SciTechDailyScience, Space and Technology News 2022COPYRIGHT © 1998 - 2022 SCITECHDAILY. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.By onLinking multiple copies of these devices may lay the foundation for .Once unimaginable, transistors consisting only of several- clusters or even single atoms promise to become the building blocks of a new generation of computers with unparalleled memory and processing power. But to realize the full potential of these tiny transistors — miniature electrical on-off switches — researchers must find a way to make many copies of these notoriously difficult-to-fabricate...…SciTechDailyScience, Space and Technology News 2022COPYRIGHT © 1998 - 2022 SCITECHDAILY. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.By onLinking multiple copies of these devices may lay the foundation for .Once unimaginable, transistors consisting only of several- clusters or even single atoms promise to become the building blocks of a new generation of computers with unparalleled memory and processing power. But to realize the full potential of these tiny transistors — miniature electrical on-off switches — researchers must find a way to make many copies of these notoriously difficult-to-fabricate...WW…

Excitons form across layers in a 3D superlattice of stacked 2D semiconductors. Credit: Olivia KongCould a stack of 2D materials allow for supercurrents at ground-breakingly warm temperatures, easily achievable in the household kitchen?An international study published in August opens a new route to high-temperature supercurrents at temperatures as ‘warm’ as inside a kitchen fridge.The ultimate aim is to achieve superconductivity (ie, electrical current without any energy loss to resistance) at a reasonable temperature.Bound pairs of electrons and holes (a composite particle called an...…Excitons form across layers in a 3D superlattice of stacked 2D semiconductors. Credit: Olivia KongCould a stack of 2D materials allow for supercurrents at ground-breakingly warm temperatures, easily achievable in the household kitchen?An international study published in August opens a new route to high-temperature supercurrents at temperatures as ‘warm’ as inside a kitchen fridge.The ultimate aim is to achieve superconductivity (ie, electrical current without any energy loss to resistance) at a reasonable temperature.Bound pairs of electrons and holes (a composite particle called an...WW…

Artistic illustration of a cloud of atoms with pairs of particles entangled between each other, represented by the yellow-blue lines. Credit: © ICFOQuantum entanglement is a process by which microscopic objects like electrons or atoms lose their individuality to become better coordinated with each other. Entanglement is at the heart of quantum technologies that promise large advances in computing, communications and sensing, for example detecting .Entangled states are famously fragile: in most cases even a tiny disturbance will undo the entanglement. For this reason, current quantum...…Artistic illustration of a cloud of atoms with pairs of particles entangled between each other, represented by the yellow-blue lines. Credit: © ICFOQuantum entanglement is a process by which microscopic objects like electrons or atoms lose their individuality to become better coordinated with each other. Entanglement is at the heart of quantum technologies that promise large advances in computing, communications and sensing, for example detecting .Entangled states are famously fragile: in most cases even a tiny disturbance will undo the entanglement. For this reason, current quantum...WW…

Fusion reactor technologies are well-positioned to contribute to our future power needs in a safe and sustainable manner. Numerical models can provide researchers with information on the behavior of the fusion , as well as valuable insight on the effectiveness of reactor design and operation. However, to model the large number of plasma interactions requires a number of specialized models that are not fast enough to provide data on reactor design and operation.Aaron Ho from the Science and Technology of Nuclear Fusion group in the department of Applied Physics at Eindhoven University of...…Fusion reactor technologies are well-positioned to contribute to our future power needs in a safe and sustainable manner. Numerical models can provide researchers with information on the behavior of the fusion , as well as valuable insight on the effectiveness of reactor design and operation. However, to model the large number of plasma interactions requires a number of specialized models that are not fast enough to provide data on reactor design and operation.Aaron Ho from the Science and Technology of Nuclear Fusion group in the department of Applied Physics at Eindhoven University of...WW…

A ‘foodscape’ assembled with 3D-printed designs made from garden peas, carrots, and corn. Credit: SUTD / NTU / KTPHSingapore researchers develop new method for ‘printing’ fresh vegetables, leading to tastier, more nutritious food for patients with swallowing difficulties.Researchers from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) and Khoo Teck Puat Hospital (KTPH) have developed a new way to create “food inks” from fresh and frozen vegetables, that preserves their nutrition and flavor better than existing methods.Food...…A ‘foodscape’ assembled with 3D-printed designs made from garden peas, carrots, and corn. Credit: SUTD / NTU / KTPHSingapore researchers develop new method for ‘printing’ fresh vegetables, leading to tastier, more nutritious food for patients with swallowing difficulties.Researchers from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) and Khoo Teck Puat Hospital (KTPH) have developed a new way to create “food inks” from fresh and frozen vegetables, that preserves their nutrition and flavor better than existing methods.Food...WW…

