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New Silicon Structure Unlocks Quantum Computing Potential

The team constructed a gate that controls interactions between the electrons in a way that allows them to act as the quantum bits of information, or qubits,…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Dual Holograms on One Surface: Caltech’s Engineering Breakthrough

A team at Caltech has figured out a way to encode more than one holographic image in a single surface without any loss of resolution. The engineering feat…

Life & Chemistry

Hot Vibrating Gases: New Insights Under Electron Spotlight

Gases have been used throughout industry. Natural gas, for example, is “cracked” in refineries to make products like acetylene. The efficiency of gaseous…

Physics & Astronomy

Telescopes Collaborate to Unveil Secrets of Centaurus A Galaxy

In research published today, the international team of scientists used the telescopes to observe a nearby radio galaxy known as Centaurus A.

Environmental Conservation

How fires are changing the tundra’s face

Two young ecologists from the University of Münster are studying the serious consequences fires can have for vegetation, soils and some endangered bird…

Environmental Conservation

Drones Assess Crop Damage from Wild Boars: Innovative Method Explained

Anneleen Rutten, PhD student at the University of Antwerp and the Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO, Brussels) will present the method at the…

Life & Chemistry

Should We Differentiate Skin Innovations for Better Health?

Human skin is a remarkable organ serving as a barrier protecting us from pathogens, toxic substances and others. Our skin needs to constantly renew throughout…

Physics & Astronomy

Enhancing Photon Emission: New Techniques for Efficient Light

Atoms and molecules can be made to emit light particles (photons). However, without external intervention this process is inefficient and undirected.

Power and Electrical Engineering

Large-scale battery storage system in field trial

The interaction of five different battery systems based on lithium-ion or lead-acid is being investigated there on a large scale. The system participates in…

Earth Sciences

Megacities and Their Impact on Coastal Seas: Evidence from China

The largest cities of the world can be found in China. When the number of inhabitants exceeds 10 million, those cities are referred to as ‘megacities’. There…

Event News

Explore Future Work Innovations at Fraunhofer IAO Events

With events, projects, interactive experiences and a series of blog posts, Fraunhofer IAO will offer a diverse range of information, hands-on activities and…

Information Technology

PhoxTroT: Advancing Optical Interconnects for Data Centers

To ensure a constant availability of the Internet applications of service providers like Google, Apple, Facebook or Amazon in all areas independently if they…

Materials Sciences

Graphene Channels Unlock Insights into Ion Transport in Cells

To rapidly transport the right ions through the cell membrane, the tiny channels rely on a complex interplay between the ions and surrounding molecules,…

Physics & Astronomy

3-D Printed Metals: Balancing Strength and Ductility

The findings, published in Materials Today, outline how a joint research team from the University of Birmingham, UK, Stockholm University, Sweden and Zhejiang…

Earth Sciences

Understanding Coral Diseases: Causes and Effects Explained

Corals can bleach when the water temperature rises, this condition is well known. But also a number of other diseases with names that sound familiar can attack…

Physics & Astronomy

New X-Ray Method Reveals Three Types of Info at Nanoscale

Physicists at Friedrich Schiller University Jena (Germany) and partners develop new measurement method for active nanoscale components

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