A fully-connected annealer extendable to a multi-chip system and featuring a multi-policy mechanism has been designed by Tokyo Tech researchers to solve a broad class of combinatorial optimization (CO) problems relevant to ...
Quantum Physics
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Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Department of Chemistry have engineered silicon nanowires that can convert sunlight into electricity by splitting water into oxygen and hydrogen gas, a greener ...
Nanophysics
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The International Commission on Illumination (CIE) has published Technical Report CIE 251:2023 LED Reference Spectrum for Photometer Calibration, related to laboratory measurements of LED lighting.
Optics & Photonics
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A project led by Ella Hudson, Ph.D. Researcher at The University of Sheffield, seeks to ascertain the contribution of the hair cuticle to the mechanical properties of the whole fiber.
Bio & Medicine
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The Visible and Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on the recently launched NOAA-21 satellite started collecting Earth science data from its day-night band (DNB) and its thermal emissive bands (TEB) on Feb. 9, 2023. ...
Planetary Sciences
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After completing the first sample depot on another world, the rover continues its hunt for Mars rocks worthy of study on Earth.
Space Exploration
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To study how stars and planets are born we have to look at star cradles hidden in cool clouds of dust. Far-infrared telescopes are able to pierce through those clouds. Conventionally, niobium nitride bolometers are used as ...
Astronomy
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Global warming is affecting vineyards and the taste of wines.
Plants & Animals
Feb 17, 2023
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Very soon, we need to become fossil free, not only in the energy sector, but in industry as well. Hydrocarbons or other raw chemicals can be produced in principle using renewable energy and abundant molecules such as water ...
Analytical Chemistry
Feb 17, 2023
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The nationwide geospatial study—'Towards a better understanding of residential mobility and the environments in which adults reside'—looks at the patterns of how people move, who moves around the most, and where they ...
Social Sciences
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