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Ordered patters with self-assembly protocols
Nanoscience can arrange minute molecular entities into nanometric patterns in an orderly manner using self-assembly protocols. Scientists at the Technical University of Munich (TUM)…
Slimmer silicon wafers for cheaper solar panels
Costs of solar panels have plummeted over the last several years, leading to rates of solar installations far greater than most analysts had expected.…
Way to verify that circuits are executing correctly
In a step toward practical quantum computing, researchers from MIT, Google, and elsewhere have designed a system that can verify when quantum chips have…
New image analysis method for time-lapse microscopy shows how giant viruses infect amoeba
Host cells infected with giant viruses behave in a unique manner. To gain deeper insight into the infection mechanism of giant viruses, scientists at…
Energy efficient advanced QLED technology
ETH scientists have further developed QLED technology for screens. They have produced light sources that for the first time emit high-intensity light in only…
“Made in Germany” batteries for electric cars
In the umbrella concept “Research Fab Battery”, German scientists want to develop novel batteries that are capable of storing at least 70 percent more…
Collaboration to develop software stacks for quantum computers
The Georgia Institute of Technology has announced its agreement to join the IBM Q Hub at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) to help…
New material that bend, twist and grab
A team of researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology and The Ohio State University has developed a soft polymer material, called magnetic shape…
Surprising and unexpected in a quantum system
Physicists at ETH Zurich have observed a surprising twist in a quantum system caused by the interplay between energy dissipation and coherent quantum dynamics.…