Author: Kate McAlpine
-
Becoming the representation she wishes she’d seen
In a Q&A, Ciara Sivels remarks on exposure, earning her PhD and equality in higher education.
-
Nuclear nonproliferation: $25 million for new tech and developing the security workforce
Many nuclear engineers who work in national security are headed for retirement. This initiative helps make sure we don’t drop the baton.
-
3D printing 100 times faster with light
The new method also results in a stronger print than typical layered models.
-
Cartilage could be key to safe ‘structural batteries’
The new prototype cells can run for more than 100 cycles at 90 percent capacity and withstand hard impacts and even stabbing.
-
Putting the AI in aviation
Persuading a field to face its future
-
Toward brain-like computing: New memristor better mimics synapses
Competition and cooperation, which regulate the strengthening and weakening of connections in the brain, can now be modeled directly.
-
Understanding at every level
From quantum physics to computer systems: a profile of Pinaki Mazumder, professor of electrical engineering and computer science.
-
Compostable diapers are the aim of new sustainability startup
Safe and eco-friendly ingredients for personal care have attracted more than $1.5 million in venture capital.
-
Memory-processing unit (MPU) could bring memristors to the masses
AI, weather forecasting and data science would all benefit from computers that store and process data in the same place. Memristors could be up to the task.
-
Oil, gas methane emissions 60 percent higher than EPA reports
Gas leaks estimated to be worth $2 billion could have fueled 10 million homes.
-
An even smaller world’s smallest ‘computer’
The latest from IBM and now the University of Michigan is redefining what counts as a computer at the microscale.
-
Light could make semiconductor computers a million times faster or even go quantum
Electron states in a semiconductor, set and changed with pulses of light, could be the 0 and 1 of future “lightwave” electronics or room-temperature quantum computers.