Today's Tech News: Notable or Not?

https://techxplore.com/news/2025-04-redox-battery-energy-efficiency-longer.html "catalytic electrode: 2D MoS2 nanosheet enhanced with CO atoms/ sulfur vacancies... optimizes interface, boosts reactant absorption, speeds up kinetics of coupling between I-/I3- and S2-/Sx2-... running at 20 mA cm-2: 87.9% efficient... at 30 mA cm-2: peak power density 95.7 mW cm-2 with 76.5% energy efficiency, and running up to 50 cycles... at 10 mA cm-2: sustained stable operation at a 10% state of charge for up to 850 cycles... peak efficiencies can be restored by replacing electrolytes after running 200 and 600 cycles"

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1079286 "overcomes chromatic dispersion/ image distortion... combines inverse-designed metasurface couplers with single-layer high-refractive-index waveguide... optimizing metasurface coupler geometry, and light's: phase, amplitude, polarization utilizing 4th, 5th, 6th diffraction orders handling R, G, B. wavelengths, ensuring uniform deflection angles/ eliminating chromatic aberration... expanded field of view through high-refractive-index design, and optimized coupling efficiency ensuring superior full-color display quality"

https://techxplore.com/news/2025-04-method-satellites-5g-era.html "overcomes not all satellites powerful enough to act as complete base stations... satellites to be integrated into mobile communications, even if their performance falls short, by splitting 5G base station in half, so satellites completely take over 5G network wireless communications minimizing computing power, energy, resource use... makes possible to distribute/ design functions/ tasks variably across different satellite orbits/ performance classes... 6G to integrate not only satellites, but also drones and aircraft"

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1079359 "overcomes low thermal conductivity leading to overheating, by incorporating highly thermally conductive fillers: metals, ceramics, diamond/ graphite oxide... perfect fillers on their own 5X more thermally conductive than imperfect ones, but polymers with graphite oxide fillers containing defects performed 160% better due to enhanced vibrational couplings between polymers/ defective fillers at polymer/filler interfaces... high-performance microchips, soft robotics: cooler/ more efficient through improved heat dissipation"

https://techxplore.com/news/2025-04-welding-3d-complex-metals.html "multiple powdered metals deposited with micron-level resolution, laser melted together in single layer during additive deposition... 1 cm tall metal part includes thousands of layers of metal powder, taking a few hours to print... address pores/ cracks in real time viewing digital 3D rendering through CT scans... finished structure complex gyroid shape (which when multi-material can only be created using this method), used in applications such as heat exchangers/ biomedical implants... future: use with other types of metal powders"

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1079126 "viscoelastic liquid/ elastic suppressing turbulence in simple flows (straight pipes/ channels), leading to reduced wall friction enhancing energy efficiency... exhibit relaxation time... closed-circuit water loop with 2D channel (20 mm height), 1:2 backward-facing step expansion ratio... turbulent eddies produce kinetic energy as flow attempts equilibrium, which relaxation time interacts with, leading to inertia-viscoelastic meandering motion... adjusting for high diffusivity state boosts heat transfer efficiency/ fluid mixing"

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1079321 "ZnSe QDs alloyed with narrow-bandgap ZnTe forms green-emitting ZnSeTe QDs, free of toxic/ expensive phosphorus precursors, achieving spectral tuning... low-temperature balanced injection/ high-temperature growth method inserts ultra-thin ZnSeS alloy interlayer assisting thickened ZnS outer shell growth, alleviating lattice mismatch between ZnSe and ZnS, and thickened shell, passivating surface defects, enhancing radiative recombination efficiency/ optical stability... 20.6% peak external quantum efficiency" 

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1079323 "Shortwave IR eye-safe, less affected by atmospheric scattering... reliance on expensive/ toxic heavy-metals/ difficult manufacturing, overcome using silver nitrate coated colloidal quantum dot semiconducting silver telluride nanocrystals... measures distances >10 m with decimetre resolution... cost-effective, dark current density <500nA/cm2, external quantum efficiency 1400 nm of 30%, an LDR >150dB, time response 25 ns... LIDAR, space localization/ mapping, adverse weather imaging, environmental monitoring"

https://phys.org/news/2025-04-error-method-photon-requirements-quantum.html "error-correction requires 100s physical photons to make single reliable qubit... overcome by replacing part of required error correction, requiring far fewer photons, yielding more computing power... optical circuit with programmable light guides/ detectors switches filters out bad photons without having to know exactly what causes the errors, exploiting Schrödingers cat-like quantum light properties of light where measurement ultimately determines whether a photon has retained desired properties"

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1079157 "overcomes challenges when magnetic fields change faster than material's response time... supercurrents in superconducting YBa₂Cu₃O₇ thin disc exposed to external magnetic field disrupted using fs-scale laser pulses to generate ultrafast magnet by switching any magnetic sample between stable unipolar magnetic states, producing ps-scale rise/ quenching super-ns-scale decay times... non-equilibrium matter states, magnetic memory with fast writing"

https://phys.org/news/2025-04-scientists-unveil-electrically-ultra-compact.html "all-electric (no magnetic) control overcomes unwanted interference between components... altermagnetic materials' electron spins point in opposite directions, cancelling large-scale magnetization, enabling fine-tuning... bilayer chromium sulfide's electrons naturally separate into layers with opposite spins... flipping electric switch reverses transported electrons' spin polarization up to 87%, selectively lifting energy levels of 1 layer over other, resulting in strong, tunable spin-polarized current"

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1078903 "microwave-optical quantum transducer plugs into fiber-optics connecting noise-sensitive microwave-optical quantum transducer computers... bridges microwave/ optical photons... controls superconducting qubits using only light... need for extremely low temperatures overcome using microwave qubits for quantum operations/ optical photons as interfaces... 2-mm optical device on 2 cm chip links microwave resonator with 2 optical resonators, allowing back-and-forth exchange enabled by lithium niobate... cables not bulky/ hot"'

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1079064 "less bulky/ complex, no need to add energy... tailoring excitation form, not materials themselves, emulates system gain/ loss, unlocking perfect absorption or super-resolution imaging, surpassing passivity limitations in wave-matter interactions... accesses non-Hermitian responses... designing excitations with amplitudes that exponentially grow or decay engaging natural resonances/ anti-resonances... dynamic light control, signal absorption/ amplification, directional wave transport, enhanced quantum state control"

  https://www.israel21c.org/building-a-nuclear-reactor-the-size-of-a-desktop-computer/ "achieved ignition in plasmoids, now aims to build fully functioning prototype directly generating electric power within 3 years... solved core stability challenges... cost-effective, scalable... difficulties creating extreme temperatures/ pressures overcome using plasmoids, tangled bundles of super-hot charged gas (plasma) held together by magnetic fields... breakthrough is in generating new types of stable plasmoids that can effectively catalyze fusion via the quantum mechanical effect known as tunnelling" Grok's AI says:  "faces significant challenges: complexities in plasmoid stability/ materials, need funding beyond $2M used for achieving ignition, engineering/reg hurdles for home-use. small Israeli 3-person team/  ambitious timelines" Key Citations:   Metatron NRG Official Website, details on fusion technology ,  CTech Article on Metatron NRG, fusion claims and fund...

