Credit: PexelsIn 80 hours, Microsoft's AI tool narrowed 32 million theoretical materials to 18, leading scientists to synthesize one that can decrease lithium usage in batteries by 70%.An AI program has pinpointed a synthetic material, absent in nature, that can potentially decrease lithium usage in batteries by as much as 70%.Out of 32 million...
Artist’s impression of an ultra-hot Jupiter transiting its starUtilizing the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (ESO's VLT), astronomers have spotted the heaviest element ever found in an exoplanet atmosphere-- barium.They were surprised to find barium at high altitudes in the atmospheres of the ultra-hot gas giants WASP-76 b and WASP-121 b-- two...
Flame nanoparticle deposition was utilized to make robust nano-sensors that can spot pesticide residues on apple surfaces within minutes. Credit: Georgios A Sotiriou and Haipeng Li.Researchers in Sweden at Karolinska Institutet have developed a tiny sensor for spotting fruit pesticides in just a few minutes. The method, referred as a proof-of-concept in a paper...
Encoding data into light and transferring it using fiber optics is at the core of optical communications. With an exceptionally minimal loss of 0.2 dB/km, fiber optics made from silica have laid the foundations of today's international telecommunication networks and our data society.Such ultralow optical loss is just as crucial for incorporated photonics, which...
