Using a new machine learning algorithm, a team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has succeeded in…
Photovoltaic used to detect neutrons
The device, based on a special class of crystalline compounds called perovskites, could be used to quickly detect…
Post-quantum cryptography for cybersecurity
A team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has designed and commissioned the production of a computer…
A complete guide to switches
While a relatively basic component in electronic design, there is a nearly endless variety of mechanical switches differing…
How Saturn makes ripples on it’s rings
In the same way that earthquakes cause our planet to rumble, oscillations in the interior of Saturn make…
Water vapour on Jupiter’s satellite
Publishing in Nature Astronomy in July, Roth and his team drew on new—and decades old—datasets collected from Hubble…
How fiber optics boosts productivity of supercomputers
Optical technology is used for transmitting, storing, displaying and identifying data. It provides the processing speed that data…
TUM develops a rover for Moon launch
With a remote-controlled rover that can turn dust and sand into solid construction material, a team from the…
How does surge suppression work?
This post answers the question "How does surge suppression work?". When an engineer wants to provide the highest level…
No stable equilibrium
If you put a bottle of beer in a big bathtub full of ice-cold water, it won’t be…