Today's Tech News: Notable or Not?

https://phys.org/news/2023-10-creation-quantum-entanglement.html "particles become entangled rapidly if exceptional point nearby... When people talk about quantum technologies, they're largely talking about the ability for quantum systems to become entangled... we are constantly looking for ways to controllably entangle systems... quantum computers, biomedical and life sciences, drug discovery" Related: Quantum entanglement in quasiparticles: A stealth mode against disorder https://phys.org/news/2024-04-quantum-entanglement-quasiparticles-stealth-mode.html

https://phys.org/news/2023-10-nonlinear-optical-crystals-unusual-cationic.html "2 non-centrosymmetric chalcogenides as excellent nonlinear optical crystals... cationic substitution resulting in salt-inclusion chalcogenides with diamond-like anionic frameworks... mixed cations introduced in GaS4 anionic frameworks resulted in wide band gaps and improved high laser-induced damage threshold (LIDT)... strong 2nd-harmonic generation intensities... wide transmittance range, impressive LIDT, sufficient birefringence index, bulk single-crystal form, and physicochemical stability" Related: A 20 kW laser system for producing high-purity crystals https://techxplore.com/news/2024-02-kw-laser-high-purity-crystals.html

https://phys.org/news/2023-10-combining-bulky-chain-stable-polymer.html "incorporate bulky chemical end-chains onto chiral molecular frames... added one chain to thermally stable chiral polymer liquid crystal dimer... phases with improved thermal stability, large tilt angles, and rapid response to electric fields... The finding provides a path toward liquid crystals that could be switched at nanosecond speeds. It could help to overcome barriers to widespread use of ferroelectric liquid crystals in technology including flat-screen displays, laptop screens, navigation systems" Related: Modeling polymers for next-generation manufacturing and sustainability https://phys.org/news/2023-10-polymers-next-generation-sustainability.html Liquid Crystals and the Hunt for Defects https://www.cmu.edu/cee/news/news-archive/2023/11-2023-liquid-crystals-and-the-hunt-for-defects.html

https://phys.org/news/2023-10-quantum-ruler-explore-exotic.html "twisted quantum ruler cooled 1/100th° above absolute 0 varies strong external magnetic strength for designing and manufacturing semiconductors... determining electrical and magnetic properties of moiré graphene bilayers:... area enclosed by electrons' circular orbit multiplied by applied magnetic field shifted by amount dependent on bilayers' magnetization... anomalous quantum Hall resistance (most precise standard) portably calibrated for electronics directly at factory saving millions of dollars" Related: Physicists unlock controllable nonlinear Hall effect in twisted bilayer graphene https://phys.org/news/2023-10-physicists-nonlinear-hall-effect-bilayer.html New method to observe the orbital Hall effect may improve spintronics applications https://phys.org/news/2023-10-method-orbital-hall-effect-spintronics.html A twist on atomic sheets to create new materials https://phys.org/news/2023-11-atomic-shee...

https://spectrum.ieee.org/quantum-computing-2665781251 "trapped-ion 35 algorithmic qubits fit into 8 (by 2025 only 3)19" wide, 3 server cabinets, a 40% size reduction... more affordable since compatible with existing infrastructure and easier manufacturing...  server cabinets... special chip isolate individual ytterbium ions and hold them in place using electromagnetic fields... programmed by firing lasers at them...mixture micro-optics and silicon photonics, with the goal to shift to silicon photonics... more reliable quantum cloud services... supports 1K entangling gates"

https://phys.org/news/2023-10-free-space-nanoprinting-optical-limits-4d.html "2-photon polymerization-based femtosecond laser direct writing micro/ nanopolymers form photonic quasicrystals, metamaterials, and nanoarchitectures... hydrogel ink photoswitch activated... laser beam activation, aggregation, and free radical solidification... print muscle, belly, and tendon tissues implanted... high solidification rate, low solidification threshold... continuous printing and seamless transitions between planes... bionic functional structures tissue engineering and regenerative medicine"

https://phys.org/news/2023-10-laser-scribed-graphene-sensors.html "detect pressure and mechanical strain, chemicals (glucose, dopamine, proteins, heavy metals and organic pollutants, gas), temperature and humidity... irradiate carbon precursors and generate graphene by in-situ scribing in minutes... LSG's wide detection range, high sensitivity, fast response, high surface area, high thermal stability, high electrical conductivity, simple and efficient fabrication process, selective and localized reduction, precise and fast patterning, and absence of masks and additional chemicals" Related: New method measures gas pressure with high precision https://techxplore.com/news/2023-10-method-gas-pressure-high-precision.html Widely tunable and high resolution mid-infrared laser based on optical parametric oscillator https://phys.org/news/2023-10-widely-tunable-high-resolution-mid-infrared.html Novel microsensor improves simultaneous pressure and temperature measurements https://te...

https://phys.org/news/2023-09-particle-graphene.html "staggered potential induced by growing ferromagnetic graphene on boron nitride substrate breaking symmetry and fully spin-polarized electron state... pure equal-spin crossed Andreev reflection  at Dirac point and over large voltage range... highly efficient nonlocal splitting Cooper pairs with spin-triplet (spin-singlet) pairing correlations... time-reversed Cooper pair splitting obtains entanglement... quantum communication and quantum computation" Related: The controllable splitting of a single Cooper pair in a hybrid quantum dot system https://phys.org/news/2023-11-cooper-pair-hybrid-quantum-dot.html

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/uae-opens-104-mw-wind-project-ahead-un-climate-summit-2023-10-06/ "Working with PowerChina and GoldWind International, Masdar said the project's turbines can exploit low wind speeds at scale, thanks to advances in materials science and aerodynamics that make wind power possible despite the heat and humidity" Related: Nordex debuts a US wind turbine optimized for lower wind speeds https://electrek.co/2024/07/22/nordex-us-wind-turbine-optimized-for-lower-wind-speeds/ Dallas Love Field using jet wind energy to power car, phone chargers https://www.keranews.org/energy-environment/2025-02-14/dallas-love-field-using-jet-wind-energy