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1079022 "Majorana zero modes theoretically immune to environmental disturbances causing qubit decoherence... imperfections in traditional materials addressed constructing 3-site Kitaev chain, stepping stone towards topological superconductors, using quantum dots coupled by superconducting segments in hybrid semiconductor-superconductor nanowires, allowing precise control of quantum states... more spatially separated, reducing their interactions exponentially enhancing stability... larger quantum-dot arrays"

https://phys.org/news/2025-03-defect-technique-paves-faster-power.html "MoS2 deposition must be done at low temperature to prevent damaging existing silicon components... utilized pentafluorobenzenethiol at 200°C to repair defects in MoS2, achieving molybdenum to sulfur atomic ratio to near-ideal 1:1.98... increased chip density, minimized leakage current enabling heat-free chip, 2.5X better charge mobility compared to devices with defects, faster charge movement enabling quicker operational speed, power consumption sub-threshold swing value reduced 40%"

https://techxplore.com/news/2025-03-infomorphic-neurons-independently.html "neurons find their specific learning rules themselves, deciding which inputs are/ are not relevant to meet the scientist's very general, easy-to-understand learning goals... inspired by cerebral cortex's pyramidal cells... scientists focused on learning process of each individual neuron, applying information-theoretic measure precisely adjusting whether a neuron should seek more redundancy with its neighbors, collaborate synergistically, or try to specialize in its own part of the network's information... machine learning"

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1078779 "generative algorithms/ Python scripts craft intricate starch-based foods... graphene heaters cook food that retains intended shape/ quality... AI enables use by even computer novices... reduced contamination risks... tailors nutrition for specific needs (medical, restaurants)... merges technology/ culinary creativity... cross-disciplinary: user-centric design, mechanical engineering, food science, chemistry, AI... future: refine by examining the preservation of heat-sensitive vitamins and optimizing starch digestibility"

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1076700 "no need for compressed air, motors, lubricants, copper, rare earths... 400X less energy, silent, cleanroom-compatible, can be continuously controlled while operating... can pull vacuum down to 300 mb pressure, deliver exact liquid quantities, act as stepless switches... silicone films (flexible electrically conducting layer printed onto each side) moved applying a small electrical voltage... self-sensing/ reporting... brake boosters, surgical suction, pharmaceutical/ biotech/ foods (freeze drying, sealing, distillation), robot grippers"

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1076318 "enhances positioning accuracy, addressing dynamic inclination changes and signal blockages, employing graph optimization estimating robot's pose/ identifying unknown LED locations, with 10 cm positioning accuracy/ inclination precision within 1°, reported 100% blockage detection rate... photodiode and LED miniaturization/ low cost enables alternative to Simultaneous Localization and Mapping in robotics field... robotics, wearable devices, Automated Guided Vehicles/ robotic arms... IoT-driven applications"

https://phys.org/news/2025-03-potential-heavy-atom-effect-metal.html "ligand-protected metal clusters... facilitates excited state intersystem crossing... S@Ag54 and I@Ag54 clusters formed, upon substitution of S2− with I−... luminescent materials/ triplet sensitizers, medical imaging, TV screens, photonic devices, energy conversion technologies... future: explore how encapsulated species (in this case, the added ions) influence other photophysical and electronic properties"

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1075687 "ultra-secure, long-range quantum communication... unpredictable nature of atmospheric turbulence, limitations in optical wavefront correction techniques, both overcome using AI-powered turbulence forecasting tool based on Recurrent Neural Networks, and a high-speed Adaptive Optics system rectifying turbulence-induced errors in quantum channels... enables quantum experiments at optimal times, maximizing efficiency of free-space quantum links... deformable mirror changes shape up to 3K times/ per second"

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1075771 "replaces free-space lasers/ optics generating beams manipulated by lenses, mirrors modulators, combined with magnetic coils/ atoms in vacuum, creating cold atoms... compact optics/ integrated photonics embedded into low-loss silicon nitride waveguide integration platform... atomic cell vacuum chamber... larger the beams the more atoms trapped into cloud and interrogated... sensing faint electromagnetic signals/ fundamental particles, precision timekeeping/ navigation, quantum computing"

https://phys.org/news/2025-03-palladium-liquid-gallium-catalyst-chemical.html "self-regenerating, utilizing fluid-like behavior of palladium atoms in liquid gallium... Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling reactions forming carbon-carbon bonds accelerated by up to 100K times faster than existing palladium catalysts... palladium atoms just below liquid surface activate gallium atoms above, where reaction happens... heterogeneous catalyst without palladium ions leaching into/ contaminating pharmaceutical products... pharmaceuticals, eco-friendly agrochemicals, plastics, polymers, electronic components"

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1078596 "high-entropy topology lowers energy barriers... armor hardens on impact: 760X modulus increase at 80°C, supports 1 kg weight, resists impact at 474 J/m)... hydrophilic acrylamide units in calcium acrylate polymer network disrupt calcium-crosslinked chains overcoming slow phase dissolution for ultrafast recovery: glassy to rubbery in 28 seconds vs. 23 minutes, softens for comfort (20°C)... soft robotics/ heat-triggered shape changes for precise tasks, fabrics stretch >20X, conforms to hand based on body temperature"

https://phys.org/news/2025-03-transistor-reshapes-electronic-properties-2d.html "sulfur atoms can be arranged in 2 different ways, creating 2H (semiconductor) or 1T (metallic)... higher voltage causes change from semiconductor to metallic, then, 2 options: (1) precisely guiding potassium ions into material/ cooling to –268°C, metal becomes superconductor, or (2) allowing potassium ions to leak out of metal at –193°C, metal becomes insulator... future: discovering new superconductors using this method on various 2D semiconductors that are like molybdenum disulfide"

