Hardware

Electrical batteries are increasingly crucial in a variety of applications, from integration of intermittent energy sources with demand, to unlocking carbon-free power for the transportation sector through electric vehicles (EVs), trains…

CPU algorithm trains deep neural nets up to 15 times faster than top GPU trainersCredit: Photo by Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON -- (April 7, 2021) -- Rice University computer scientists have demonstrated artificial…

New tech packs computer chips with "uncountable" secrets COLUMBUS, Ohio - Researchers have found a way to use chaos to help develop digital fingerprints for electronic devices that may be unique enough to foil even the most sophisticated…

Provides 2.24x higher performance than previous systemCredit: JAIST and Dell Technologies Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology ("JAIST"; Nomi City, Ishikawa Prefecture ; President: Minoru Terano) and Dell Technologies…

Scientists train deep learning algorithms to classify breast lesions from ultrasound images in a large multi-center studyCredit: Chinese Medical Journal In 2020, the International Agency for Research on Cancer of the World Health…

Filling a crucial gap in the materials spectrumCredit: RMIT University A new study, out this week, could pave the way to revolutionary, transparent electronics. Such see-through devices could potentially be integrated in…

Telehealth has become a critical way for doctors to still provide health care while minimizing in-person contact during COVID-19. But with phone or Zoom appointments, it's harder for doctors to get important vital signs from a patient,…

System uses penetrative radio frequency to pinpoint items, even when they're hidden from viewCredit: Image courtesy of Fadel Adib, Tara Boroushaki, Alberto Rodriguez In recent years, robots have gained artificial vision, touch, and…

Physicists on the hunt for a rarely seen magnetic spin texture have discovered another object that bears its hallmarks, hidden in the structure of ultra-thin magnetic films, that they have called an incommensurate spin crystal.Credit:…

HIV-1 viral capsid simulations on XSEDE-allocated Stampede2, Bridges, Darwin systems uncover nucleotide entry mechanismCredit: Xu, et al. Viruses lurk in the grey area between the living and the nonliving, according to…

A single qubit on a standard silicon transistor chip has been successfully demonstrated as "quantum capable" in a new study by the UCL spinout Quantum Motion, led by researchers at UCL and Oxford University.Credit: A. Abrusci / UCL …

Special heat treatment improves novel magnetic materialCredit: HZDR/Juniks Skyrmions - tiny magnetic vortices - are considered promising candidates for tomorrow's information memory devices which may be able to achieve enormous data…

Scientists from Lancaster and Manchester Universities are to investigate the best way to use robots to help clean up radioactivity with a £1.49 million grant from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), part of…

Arash Ajoudani leads the Human-Robot Interfaces and physical Interaction Lab at the Italian Institute of Technology. According to the IEEE RAS experts, he contributed to the theory and technology of (ergonomic) human-robot collaboration and…

We live in a world where we want our electronics to be flexible, bendable and stretchable apart from being intelligent. Printed electronics technology has emerged as the main route to enable this vision.Credit: Shweta Agarwala …

Credit: Manus Hayne A new type of universal computer memory - ULTRARAM™ - has taken a step closer towards development with a successful experiment by Lancaster physicists. Professor Manus Hayne, who is leading the research,…

NICT's optical ground station successfully received downlink light from DLR's small satellite-mounted optical terminal (OSIRISv1)Credit: NICT -Successful experiment to receive downlink light at NICT optical ground station from DLR…

Johns Hopkins APL team finds an easier optimal detection scheme for near-term quantum sensors Quantum holds the promise of increasing the power of sensing technologies. While the field of quantum sensing has shown a lot of potential for…

Particle physicists use lattice quantum chromodynamics and supercomputers to search for physics beyond the Standard ModelCredit: A. Bazavov (Michigan State U.), C. Bernard (Washington U., St. Louis), N. Brown (Washington U., St. Louis), C.…

Credit: James Reynolds, NC State University Researchers at North Carolina State University have designed and demonstrated a new system that allows them to remotely monitor the behavior of freshwater mussels. The system could be used…