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-09-cmos-based-optogenetic-probes-single-neuron-resolution.html "precisely control brain cell activity using light to genetically modify neurons... CMOS drives 1K OLEDs and 4 <100um diameter needles... CMOS and OLEDs (on top) and CMOS (on botom) separated by metallic contact pads... thin protective layer on top of OLEDs... control in parallel numerous neurons, with high spatiotemporal resolution... scale number of light sources on implant into thousands and potentially many millions... activate individual neurons in brain regions as deep as 5mm... next: wafer-scale fabrication"

https://phys.org/news/2023-10-scientist-cryo-et-biosensors-fluorescence-microscopy.html "fluorescence microscopy molecular specificity in context of cryo-ET high-resolution structures... do both techniques separately, then overlay the resulting images to get a clear view of both the target molecule and its surroundings... understanding molecular machines driving cell division and parasitic host invasion" Related: The power to turn the invisible visible: A revolution in microscopy for live-cell imaging https://phys.org/news/2023-11-power-invisible-visible-revolution-microscopy.html PicoRuler: Molecular ulers for high-resolution fluorescence microscopy https://www.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/news-and-events/news/detail/news/picoruler/ Q&A: Unveiling a new era of imaging—engineers lead breakthrough microscopy techniques https://phys.org/news/2023-12-qa-unveiling-era-imagingengineers-breakthrough.html Tracking molecules at turbo speed https://phys.org/news/2024-01-tracking-molecules-...

https://phys.org/news/2023-10-dragonfly-eyes-microlens-array-technique.html "dragonfly compound eyes have thousands tiny lenses enabling wide field view... 3D laser ablated curved surface, then etched in acid... high-quality 3D concave lens arrays that can be used to make soft compound eyes... 3D seeds array etched into overlaping microlenses forming closely packed and curved MCLA... high precision, efficiency, and versatility... fabricate complex high fidelity 3D patterns on variety of substrates... integrated optofluidics microchips, biomimetics, beam shaping, 3D imaging, and 3D displaying" Related: Scientists demonstrate electrically tunable microlens array using simple PSCOF approach https://phys.org/news/2023-10-scientists-electrically-tunable-microlens-array.html Research team designs biomimetic vision system based on praying mantis eyes https://techxplore.com/news/2024-07-team-biomimetic-vision-based-praying.html Seeing like a butterfly: Optical invention enhances came...

https://phys.org/news/2023-09-record-setting.html "highest double refraction, 3X birefringence of barium titanium sulfide... a few more strontium atoms than expected caused crystal's much larger repeating structure... largest anisotropy measured in any optical material... with press of a button, tiny changes in atomic structure from bending, heating or passing current through it dynamically change refractive index along 1 direction of material... night vision, Lidar, chemical sensing, microscopy"

https://phys.org/news/2023-10-physicists-fractionalization-magnetic-field.html "group of electrons acts like carries deficit of charge that is only fraction of electron charge... twisted bilayer graphene (TBG) lattice electron wave function cannot be placed on 1 site, but constrained to be spread over multiple moiré lattice sites... electron wave functions are isotropic clouds centered at lattice sites... wavefunction spread has anisotropic 3-leaf clover shape... some fractional correlated insulator phases only move in certain directions... emergent symmetry unifies their behavior... quantum computing"

https://phys.org/news/2023-10-qubit-platform-atom.html "control multiple qubits simultaneously, enabling application of 1-, 2-, and 3-qubit gates... magnetic atoms placed on pristine thin insulator surface... coherently manipulate with electron spin resonance (ESR-STM), also controlling remote qubits... scalable to 10's or 100s qubits in a defect-free environment... remote manipulation of the atoms to perform qubit operations individually, without moving the tip of the STM... quantum computing, sensing, communication, and simulation" Related: Magnetic surface enables precise atomic migration at near absolute zero https://phys.org/news/2025-06-magnetic-surface-enables-precise-atomic.html

https://phys.org/news/2023-10-dna-nanostructures-ultra-strong-colloidal-crystal.html "DNA as glue enabled colloidal crystal metamaterials in virtually any shape: solid or hollow squares, flatened corners, just edges of cubes... having different properties: ultra-strong and extremely stiff, maintain shape when exposed to extreme pressure... by adjusting DNA amount and how applied, control interactions between building blocks of the metamaterials... electronics, space applications"

https://phys.org/news/2023-10-graphene-addition-critical-current-density.html "onset critical, phase lock-in, and coupling peak temperatures decreased with graphene increase... 1.0 weight percent graphene highest critical current density with microstructure best for Bi-2223 superconductors... added graphene nanoparticle impurities enhance current density... MRI imaging, power generation and distribution, renewable energy integration, transportation and aerospace, particle accelerators, electronics and quantum computing, environmental sustainability, industrial and manufacturing processes"

https://techxplore.com/news/2023-10-ai-png-flac-compression.html "DeepMind's large language model Chinchilla 70B lossless compression rates: images compressed to 43.4% and audio data reduced to 16.4% of original size... dataset size provides a hard limit on model size in terms of compression performance... upper limits to advantages achieved with large language model compressors the larger their dataset is... classical compressors like gzip aren't going away anytime soon since their compression vs. speed and size trade-off is currently far better than anything else"