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1078599 "single metasurface replaces multiple optical components... scalable, simpler production (lithography/ etching), smaller... overcomes diffraction grating efficiency's sharp decline as light incidence angle increases... 4X more efficient, unprecedented light control under challenging conditions... meta-optical flat structure suitable for cameras, sensors, AR... other apps: material sorting/ quality control, medical imaging, microscopy, solar cells, robotics, autonomous driving, spectroscopy, telecommunications, laser systems"

https://phys.org/news/2025-03-scientists-breakthrough-harnessing-magnetism-2d.html " 2D materials' weak interlayer bonds allow low thermal conductivity/ high anisotropic heat dissipation... controlling heat flow/ magnetic properties on timescales as short as 100's of fs... specific wavelength laser pulses heat material, then pulses at another wavelength probe resulting changes for real-time temperature/ magnetization monitoring, enabling sub-ps temporal resolution/ sub-µm spatial resolution... manipulate magnetic layers' thickness enhancing heat dissipation/ accelerating magnetization recovery"

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1078482 "overcomes optical loss increase as number of modes grow... set of 3 LC metasurfaces simulating quantum processes, such as quantum walk... in theory, can handle as many modes as needed while maintaining constant optical losses... overcomes LC pattern disruption risk, using algorithm creating smooth patterns, incorporating isolated vortices not significantly impacting light propagation... simulated up to 800 optical modes, much more than could be achieved with 1D-setup... scalable quantum simulations/ all-optical AI"

https://phys.org/news/2025-03-graphene-based-programmable-surfaces-advance.html "active spatial light modulator/ surface with >300K sub-wavelength pixels capable of manipulating transmissive/ reflective THz, using large-area thin-film transistor arrays, enabling high-speed, programmable control over amplitude/ phase... real time configuring complex THz wavefronts... programmable THz transmission patterns, beam steering carrying orbital angular momentum, grayscale holography,.. proof-of-concept single-pixel THz camera.... fine-tuned graphene electrostatic gating... imaging concealed metals"

https://phys.org/news/2025-03-protocol-enables-photon-entanglement-quantum.html "enables potentially transformative on-chip photonic quantum computers: room temperature, portable, easily integrated with existing quantum communication systems/ links... photonics-based quantum computer building using light... overcomes tendency of photons not to interact with each other, instead offering consistent, controllable, deterministic entanglement...  without requiring quantum measurement" Related: Entangled in self-discovery: quantum computers analyze their own entanglement https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1078242

https://techxplore.com/news/2025-03-encryption-breakthrough-lays-groundwork-privacy.html "automatically/ seamlessly integrates PyTorch written deep learning models into efficient fully homomorphic encryption, overcoming computational overhead/ technical hurdles adapting neural networks them... allows clients' use without releasing their private data... optimizes how encrypted data structured, streamlines encryption-related processes, managing accumulated noise... enables computations on much larger networks, 2.38X faster, 139 million parameters (500X more)... easily deployable across industries"

https://techxplore.com/news/2025-03-super-turing-ai-energy-mimicking.html "mimics human brain's synaptic plasticity where new circuits form/ alter existing ones at same locations that store/ retrieve information... no backpropagation, which is not biologically plausible and is computationally intensive... utilized Hebbian learning (cells that fire together, wire together), spike-timing-dependent plasticity... faster, more efficient, uses less energy than traditional AI"

https://techxplore.com/news/2025-03-ai-camera-tech-cars.html "MonoFG: state-of-the-art accuracy, about $300/ unit (LiDAR costs up to $75K)... accurately distinguishea between foreground/ background, detecting pedestrians, cyclists, other vehicles... virtually real-time 18 fps decision-making, accuracy comparable with LiDAR, ranked No.1 for cyclist detection... this human-first AI reduces accident risks and increases public trust in self-driving technology. Real-world testing shows that MonoFG enhances road safety by enabling smarter, real-time decision-making"

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1078053 "smaller, less complex, bendable, foldable, rollable, stretchable... no hinges, sliders, motorized arms... ultra-thin piezoelectric polymer actuator enables curves: concave/ convex, S-shaped, inversed S-Shaped, wave-like... deformation achieved through electrical signals... display surface emits sound... morphing mobile displays, immersive automotive dashboards, audiovisual wearables, interactive soft robots with expressive surfaces"

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1078163 "single waveguide on silicon-on-insulator platform creating multiple signal paths simultaneously controlling light amplitude/ phase (optical spectral shaping) in 1 compact package... etched nanoscale gratings controlling energy exchange affecting frequency/ color, intensity... light moves in different patterns or transverse modes... enables precise, sharp color lines, light waves with distinct features... modulating/ switching fiber-optic light signals, nanophotonic gas sensors, optical on-chip quantum computing"

https://phys.org/news/2025-03-unveil-unidirectional-focusing-diffractive-optics.html "compact, broadband... no: costly, bulky specialized material properties/ nonlinear materials, high-power laser sources, need for active modulation, polarization/ wavelength sensitivity, diagonal illumination issues... 3D printed 2-layer diffractive structure that unidirectional focused THz... signal efficiency, security, clarity, reduced background interference... free-space optical links, imaging and sensing, laser machining, biomedical, metrology, security, defense, optical communications"

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1077933 "AI accelerators, quantum processors, 10s of cm apart...  magnetic topological insulator  (chromium-doped bismuth-antimony-telluride) Hall-bar have large bulk energy band gaps like insulators, conducting states on surfaces/ edges, large spin current generation efficiency related to spin-momentum locking of surface states, quantum anomalous Hall effect... efficient current-induced magnetization switching... strong signals, no sneak paths,.. 4 devices achieved 724 tera-operations per second per Watt performance level"

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1077915 "no bulky external components (wave plates, metamaterials)... efficient, broad frequency ranges, enables compact devices... microscale stripe pattern emitter: thin-film layers of tungsten, cobalt-iron-boron, platinum, exposed to ultrafast laser pulses, generating spin current converted into an electrical charge through inverse spin Hall effect... rotating emitter switches between linear, elliptical, circular (>0.85 ellipticity across 0.74–1.66 THz range) polarization states...data transmission, imaging, sensing." Related: IMDEA Networks revolutionizes 6G networks with DISCO6G project: real-time communication and sensing https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1077581

