IMAGE: These are quantum dots coated on a transparent substrate with gold contacts for mid-infrared detection. view more Credit: ©ICFO Optical sensing in the mid to long infrared (5microns – um) is becoming of utmost importance in different fields since it is proving to be an excellent tool for environmental monitoring, gas sensing, thermal imaging as
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IMAGE: Using a simple rod-like building block with hydroxamic acids at both ends scientists at the Technical University of Munich created self-assembling porous, chrial nano structures. view more Credit: Bodong Zhang / TUM Nanoscience can arrange minute molecular entities into nanometric patterns in an orderly manner using self-assembly protocols. Scientists at the Technical University of Munich
We’ll be getting an Atlanta Season 3. It’s just going to take a while. Donald and Stephen Glover’s brilliant, Faulkner-esque series, Atlanta, has been a big hit for FX in some untraditional ways, evidenced by the network’s preemptive order last year for Season 4, which was made while Season 3 stood unproduced. Anecdotally speaking, it feels like
Animorphs holds a special place in the heart of many children who grew up in the ’90s.The sci-fi war series centered on a group of teens fighting off an invasion of alien space slugs (who could take over your mind) by morphing into animals. The series was great fun but also didn’t shy away from
Rebellion Studios is one of the most unique studios in the industry today. In addition to last year’s Strange Brigade, the Zombie Army games, and the Sniper Elite series, the independent studio owns the rights to Judge Dredd and comic book series 2000 AD, are producing a Rogue Trooper movie directed by Duncan Jones, are
IMAGE: Magnetron-sputtering based plasma reactor used for the preparation of the photoelectrodes of titanium oxide co-doped with nitrogen and tungsten. view more Credit: My Ali El Khakani, INRS Québec, January 15 2020 — Atrazine is one of the most widely used pesticides in North America. Researchers at the Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS) have
IMAGE: Microelectronics is a key technology of the future, which is just as important for smart factories as for intelligent power grids or autonomous driving. view more Credit: © Oliver Wolf Whether car, smartphone or tablet, today microelectronics is found in almost every electronic device and forms the basis of the Internet of Things (IoT) in
Sponsored by ZEISS (Scanning electron microscopy division), the winners of the Department’s annual photography competition are announced as follows: First Prize Awarded to PhD candidate Elisabeth Gill for her macro photo of complex fibrous architectures that can be designed with an electrospinning and 3D printing method that Elisabeth developed for her PhD. 3D-printed support pillars
Paramount Network knows a good Kevin Costner when it sees one. Variety reports that Paramount Network has picked up the Kevin Costner-starring series Yellowstone for season 3. Yellowstone season 3 will feature 10 episodes, just like season 2. Formerly Spike TV, Paramount Network was in dire need of a hit at launch. A prime candidate seemed to
When you first hear that a massive company like Sony is skipping E3 in a year when it is launching a new console, it’s natural for your first reaction to be one of rampant skepticism. Has the PlayStation team lost its collective mind? Or has E3 really gone to the dogs? It’s all too easy
Structural colors appear because the imprinted pattern on a surface changes the wavelengths of light. Chinese scientists have introduced an azopolymer that allows the imprinting of nanopatterns in a novel room-temperature lithographic process. A key aspect of the technique is the light-induced phase change of a novel azopolymer, explains the study published in the journal
Our modern lifestyle would be immensely different without rechargeable batteries. Owing to their low-cost, recyclable technology, these batteries are used in most portable electronic devices, electric and hybrid vehicles, and renewable power generation systems. And why shouldn’t they be? They offer an elegant solution to the world’s growing energy demands. Moreover, rechargeable batteries are an
Printed circuit boards are vital components of modern electronics. However, once they have served their purpose, they are often burned or buried in landfills, polluting the air, soil and water. Most concerning are the brominated flame retardants added to printed circuit boards to keep them from catching fire. Now, researchers reporting in ACS Sustainable Chemistry
This article contains nothing but Crisis on Infinite Earths spoilers. Well, they actually did it. The CW and Warner Bros. TV actually told a live-action version of Crisis on Infinite Earths that not only managed to touch on the vast majority of DC TV history, but even paid significant homage to the classic movies of
The Super Nintendo World theme park will seemingly eventually expand to include franchises other than Super Mario. At this time, the plan is for Super Nintendo World to open in Osaka, Japan sometime in July. Attractions revealed thus far include Bowser’s Castle, a Mario Kart course, and a lot of other things that all have