https://phys.org/news/2023-10-electronic-sensor-size-molecule-potential.html "first time reactions between isomers have been used to develop piezoresistors... more efficient... 500kX smaller than width of human hair... electrically detect shape change of reacting molecule, back and forth, at about once every ms... detect biomolecules like proteins and enzymes for detecting diseases, piezoresistor vibration detection in automobiles, smart phones for counting steps, airbag deployment, medical implantable pressure sensors, aviation and space travel" Related: Impossible millimeter wave sensor has wide potential https://techxplore.com/news/2023-10-impossible-millimeter-sensor-wide-potential.html Smart sensor identifies present molecules by remembering the past https://phys.org/news/2026-07-smart-sensor-molecules.html

https://phys.org/news/2023-10-air-deflect-lasers.html "invisible air grating immune to laser damage, preserves original beam quality... uses acoustic (frequency and intensity) dense and less dense air waves forming striped grating changes laser direction... 50% redirection efficiency soon to be significantly higher... IR laser pulse peak power 20 GW... fast switch high-power lasers, material processing, fusion research, particle accelerators, high-performance optical gratings, lenses and waveguides... also use other gases with other wavelengths and their optics and geometries"

https://techxplore.com/news/2023-10-harnessing-power-microbial-fuel-cells.html "carbon nanoparticles (component of soot) electrode... concentric nano-onion rings, modified heteroatom-doped mesoporous fractal-like CNP electrodes... open circuit 0.8 ± 0.025 V, current density 9,200 ± 100 mA/m2, maximum power density 2,200 ± 50 mW/m2...  ~70% reduction in chemical oxygen demand... thick biofilm on anode surface piles up many electrons enabling superior performance... efficient, cost-effective... wastewater treatment, energy production, and environmental sustainability" Related: Bramble Energy Unveils World’s Cheapest Hydrogen Fuel Cell Technology https://energynews.biz/bramble-energy-unveils-worlds-cheapest-hydrogen-fuel-cell-technology/ Researchers develop a PEMFC battery configuration that is 10% more efficient https://techxplore.com/news/2023-10-pemfc-battery-configuration-efficient.html Envalior breakthrough Xytron™ modified polyphenylene sulfide compound for hydrogen fuel-c...

https://phys.org/news/2023-10-introduction-multi-cations-contributes-anion-exchange.html "poly (p-terphenyl isatin) anion exchange membrane with quaternary ammonium and piperidine cations synergistic functionalization that provides excellent mechanical properties and OH-ion conductivity for alkaline anion membrane fuel cells... high power density... superior alkaline stability... alkali stability series of anion exchange membranes 800 h... tensile strength pure membranes reaches >60 MPa providing stable foundation for further functionalization subsequent anion exchange membranes" Related: Powering clean energy with chicken feathers https://www.ntu.edu.sg/news/detail/powering-clean-energy-with-chicken-feathers Tuning properties of membrane and catalyst layers optimizes reactors for fuel cells and more https://phys.org/news/2023-10-tuning-properties-membrane-catalyst-layers.html A Swiss physicist wants to use chicken feathers to power cars https://www.fastcompany.com/9101118...

https://phys.org/news/2023-10-next-generation-precise-optical-vortices.html "micrometer-scale accurate minuscule (100 µm diameter) fluorescent ink droplet placement... achieved 100X viscosity of water by irradiating film with optical vortex... microdroplet laser arrays and the micropatterning of conductive nanoinks, as well as bioinks for cell scaffolds, leading to the establishment of next-generation printed photonic or electronic devices" Related: Generating powerful optical vortices directly from a thin-disk laser oscillator https://phys.org/news/2024-02-generating-powerful-optical-vortices-thin.html

https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2023/09/27/2750547/0/en/NASA-Validates-a-New-Form-of-Energy.html "AI enabled... AC and DC operate on same existing wires... vintage, wasteful, dangerous energy conversion now obsolete... low voltage, quick EV charging, expanded solar panel generation, and off grid indoor agriculture" Simon Derricutt commented: Looks like their main claim is that they can reduce the wiring losses without changing the wiring, and that they remove the need for inverters to switch between DC (24 or 48V) and AC (110V). OK, house wiring has a proof voltage of 500V or so, so if you convert up to 500VDC going into the wires and at every outlet you have a box that converts down again to either DC or AC (depending on what's required) you reduce the wiring losses a lot, with the ratio of wiring losses being the inverse square of the voltage ratio. There will be some loss in the converter, but with modern semiconductors that's only going to be around 4% ...

https://cee.illinois.edu/news/59332 "very low friction turned on using external electric fields that modulate lubricant properties and material surfaces as well as interactions between them... 2D materials high mechanical strength and chemical and thermal stability... reducing energy consumption in nano- and micro-electromechanical systems, in addition to allowing dynamic control of friction while mitigating enhanced wear and corrosion of sliding surfaces when direct bias applied" Related: Most water-repellent surface ever created challenges existing ideas on friction https://thedebrief.org/most-water-repellent-surface-ever-created-challenges-existing-ideas-on-friction/ Control over friction, from small to large scales https://phys.org/news/2023-12-friction-small-large-scales.html A means for tuning friction on a flat surface without the use of math https://phys.org/news/2024-01-tuning-friction-flat-surface-math.html

https://techxplore.com/news/2023-09-method-carbon-emissions-zinc-oxide.html "multi-objective adaptive optimization model predictive control based on sparse identification enabling real-time computation of zinc oxide rotary kiln dynamics... 2-layered framework: In the RTO layer, an optimization problem is set up to achieve optimal operation performance and the lowest possible resource consumption. By solving this problem in real time, an optimal setting value is sent to the MPC layer, ensuring that the zinc oxide rotary kiln always operates in an optimal state... strong and reliable" Related: An intelligent control method reduces carbon emissions in energy-intensive equipment https://techxplore.com/news/2023-09-intelligent-method-carbon-emissions-energy-intensive.html

