Material uses live cyanobacteria to neutralize waterborne pollutants (06/09/2023)

We often hear of cyanobacteria as being the cause of toxic blue-green algae blooms in lakes and rivers. Soon, however, a 3D-printed material that incorporates the microbes could be used to help purify polluted water – and after the bacteria are finished, they'll kill themselves.

Oil-Capturing Technology Offers 10x Improvement Cleaning Up Hazardous Spills (06/09/2023)

To combat the extreme environmental toll of major oil spills, researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have created a technology that could significantly improve cleanup capabilities compared with current methods.

Discovery puts a magnetic spin on neuromorphic computing (05/09/2023)

The word "fractals" might inspire images of psychedelic colors spiraling into infinity in a computer animation. An invisible, but powerful and useful, version of this phenomenon exists in the realm of dynamic magnetic fractal networks.

Linking two solar technologies is a win-win for efficiency and stability (05/09/2023)

While conventional silicon-based solar cells have had an unmistakable impact on the buildout of renewable energy resources around the world, additional performance improvements have become increasingly difficult to make as the devices approach their practical efficiency limits. This constraint has prompted scientists to seek out new technologies that can be combined with silicon cells to unlock higher efficiencies.

Living model of brain reveals how human neurons work together to process information (05/09/2023)

A paper published in Nature Communications shows that when neurons are given information about the changing world around them (task-related sensory input) it changes how they behave, putting them on edge so that tiny inputs can then set off "avalanches" of brain activity, supporting a theory known as the critical brain hypothesis.

Using water to reduce carbon dioxide emissions (05/09/2023)

Water could play a crucial role in reducing global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, according to Johns Hopkins engineers.

14 Vietnamese scientists named in world rankings by research.com (02/09/2023)

The website Research.com on September 1 announced its rankings of world scientists with excellent achievements in scientific publications in 2023, in which there are 14 Vietnamese.

A new protocol to reliably demonstrate quantum computational advantage (02/09/2023)

Quantum computers, devices that perform computations by exploiting quantum mechanical phenomena, have the potential to outperform classical computers on some tasks and optimization problems. In recent years, research teams at both academic institutions and IT companies have been trying to realize this predicted better performance for specific problems, which is broadly known as "quantum advantage."

Realizing ultrafast imaging from 2D to quasi 3D (02/09/2023)

Scientists at Beijing Institute of Technology have developed an ultra-fast quasi-three-dimensional technology, overcoming the shortcomings of missing information in two-dimensional images and incomplete features, allowing for the analysis of three-dimensional characteristics of ultra-fast processes.

Researchers observe strongest quantum contextuality in single system (01/09/2023)

A team led by Prof. Li Chuanfeng and Prof. Xu Jinshi from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), collaborating with Prof. Chen Jingling from Nankai University and Prof. Adán Cabello from the University of Seville, studied the single-system version of multipartite Bell nonlocality, and observed the highest degree of quantum contextuality in single system. Their work was published in Physical Review Letters.