AUGUSTA, Ga. (Jan. 15, 2020) – A stroke appears to create a sticky situation inside the blood vessels of the brain that can worsen damage days, even months later, scientists report. They have found that after stroke, exosomes — nanosized biological suitcases packed with an assortment of cargo that cells swap, like proteins and fats
Graphene-based heterostructures of the van der Waals class could be used to design ultra-compact and low-energy electronic devices and magnetic memories. This is what a paper published in the latest issue of the Nature Materials journal suggests. The results have shown that it is possible to perform an efficient and tunable spin-charge conversion in these
The Simpsons is celebrating yet another birthday. The first non-Christmas episode of The Simpsons, “Bart the Genius,” first premiered on Fox on January 14, 1990. The series had already run their Christmas special, “Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire” but this was their first non-holiday themed episode, and the show jumps right into their skewered reality
PlayStation’s decision to skip E3 this year is a critical one. With a next-gen console launch looming, the company has decided that it’d rather unveil the PlayStation 5 outside of the Los Angeles Convention Center, skipping the potential console war at the trade show altogether. PlayStation hasn’t outlined how it plans to lift the curtain
IMAGE: These are colloidal quantum dots operating in LED mode. view more Credit: Los Alamos National Laboratory Los Alamos scientists have incorporated meticulously engineered colloidal quantum dots into a new type of light emitting diodes (LEDs) containing an integrated optical resonator, which allows them to function as lasers. These novel, dual-function devices clear the path towards
IMAGE: Controlled breakdown (CBD) pore fabrication. view more Credit: T.-Cossa Lab, Department of Physics, University of Ottawa A nanopore is a tiny hole in a thin membrane with a diameter of around a billionth of a meter, or about the width of a single DNA molecule. The potential applications of these nanopores are so diverse –
Many of the most challenging optimization problems encountered in various disciplines of science and engineering, from biology and drug discovery [1] to routing and scheduling [2] can be reduced to NP-complete problems. Intuitively speaking, NP-complete problems are “hard to solve” because the number of operations that must be performed in order to find the solution
This Manifest review contains spoilers. Manifest Season 2 Episode 2 This week’s episode of Manifest began with some worrisomely stilted dialogue and built through a satisfying, self-contained passenger storyline to a conclusion that left us worried for Zeke, Olive, and Saanvi for completely different but equally compelling reasons. Upon reflection, the artificial-sounding conversations about callings
Nobody is entirely sure why, but it seems that you can no longer download Grand Theft Auto 4 via Steam. While GTA 4‘s Steam Page still exists, you may notice that it no longer offers the option to actually download the game. This change was seemingly made over the weekend when fans noticed that the
It’s often the first thing we notice about a vehicle, and it reveals a lot: how new (or not) the vehicle is, how it’s been cared for, where it’s been driven. “Consumers are extremely picky regarding the quality of the paint job on any car they purchase, new or old, and the 10- to 20-year
The fight against drug-resistant pathogens remains an intense one. While the Centers for Disease Control’s (CDC) 2019 “biggest threats” report reveals an overall decrease in drug-resistant microbe-related deaths as compared to its previous report (2013) the agency also cautions that new forms of drug-resistant pathogens are still emerging. Meanwhile, the options for treating infections by
A book is made of wood. But it is not a tree. The dead cells have been repurposed to serve another need. Now a team of scientists has repurposed living cells–scraped from frog embryos–and assembled them into entirely new life-forms. These millimeter-wide “xenobots” can move toward a target, perhaps pick up a payload (like a
A modern airplane’s fuselage is made from multiple sheets of different composite materials, like so many layers in a phyllo-dough pastry. Once these layers are stacked and molded into the shape of a fuselage, the structures are wheeled into warehouse-sized ovens and autoclaves, where the layers fuse together to form a resilient, aerodynamic shell. Now
Shameless Season 11 is officially set, marking a monumental swan song for the veteran Showtime series. The confirmation of Shameless’s final season was made by Showtime Networks President of Entertainment, Gary Levine, at the Television Critics Association’s Winter Press Tour. With the final frame set, the irreverently-embattled working-class dramedy series – which launched on Showtime
It’s amazing how alike Warren Ellis and Bryan Hitch’s The Batman’s Grave is to their modern classic, The Authority. Ellis and Hitch are two of the most important comics creators in the history of the medium – their work on The Authority is one of the brightest dividers between comic book eras there is, like Showcase #4* — the introduction of Barry