An effort led by Federico Capasso of Harvard University and Giuseppe Strangi of Case Western Reserve University is using liquid crystals to improve the reconfigurability of metalenses. This advancement brings the viability of metalenses for commer...
Aug 24, 2020
Carbon nanotube fibers made at Rice University are now stronger than Kevlar and are inching up on the
Aug 24, 2020
In the nanoworld, tiny particles such as proteins appear to dance as they transform and assemble to perform various tasks while suspended in a liquid. Recently developed methods have made it possible to watch and record these otherwise-elusive tin...
Aug 24, 2020
University of Sussex quantum physicists have developed an algorithm which helps early quantum computers to perform calculations most efficiently.
Aug 24, 2020
In a paper published in NANO, a team of researchers from Xinjiang University, China have prepared Au@CDs photocatalyst with core-shell structure by combining coal-based carbon dots (CDs) with gold sol. This has far-reaching significance for the fu...
Aug 24, 2020
New research into the effectiveness of electrospun nanofibres has found that nanofibre filter media provides significantly increased protection against bacteria and viruses such as COVID-19...
Aug 24, 2020
Case Western Reserve scientists, collaborators at Harvard and Italian university Unical, aim to ‘revolutionize optics’ by combining nanostructured metasurfaces with liquid crystal technology. For more... The post A New Lens on the World: Revoluti...
Aug 23, 2020
The Cerebras Wafer Scale Engine (WSE) was presented at Hot Chips. Sanders Olson provided Nextbigfuture with the presentation deck. The Cerebras in the most powerful processor for AI with 1.2 trillion transistors. It has * 400,000 AI-optimized core...
Aug 23, 2020
Scientists reveal how nanomaterials inspired by insect wings are able to destroy bacteria on contact — by stretching, slicing or tearing them apart. The wings... The post New Nanomaterials Inspired by Insect Wings Destroy Super-Bacteria – By Stre...
Aug 22, 2020
Researchers have fashioned ultrathin silicon nanoantennas that trap and redirect light, for applications in quantum computing, LIDAR and even the detection of viruses. Light is... The post Stanford Scientists Slow Light Down and Steer It With Res...
Aug 22, 2020
