When you save an image to your smartphone, those data are written onto tiny transistors that are electrically switched on or off in a pattern of "bits" to represent and encode that image. Most transistors today are made from ...
General Physics
May 6, 2021
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Researchers at the University of California, Riverside, have used a nanoscale synthetic antiferromagnet to control the interaction between magnons—research that could lead to faster and more energy-efficient computers.
Nanophysics
Apr 28, 2021
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Researchers have demonstrated that stretching shape-memory polymers embedded with clusters of gold nanoparticles alters their plasmon-coupling, giving rise to desirable optical properties. One potential application for the ...
Nanomaterials
Mar 26, 2021
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A team from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Cardiff University say they have found the strongest evidence yet of a "migration gene" in birds.
Plants & Animals
Mar 3, 2021
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Physicists from Russia, Chile, Brazil, Spain and the U.K., have studied how the magnetic properties change in 3-D nanowires, promising materials for various magnetic applications, depending on the shape of their cross-section. ...
Nanophysics
Feb 26, 2021
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For mice, the earliest social memories can form at three days old and last into adulthood, scientists report on January 26 in the journal Cell Reports. They show that mouse pups prefer their mothers to unfamiliar mouse mothers ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 26, 2021
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The Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) and its research collaborators have successfully demonstrated the four-dimensional (4-D) printing of shape memory polymers in submicron dimensions which are comparable ...
Nanomaterials
Jan 22, 2021
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Researchers say they have been able to greatly improve the readout of data from digital memories—thanks to quantum entanglement.
Quantum Physics
Jan 21, 2021
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New photo-ferroelectric materials allow storage of information in a non-volatile way using light stimulus. The idea is to create energy efficient memory devices with high performance and versatility to face current challenges. ...
Optics & Photonics
Jan 20, 2021
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Research during the first phase of remote teaching in Victoria reported some students found the workload "too high," missed interactions with peers, felt their thinking ability was impaired, and reported a difficulty coping ...
Education
Jan 19, 2021
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