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What if ceramics were ductile?

In the 1900s it was discovered that ceramic materials, at least in principle, can be permanently deformed without fracture at room temperature. Since then, materials researchers have dreamed of making ceramics that can be bent, pulled, and hammered without fracture.

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Advance brings quantum computing one step closer to implementation

Researchers identified possible solutions to some of the limitations of qubits for quantum computing. They looked at two different hybrid quantum systems: an electron-superconducting circuit and an electron-ion coupled system. Both systems were able to control the temperature and the movement of the electron.

sponge-like solar cells

Better pacemakers could be based on sponge-like solar cells.

To make a substance porous, researchers developed a procedure that entails etching holes into the top layer. They discovered that these pockets of holes present a ground-breaking method for producing solar cells that can be used to improve medical equipment like pacemakers.

DNA droplets

Using DNA droplets, a new tool for early disease detection has been developed.

DNA droplet systems are essential processes that occur in living organisms. Computational DNA droplets have been created thanks to a successful combination of DNA droplet technology with DNA computing. These droplets can be employed as tumour markers because they recognise certain patterns in microRNA sequences.

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What if ceramics were ductile?.jpg

What if ceramics were ductile?

In the 1900s it was discovered that ceramic materials, at least in principle, can be permanently deformed without fracture at room temperature. Since then, materials researchers have dreamed of making ceramics that can be bent, pulled, and hammered without fracture.

Advance brings quantum computing one step closer to implementation.jpg

Advance brings quantum computing one step closer to implementation

Researchers identified possible solutions to some of the limitations of qubits for quantum computing. They looked at two different hybrid quantum systems: an electron-superconducting circuit and an electron-ion coupled system. Both systems were able to control the temperature and the movement of the electron.

sponge-like solar cells

Better pacemakers could be based on sponge-like solar cells.

To make a substance porous, researchers developed a procedure that entails etching holes into the top layer. They discovered that these pockets of holes present a ground-breaking method for producing solar cells that can be used to improve medical equipment like pacemakers.

DNA droplets

Using DNA droplets, a new tool for early disease detection has been developed.

DNA droplet systems are essential processes that occur in living organisms. Computational DNA droplets have been created thanks to a successful combination of DNA droplet technology with DNA computing. These droplets can be employed as tumour markers because they recognise certain patterns in microRNA sequences.

predict volcanic eruptions

Researchers used a supercomputer to successfully predict volcanic eruptions.

A group of geologists completed the installation of a completely new volcano forecasting modelling programme on the supercomputers Blue Waters and iForge in the fall of 2017. Another crew was keeping a watch on Ecuador’s Galapagos Islands’ Sierra Negra volcano. The researchers were able to make the fortunate prediction that Sierra Negra would erupt in June 2018, five months before it really happened, after combining their findings.

tigris river

Drought in the Tigris River has revealed a 3400-year-old metropolis.

Archaeologists have unearthed a city on the Tigris River from the Mittani Empire, which was inhabited 3,400 years ago. The settlement erupted from the waters of the Mosul reservoir in the early months of this year as a direct result of Iraq’s catastrophic drought. Ancient Zakhiku, which is supposed to have been a major Mittani Empire centre, had a large metropolis with a palace and other big constructions (ca. 1550-1350 BC).

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