A multi-disciplinary team of researchers linked atomic-scale features to efficient heat-to-electricity conversion, offering ...

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A preliminary analysis suggests that industrially useful quantum computers designs come with a broad spectrum of energy ...

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At 4 a.m., while most of New Jersey slept, a Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) physicist sat at his computer ...

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Quantum computers promise unprecedented computing speed and power that will advance both business and science. These same ...

A collaborative team of researchers from the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, the University of Florida, Gainesville and ...

Imagine a device that lets you move heat very quickly from one place to another, yet needs no power, no electricity, no pumps and no moving parts. You might think, "Sure, that's what metals like ...

Researchers have created microscopic robots so small they’re barely visible, yet smart enough to sense, decide, and move completely on their own. Powered by light and equipped with tiny computers, the ...