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1075640 "excitations forming in free air or other fluids... integrates topological skyrmions, transverse orbital angular momentum, spatiotemporal fields, electromagnetic vortex streets, forming propagation-stable electromagnetic quasi-particles... radially polarized pulse emitted from coaxial horn antenna, converted using a designed metasurface... stable signal delivery... structured wavefront engineering, topologically nontrivial light-matter interactions, quantum control, wave-matter interactions, high-precision sensing/ imaging"

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1075152 "helimagnets exhibit chirality through magnetism... rectification, nonreciprocal electronic transport, directly reflects/ allows reading this chirality... quantum helimagnet α-EuP3 has local magnetic moments with chiral magnetic texture... magnetic structure controlled using external magnetic fields, which in turn manipulates electronic behavior revealing nonreciprocal transport's microscopic origins... altering magnetism between chiral (strong rectification)/ achiral (no rectification)... functional quantum chiral information storage"

https://phys.org/news/2025-03-generation-ai-hardware-3d-photonic.html "transferring vast data volume: 80 photonic transmitters and receivers within low cost, compact 3D chip delivers 800 Gb/s bandwidth, 5.3 Tb/s/mm2 bandwidth density... low energy consumption: 120 fJ/ bit...large-scale AI models, real-time data processing in autonomous systems, high-performance computing, telecommunications, disaggregated memory systems... scalable fabrication in existing foundries"

https://phys.org/news/2025-03-ultra-thin-bismuth-unexpected-green.html#google_vignette "non-toxic, biocompatible... temperature-independent anomalous Hall effect in 68-nm-thick bismuth flake... patterned microscopic trenches onto semiconductor wafer, mechanically shaved off thin layers... bismuth's atomic structure constrains electron movement mimicing topological materials' behavior... highly efficient, could revolutionize computing... future: explore whether bismuth's AHE can be converted into its quantum counterpart for higher temperature function... electronic components/ devices: space exploration, medical"

https://phys.org/news/2025-03-world-quantum-microsatellite-communication-multiple.html "decoy-state QKD light sources for quantum state preparation, real-time key distillation, encrypted communication based on laser communication, high-precision tracking based on satellite attitude control to maintain stable optical links... compact optical ground stations reduces weight 2 orders magnitude to <100 kg... transmitted approximately 250 million quantum photons/ second, up to 1 Mbits secure keys for each satellite pass... between Beijing and Stellenbosch, 12,900 km apart... quantum communication/ internet"

https://www.flatpanelshd.com/news.php?subaction=showfull&id=1742376516 "eliminating external polarizers that had cut brightness up to 50%... chiral semiconductors using triazatruxene enables naturally spiraling light, record-breaking efficiency, brightness, polarisation levels... Samsung’s 5000-nit OLED uses on-cell film instead of external polarizer, gaining about 33% brightness, but relies on external films to suppress reflections – not polarized emission... traps chiral structure within stable, non-crystallising matrix... commercialization few years away"

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1077709 "reduced power consumption... 6 kHz repetition rate, utilizes homemade Yb:YAG crystal amplifier producing 1030-nm laser divided into: 4th-harmonic generation of 258-nm laser with 1.2W output power, and parametric amplifier is pumped generating 1553-nm laser with 700mW power... combined in cascaded lithium triborate crystals producing 193-nm laser with 70mW power, <880 MHz linewidth... generates vortex beam carrying orbital angular momentum... spectroscopy, material processing, quantum technology"

https://phys.org/news/2025-03-technology-enables-rapid-thin-minute.html "nanomaterial precursors attached to surface of oil droplets float to water's surface, hydrogen peroxide added decomposing droplets, producing gas bubbles lifting precursors assembling them into thin film... enables thickness control, adjustable from 350 μm, and thin film synthesis covering up to 100 cm² area using various raw materials... films porous, mechanically strong/ flexible, have dense binding structure enabling easy transfer to substrates without damage... coating with platinum makes them catalytic, for flexible electrodes"

https://techxplore.com/news/2025-03-perovskite-pixels-small-virus.html "micro-LED today's pixel standard, based on II-V semiconductors, would be too expensive/ inefficient to make any smaller... semiconductors from perovskite cheaper even when reduced to only 90 nm width, same brightness/ no loss of efficiency... translates to 127K pixels/ inch record-high pixel density... thus far are all monochrome... future: test lifetime, test color perovskite LEDs for brightness/ efficiency... super-high-resolution augmented reality devices"

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1077431 "fine tuning of superconducting gap, the energy threshold required to break apart Cooper pairs... larger gap allows superconductivity to persist at higher temperatures... niobium diselenide superconductor deposited on graphene substrate, precisely adjusting layers' twist angle changes superconducting gap within momentum space... future: integrating magnetic layers into structure enabling both spin, momentum selectivity... superconductors with tailored properties, energy-efficient technologies, quantum computing" Related: New superconducting state discovered: Cooper-pair density modulation https://phys.org/news/2025-03-superconducting-state-cooper-pair-density.html NUS physicists discover a copper-free high-temperature superconducting oxide https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1078427

https://phys.org/news/2025-03-noise-transducers-bridge-gap-microwave.html   "microwave photons as qubits: ease of control/ scalable fabrication, cooled to -459.6°F to keep background noise low... room temperature transmitting via optical cables requires conversion to higher-energy optical photons using on-chip silicon beam transducer vibrating at 5 GHz coupled to microwave resonator... electrostatic actuation converts to mechanical vibration, which with laser converts to optical photon... conversion 100X faster with same low noise... internet of superconducting quantum computers" Related: Physicists uncover electronic interactions mediated via spin waves https://phys.org/news/2025-04-physicists-uncover-electronic-interactions.html

https://www.renewableenergymagazine.com/storage/berlinbased-theion-develops-crystal-sulphur-battery-tech-20250320 "overcomes sulfur batteries' inferior life-cycles, which need to reach over. 1K to be economically viable... based on sulfur’s monoclinic gamma crystal structure, together with patented processes... upcycled  from sulfur waste material, replacing nickel/ cobalt... cathode raw material 99% cheaper than lithium-ion components, and manufacturing less energy-intensive, thereby improving overall sustainability. It also offers improved safety, addressing critical issues in battery performance... secured €15 million funding"

https://phys.org/news/2025-03-calm-storm-technique-enables-stable.html "dynamic scattering media has slower/ faster moving regions at any given time... automatically sends light through slowest (more stable) moving regions... using methods inspired by way artificial neural networks are trained, choose laser shape resulting in least temporal fluctuation... ameliorates perceived twinkle from starlight's scattering from continuously changing atmosphere... higher resolution biomedical imaging (flexible micro-endoscopes), faster optical data transfer"

