Technology and Engineering

Aperture is an opening in your camera lens that allows light to pass through, affecting the brightness of the photo as well as the depth of field. In a paper published in Nature Communications, researchers from the University of Ottawa…

IBM quickly took issue with Google’s claim that it had achieved “quantum supremacy” , a term that refers to a point when a quantum computer can perform a calculation that a traditional computer can’t complete within its lifetime. Quantum bits,…

The Pentagon is trying to artificially limit the use of Russian launch vehicles on the international market, Roscosmos said, adding that the ban will negatively affect the whole industry of commercial space launches. The agency could join NASA on another…

While Poem Portraits project by Google can create poetic lines weaved around a single word selection prevalent in 19th-century works of literature. Artist and designer Es Devlin designed the project, while Google’s resident creative technologist, Ross Goodwin, trained its algorithm…

It is located between France and Switzerland and operated by the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN). The world’s largest atom smasher is gearing up for its second three-year run after 16 months of maintenance and upgrades. Physicists to record more information…

Semiconductors that efficiently convert energy to light or vice versa. Now, next-generation semiconducting materials are exploring new study, researchers have driven modern advances in technology and photovoltaics yet again. Essentially, 2D materials are at the cutting edge of materials research.…

A new video from AIST, Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, shows a prototype robot designed to work on construction sites in situations where there is a shortage of human workers. While large factory assembly lines are rapidly…

Today, lithium-ion batteries are approaching their technological limits. “In first tests, the new battery cell was very stable over 500 charge and discharge cycles and retained over 84 percent of its original capacity”, said Dr. Shicheng Yu. The batteries will…

Princeton researchers have adapted silicon chip technology like that found in personal computers and mobile phones to act as a biosensors. The new technology allows the researchers to do away with this system by using tiny metal layers embedded in…

In an advance that makes a more flexible, inexpensive type of solar cell commercially viable, University of Michigan researchers have demonstrated organic solar cells that can achieve 15 percent efficiency. At 15 percent efficiency and given a 20-year lifetime, researchers…