A 2 mm by 2 mm integrated photonic chip developed by Jaime Cardenas, assistant professor of optics, and PhD student Meiting Song (lead author) will make interferometers—and therefore precision optics—even more powerful. Potential applications include more sensitive devices for measuring tiny flaws on mirrors, or dispersion of pollutants in the atmosphere, and ultimately, quantum...
Quantifying electric fields in semiconductor devices: The schematic shows electric field distribution in the channel of a GaN transistor; laser beams highlight the second harmonic generation (SHG) nature of the technique. credit: Yuke Cao Power-saving electronics are becoming increasingly important in the quest for a carbon-neutral world. Advancements in this technology are making it possible...
Scientists at the UAB and the UniZar have detected a human peptide located in the brain that prevents the α-synuclein aggregates associated with Parkinson's disease and helps prevent their neurotoxicity. The research released in Nature Communications suggests that this may be one of the organism's natural systems to combat aggregation. The learning might help...
An Holden vehicle. Credit: Igor Lushnickiy(pexels) The Jingle used to relate us to people who loved “kangaroos, football, meat pies, and Holden Cars.”Nowadays, Japanese utes and tiny Toyotas, Hyundais, and Mazda are our favorites.The news on Monday from General Motors, Holden’s US parents, stating that the brand will be “discontinued” and the regional design...
Yves Béhar has developed a 'smart' electric scooter for Unagi, a firm redefining urban, local travel with its best-of-breed mobile electric scooters. The design sets a new standard for transportability, power, and convenience, pushing the boundaries of the scooter typology. It flaunts developments in material science, mechanical engineering, and also technology. Free from any visible...
Credit: iStock Documents pertaining to the sinking of the USS Thresher are currently being declassified by the U.S. Navy. All 129 aboard were killed when the submarine sank in April 1963 while conducting a training operation. The Navy was compelled by a lawsuit to make accident investigation files public. There was no single incident or mistake that led...
Alfa Photo/Shutterstock.com. By Sean Bui Educational Innovation Trends In 2020-2021 Ample Information, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet of Things (IoT) was the most significant educational innovation trends of 2019. However, distance learning has become the one fad that rules them all. The COVID-19 pandemic has substantially changed the method we teach and also discover. Trainees now need...
spectrum.ieee.org This wearable gadget detects blood sugar and also carries out insulin as necessary IN SOME WAYS, THIS IS A FAMILY STORY. Peter Kovatchev was a naval designer who raised his kid, Boris, as a trouble solver and constructed version ships with his granddaughter, Anna. He additionally dealt with a form of diabetes in which the...
Induction of neuronal assemblies in different regimes of excitation-inhibition balance. (A) Schematic of conventional protocols for the induction and investigation of plasticity often involving a small number of neurons and perturbations with brief pulses. (B to D) Analytical steps (B) to evaluate the effect of external perturbations on the formation of assemblies involving dynamics...
Ruonan Han's research is driving up the rates of microelectronic circuits to allow brand-new applications in interactions, noticing, as well as safety. Han, an associate teacher who recently gained tenured in MIT's Division of Electrical Design and Computer technology, focuses on creating semiconductors that operate successfully at very high frequencies in an initiative to bridge...