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1077376 "voxels: lightweight 50 cent 3D aluminum cross-bracing lattice (faces: 8 triangular, 6 square) strong enough to support 228 kg with integrated sensing, response, processing abilities transmitting data, power, mechanical forces, without wires/ 3D printing/ laser cutting/ additional tools... iterative end-to-end prototyping, simulating structure’s response to mechanical loads/ iterate design/ plug and play... also, Finite Element Analysis simulation model... chair monitoring someone’s posture, airplane components, wind turbines"

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1077028 "generates long-wave IR/ THz, cheaper, smaller, efficient exciting/ detecting phonon-polariton waves... emit using electrical current, graphene sandwiched between 2 hexagonal boron nitride slabs possessing significantly higher density of states... waves bounce back/ forth between boundaries... 1 V/µm current passed through graphene whose electrons accelerate/ scatter for efficient HPhP electroluminescence... cool-running smartphone or other device: sub-wavelength imaging, molecular sensing"

https://techxplore.com/news/2025-03-3d-approach-dynamic-bionic-robots.html "simple, quick... objects made to bend, coil, twist, fold, compress... software fully customizes designs, sending to multi-material 3D printing all parts in desired locations in 1 step, including cables, joints... 40% less production time... bring to life via fused deposition modeling 3D printer: plastic melted down (260°C) into nozzle before filaments poured out building up (10-20 mm/sec)... lays strings (endure >60K pullings) horizontally/ build around them... robotic fingers/ fist, art installations, dynamic fashion designs"

https://phys.org/news/2025-03-helically-dichroic-hollow-core-fiber.html "optical elements have not demonstrated high levels of discrimination distinguishing optical vortice helicity...  new hollow-core waveguide exhibits strong helical dichroism, as optical attenuation depends on guided light's orbital angular momentum... waveguide transmits optical vortices with specific helicity/ largely attenuates vortices with opposite helicity... can also be designed for spectral regions inaccessible using other optical systems... chiral sensing, vortex mode generation, optical communications"

https://phys.org/news/2025-03-advance-substrate-pathways-power-electronics.html "aluminum gallium nitride increases power electronics' energy efficiency/ performance, through growth on electrically conductive, lattice-matched tantalum carbide substrate... overcomes substrate cracking, dislocating line defects distorting lattice due to atoms' misalignment, diminishing performance... tantalum carbide thin films deposited onto substrate using radio frequency sputtering, high-temperature annealing... detailed atomic structure at interface determines performance... film polarity control important"

https://phys.org/news/2025-03-discovery-pressure-driven-amorphization-material.html "perovskite oxide BiNiO3 usually maintains Bi3+ and Bi5+ ions in columnar order... at 4 - 5 GPa and <200°K pattern collapses, resulting in various transformations: charge transfer, charge disproportionation, charge amorphization (random distribution of electrical charges)... enables design of materials with unusual properties: negative thermal expansion (when heating under pressure transitions to metallic state accompanied by reduced volume), magnetocaloric effect... devices needing precise control (sensors)"

https://phys.org/news/2025-03-advancing-electricity-energy-conversion-method.html "extends lifespan of plasmonic hot holes... overcomes thermal dissipation within ps making practical applications challenging... sustaining/ amplifying hot holes flow... gold nano-mesh structure on p-type gallium nitride semiconductor substrate, exhibiting strong visible light absorption facilitating hot hole extraction at surface, amplifying flow 2X... modifying substrate's growth direction enabling hot hole activation extension beyond hot spots... solar cells, photocatalysts, hydrogen production, optical sensors"

https://phys.org/news/2025-03-scientists-dimension-ushering-era-photonic.html "transparent conducting oxide nano-glass (250 nm) controlling photon direction/ energy of ultra-fast light pulses moving through material, found in solar panels/ touchscreens... uses nonlinear material to fully exploit optical bandwidth, increasing computational speed several orders magnitude, enabling less energy use... enables extraordinary light transformations, including amplification, the creation of quantum states, and new forms of light control... ultra-fast: optical computing, AI, integrated quantum technologies, physics"

https://techxplore.com/news/2025-03-fiber-optic-networks-liquid-crystal.html#google_vignette "optical switches with liquid crystal on silicon mirrors shrink data packets down to size so the network can carry more data, signals distributed across different fiber strands enabling flexibility... overcomes limited frequency range... cross-wiring signals from 8 input to 16 output channels increasing network capacity... fewer optical switches needed... grating enables 25 GHz, or approximately 0.2 nm spectral resolution, light frequency for data stream narrower in band by factor of 4, so data packets proportionally smaller"

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1076572 "overcomes amplifiers' limited spectral bandwidth, complexity, energy use... gallium phosphide (strong optical nonlinearity, high refractive index) on silicon dioxide, >10 (up to 35) dB net gain across 140 nm bandwidth (3X wider)... optical nonlinearity instead of rare-earth elements strengthen signals... tiny spiral waveguide creates space where light waves reinforce each other, boosting weak signals/ keeping noise low... high gain with few cm long waveguide... handles input powers ranging >6 orders of magnitude"

https://techxplore.com/news/2025-03-nature-3d-method-faster-bamboo.html "Frontal ring-opening metathesis polymerization: pour amber-colored dicyclopentadiene liquid resin into open glass container submerged in ice water, heat resin center point to 70°C... heat radiates outward at 1 mm/s, >100X faster than home 3D printers, 60X faster than fastest-growing bamboo, hardening everything touched into growing sphere, self-sustaining... uses minimal energy... computational tool predicts rod's upward motion achieving target shape... wind turbine blades... limitations: curved objects, perfect cube" Related: Composites Use In Wind/Energy Markets https://www.compositesworld.com/topics/wind-energy

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3301771/changing-lanes-china-heralds-fastest-ever-chip-technology-without-silicon "Chinese scientists develop world's fastest, most efficient transistor, surpassing those by Intel, TSMC, Samsung and the Belgian Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre, when placed under the same operating conditions... circumvents silicon-based technology entirely"