https://phys.org/news/2023-09-loss-mie-shown-chirality-silicon.html "lithographically-defined asymmetric and symmetric Mie-scatterers enables subwavelength control of wave transmission and reflections without deflecting to additional radiation channels... enables pre-defined chiral light propagation and backscattering-free resonances needed for frequency combs, solitons, sensing, and other nonlinear optical processes such as photon blockade, and regenerative oscillators... enhanced empirical quality factor extracted from the transmission spectra is demonstrated for the first time" Related: Chiral AuCu heterostructures with site-specific geometric control and tailored plasmonic chirality https://phys.org/news/2023-10-chiral-aucu-heterostructures-site-specific-geometric.html New approach overcomes long-standing limitations in optics to enhance the efficiency of Mie scattering https://phys.org/news/2023-12-approach-long-standing-limitations-optics-efficiency.html

https://phys.org/news/2023-09-rare-gold-unveil-material-infused.html "gold that has lost 2 negatively charged electrons, denoted Au2+... halide perovskite, quick, simple, room temperature... applications that require magnetism and conductivity as electrons hop from Au2+ to Au3+ in the perovskite: more-efficient solar cells, light sources, and electronics components"

https://phys.org/news/2023-09-natural-evolutionary-strategy-boosts-quantum.html "combines gradient-free natural evolutionary strategy with gradient descent to overcome barren plateau... optimize quantum circuits in terms of the number of function evaluations and circuit size scaling... NESSGD combines natural evolutionary strategy with stochastic gradient descent, NESAdaBelief combines natural evolutionary strategy with a gradient descent variant... parameter shift rule paves way for practical applications on quantum hardware"

https://techxplore.com/news/2023-09-tape-lithium-ion-batteries-battery-degradation.html "polypropylene (PP) tape worked as well as PET tape in lithium-ion batteries, does not depolymerize and costs about the same... PP tape instead of PET tape made lithium-ion batteries last approximately 10% longer. They also found that using PP tape reduced self-discharge by approximately 70%. In the real world, that would mean phones would lose little of their charge when inactive for long periods of time... smartphones and other personal devices" Related: Low-temperature synthesis of lithium ceramic for batteries https://techxplore.com/news/2023-10-low-temperature-synthesis-lithium-ceramic-batteries.html Neutrons offer insights into developing long-range batteries for electric vehicles https://techxplore.com/news/2023-10-neutrons-insights-long-range-batteries-electric.html No sintering required: low-temperature synthesis of lithium ceramic for batteries https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/pag...

https://techxplore.com/news/2023-09-dynamic-blob-adjustment-cloud-efficiency.html "adaptive approach to size of data chunks tailored dynamically based on real-time metrics: available bandwidth, storage usage, BLOB size, and data access frequency... 24% improved execution times and 96% improvement over random chunk-size methods... might also be used with other data management systems. They are planning to test their approach with real-world cloud computing platforms, such as BlobSeer and Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS)... 

https://phys.org/news/2023-09-orbital-currents-fara-ultrafast-channel.html "information stored in THz orbital degrees of freedom prevails 100X longer than information stored in electron's spin degree of freedom... orbital angular momentum currents in tungsten travel at low speeds but reach very far... Hall-like and Rashba–Edelstein-like conversion processes based on their different dynamics... Ni good orbital angular momentum source, whereas W is a good orbital-to-charge converter... could enable ultrafast and low-dissipation data processing, a long-standing goal for future technology"

https://phys.org/news/2023-09-healthy-soil.html "save billions of dollars... microbes eat organics and minerals in tailings, transforming them into functional aggregates that develop porosity in compacted tailings allows gas, water, roots, and microbes to survive... occur in 12 months... restore soils damaged by over-farming, overuse of fertilizers, and climate change... reduce costs and risks from mining activities, environmental contamination, and even the amount of fertilizer needed by farmers" Related: Electrochemistry helps clean up electronic waste recycling, precious metal mining https://techxplore.com/news/2024-03-electrochemistry-electronic-recycling-precious-metal.html Mushroom-based composting can cut farm waste, pathogens and antibiotic resistance genes https://phys.org/news/2025-04-mushroom-based-composting-farm-pathogens.html#google_vignette

https://phys.org/news/2023-09-fabricating-fused-silica-optics-high.html "damage-resistant fused silica optics for high-energy laser applications, higher LIDTs... Residual processing defects significantly reduce the LIDT of fused silica optics, which seriously limits their performance and lifetime in high-energy laser applications. Conventional processing methods have focused on effectively managing subsurface mechanical damage (SSD) during grinding, but this is not always successful... CO2 laser ablate optic's surface layer-by-layer for SSD and surface/subsurface contamination removal"

https://phys.org/news/2023-09-ultra-broadband-photodetection-device-based-bilayer.html "2 bilayer graphene stacks twisted 15° create electric field without extra electrodes enabling scalable broadband detection detecting light from 3 to 150 THz... internal quantum efficiency >40%, enhanced photoconductivity by interlayer screening, and scalability of TDBG because no gates needed to apply electric field in order to get bandgap... long-wavelength capabilities down to 2 THz... autonomous driving, environmental monitoring, health care, space exploration, agriculture and food processing" Related: Unprecedented spin properties revealed in new artificial materials https://phys.org/news/2024-09-unprecedented-properties-revealed-artificial-materials.html

https://techxplore.com/news/2023-09-indian-team-fully-indigenous-gallium.html "GaN transistor metal organic chemical vapor deposition layer by layer on 2-inch silicon wafer... combined GaN and silicon transistor to keep device normally off... switching time 50 ns... scale up dimensions so can operate high currents, step up or step down voltages... EV. phone and laptop power converters, wireless communications, space and military applications (radar)"

