Thursday, August 27, 2020
Brain-inspired electronic system could vastly reduce AI's carbon footprint
Extremely energy-efficient artificial intelligence is now closer to reality after researchers found a way to improve the accuracy of a brain-inspired computing system.
Photonics researchers report breakthrough in miniaturizing light-based chips
Using a material widely adopted by photonics researchers, researchers have created the smallest electro-optical modulator yet. The modulator is a key component of a photonics-based chip, controlling how light moves through its circuits.
Tying knots with individual molecules
Chemists have successfully tied a series of microscopic knots using individual molecules for the first time, ushering in the advent of a form of nano-scale weaving which could create a new generation of advanced materials.
Music goes terahertz: Scientists achieve breakthrough for pulsed terahertz lasers
By mixing electronic resonances in semiconductor nanostructures with the photon field of microresonators, researchers designed a stained mirror that bleaches more easily than ever and could make terahertz lasers ultrafast.
Molecular architecture: New class of materials for tomorrow's energy storage
The materials belong to the class of metal-organic frameworks, or MOFs for short, and could open up new opportunities for energy storage.
Mini power plants from coated blue-green algae
Scientists have equipped these humble unicellular organisms with semiconductor coatings to create mini power plants, which supply biofuels and are photocatalytically active in sunlight.
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