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1076573 "supersaturates polymer solutions in flow system, facilitating rapid uniform seed micelle formation, integrating seed preparation/ living crystallization-driven self-assembly... enhances efficiency, ensures uniformity/ reproducibility... flash-freezing achieves rapid/ uniform seed formation... catalysis, biomedical engineering, energy transfer, targeted drug delivery, solar cells/ other renewables"

  https://phys.org/news/2025-03-boosting-response-quantum-memory-effect.html "more energy-efficient/ stable... electroluminescent response speed of QLEDs are influenced by remnants of electrical pulses applied to them in past, linked to deep-level hole trap energy states inhabiting device's amorphous polymer semiconductors... specialized microstructures... when driven at higher pulse frequencies, devices respond faster, enabling operation at modulation frequencies >100 MHz/ data-transmission rates up to 120 Mbps, useful for high-speed optical communication..."

https://www.ti.com/about-ti/newsroom/news-releases/2025/2025-03-11-ti-introduces-the-world-s-smallest-mcu--enabling-innovation-in-the-tiniest-of-applications.html "38% smaller (1.38mm2, black pepper flake size), lower cost/ complexity, enhanced embedded systems' sensing/ control... adds functionality while preserving board space. ..T16KB of memory, a 12-bit analog-to-digital converter with three channels; six general-purpose input/output pins; and compatibility with standard communication interfaces... enables flexibly integrating accurate, high-speed analog components into the world's smallest MCU... earbuds, medical probes"

https://phys.org/news/2025-03-olympicene-molecular-chains-quantum-spintronics.html "iconic olympicene molecular artificial chains realize antiferromagnetic spin-½ Heisenberg model... highly entangled nanographene quantum spin systems... strong quantum fluctuations prevent spontaneous symmetry breaking in 1D quantum magnets, leading to quantum-disordered many-body resonating valence bond states... controls spin degrees of freedom of individual chain spin sites using scanning probe tip, unit-by-unit tuning of chain length... insulator-based AF spintronics, quantum technologies based on NGs" Related: Antiferromagnetic neuromorphic memory: New spintronic device achieves brain-like memory and processing https://phys.org/news/2025-03-antiferromagnetic-neuromorphic-memory-spintronic-device.html

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1076863 "high magnetic field strength/ orientation... compositionally graded single-crystal Fe-Co-Ir thin films... Fe magnetic moment increased 1.44-fold and Ir 1.54-fold at 11 at% Ir concentration compared to that at 1 at% Ir concentration... Ir addition increases electron localization/ stronger spin-orbit coupling between 3d electrons of Fe, Co, 5d electrons of Ir, highlighting Ir critical role"

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1076544 "overcomes using copper wires (inefficient power usage), short optical interconnects (little efficiency gains)... electro-absorption modulator-integrated with distributed feedback laser, integrated with membrane photodiode, coupled to 7.6-mm silicon oxide waveguide forming electrical-optical-electrical link on silicon wafer... 100-um active region membrane laser achieving low threshold current/ high differential quantum efficiency, 0.14 or 0.26 pJ/bit energy to transmit 50- and 64-Gbit/s non-return-to-zero signals, respectively"

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1076824 "overcomes laborious process/ expensive components... directly converts signals, reducing energy consumption/ increasing measurement accuracy... same single components for any frequency from 10 MHz to 1.14 THz... also: medical imaging, spectroscopic material analysis, airport baggage scanners, radar... tiny nano- sized of various materials including gold (light/ free electron interaction within)... data transmission and measurement technology"

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1076812 "speeds <1 light-wave cycle... powerful laser modifies matter's refractive properties, changing on extremely short timescale extent to which light passing through slows down... powerful long pulse laser modifies optical delay in material, extremely short attosecond pulse laser slow-motion video camera... attosecond pulses: 1 is reference not interacting with material, other passes through recording attosecond delays induced, interference between them enables delay reconstruction... ultrafast communication"

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1076451 "fully programmable, easily program/ execute applications on quantum network, regardless of hardware platforms used... unlike quantum computers running single programs, quantum network applications require separate programs executing independently at different network nodes coordinating with each other... trapped ion processors work fundamentally differently than those based on color centers in diamond, yet we have shown QNodeOS can work with both of them” Related: Exo 2: A new programming language for high-performance computing, with much less code https://techxplore.com/news/2025-03-exo-language-high-code.html#google_vignette The University of Osaka and research partners launch open-source quantum computer OS https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1077890

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1076496 "overcomes need for binders, challenges finding optimal ink viscosity... droplet gently pressed/ pulled with constant pressure, forming curved surface on outer wall without bursting... dispersing highly hydrophilic MXene in water without binder, enabling high-resolution microstructure printing even with low viscosity, creating conductive 3D microstructure... 270X higher printing resolution at 1.3 µm... batteries/ energy storage: increased surface area/ integration density... shielding: enhanced reflections/ absorption" Related: Light-based polymerization reaction refines 3D printing, achieving sub-millimeter resolution https://phys.org/news/2025-03-based-polymerization-reaction-refines-3d.html

https://thequantuminsider.com/2025/03/12/quamcore-emerges-from-stealth-with-9-million-in-seed-funding-to-build-worlds-first-scalable-1-million-qubit-quantum-computer/ "path toward fault-tolerant, overcoming having to place control electronics outside cryostat to manage heat of delicate quantum processors near absolute zero, in football-field-sized facility to scale... reduces cabling >1,000X, to compact box... digital control, superconducting, processor architecture redesigned from ground up... breakthrough power efficiency, built-in error correction" Related: Device enables direct communication among multiple quantum processors https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1077500 Wireless terahertz cryogenic interconnect minimizes heat-to-information transfer in quantum processors https://phys.org/news/2025-03-wireless-terahertz-cryogenic-interconnect-minimizes.html

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1076519 "surface made up of closely packed small beads comes into contact with surface containing same, smaller beads generally gain positive charge, larger negative... most significant effect with melamine-formaldehyde beads (low elasticity)... cost-effective... dry fabrication more sustainable, no solvents... wearables, small devices not needing charging... future: better efficiency/ reliability enabling large-scale applications. materials/ structures research continues to reveal new opportunities for energy generation and use"

