Light in concert with force reveals how materials become harder when illuminated
When indented by a probe in darkness, wafers of some semiconductors are putty-like. When illuminated by light whose wavelength matches ...
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Retinal implants can give artificial vision to the blind
Credit: Alain Herzog / 2021 EPFL Being able to make blind people see again sounds like the stuff of miracles ...
NASA’s ICESat-2 satellite reveals shape, depth of Antarctic ice shelf fractures
Credit: Shujie Wang, Penn State When a block of ice the size of Houston, Texas, broke off from East Antarctica's ...
First wearable device can monitor jaundice-causing bilirubin and vitals in newborns
Credit: Yokohama National University Researchers in Japan have developed the first wearable devices to precisely monitor jaundice, a yellowing of ...
Magnetic whirls in confined spaces
Mobility of skyrmions in geometric structures depends on their arrangementCredit: ill./©: Jan Rothörl and Chengkun Song In a close collaboration ...
Mantis shrimp inspires new breed of light sensors
Credit: Ali Altaqui Inspired by the eyes of mantis shrimp, researchers have developed a new kind of optical sensor that ...
‘Target identified’: teaching a machine how to identify imperfections in 2D materials
Applying machine learning to automated characterisation of atomically-thin materialsCredit: FLEET Just as James Cameron's Terminator-800 was able to discriminate between ...
Heat-free optical switch would enable optical quantum computing chips
Credit: Lucas Schweickert In a potential boost for quantum computing and communication, a European research collaboration reported a new method ...
A quantum internet is closer to reality, thanks to this switch
New approach could help quantum networks to support more users without losing dataCredit: Purdue University/Navin Lingaraju WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- ...
Choosing Canada’s automotive future
A new expert panel report from the Council of Canadian AcademiesCredit: Council of Canadian Academies (CCA) The future of autonomous ...
University launches isolated power supply chip with new design
Credit: PAN Dongfang Recently, research group led by Professor CHENG Lin from School of Microelectronics, University of science and technology ...
‘A Bluetooth mouse’–you can wirelessly read a mouse’s mind
A lightweight, compact, wireless Bluetooth-low-energy neuronal recording system for miceCredit: COPYRIGHT (C) TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Overview: ...
Story tips: Quantum building blocks, high-pressure diamonds, wildfire ecology and more
Credit: Ondrej Dyck, Andrew Lupini and Jacob Swett/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy Materials - Quantum building blocks Oak Ridge National ...
Quantum quirk yields giant magnetic effect, where none should exist
Study opens window into the landscape of extreme topological matterCredit: Photo by Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (Feb. 26, 2021) ...
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