Collecting Solar Power Up in Orbit and Beaming It Down to the Ground for Use
ESA is working on the concept of collecting solar power up in orbit, where sunlight is up to 11 times...
Molecular Engineers Show How To Make “Computer” Out of Liquid Crystals
Researchers with the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering laid out how liquid crystals could be used to...
Stackable “Holobricks” Can Make Giant, Highly Realistic 3D Holographic Images
Researchers have developed a new method to display highly realistic holographic images using ‘holobricks’ that can be stacked together to...
Building a Heart One Layer at a Time Using Advanced 3D Bioprinting Techniques
Using advanced 3D printing techniques, Mark Skylar-Scott and his team of Stanford bioengineers want to transform a paste made of...
New Algorithm Helps Quantum Computer Crunch Chemistry Equations
The hybrid algorithm uses a classic and quantum computer to calculate ground state energy. This will help researchers develop new...
MIT’s Clever Way To Clean Solar Panels Without Water
By David L. Chandler, Massachusetts Institute of Technology March 18, 2022 Dust that accumulates on solar panels is a major...
New “Acoustic Fabric” Hears Your Heart’s Sounds
An MIT team has designed an “acoustic fabric,” woven with a fiber that is designed from a “piezoelectric” material that...
Risks of Using AI To Grow Our Food Are Substantial and Must Not Be Ignored
Drone spraying pesticide on wheat field. Artificial intelligence (AI) is on the cusp of driving an agricultural revolution, and helping...
New world record for qubit storage
Computers, smartphones, GPS: quantum physics has enabled many technological advances. It is now opening up new fields of research in...
Scientists Work To Turn Noise on Quantum Computers to Their Advantage
A group of scientists from the University of Chicago and Purdue University constructed a unique “fingerprint” of the noise on...