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1076554 "stabilizes indoor temperatures at 21-22°C in 15 minutes... shape memory alloy elastocaloric effect maximum cooling power 260W, not meeting KW-scale requirement due to difficulty balancing specific refrigerant cooling power with the total active mass; and insufficient heat transfer efficiency during high-frequency operation... overcome using shape memory alloy in series/ fluid in parallel multi-cell, serially connecting 10 elastocaloric cooling units along force application direction, improving heat exchange" Related: Hannover Messe: Smart materials offer sustainable cooling and heating solutions for homes, cars and industry https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1077186

https://techxplore.com/news/2025-03-high-programmable-photonic-chip-radar.html "scalable, smaller, faster, more efficient, seamless integration of electro-optic modulators, signal processors... flexible chip processes radio/ light signals... anti-jammer rejects strong interference while preserving weak information-carrying signals, not limited by spectral resolution( ability to separate signals very close together in frequency) so effective against jamming signals with frequencies close to communication signal. This capability is crucial for radar and 6G networks, where traditional filters struggle with dense interference"

https://phys.org/news/2025-03-microwave-synthesis-mxene-faster-traditional.html "MXene protects from harmful radiation... overcomes multi-step up to 40 hour fabrication, using 90 minute 1-step microwave synthesis, uses 75% less energy... customize MXene's composition changing radiation type protects against... tested their material across the X-band—radio frequencies ranging from 8.0–12.0 GHZ—but to protect against electronic materials in outer space, more testing against cosmic radiation is needed"

https://phys.org/news/2025-03-domain-ferroelectric-thin-simple-temperature.html "cvercomes complex fabrication... BaTiO3 ferroelectric films deposited onto La0.67Sr0.33MnO3 metallic layers using >800℃ pulsed laser deposition resulting in single-domain configuration.,, Sr ions diffused towards interface, creating positively charged surface uniformly aligning polarizations across film... large-scale single-domain film production beyond 5 × 5 mm, possibly through industrial processes like spin coating... enhance neuromorphic computing synapse performance, optoelectronics, catalysis"

https://phys.org/news/2025-03-compact-optical-device-super-resolution.html "overcomes complex, bulky setups precisely aligned... planar photonic device integrates scattering layer, 1D photonic crystal, metallic film generating dark-field speckle patterns acting momentum-space filter to produce hollow speckle pattern cones providing illumination... easily integrated into conventional microscopes... high-contrast imaging with 1.55X improvement in spatial resolution... resolved adjacent beads with beyond diffraction limit 340 nm center-to-center distance... supports optical surface imaging"

https://phys.org/news/2025-03-power-confinement-tiny-nanotubes-materials.html "large cluster-based inorganic Cs2Mo6Br14 nanoconfined in carbon nanotubes series, smallest measuring 10Å... breaking down (elimination) creating a new, smaller polymerized inorganic [Mo2Br6]x with 1D Ising-like structure... statistical physics, forming atomic level information storage ferromagnetic arrays... magnetic, arranged themselves into linear polymer (linked) structure, pointing magnetically up or down copying neighboring orientation... quantum computing, molecular electronics" Related: Scientists achieve universal technique—called van der Waals squeezing—for atomic manufacturing of 2D metals https://phys.org/news/2025-03-scientists-universal-technique-van-der.html

https://www.theengineer.co.uk/content/news/heat-transfer-tech-offers-5-000x-more-efficiency/ "Flint Isothermal Energy Management System: flat aluminium sheet, sealed channels internal network... liquid within channels rapidly cycle evaporation/ condensation when exposed to temperature differentials, causing near-instantaneous heat transfer across surface... 5,000X more efficiently than copper, aluminium... roof cladding heat/ cool building... refrigeration shelves 8 - 30% less energy, improved temperature consistency.. EV battery at  25°C +/- 1°C... construction, refrigeration, and EV battery cooling" Comment by email from Stephen Lester, director, Flint Isothermal: We use the panel as a building cladding with PV bonded to the surface, which keeps the weather out. Heat from the PV panels is used for domestic hot water or in an absorption chiller reducing cooling load in summer. The PV panels generate electricity. The IsoMat was 2018 winner of the Game-Changer Award, for the t...

https://www.sintef.no/en/latest-news/2025/can-hydrogen-plasma-enable-emission-free-steel-production/ "very high temperature transforms hydrogen into plasma, which is a significantly more reactive form... plasma is much more effective at removing oxygen from ore, producing desired metal... same carbon from coal process, but instead of CO₂, only water vapor produced... examining how the technology can be scaled up, and the energy resources and set-up required" Related: Hydrogen plasma replaces coal for steel https://www.metaltechnews.com/story/2025/03/19/tech-bytes/hydrogen-plasma-replaces-coal-for-steel/2193.html

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1075631 "3D N-doped carbon fiber/MXene/TiO2 nano-aerogel: thin, lightweight, robust, thermal stability, wide absorption bandwidth, strong reflection loss, high-efficiency microwave absorption, electromagnetic pollution reduction... heterogeneous structure rational design optimizes interfacial area/ interfacial effects, concurrent design of multiple components/ structures achieves efficient interfacial control... macro: green/ low-cost biomass cotton skeleton, micro: nitrogen atom doping enhancing polarization loss... radar stealth"

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1075472 "digitally coded for real-time EM wave manipulation in 5G/ 6G... overcomes high data acquisition/ training costs, massive pixel combinations/ blocked excitation current flow... overcome combining topological representation method/ separate design architecture... non-uniform rational B-spline represents continuous patterns, mapping 100D continuous patterns to 5D control points, reducing the pattern solution space ensuring smooth excitation current flow, enhancing surface patter resonance... sensing, wireless "

https://www.tohoku.ac.jp/en/press/developing_the_inherent_functionality_of_highly_pure_porous_organic_polymers.html "soak up harmful pollutants, boast high thermal/ chemical stability... overcomes metal impurities decreasing porosity, using iodine as oxidant minimizing residual impurities, then washing out iodine and remaining impurities with ethanol after synthesis... results in pure polytriphenylamine derivatives with high specific surface area... carbon capture, energy storage, fuel cells, proton conductivity/ gas adsorption accompanied by gate-opening phenomenon"

https://phys.org/news/2025-03-nanodot-fine-tune-sharper-displays.html "cathodoluminescence: aim electron beam at 2D molybdenum diselenide embedded in 2D tungsten diselenide, making it emit high resolution light... larger dots give off 1 type of glow... <10 nm wide dots trap energy/ emit light with higher frequency (quantum confinement) confining excitons at interface of the 2 materials... controlling nanodot size via controlling excitons changes emitted light's color/ frequency more effectively... faster/ more secure quantum systems, energy-saving high resolution screens"

https://techxplore.com/news/2025-03-chip-microcomb-synchronize-optoelectronics.html "overcomes difficulties synchronizing frequencies of optically generated signals with those of traditional electronic clocks... synthesizes single-frequency and wideband signals covering broad frequency band providing reference clocks... does not require coherent digital signal processing... prototype optoelectronic wireless sensing/ communications device... enables high repetition rates, consumes less power"

