Adieu, Le Grand K: The kilogram to be redefined for the first time in 130 years
In a subterranean vault in a suburb of Paris lies a small, rarely seen metal cylinder known as Le Grand K.
In a subterranean vault in a suburb of Paris lies a small, rarely seen metal cylinder known as Le Grand K.
General Physics
May 20, 2019
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In the 2018 movie Avengers: Infinity War, a scene featured Dr. Strange looking into 14 million possible futures to search for a single timeline in which the heroes would be victorious. Perhaps he would have had an easier ...
Quantum Physics
Apr 9, 2019
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It can be used to cool or heat the air in a room or to cool or heat liquids. And it looks like something that Q—the tech specialist and gadgeteer in the James Bond films—might have come up with. The prototype device, ...
General Physics
Mar 13, 2019
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Italian entrepreneurs who migrated to Stony Brook University's energy incubator to form an innovative-battery startup are planning to take on the Powerwall of Elon Musk's Tesla Inc.
Energy & Green Tech
Feb 28, 2019
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JPMorgan Chase on Thursday unveiled a prototype for a digital coin system using blockchain, a first among major banks as disruption accelerates change in financial services.
Internet
Feb 14, 2019
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A prototype robot that uses intense suction to climb around the outside of aircraft and inspect them for damage has successfully been trialled at Cranfield University.
Robotics
Jan 31, 2019
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IBM recently unveiled what it claimed was the world's first commercial quantum computer. While the announcement of the Q System One wasn't scientifically groundbreaking, the fact that IBM sees this as a commercial product ...
Hi Tech & Innovation
Jan 25, 2019
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Single-cell mass spectroscopy is a technology to analyze target cell organelles almost as they are, by taking them out from a living cell at a desired time point using a nanospray tip while tracking the cell movement under ...
Analytical Chemistry
Dec 18, 2018
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Previously unexploited organic waste can be converted into biofuel, with technology developed by researchers from the EU BIOGO project.
Energy & Green Tech
Nov 29, 2018
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The sun set on a week of trials for the ExoMars rover prototype named Charlie (in the foreground). The first of two field trials for the mission, known as ExoFiT, took place in the Tabernas desert in Spain between 13-26 October.
Space Exploration
Nov 28, 2018
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