Matloff and Joseph Meany conceptualize a large solar sail made of aerographite which would only use the Sun to power a long term interstellar mission. It is based on an inflatable, hollow-body sail. This is updating concepts that goes back at leas...
Oct 12, 2023
A prototype transistor built from molybdenum disulphide and carbon nanotubes rather than silicon could allow power-hungry AIs to run on smartwatches without rapidly draining the battery
Oct 12, 2023
A prototype transistor built from molybdenum disulphide and carbon nanotubes rather than silicon could allow power-hungry AIs to run on smartwatches without rapidly draining the battery
Oct 12, 2023
A prototype transistor built from molybdenum disulphide and carbon nanotubes rather than silicon could allow power-hungry AIs to run on smartwatches without rapidly draining the battery
Oct 12, 2023
When Jedi Knights need to vanquish an enemy, they whip out their trusty lightsabers. In the future, thanks to Johns Hopkins researchers, doctors seeking to crush cancer may wield minuscule molecular nanoSABERs that allow them to look at tumors in ...
Oct 12, 2023
The demand for efficient energy storage systems is ever increasing, especially due to the recent emergence of intermittent renewable energy and the adoption of electric vehicles. In this regard, lithium–sulfur batteries (LSBs), which can store thr...
Oct 12, 2023
Northwestern University’s new nanoelectronic device offers energy-efficient, real-time AI tasks without relying on the cloud. Ideal for wearables, it processes data instantly and diagnosed heart conditions with 95% accuracy in tests. This innovati...
Oct 12, 2023
Researchers devise gold nanorod platform to passively trap and continuously monitor single molecules using dynamic SERS, revealing new insights on nano-confined molecular behavior.
Oct 12, 2023
In a surprising new study, researchers have found that the electron beam radiation that they previously thought degraded crystals can actually repair cracks in these nanostructures. The groundbreaking discovery provides a new pathway to create mor...
Oct 12, 2023
Quantum computers promise to reach speeds and efficiencies impossible for even the fastest supercomputers of today. Yet the technology hasn't seen much scale-up and commercialization largely due to its inability to self-correct. Quantum compu...
Oct 12, 2023
