” a 1200V silicon carbide (SiC) MOSFET for industrial applications that include large capacity power supply. Shipments start today. The power MOSFET using the SiC, a new material, achieves high voltage resistance …

Toshiba Launches Dual H-bridge Motor Driver IC with PWM Control for Mobile Devices and Home Appliances

“Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation (“Toshiba”) has launched an H-bridge motor driver, “TC78H660FNG,” housed in a TSSOP16 package with a widely used pin-assignment. It is Toshiba’s latest addition to its line-up of drivers for brushed DC motors and stepping …

UB researchers develop new molecular ferroelectric metamaterials

“The work could advance smart materials, soundproofing materials, shock absorbers, elastics cloaks and more A University at Buffalo-led research team has reported a new 3D-printed molecular ferroelectric metamaterial. The advancement, published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of …

Ultrafast Camera Films 3-D Movies at 100 Billion Frames Per Second

“In his quest to bring ever-faster cameras to the world, Caltech’s Lihong Wang has developed technology that can reach blistering speeds of 70 trillion frames per second, fast enough to see light travel. Just like the camera in your …

What A Crystal Reveals About Nuclear Materials Processing

“PNNL researchers devise a new method to analyze Hanford site plutonium microcrystals. While studying legacy contaminated soil samples from the Plutonium Finishing Plant waste crib at the Hanford Site (Richland, WA), Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) researchers located and extracted …

WinchBot v1.5

“5 stepper motors with driver ICs, 3 standard servos and a Raspberry Pi result in a robot arm that can move in a 50x50x50cm box. WinchBot is a robot arm hanging on the ceiling. To make it work you don …

Wireless LCD Typer

“Wirelessly update text on LCD working as Standalone system. Ever wanted to update LCD which is out of reach? Try this random project with your code and use a web page to update it. Still working on UI.( If have …