Increase in light extraction efficiency will benefit energy savings amid overwhelming usage of LEDs in today's world. Towards this goal, scientists from IIT Guwahati and Imperial College London invented a 'meta-grid', a tailored lay...
Jul 29, 2020
Skoltech researchers and their colleagues from Aalto University have discovered that electrochemical doping with ionic liquid can significantly enhance the optical and electrical properties of transparent conductors made of single-walled carbon na...
Jul 29, 2020
Using a quantum computer to simulate time travel, researchers have demonstrated that, in the quantum realm, there is no 'butterfly effect.' In the research, information--qubits, or quantum bits--'time travel' into the simulated...
Jul 29, 2020
Intel was the dominant computer chip company for decades. Intel built this dominance on engineering execution and being the undisputed leader in lithography. Intel was supposed to be at 10-nanometer chips using EUV (extreme ultraviolet light) in 2...
Jul 28, 2020
Quantum computers have enormous potential for calculations using novel algorithms and involving amounts of data far beyond the capacity of today's supercomputers. While such computers have been built, they are still in their infancy and have ...
Jul 28, 2020
Scientists have developed a method paving the way to using quantum computers to simulate realistic molecules and complex materials. They tested the method on a quantum simulator and IBM quantum computer.
Jul 28, 2020
The movement of fluids through small capillaries and channels is crucial for processes ranging from blood flow through the brain to power generation and electronic cooling systems, but that movement often stops when the channel is smaller than 10 ...
Jul 28, 2020
When the Shewanella oneidensis bacterium 'breathes' in certain metal and sulfur compounds anaerobically, the way an aerobic organism would process oxygen, it produces materials that could be used to enhance electronics, electrochemical e...
Jul 28, 2020
New method of fluid gating has implications for drug delivery, power generation and other uses.
Jul 28, 2020
The movement of fluids through small capillaries and channels is crucial for processes ranging from blood flow through the brain to power generation and electronic cooling systems, but that movement often stops when the channel is smaller than 10 ...
Jul 28, 2020
