Method to customize microbes for better biofuel production (14/09/2019)
Scientists
at the US Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have
demonstrated a method to insert genes into a variety of microorganisms that
previously would not accept foreign DNA, with the goal of creating custom
microbes to break down plants for bioenergy.
Making and controlling crystals of light (12/09/2019)
Optical
microresonators convert laser light into ultrashort pulses travelling around
the resonator's circumference. These pulses, called "dissipative Kerr
solitons," can propagate in the microresonator maintaining their shape.
Physicists discover new material for highly efficient data processing (12/09/2019)
A
new material could aid in the development of extremely energy efficient IT
applications. The material was discovered by an international research team in
cooperation with Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU). The electrons
at the oxide interface of the material possess special properties that
drastically increase the conversion rate of spin current to charge current.
This is the foundation for future spintronic applications. The new material has
been found to be more efficient than any previously investigated material, the
team writes in the journal Nature Materials.
Scientists couple magnetization to superconductivity for quantum discoveries (10/09/2019)
Quantum
computing promises to revolutionize the ways in which scientists can process
and manipulate information. The physical and material underpinnings for quantum
technologies are still being explored, and researchers continue to look for new
ways in which information can be manipulated and exchanged at the quantum
level.
New insulation technique paves the way for more powerful and smaller chips (10/09/2019)
Researchers
have successfully developed a new technique to insulate microchips. The
technique uses metal-organic frameworks, a new type of materials consisting of
structured nanopores. In the long term, this method can be used for the
development of even smaller and more powerful chips that consume less energy.
Researchers develop low-power, low-cost network for 5G connectivity (10/09/2019)
Researchers
at the University of Waterloo have developed a cheaper and more efficient
method for Internet-of-Things devices to receive high-speed wireless
connectivity.
Revolutionary New Discovery on Metal Malleability (01/09/2019)
For
nearly 100 years, scientists thought they understood everything there was to
know about how metals bend.
Complex quantum teleportation achieved for the first time (26/08/2019)
Austrian
and Chinese scientists have succeeded in teleporting three-dimensional quantum
states for the first time. High-dimensional teleportation could play an
important role in future quantum computers.
New process advances the field of carbon utilization (26/08/2019)
In
an effort to develop sustainable solutions to humanity's energy needs, many
scientists are studying carbon capture and utilization—the practice of using
excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere or from point sources, instead of
fossil fuels, to synthesize chemicals used to make everyday products, from
plastics to fuels to pharmaceuticals.
Producing protein batteries for safer, environmentally friendly power storage (26/08/2019)
Proteins
are good for building muscle, but their building blocks also might be helpful
for building sustainable organic batteries that could someday be a viable substitute
for conventional lithium-ion batteries, without their safety and environmental
concerns. By using synthetic polypeptides—which make up proteins —- and other
polymers, researchers have taken the first steps toward constructing electrodes
for such power sources. The work could also provide a new understanding of
electron-transfer mechanisms.