https://phys.org/news/2023-09-upscaling-si-superconducting-based-quantum-technologies.html "scalable instrumentation to interface with the growing number of noise-sensitive superconducting qubits... CMOS-based cryo-electronics hold RF (de-) multiplexing elements operating at base temperature of dilution refrigerator alleviating I/O bottleneck as number of wires going from room to mK temperatures significantly reduced... record low temperature 10mK... low noise and power dissipation, interfaced with high-coherence superconducting qubits to perform qubit control with single qubit gate fidelities >99.9%"

https://phys.org/news/2023-09-kind-chip-quantum-technology.html "silicon photonic coupled cavity array quantum simulator constructed to solve 1 specific purpose equation model... scalable, measurable, programmable... pseudo-atomic lattice of 8 photonic resonators... photons confined, raised and lowered in energy, and moved around in controlled manner forming circuits... algorithm characterizes chip in detail, using only information available on chip's boundaries, and designing architecture for heating and independently controlling each cavity in array leading to device prrogramming" Related: Researchers advance effort to turn diamonds into a quantum simulator https://phys.org/news/2023-10-advance-effort-diamonds-quantum-simulator.html

https://techxplore.com/news/2023-09-unveils-solid-electrolyte-cheap-eco-friendly.html "manganese-based Prussian Blue analogs enhance ionic conductivity, with different transition metals influencing ion channel size affecting conductivity... sodium ion room temperature conductivity 0.1 mS/cm... expanding research possibilities beyond existing sulfide, oxide, and halide-based solid electrolytes" Related: New materials discovered for safe, high-performance solid-state lithium-ion batteries https://techxplore.com/news/2024-04-materials-safe-high-solid-state.html#google_vignette Inlyte Energy reels in $8M seed round to revive a 50-year-old battery technology https://techcrunch.com/2023/10/26/inlyte-energy-seed-round/?guccounter=1 Battery breakthrough could eliminate range anxiety for electric vehicles https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/batteries-solid-state-range-anxiety-electric-vehicles-b2527102.html

https://techxplore.com/news/2023-09-dyes-buffered-solar-energy-significantly.html   "organic dyes create exciton transport highways... faster and more targeted transport, higher energy yield and solar cell efficiency... quinoid merocyanines (organic dyes) excellent ability to absorb visible light... 1.33 electron volts delivered by our design is far above the values found in organic semiconductors—you could say the organic dye molecules form a kind of super-highway... can be rolled up, use on smart devices" Related: A multilayered design strategy for high-efficiency thin crystalline silicon solar cells https://techxplore.com/news/2023-09-multilayered-strategy-high-efficiency-thin-crystalline.html Breakthrough in Solar Technology: Cell Achieves 36.1% Efficiency https://www.constructionworld.in/energy-infrastructure/power-and-renewable-energy/breakthrough-in-solar-technology-cell-achieves-36.1-efficiency/44945 Toward high-efficiency thin crystalline silicon solar cells https://...

https://phys.org/news/2023-09-femtosecond-laser-glass.html "1 mirror sits in groove with micromechanical flexures stir mirror when exposed to fs laser light, laser is used 2nd time to align mirrors and create stable, small scale fs laser... extreme alignment resolutions, down to sub-nm... kW peak power and emitting pulses <200 fs... laser eye surgery, non-linear microscopy, spectroscopy, laser material processing and sustainable data storage"

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/delrin-introduces-breakthrough-new-resin-for-high-performance-plastic-gears-301925452.html "high molecular weight nucleated resin... high creep resistance and fatigue durability... cheaper, lighter and quieter than metal... 10% greater strength and 2X durability... EVs, e-bikes"

https://phys.org/news/2023-09-qubit-circuit-enables-quantum-higher.html "superconducting fluxonium qubit with longer lifespan (coherence times >1 ms., 10X longer) operates between qubits with greater accuracy: fluxonium fundamentally better qubit than transmon, coupling element between 2 fluxonium qubits (with tunable transmon coupler in middle enabling stronger coupling) enables them to perform highly accurate logical gate operations (fidelity 99.9%), suppressing background interactions causing quantum operation errors... flexible parameter selection enables scaling up" Related: Prototype quantum processor hits record 99.9% qubit fidelity in a major milestone https://interestingengineering.com/science/iqm-quantum-computers-record-low-error New quantum record: Transmon qubit coherence reaches millisecond threshold https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1089891

https://techxplore.com/news/2023-09-audio-images-silent-videos.html "can determine gender and exact words of someone speaking in room where photo was taken even if they were off-camera... voice near camera lens causes tiny vibrations bending light... smart phone photographic method makes it easier, scanning 1 row of pixels at a time hundreds of thousands times in single photo. So amplifies > thousand times amount of frequency information, audio granularity... As long as there is even a little bit of light, even photo pointed at ceiling... trained with machine learning... cybersecurity" Comment by Simon Derricutt at Revolution-Green: It's helped along by the fact that Apple phones no longer actually take photographs as a single image, but as a short video sequence of multiple photos. Allows you to select the frame that's best, for example where people aren't blinking. If you read the description carefully, though, the claim of "determine gender and exact w...

https://phys.org/news/2023-09-color-changing-polymers.html "liquid crystal elastomer color changes and shape morphing responding to temperature, mechanical deformation through stretching, and illumination... cholesteric LCE coatings with structural color patterns, pigment not added... placing another soft polymer carrier layer on top stretched, change from orange to blue, reflects near-IR when unstretched... mechanochromic stickers detect substrate deformation, human-computer interaction, strain sensors in smart textiles, soft robotics, responsive jewelry and art" Related: Inspired by butterfly wings, researchers develop a soft, color-changing system for optical devices https://phys.org/news/2023-09-butterfly-wings-soft-color-changing-optical.html Paint that can change colors? The skin of an octopus holds the key, researchers say https://phys.org/news/2023-10-skin-octopus-key.html Developing a futuristic elastomer with ultrahigh strain-induced crystallization https://phys.org...

