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Photovoltaic cells work by absorbing light, knocking electrons loose, and allowing them to flow, which creates an electrical current. They capture that current and transfer it to wires. Storing this energy in batteries can be expensive and…

Researchers created a quantum key distribution (QKD) system based on integrated photonics that transmits secure keys at unprecedented speeds. This is an important step toward real-world application of the highly secure communication method.…

Serve Robotics Inc., known for its autonomous sidewalk delivery technology, announced the scope of its partnership with Uber Technologies Inc. Their agreement allows Serve to deploy up to 2,000 of its robots on Uber Eats in multiple markets…

According to a study co-authored by Rutgers faculty, political ideology and user choice rather than algorithmic curation are the biggest drivers of engagement with partisan and unreliable news provided by Google Search. The study results…

A "generic Air-gen effect" says that nearly any material can be engineered with nanopores to harvest cost-effective, scalable, interruption-free electricity. A team of engineers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst recently…

Twenty-five years ago, University of Innsbruck scientists provided the blueprints for a quantum repeater. Now, quantum physicists led by Ben Lanyon from the Department of Experimental Physics at the University of Innsbruck have succeeded in…

IBM, the University of Tokyo, and the University of Chicago announced at the G7 Summit that they are entering a landmark 10-year partnership to develop a quantum-centric supercomputer powered by 100,000 qubits. Quantum-centric…

I'm a gamer and worked in the games industry for many years. My favorite genres are stealth games and RPGs: Fallout, Skyrim, Bioshock, Far Cry, and the like. Despite this preference, I've likely put more hours into Minecraft than every…

What do you think would happen if we received a message from aliens? Hollywood loves to explore this premise. If you’re my age, you will likely have seen Contact, the 1997 movie based on Carl Sagan’s book of the same name. Luckily, the…

Transparent augmented reality (AR) displays open possibilities for seeing digital content in real-time. The University of Melbourne, KDH Design Corporation, and the Melbourne Centre for Nanofabrication researchers developed the world's…