https://phys.org/news/2025-03-highly-robust-reconfigurable-mechanochromic-cellulose.html "highly robust, dynamically responsive/ reconfigurable, mechanochromic, multi-level active interfaces... based on cellulose nanocrystal self-assembly properties... precise network matrix alignment control through nanofiber sliding/ hydrogen bond reconstruction, driven by water-activated hydrogen bonding interactions... compared with original hydrogel: 5X tougher, >9.5X more stretchable... dynamic color-changing abilities, switching reversibly between red/ blue maintaining stable electromechanical sensitivity... smart photonics"

https://phys.org/news/2025-02-graphene-quantum-energy-efficient-spintronics.html "fully encapsulating monolayer graphene in insulating 2D hexagonal boron nitride, protecting its high quality... 2D stack exposing only edges of graphene, laying magnetic nanowire electrodes over stack, forms 1D contacts injectioning at 20°K, revealing electron transport across interface as quantum... avoids need for physical constriction within graphene channel, overcoming fabrication challenges... magnetic nature of the nanoscale contacts enables quantized spin injection... low-power ballistic spintronics"

https://phys.org/news/2025-03-quantum-dot-discovery-brighter-eco.html "matches or outperforms cadmium-based... 24.7% efficient pure/ vibrant blue light lasting nearly 30,000 hours... atomic level fine-tuning quantum dot structure, reducing light emission interfering defects, uniformity improving brightness/ stability, high color purity... televisions, smartphones, VR headsets, energy-efficient lighting"

https://techxplore.com/news/2025-03-perovskite-solar-cells-efficiency-heights.html "overcomes degradation/ efficiency issues... improves its stability during crystallization, leading to stronger bonds between PbI2 and hydrogen... also reduced colloidal aggregation, reducing overall defects, improving uniformity/ reducing degradation... slot-die coating in open air conditions enabling large-scale production, lower costs... long-term stability, with a 94% efficiency rating after exposure to direct light for 1,000 hours, at 65% humidity" Related: Scientists introduce c-MOFs in emerging SrZrS₃ chalcogenide perovskites for efficient solar cells https://techxplore.com/news/2025-03-scientists-mofs-emerging-srzrs-chalcogenide.html Perovskite solar not needing ultrapure silicon and lots of energy/ factory space, but has same performance https://www.ajc.com/news/business/this-georgia-tech-lab-is-developing-the-next-generation-of-solar-cells/IIJVOHNHRFBQJLR6GAVQZ2H2QA/ SrZrSe₃ chalcogen...

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1075626 "heat removes protective polymer coatings from carbon fibers... exfoliate carbon fibers using electrochemical oxidation in water/ 5% nitric acid as conductor, nanoscale graphene oxide layers peel off, with uniform 0.9 nm thick circular/ elliptical nanosheets, 200 mg/ gram carbon fiber... yields 1-atom-thick sheets of graphene oxide with characteristics comparable to that sourced from mined graphite... no harsh chemicals, variations in graphite purity... EV batteries, composites, water purification. electronic devices" Related: Catalytic Graphitization Breakthrough Could Revolutionize Synthetic Graphite Production https://innovation.tamus.edu/catalytic-graphitization-breakthrough-could-revolutionize-synthetic-graphite-production/

https://newatlas.com/brain/cortical-bioengineered-intelligence/ "Cortical Labs' CL1... learns quickly/ flexibly... assembling neurons in new way... neurons seek connections producing energy-efficient, predictable outcomes, adapting producing random, chaotic electrical signal... simpler, more stable and for longer, much more able to actively balance charge... lab-grown neurons placed on planar electrode array, 59 electrodes form basis of network, placed in rectangular life-support unit connected to software-based system... $35-85 thousand, 850-1,000 W... medical science, technology" Related: Humans as hardware: Computing with biological tissue https://techxplore.com/news/2025-03-humans-hardware-biological-tissue.html

https://chbe.illinois.edu/news/stories/liquid-crystal-structures-key-organic-solar-cell-performance-study-finds "processing conditions manipulated printing films force molecules to adopt different structures, ink evaporates depending on printing speed locking assembly into different stages... slow forces polymers assemble into liquid crystals before film forms, for better stability/ efficiency distinguished from cells random aggregation pathways... further manipulation for either achiral, which is an improvement, or chiral, which is best" Related: Novel synthesis method boosts efficiency of organic solar cells https://techxplore.com/news/2025-03-synthesis-method-boosts-efficiency-solar.html Green solvent innovation: High-speed doctor-blading boosts organic solar cell efficiency https://techxplore.com/news/2025-03-green-solvent-high-doctor-blading.html

https://phys.org/news/2025-03-high-energy-efficient-electro-optic.html "nanosecond-scale optical switching: low crosstalk <-45 dB, broad 3-dB bandwidth >100 nm, <3 ns latency... scalable, chip-friendly fabrication of 2×2 cascaded electro-optic switch by micro-transfer printing pre-etched thin-film lithium niobate (superior modulation capabilities) onto silicon nitride (exceptional passive properties)... 1.3 dB insertion loss at 1550-nm wavelength... future: large-area coupon-based massive micro-transfer printing to integrate multiple elements in a single process"

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1075619 "energy saving, better performance transition metal dichalcogenide semiconductors now scalable... completely new growth method leveraging 2D graphene or hexagonal boron nitride as templates, guiding dichalcogenide crystal alignment enabling synthesis of perfectly single-crystalline films on any substrate at low temperature (400°C) compatible with existing semiconductor manufacturing... template naturally dissappeaers without requiring post-removal process... high charge carrier mobility, excellent uniformity"

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1075681 "could provide around 16% of nickel needed by 2030, but even greater impact can be achieved by upcycling nickel together with upcycling alumina from used aluminium foil into high-performance nanocatalyst in an eco-friendly way... nanocatalyst consists of 92-96% aluminium oxide and 4-8% nickel, optimal for converting CO2 together with hydrogen into methane at atmospheric pressure and an easily achievable temperature of 250°C" Related: A new method to recycle fluoride from long-lived PFAS chemicals https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1077959

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1075504 "used machine learning to represent 2D sheets of graphene/ other materials, with/ without defects... sheet defects affect how ripples move: above certain concentration, defects freeze membrane/ flexibility.lost .. control the physical behavior of these materials by using defects—something traditionally considered undesirable—as a design tool... energy storage, catalysis nanofluidics (water filtration), ultra-thin flexible screens/ fast electronics"