Over the past three years, the Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI), a data science research institute at UNC-Chapel Hill, has been developing a state-of-the-science, cloud-ready data engine, visualization, and information delivery system called APSViz. As a core project within the Department of Homeland Security’s Coastal Resilience Center at UNC-Chapel Hill, APSViz disseminates real-time coastal hazards information […]
Leonardo Da Vinci – an artist, scientist and inventor recognized by many for his famous works such as the Mona Lisa and the Creation of Adam – made several contributions to human society, including sketch designs for the ball bearing (a rolling device used to create space between moving parts). His conception of the device […]
The United States and United Kingdom are sharing expertise and capabilities in the blossoming field of quantum information science across the pond. This new partnership between the countries will lead to new quantum devices, insights into their performance, ways to harness quantum information and discoveries in fundamental physics. The post US and UK Unite in […]
First discovered in Russia’s Ural Mountains in 1839, perovskites are minerals that scientists have long recognized for their potential around stability and efficiency in materials design. In terms of nanoscience and nanoparticles, perovskites may be able to literally change the world by enabling researchers to develop these materials with traits that seem to outshine those […]
The laws of quantum mechanics hold that quantum particles are fundamentally indivisible and therefore cannot be split, but researchers at the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (PME) at the University of Chicago are exploring what happens when you try to split a phonon. The post Pritzker Molecular Engineering Researchers ‘Split’ Phonons – or Sound – […]
For the past 20 years, fission reactors have produced a nearly unchanging portion of the nation’s electricity: around 20%. But that percentage could start increasing soon. The advent of small modular reactors, or SMRs, and advanced reactor concepts, or ARCs, signals a new generation of fission power. SMRs are substantially smaller than most commercial nuclear reactors today […]
A team of researchers led by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s Trevor David Rhone, assistant professor in the Department of Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy, has identified novel van der Waals (vdW) magnets using cutting-edge tools in artificial intelligence (AI). In particular, the team identified transition metal halide vdW materials with large magnetic moments that are predicted […]
No one will ever be able to see a purely mathematical construct such as a perfect sphere. But now, scientists using supercomputer simulations and atomic resolution microscopes have imaged the signatures of electron orbitals, which are defined by mathematical equations of quantum mechanics and predict where an atom’s electron is most likely to be. The […]
Migratory birds are critical for the health of human agriculture and the environment. But our knowledge of their movements is surprisingly little. Using “snapshots” based on Cornell University’s eBird database, scientists at the University of Massachusetts created BirdFlow, an artificial intelligence (AI) that accurately predicted migratory movements. Critical for the AI’s accuracy, the team first […]
The newly unveiled Sanctuary AI Pheonix humanoid robot is the sixth generation of solutions from Sanctuary AI. The company was formed in 2018 with the mission to develop a general-purpose humanoid robot, in a form factor similar to an average-sized human. The company started with the development of the hand and iterated the platform to […]
