Everything You Need to Know About Smartphone Backups
What would you do if you permanently lost all the photos, notes and other files on your phone? If you have a backup system in place, you’d likely know what to do next: Restore it…
Pushing Past Limits: Tandem Solar Cells Achieve Over 20% Efficiency
Researchers have developed a tandem solar cell combining antimony selenide and perovskite, achieving over 20% efficiency, demonstrating significant potential in enhancing solar power conversion and exceeding traditional efficiency limits. A tandem cell was constructed using…
Unlocking the Secrets of Eternal Data With Silicon Carbide
The information is written in optically active atomic defects by a focused ion beam (left) and read using the cathodoluminescence or photoluminescence (right). Credit: M. Hollenbach, H. Schultheiß Team presents new path to long-term data…
How Silicon Ring Resonators Are Rewriting the Rules of Quantum Computing
Researchers have made a pivotal advance in quantum technology by developing integrated photonics that enable the control and manipulation of light on silicon chips. This innovation facilitates ultra-secure communications and enhances quantum computing capabilities. Credit:…
Revolutionary Qubit Technology Paves Way for Practical Quantum Computer
Researchers are advancing in quantum computing by developing qubits based on the spin of electrons and holes, with recent breakthroughs at the University of Basel showing controlled interactions between qubits using hole spins. These advancements…
High Efficiency, Low Cost: New “All in One” Microcomb Lasers Could Transform Consumer Electronics
University of Rochester researchers created a chip-scale microcomb laser with an innovative design that allows users to control the optical frequency comb simply by switching on a power source. Credit: University of Rochester photo /…
Photonic Chips Blaze New Trails in Light Dynamics
At the University of Rostock, researchers have combined PT symmetry with topology in photonic chips, challenging previous beliefs about open systems and topological insulators, and paving the way for innovative technological applications. Credit: SciTechDaily.com Groundbreaking…
From Impossible to Reality: Researchers Create First Functional Semiconductor Made From Graphene
The team’s graphene device grown on a silicon carbide substrate chip. Credit: Georgia Institute of Technology Scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed the world’s first world’s first functional semiconductor made from <span…
Navigating the Graphene Maze: Health, Environment, and Innovation
The “Graphene Flagship” initiative has investigated the effects of graphene (blue) and related materials on health and the environment. Colored scanning electron microscopy. Credit: Empa The largest EU research initiative ever launched has come to…
Feeling the Future: How a New Prosthetic Leg Restores Natural Sensations
Restoring natural sensory feedback results in functional and cognitive benefits for leg prosthesis users. Credit: Pietro Comaschi A few years ago, a team of researchers working under Professor Stanisa Raspopovic at the ETH Zurich Neuroengineering…