https://phys.org/news/2023-09-all-fiber-ellipsometer-nanoscale-dielectric-coatings.html "measuring thickness and refractive index of thin films deposited on optical fibers, based on wavelength shifts of multiple cladding mode resonances in tilted fiber Bragg gratings... simultaneous wavelength tracking large set of resonances enables multiple parameter determinations... TFBG values (n = 2.25, 185 nm thick) within 4% of validation measurements... optical fiber sensors, process monitor for deposition on substrates with deposition methods that produce uniform coatings on dissimilar shaped substrates" Related: New methods for creating ultra-vibrant optical coatings—applications for solar panels, virtual displays https://phys.org/news/2023-09-methods-ultra-vibrant-optical-coatingsapplications-solar.html Generation of lossy mode resonances using perovskite nanofilms https://phys.org/news/2023-12-generation-lossy-mode-resonances-perovskite.html

https://phys.org/news/2023-09-upconversion-photoluminescence-polarized-brighter.html "dielectric metasurface amplifies upconversion emissions... utilized resonant metasurface high-Q collective modes for polarization-controlled dual-band upconversion bursts... composed of diatomic nano bricks... controlling polarization analyzer rotation demonstrated linearly- and cross-polarized emission at dual bands with ultra-high degrees polarization... efficient enhancement and polarization control of UCNP emission... low-threshold polarization upconversion lasers and hyperspectral imaging/sensing"

https://phys.org/news/2023-09-scalable-multipartite-entanglement-ultracold-atoms.html "coherence and scalability enhancing atomic entanglement fidelity and parallel atomic control... larger multi-atom entangled states... equal-arm, cross-beam interference and spin-dependent superlattice... integrated self-developed single-lattice resolution, wide-band achromatic quantum gas microscopy and multiple sets digital micromirrors... multi-atom global parallel and local single grid point measurement and control... 99.2% filling rate 2D atomic array and entangled Bell states average fidelity 95.6% and  2.2 sec. lifespan"

https://techxplore.com/news/2023-09-corrugated-plastic-principle-programmable-materials.html "stable and can be reshaped... buckled groove functions as a defect, and that neighboring defects detect each other: if you bring them closer, they repel... ridges exist of chains of defects that attract and lock each other into place... foldable emergency housing, medical devices (stents that enter body in one shape and fold open into another stable, useful shape, robot parts switch back and forth between programable shapes"

https://phys.org/news/2023-09-smartphone-3d-encryption-dual-light-emitting-materials.html "3D volumetric optical encryption, moldable and printable dual-light-emitting fluorescent–phosphorescence... viewing-angle-dependent encryption cube-type skeleton polymer composite filaments, employing standard smartphone camera and software... room-temperature multi-light-emitting multidimensional information encryption, enhanced capacity and security... wearable, patchable, and stretchable sensors and displays... high-security information encryption personal biodata protection"

https://phys.org/news/2023-09-cloud-based-quantum-advantage.html "entanglement witness circuit, a mathematical function relating 2 specific qubits and their states, certifies entanglement even when cloud-based service allows only limited machine control... detect entanglement using only the measurement statistics output by the service.. They do not need to be able to control qubit allocation... EW 2.0 twice as efficient at detecting entanglement"

https://techxplore.com/news/2023-09-liquid-filter-solar-energy.html "photovoltaic-thermal, generated heat carried away by heat exchanger containing air or liquid coolant increasing efficiency, heat utilized as thermal energy... fish oil and water emulsion liquid filters over PV modules capture specific wavelengths generating electricity including UV, visible light, and near-IR facilitating conversion to thermal...  stable up to 70 °C... efficiency increased from 70.9 to 84.4% and temperature decreased from 46.7 to 33.1°C... electrical and thermal energies 72.2 and 1176.7 Wh/ day" Related: Elm and Naked Energy announce first North American deployment of innovative solar technology to heat water https://www.altenergymag.com/news/2023/10/10/elm-and-naked-energy-announce-first-north-american-deployment-of-innovative-solar-technology-to-heat-water/40355/ Preparation of F-passivated ZnO for quantum dot photovoltaics https://phys.org/news/2023-11-f-passivated-zno-quantum-dot-photovo...

https://interestingengineering.com/transportation/lithium-free-e-bike-pi-pop-no-batteries "energy regeneration as riders pedal, coast downhill, or brake.... no plugging in needed... Unlike lithium, supercapacitors are from common and recyclable materials like aluminum, carbon, cellulose, and polymers... lifespan ranging from 10 to 15 years... 15.5 m/h, 250W, 45N.m motor" Related: Electric Vehicle Supercapacitors: The Future of Energy Storage https://ev-central.com/electric-vehicle-supercapacitors-the-future-of-energy-storage/ YongLE Risheng CG motorcycle goes up to 30 miles on solar and wind power alone https://www.notebookcheck.net/New-motorcycle-backed-to-go-for-30-miles-on-solar-and-wind-power-alone.994058.0.html Kawasaki Corleo robot—a hydrogen-powered, four-legged robotic ride https://www.techi.com/kawasaki-corleo-robot-debuts-at-osaka-expo/ Ideogram e-bike uses eco-friendly/ recyclable supercapacitors, has 20% energy recovery https://www.rudebaguette.com/en/2025/04/...