A design for the photonic structure that traps two photons. Photons travel in the horizontal direction, one into each arm of the cross. The holes are placed so that both photons are trapped in the center where the arms cross. The blue and red curves represent the intensity of the electric fields of the respective photons. The photons interact due to the nonlinearity of the crystal that forms the cross. Credit: Eric ProctorArmy researchers predict quantum computer circuits that will no longer need extremely cold temperatures to function could become a reality after about a decade.For years,...…A design for the photonic structure that traps two photons. Photons travel in the horizontal direction, one into each arm of the cross. The holes are placed so that both photons are trapped in the center where the arms cross. The blue and red curves represent the intensity of the electric fields of the respective photons. The photons interact due to the nonlinearity of the crystal that forms the cross. Credit: Eric ProctorArmy researchers predict quantum computer circuits that will no longer need extremely cold temperatures to function could become a reality after about a decade.For years,...WW…

Illustration of plasmon waves created by an ultrafast laser coupled to an atomic force microscopy tip. The plasmon waves are shown as concentric red and blue rings moving slowly across an atomically thin layer of tantalum disulfide. Credit: Felipe da Jornada/Berkeley LabStudy co-led by Berkeley Lab reveals how wavelike plasmons could power up a new class of sensing and photochemical technologies at the nanoscale.Wavelike, collective oscillations of electrons known as “plasmons” are very important for determining the optical and electronic properties of metals.In atomically thin 2D...…Illustration of plasmon waves created by an ultrafast laser coupled to an atomic force microscopy tip. The plasmon waves are shown as concentric red and blue rings moving slowly across an atomically thin layer of tantalum disulfide. Credit: Felipe da Jornada/Berkeley LabStudy co-led by Berkeley Lab reveals how wavelike plasmons could power up a new class of sensing and photochemical technologies at the nanoscale.Wavelike, collective oscillations of electrons known as “plasmons” are very important for determining the optical and electronic properties of metals.In atomically thin 2D...WW…

Neurons are like the electrical wiring of our bodies. They are connected by synapses, which play an important role in transferring information. Inside synapses, there are complex molecular machineries, such as synaptic vesicles (SV), that work in harmony to ensure proper neurotransmission. This research looked at the synaptic proteome — all the proteins that make up the synapses. Credit: OISTNeurons are like the electrical wiring of our brains, responsible for receiving information from the outside world and conveying this information to the rest of our body. To work correctly, they need to...…Neurons are like the electrical wiring of our bodies. They are connected by synapses, which play an important role in transferring information. Inside synapses, there are complex molecular machineries, such as synaptic vesicles (SV), that work in harmony to ensure proper neurotransmission. This research looked at the synaptic proteome — all the proteins that make up the synapses. Credit: OISTNeurons are like the electrical wiring of our brains, responsible for receiving information from the outside world and conveying this information to the rest of our body. To work correctly, they need to...WW…

Just a third of parents believe that having their child get the flu vaccine is more important this year than previous years. Credit: C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health at Michigan Medicine. may not influence parents’ beliefs about the flu vaccine, with just 1/3 believing it’s more important for children to get vaccinated this year.The pandemic doesn’t seem to be changing parents’ minds about the importance of the flu vaccine.It could be a double whammy flu season this year as the nation already faces a viral deadly disease with nearly twin symptoms. And while...…Just a third of parents believe that having their child get the flu vaccine is more important this year than previous years. Credit: C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health at Michigan Medicine. may not influence parents’ beliefs about the flu vaccine, with just 1/3 believing it’s more important for children to get vaccinated this year.The pandemic doesn’t seem to be changing parents’ minds about the importance of the flu vaccine.It could be a double whammy flu season this year as the nation already faces a viral deadly disease with nearly twin symptoms. And while...WW…

Professor Jongmin Choi, Department of Energy Science & Engineering, DGIST. Credit: DGISTA technology to further accelerate the commercialization of Colloidal Quantum Dot(CQD) Photovoltaic(PV) devices, which are expected to be next-generation photovoltaic devices, has been developed.Recently, DGIST announced that a research team of Professor Jongmin Choi from the Department of Energy Science & Engineering t and Professor Edward H. Sargent from the University of Toronto has identified the cause of the performance degradation in CQD PV devices and developed a material processing method...…Professor Jongmin Choi, Department of Energy Science & Engineering, DGIST. Credit: DGISTA technology to further accelerate the commercialization of Colloidal Quantum Dot(CQD) Photovoltaic(PV) devices, which are expected to be next-generation photovoltaic devices, has been developed.Recently, DGIST announced that a research team of Professor Jongmin Choi from the Department of Energy Science & Engineering t and Professor Edward H. Sargent from the University of Toronto has identified the cause of the performance degradation in CQD PV devices and developed a material processing method...WW…