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Quantum Dot Microscope Can Measure Electric Surface Potentials of Single Atoms
JÜLICH, Germany, June 18, 2019 — A new scanning quantum dot microscopy method can measure the electric potential of a sample at atomic accuracy. It was developed by a team from Forschungszentrum Jülich, working with researchers from two other institutions. The new technique has potential application for chip manufacturing and the characterization of biomolecules. A quantum dot was attached to the tip of an atomic force microscope (AFM) to serve as a noncontact scanning probe. The quantum dot was so small that
Light Energy and Biomass Can Be Converted to Fuel and Hydrogen
DALIAN, China, June 17, 2019 — A team at the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, led by professor Feng Wang, has developed a process for using light energy to drive the use of downstream biomass products to produce hydrogen and diesel fuel...
A Light-Driven Process to Oxidize Plastic Surfaces for Industry Safely
OSAKA, Japan, June 17, 2019 — Researchers at Osaka University have developed a light-driven process for oxidizing polypropylene (PP), a widely used plastic, without creating waste. The process uses a reactive chlorine dioxide radical to make the plastic reactive. PP is normally...
Research could Accelerate AI Systems to Compute Faster Than Human Brain
ALBANY, N.Y., June 17, 2019 — Two State University of New York Polytechnic Institute (SUNY Poly) researchers have been awarded $900,000 in funding from the Rome-based Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to conduct a study on brain-inspired (neuromorphic) computing systems...
Diamond Metalens Could Improve Quantum Device Performance and Scalability
PHILADELPHIA, June 14, 2019 — At the chemical level, diamonds are no more than carbon atoms aligned in a 3D crystal lattice. Even a diamond that looks flawless contains defects that can absorb or emit light. Small defects in diamonds called nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers hold...
UV Light Used to Characterize Devices, Improve Performance
NAGOYA, Japan, June 13, 2019 — Researchers from the Nagoya Institute of Technology (NITech) used UV light to test the performance of miniaturized semiconductors for next-generation electronics. Specifically, the team determined the interface properties of a graphene-gallium...
Machine Learning and Computer Vision Lead to Smarter, More Precise Crop Management
NORWICH, England, June 12, 2019 — Researchers at the Earlham Institute (EI), working with G’s Growers in Ely, England, have developed a machine learning platform that works with computer vision and ultra-large-scale images taken from the air to help categorize lettuce crops in...
Light-Powered Nano-Microbial ‘Factories’ Could Help Reduce Carbon
BOULDER, Colo., June 12, 2019 — Using light-activated quantum dots to activate specific enzymes within microbial cells, researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder) created nanobio-hybrid organisms that can consume harmful gases such as carbon dioxide (CO2) and...
Growing 2D Crystals Over 3D Surfaces Could Create Quantum Emission
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., and HOUSTON, June 10, 2019 — A team led by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) explored how 2D crystals grow over 3D objects and how the curvature of 3D objects can stretch and strain the 2D crystals. The team’s findings could lead to a strategy for engineering...
Selective Formation of Excitons Could Lower OLED Energy Requirements
TOKYO, June 10, 2019 — Scientists from RIKEN and the University of California San Diego, in collaboration with international partners, have demonstrated a new way to manipulate the excitons that are essential to the transport of electrons within OLEDs. They showed that...
Facial Recognition Used to Monitor ICU Patient Safety
YOKOHAMA, Japan, June 5, 2019 — A scientific team at Yokohama City University Hospital has used facial recognition technology to develop an automated system that can predict, with moderate accuracy (75%) when patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) are at high risk of unsafe...
New Class of Visible-Light Photoswitches Could Provide Greater Molecular Photocontrol
GRONINGEN, Netherlands, June 5, 2019 — A consortium of scientists from five European institutions has developed a new class of molecular photoswitches that are operated with visible light only. The new switches show large separation of absorption bands and function in various solvents...
Researchers Combine OCT and 3D Microscopy to Image Embryos
HOUSTON, June 4, 2019 — To help researchers and clinicians better understand the cellular-level events that occur during embryonic development, a team from the University of Houston and Baylor College of Medicine is developing a new technology to allow simultaneous imaging...
MIR Upconversion Imaging Could Speed Medical Diagnostics
LYNGBY, Denmark, June 4, 2019 — Researchers from multiple institutions collaborated to develop a way to translate information from the mid-infrared (MIR) region, where chemical signatures are most distinct, to the near-infrared (NIR), where existing camera technology is most...
Bioprinting System Uses Light Sheet Lithography for Living Tissue
FRANKFURT, Germany, June 3, 2019 — A European consortium is developing a lithography method for bioprinting tissue and organs that uses light sheet illumination and photosensitive hydrogels mixed with living cells. The project, coordinated by Elena Martinez from the Institute for...
Deep Neural Network Guides Drone to Smooth Landing
PASADENA, Calif., June 3, 2019 — Researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have collaborated on a system that uses a deep neural network (DNN) to help autonomous drones “learn” how to land more safely and quickly, while consuming less power. The...
Organic Laser Diode Suppresses Losses, Lowers Electricity Requirements
FUKUOKA, Japan, June 3, 2019 — Lasing by direct electrical stimulation of an organic film is possible, according to researchers at Kyushu University, who have demonstrated a laser diode based on organic semiconductors. Organic laser diodes produce a pure light, but they require...
AI-Driven Imaging System Protects Photo and Video Authenticity End-to-End
BROOKLYN, N.Y., May 31, 2019 — To thwart sophisticated methods of altering photos and video, researchers at the New York University Tandon School of Engineering (NYU Tandon) have developed an experimental technique to authenticate images throughout the entire pipeline, from...
Thin Films Could Support Single-Photon Emission for Quantum Computing
LOS ALAMOS, N.M., May 30, 2019 — Efforts to create reliable light-based quantum computing and quantum key distribution for cybersecurity could benefit from a Los Alamos National Laboratory study that demonstrates a new method for creating thin films to control single-photon...
Solar Power Data Set Could Help Make Power Grids More Reliable
CANBERRA, Australia, May 31, 2019 — Engineers from the Australian National University (ANU) and Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE have created a data set from 1287 residential installations of PV systems across Australia and have made this data set freely available....
Light Produces Electricity Where Saltwater and Freshwater Meet
LAUSANNE, Switzerland, May 31, 2019 — A group of École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) researchers has demonstrated that light can be used to optimize the production of osmotic power, or blue energy, at river estuaries. The researchers created a system...
Laguerre-Gaussian Mode Sorter Could Improve Internet Speeds and Image Quality
BRISBANE, Australia, May 28, 2019 — A new optical device that splits light beams into modes, with each mode acting as an independent channel of information, could be used to pack hundreds of modes into a single optical fiber, increasing the amount of information that the fiber can...
New type of Computing Uses Photopolymers and Light
HAMILTON, Ontario, May 28, 2019 — A new type of computing, developed by researchers at McMaster University, uses a single-component, light-responsive system to perform computing operations without relying on external electrical power or processors. The computing operation is...
Quantum Dots Enhance Stability of Perovskites for Solar Power
TORONTO, May 27, 2019 — A team from the University of Toronto is researching materials that could enhance the solar-harvesting potential of silicon by absorbing wavelengths of light that silicon does not absorb. The researchers have demonstrated that perovskite crystals...
Quantum Interferometry Reveals How Coherent Phonons Are Generated
TOKYO, May 24, 2019 — Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology and Keio University wanted to investigate ways to store, move, and process information at exponential speeds using heat and noise (also known as waste vibrations). To do so, they studied the excitation and...
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