https://phys.org/news/2023-09-paves-class-nanoscale-devices-opportunities.html "high-efficiency metasurface optical exceptional points (EPs) leveraging interplay between lossy structure and scattering lightwaves... bilayer metasurface TiO2 metagrating and Si subwavelength grating... metagrating in upper layer directional regulated lightwave, and lossy subwavelength grating lower layer adjustable absorption... light from left reflected to incident path. When from right little retroreflection... reflect and absorb incident light efficiencies 88% and 85% at 532 nm... optical sensing, integrated optics"

https://phys.org/news/2023-09-ultrathin-hydrogen-nitrogen.html "thinnest MOF film perform hydrogen-nitrogen separation... zeolitic imidazolate frameworks... crystallize ultra-dilute precursor mixture alignment with substrate... suppress out-of-plane growth... room temperature, scalable fabricate uniform 2 nm 2D ZIF films area 100's cm2... array of hydrogen-sieving six-membered zinc-imidazolate coordination ring allows for combination of hydrogen flux and selectivity so efficient gas-separation... clean energy production, fuel cell efficiency, ammonia synthesis, and industrial processes" Related: Ancient architecture inspires a new way to work with metal-organic frameworks https://phys.org/news/2023-10-ancient-architecture-metal-organic-frameworks.html Researchers realize orientation control of cMOF nanofilms https://phys.org/news/2023-10-cmof-nanofilms.html Metal organic frameworks could turn greenhouse gas into 'gold' https://techxplore.com/news/2023-10-metal-fra...

https://phys.org/news/2023-09-one-atom-thick-phosphorusarsenic-alloy-ribbons-batteries.html "conduct electricity above -140°C retaining properties of phosphorus-only ribbons... improving energy storage of batteries and supercapacitors, and enhancing near-IR detectors used in medicine... magnetic so of interest for quantum computers... enhancing battery energy storage and speed charging and discharging... improves charge flow enhancing solar cell efficiency... lithium ions travel in 1 direction only causing cracking creates ribbons... high hole mobility helping electrical efficiency... scalable, low cost" Related: Black phosphorus for future alkali metal-ion batteries: big promise, big challenges https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1126914

https://blog.seas.upenn.edu/silicon-ally-penn-engineers-grow-full-wafers-of-high-performing-2d-semiconductor-that-integrates-with-state-of-the-art-chips/ "indium selenide,,, low termerature... increasing computing power, decreasing chip sizes and managing power in densely packed circuits... greater control and precision over electricity flow, energy efficient... vertical metal-organic chemical vapor deposition... introduce indium and selenium in equal quantities at same time sending the indium in a continuous stream while introducing the selenium in pulses,,, pulsing combines indium and selenium in equal amounts... chemical purity, crystalline order, and scalable"

https://phys.org/news/2023-09-contact-wire-individual-graphene-nanoribbons.html "direct-write scanning tunneling microscopy... metal contacts fabricated on individual genomics, nanotechnology and robotics (GNRs) and control their electronic character...  electron beam in precursor STM direct-write trigger metal deposition from hafnium diboride precursor molecules is very precise... done in ultra-high vacuum (UHV). This ensures that the material stays clean from atmospheric water and other "junk" that degrades device performance... scaling microelectronic devices"

https://phys.org/news/2023-09-modern-digital-technology-3d-microfluidic.html "cell-related applications including organ-on-a-chip instruments... regulate UV penetration depth for resin photopolymerization... improved resolution and mechanical stability... mathematical model predicts accumulated UV irradiance for resin polymerization to design and print microchannels... printed microchannel with conventional soft lithography or hot embossing generate high throughput monodisperse droplets and cell-laden microgels... high resolution, scaled microfluidic devices" Related: From microelectronics to microfluidics: how 3D printing is shaping the future of tiny devices https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1079974 Smart, stretchable, and sustainable: the future of DLP-printed flexible devices https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1082831 Building houses and growing tissue: Overcoming physics problems in 3D printing https://techxplore.com/news/2025-11-houses-tissue-physics-proble...

https://excitonscience.com/news/step-change-upconversion-key-clean-water-green-energy-futuristic-medicine   "Upconversion: gluing (triplet-triplet annihilation) 2 low-energy photons together creates more energetic, visible light... key stage in upconversion achieved in solid state, likely enabling commercial scale... photon generation quantum yield 9.4%... solid state potentially using gel-like substance... upconverting into UV or from IR, hydrogen catalysis, solar energy (raise efficiency limit from 33.7 to 40+%), water purification (upconvert to harsh UV), night vision, 3D printing, treat tumors or create medicines with laser precision" Related: New water treatment method can generate green energy https://phys.org/news/2023-11-treatment-method-generate-green-energy.html Solar-Powered Device Transforms Polluted Water Into Clean Hydrogen Fuel & Purified Water https://scitechdaily.com/revolutionary-solar-powered-device-transforms-polluted-water-into-clean-hydrogen-fuel...

  https://www.tuwien.at/en/tu-wien/news/news-articles/news/goldene-aussichten-fuer-thermoelektrika "high conductivity and large Seebeck coefficient... at 10% added nickel thermoelectric performance increases rapidly... less expensive substitutes for gold being studied... space exploration, portable refrigerators, waste heat conversion, smartwatches (autonomous charge using wearer's body heat)" Related: New material could allow devices to turn wasted heat into useful electricity more efficiently https://techxplore.com/news/2023-10-material-devices-electricity-efficiently.html Harvesting solar heat and raindrop energy using non-planar dielectrics https://techxplore.com/news/2023-11-harvesting-solar-raindrop-energy-non-planar.html Breakthrough in Sustainable Energy: Kashmiri Scientist Boosts Thermoelectric Material Performance https://ts2.space/en/breakthrough-in-sustainable-energy-kashmiri-scientist-boosts-thermoelectric-material-performance/#gsc.tab=0 Research unveils Rubi...

