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The startup SiPhox, founded by two former MIT researchers, has developed an integrated photonic chip for high-quality, home-based blood testing.

The HU neuroscientist wants to develop methods for analysing large brains using the elephant brain as an example.

Nano-scale changes in structure can help optimise ion exchange membranes for use in devices such as flow batteries. Research that will help fine-tune a new class of ion exchange membranes has been published in Nature * by researchers at Imperial, supported by colleagues at a range of other institutions.

Yale physicist Eduardo H. da Silva Neto led an experiment that supports the existence of a new type of superconductor.

Two quantum information theorists at the University of Sydney Nano Institute have solved a decades-old problem that will require fewer qubits to suppress more errors in quantum hardware.

ETH Professor Yiwen Chu is investigating how to apply quantum states to ever larger objects. This should help to gain new insights into physics and develop more efficient technologies.

A photon detector module designed, assembled and programmed at University of Waterloo's Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) launched into space earlier this week aboard a SpaceX flight and will soon arrive at the International Space Station.

Key Takeaways Researchers at Berkeley Lab and UC Berkeley have taken direct images of the Wigner molecular crystal, a new quantum phase of an electron solid. Wigner molecular crystals are important because they may exhibit novel transport and spin properties that could be useful for future quantum technologies such as quantum simulations.

A weak magnetic field likely pulled matter inward to form the outer planetary bodies, from Jupiter to Neptune. Tiny grains from a distant asteroid are revealing clues to the magnetic forces that shaped the far reaches of the solar system over 4.6 billion years ago. Scientists at MIT and elsewhere have analyzed particles of the asteroid Ryugu, which were collected by the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency's (JAXA) Hayabusa2 mission and brought back to Earth in 2020.

Advanced microscopy techniques and AI models will help design complex nanoparticles for specific biological targets with less trial and error Customized nanoparticles with complex shapes could help f

Delft University of Technology has unearthed six glass slides (1890 - 1910), which represent one of the earliest attempts at colour photography.

Here's a batch of fresh news and announcements from across Imperial. From a promising route to reducing brain injury risk in stent surgery, to a new way to probe the mysteries of quantum entanglement, here is some quick-read news from across Imperial.

Hochschule für Life Sciences Iron detection is important in many areas, from the food industry to health research and machine maintenance.

Aboard NASA's Orion spacecraft, the terminal will beam data over laser links during the first crewed lunar mission since 1972.

A group of TU Delft bachelor students has developed, as part of the studentsminor in Computational Science and Engineering, a new model that accurately predicts the molecular properties of alkanes.

What sets the University of Waterloo apart is our commitment to collaboration across disciplines that bring together expertise from all corners of campus to drive innovation. Waterloo's state-of-the-art Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) technology is at the heart of groundbreaking research across multiple fields, from neuromorphic computing to advanced battery technology.

NASA's SPHEREx observatory undergoes integration and testing at BAE Systems in Boulder, Colorado, in April 2024. The space telescope will use a technique called spectroscopy across the entire sky, capturing the universe in more than 100 colors. Credit: BAE Systems" The space telescope will detect over 100 colors from hundreds of millions of stars and galaxies.

The first 3D images of a whole human thymus have been created using a specialised X-ray technique by researchers from UCL and the Francis Crick Institute. These highly-intricate images showed that structures called Hassall's bodies occupy a large fraction of thymic medulla, suggesting they might play a role in regulating thymic microenvironment and immunity.

With one of its solar arrays deployed, NASA's Lunar Trailblazer sits in a clean room at Lockheed Martin Space.

Researchers from the University of Glasgow are featured in a new documentary which is set to open a top international film festival.

NWO has awarded 102 researchers a Vidi grant in total 86,7 million euros. Eight promising TU Delft researchers from the domains Exact and Natural Sciences (ENS), Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) and Applied and Technical Sciences (ATS) have been awarded.

The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) has awarded thirteen Nijmegen researchers Vidi funding of up to 800,000 euros. This will allow them to develop their own innovative line of research and set up a research group over the next five years. Vidi is aimed at experienced researchers who have already conducted successful research for several years after obtaining their PhD.

Cardiff scientists are key participants in a $1bn space mission being considered by NASA to explore the secrets of the universe.

A difficult-to-describe nanoscale object called the magnetic skyrmion might one day yield new microelectronic devices that can do much more - for example, massive data storage - all while consuming much less power. But researchers need a more detailed understanding of skyrmions if they are ever to be used reliably in computational devices, including quantum computers.

Over the past few years, a team of scientists and technicians from the TU Delft Reactor Institute have been working on a large-scale upgrade and modernisation of the Delft reactor.

Scientists have yet to find evidence of life on Mars, but a new study from researchers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the University of Washington and other universities suggests microbes could find a potential home beneath  layers of ice known to exist on Mars' surface.

Associate professor of physics Riccardo Comin never stops seeking uncharted territory. Riccardo Comin says the best part of his job as a physics professor and exotic materials researcher is when his students come into his office to tell him they have new, interesting data. "It's that moment of discovery, that moment of awe, of revelation of something that's outside of anything you know," says Comin, the Class of 1947 Career Development Associate Professor of Physics.

Giulia Tagliabue, a tenure-track assistant professor in mechanical engineering, has won the EPFL Award for Best Teaching.

The University of Queensland will pioneer quantum sensory methods that could improve the detection of performance-enhancing drugs in the lead up to the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

By fabricating semiconductor-free logic gates, which can be used to perform computation, researchers hope to streamline the manufacture of electronics.

The puzzling surface of Jupiter's icy moon Europa looms large in this reprocessed color view made from images taken by NASA's Galileo spacecraft in the late 1990s.

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