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Meet the autonomous lab of the future

Robots operate instruments and artificial intelligence makes decisions to find useful new materials at the A-Lab.

April 17, 2023 Read more

Quantum light source goes fully on-chip, bringing scalability to the quantum cloud

Researchers demonstrate an entangled quantum light source fully integrated for the first time on a chip.

April 17, 2023 Read more

Valleytronics explained

Explore the world of valleytronics, an emerging field that holds the potential to revolutionize electronics and quantum computing by exploiting a new degree of freedom in 2D materials.

April 17, 2023 Read more

Boosting AI with optimized phase change memory

Phase change memory is an emerging technology with great potential for advancing analog in-memory computing, particularly in deep neural networks and neuromorphic computing.

April 14, 2023 Read more

New family of wheel-like metallic clusters exhibit unique properties

While the wheel does not need to be reinvented, there are benefits to the development of new nano-wheels, a novel family of metallic compounds, each of which exhibit unique properties desirable for next-generation technologies, such as advanced sensors.

April 14, 2023 Read more

Multi-compartment membranes for multicellular robots: Everybody needs some body

We typically think of robots as metal objects, filled with motors and circuits. But the field of molecular robotics is starting to change that.

April 14, 2023 Read more

Implantable device shrinks pancreatic tumors

Nanomedicine researchers have found a way to tame pancreatic cancer - one of the most aggressive and difficult to treat cancers - by delivering immunotherapy directly into the tumor with a device that is smaller than a grain of rice.

April 13, 2023 Read more

Lightly dressed

A team of physicists watches electrons getting dressed with light.

April 13, 2023 Read more

Nanogenerator-powered, standalone sensor system uses human movement to monitor health and environment

The system combines nanogenerators with micro-supercapacitors to harvest and story energy generated by human movement.

April 13, 2023 Read more

Hybrid laser pulses enable ultrafast control of spin and valley currents

Researchers discovered a method for inducing and controlling the flow of spin and valley currents in ultrafast timeframes using specially designed laser pulses. This discovery offers a fresh perspective on the search for the next generation of information technologies.

April 13, 2023 Read more

Breakthrough in magnetic quantum material paves way for ultra-fast sustainable computers

Researchers have made a device fabricated of a two-dimensional magnetic quantum material work in room temperature.

April 13, 2023 Read more

Oxygen nanocarriers to help phototherapy combat tumors

Scientists create drug nanocarriers to deliver oxygen to the tumor in order to enhance the efficiency of phototherapy by increasing oxygen availability for therapy in solid cancers.

April 13, 2023 Read more

Single-enzyme breakthrough powers flexible biofuel cells

By adopting a single-enzyme approach, scientists have unlocked a new era in enzymatic biofuel cell technology, where one device serves a dual purpose: harvesting electricity and providing an analytical signal for glucose detection, all powered by a single enzyme, glucose oxidase, on both the anode and cathode.

April 13, 2023 Read more