https://phys.org/news/2023-09-unveiling-invisible-bioinspired-cmos-integrated-polarization.html "Full-Stokes polarimetric for visible wavelengths inspired by mantis shrimp eye... broadband linear polarization filters and green and red chiral metasurfaces composed of 75.2K filters (pixels)... chip-integrated MPFA onto imaging sensor and calibrated sensor polarization detection with instrument matrix calibration... 80nm total operation bandwidth... high accuracy and speed, large field of view, stable, compact, scalable and CMOS compatibility... autonomous vision, industrial inspection, space exploration, and biomedical imaging"

https://phys.org/news/2023-09-quasi-particle-bridges-microwave-optical-domains.html "mixing confined quantum fluids of light and GHz sound leads to phonoriton: part photon, phonon and semiconductor exciton... coherently convert information between optical and microwave... energy splitting between 2 light fluids precisely tuned controlling densities using laser... control the device with microwaves and inject 7 GHz phonons into trap... bidirectional microwave-to-optical conversion... interaction scales with both polariton and phonon populations... photonics, optomechanics and optical communication" Related: Phonon engineering for extended lasing beyond the fluorescence spectrum https://phys.org/news/2023-10-phonon-lasing-fluorescence-spectrum.html

https://phys.org/news/2023-09-atomic-layer-deposition-route-scalable.html "low-temperature, large-area, high-quality synthesis semiconductor deposition.. employed 2 acid-base precursors... co-reactants improve surface reactions and stability while adopting repeating dosing technique injecting precursors in shorter intervals... production of dense and continuous Te thin films... growth on 4-inch wafers, providing precise atomic layer-level precisely controlled thickness and uniform deposition... compatible with vertical 3D structures... transistors, rectifiers, and selection elements processes" Related: A novel avenue for engineering 2D MXene family via precious metals atomic layer deposition techniques https://phys.org/news/2024-01-avenue-2d-mxene-family-precious.html Tellurium boosts 2D semiconductor performance for faster photodetection https://phys.org/news/2025-03-tellurium-boosts-2d-semiconductor-faster.html

https://phys.org/news/2023-09-method-molecular-mxene-enables-quality.html "2D property prediction program based on electrical conductivity or magnetic properties change depending on molecule distribution on surface using MXene's magnetoresistance property, enabling quality control and mass production... calculated magnetic transport properties analyzed type and amount of molecules adsorbed at atmospheric pressure and room temperature without additional devices... Hall scattering factor, which affects magnetic transport, changes dramatically depending on the type of surface molecules"

https://phys.org/news/2023-09-experimental-quantum-imaging-distillation-undetected.html "photon illuminates object and its partner alone detected preventing measurements of coincidence events to reveal information of object sought after. also noise resilient... distillation or purification remove decoherence introduced by environment in quantum system... quantum imaging distillation with 1 and several photon pair degrees freedom... good performance even for noise intensities >250X quantum signal intensity... quantum holography with undetected light... spontaneous parametric down-conversion... quantum imaging, LIDAR" Related: Researcher's cryo-imaging continues to drive quantum discoveries https://phys.org/news/2024-08-cryo-imaging-quantum-discoveries.html

https://techxplore.com/news/2023-09-nitrogen-oxide-emissions-industrial-vehicles.html "more effective catalysts abate NOx emissions from hard-to-electrify farm machinery and offroad vehicles... acid sites are an important component to drive this reaction at low temperatures and a key consideration for designing superior catalysts that will be more active at lower temperatures," Rappe said. "It is a major development. This field has been so intensely studied. This is a significant advancement because it gives us another tool to actually improve these catalysts"

https://newatlas.com/energy/touchwind-floating-wind-turbine/ "no fancy active pitch controls... sitting on end of pole draped over big barrel with large floating buoy hanging beneath... blade costs 30% less... rated for speeds up to 157 mph... blade fixed to mast slight upward angle. At low wind speeds mast tilts right over, as wind speeds pick up develops lift begins pulling mast upright.... At higher wind speeds big blade pulls tower upright exposing smaller section to wind... easy manufacture 12-MW turbine" Related: Stochastics help wind turbines mitigate sudden swings in power output https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1001981 Active control of wind turbine speed can lead to fewer bird strikes https://techxplore.com/news/2023-09-turbine-bird.html Painting Wind Turbine Blades Black Help Birds Avoid Deadly Collisions https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/black-wind-turbine-blades-help-birds-avoid-deadly-collisions-180975668/ Droplet-based ‘wind farms’ harvest low-s...

https://www.techspot.com/news/100101-ceramic-nano-memory-promises-disrupt-500-billion-storage.html "yottabyte memory (1k billion TB) using ceramic (inorganic materials that resist heat and corrosion) nano layers 50-100 atoms thick... protected against most data storage media threats... data laser (particle beam) written and read with bits structured in QR code-like matrices... scale from 100 nm to 3 nm bit sizes or to areal density GB/cm2 to TB/cm2 class... 75% cost reduction as needs no media replacement, energy, or data migration... 5k yr. life, temperature range -273° C to 300° C" see also: Can Cerabyte Crack the $1-Per-Petabyte Barrier with Ceramic Storage?  https://www.hpcwire.com/2024/07/20/can-cerabyte-crack-the-1-per-petabyte-barrier-with-ceramic-storage/ Related: Video of ceramic storage system prototype surfaces online — 10,000TB cartridges bombarded with laser rays could become mainstream by 2030, making slow hard drives and tapes obsolete https://www.tec...

https://pme.uchicago.edu/news/inverse-vaccine-shows-potential-treat-multiple-sclerosis-and-other-autoimmune-diseases "tamp down immunity in a very specific way with an inverse vaccine removing immune system’s memory of one molecule, stopping autoimmune reactions... antigen (molecule being attacked by immune system) tagged with the sugar N-acetylgalactosamine (molecule resembling aged cell fragment that liver recognizes as friend rather than foe: peripheral immune tolerance)... can treat after there is ongoing inflammation... multiple sclerosis, type 1 diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, celiac disease" Related: Engineered stem cells reverse new-onset type 1 diabetes in mice https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-stem-cells-reverse-onset-diabetes.html Engineered CAR-T cells induce long-lasting remission in rheumatoid arthritis with a single infusion https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1132969