A proof of odd-parity superconductivity
Superconductivity is a fascinating state of matter in which an electrical current can flow without any resistance. Usually, it can exist in two forms. One is destroyed easily with a magnetic field and has "even parity" (i.e., it has a point symmetric.....»»
Microsoft to Store World’s Music Collection on Quartz Wafers
Microsoft's Project Silica will be used as a proof of concept to see if it can store a backup copy of the entire world's music collection. The post Microsoft to Store World’s Music Collection on Quartz Wafer.....»»
Apple is Finally Adding Some of Gmail"s Best Features To Its Own Email Apps
Apple announced some major new features for Mail that finally bring the email app closer to parity with Gmail and other popular email clients. From a report: Perhaps the most useful will be an undo send feature, which will let you call back an email.....»»
Nano-sensor detects pesticides on fruit in minutes
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have developed a tiny sensor for detecting pesticides on fruit in just a few minutes. The technique, described as a proof-of-concept in a paper in the journal Advanced Science, uses flame-sprayed nanopar.....»»
Atomic-scale window into superconductivity paves the way for new quantum materials
In a study published in Nano Letters, researchers have demonstrated a new technique to measure the quantum excitations in superconducting materials with atomic precision for the first time. Detecting these excitations is an important step towards und.....»»
Probing conjugation and parity symmetry with entangled double-strange baryons
The Beijing Spectrometer (BESIII) Collaboration has reported a new method for probing differences between matter and antimatter with extreme sensitivity. Results were published in Nature on June 2......»»
New Zealand"s Humble Bee Bio Is Using Bees To Create Bioplastics
Humble Bee Bio is on a mission to create a biodegradable alternative to plastics by synthesizing the biology of bees. TechCrunch reports: While the New Zealand-based company is still at an early stage -- it's about halfway through its proof of concep.....»»
"Tough To Forge" Digital Driver"s License is Easy To Forge
An anonymous reader shares a report: In late 2019, the government of New South Wales in Australia rolled out digital driver's licenses. The new licenses allowed people to use their iPhone or Android device to show proof of identity and age during roa.....»»
Collaboration reveals interplay between charge order and superconductivity at nanoscale
High temperature superconductivity is something of a holy grail for researchers studying quantum materials. Superconductors, which conduct electricity without dissipating energy, promise to revolutionize our energy and telecommunication power systems.....»»
Remarkably strong pairing of charge carriers in bilayer antiferromagnetic Mott insulators
Over the past few years, many physicists and material scientists have been investigating superconductivity, the complete disappearance of electrical resistance observed in some solid materials. Superconductivity has so far been primarily observed in.....»»
Elon Musk warns Twitter deal stuck without fake account proof
The deal to buy Twitter can't "move forward" without proof of spam account numbers, Mr Musk says......»»
"Nanobodies" from llamas could yield cell-specific medications for humans
In "proof of concept" experiments with mouse and human cells and tissues, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers say they have designed tiny proteins, called nanobodies, derived from llama antibodies, that could potentially be used to deliver targeted me.....»»
Photoshop for iPad shifts closer to feature parity with desktop app in latest update
An update to Photoshop for iPad has been released, bringing it closer to feature parity with Photoshop for Mac. The new features include Content-Aware Fill, Remove Background, Select Subject designed for hair and people, Auto-tone, color and contras.....»»
Court dismisses iCloud subscription deception suit
A potential class action suit regarding iCloud fees has been denied after plaintiffs failed to provide plausible proof that Apple had misled them.According to Bloomberg, the case of Rutter v Apple, Inc, concerned William Rutter and others claiming th.....»»
Studying the pseudogap in superconducting cuprate materials
Over three decades since the discovery of high-temperature superconductivity in ceramic cuprate materials, investigating the electronic states in cuprate materials to advance the understanding of the superconducting phase and related phenomena has de.....»»
A thermal superconducting quantum interference proximity transistor
Superconductors are materials that can achieve a state known as superconductivity, in which matter has no electrical resistance and does not allow the penetration of magnetic fields. At low temperatures, these materials are known to be highly effecti.....»»
Researchers create self-assembled logic circuits from proteins
In a proof-of-concept study, researchers have created self-assembled, protein-based circuits that can perform simple logic functions. The work demonstrates that it is possible to create stable digital circuits that take advantage of an electron's pro.....»»
Discovery of the one-way superconductor, thought to be impossible
Associate professor Mazhar Ali and his research group at TU Delft have discovered one-way superconductivity without magnetic fields, something that was thought to be impossible ever since its discovery in 1911—up until now. The discovery, published.....»»
New parity-time symmetric system opens up range of wavelengths to researchers, engineers
Researchers from the labs of Lan Yang, the Edwin H. & Florence G. Skinner Professor, and Xuan "Silvia" Zhang, associate professor, at the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis, have developed the first fully integrated.....»»
What you need to look out for when installing packages from public repositories
In this Help Net Security video, Ax Sharma, Senior Security Researcher at Sonatype, talks about the risks posed by malicious open source packages. Malicious packages can harm systems in many different ways. They can cause a simple proof of concept ha.....»»
Study shows how superconductivity can be switched on and off in superconductors
Superconductors are materials that can enter a state of no electrical resistance, through which magnetic fields cannot penetrate. Due to their interesting properties, many material scientists and engineers have been exploring the potential of these m.....»»