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Artificial synapse created from nanowire memristor

December 6, 2018
A German team has built an artificial synapse from nanowires that can replicate functions of biological synapses.The component, developed by a team at Forschungszentrum Jülich and RWTH Aachen Universities, is...

Flexibility of crystal surfaces shown in real-time

December 4, 2018
Real-time imaging has shown the flexibility of crystal surfaces upon the introduction of a guest molecule.Researchers at Kyoto University’s Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS) observed flexible and dynamic changes...

DeepMind AI predicts 3D protein shapes

December 3, 2018
A British technology company has used AI to predict the 3D structure of a protein based on its genetic sequence.DeepMind used its AlphaFold AI system focused on modelling target shapes...

Black hole gas rings flow in complex formations

November 30, 2018
The black hole "donut" is not actually a rigid structure. The black rings of gas surrounding active supermassive black holes are not simple donut shapes, but a complex collection of...

Graphene performance doubled by removing silicon contamination

November 29, 2018
Researchers have registered the biggest electrical charge capacity for graphene by removing silicon contamination, unlocking the potential of the supermaterial.A team at RMIT in Melbourne demonstrated the effectiveness of using...

Nanotech specialist expands at The Heath

November 29, 2018
The Heath science park has created a new research and development facility for Nanoco Group – a leader in the development and manufacture of cadmium-free quantum dots and nanomaterials.The new...

Machine learning spots viral reservoirs

November 28, 2018
A machine learning algorithm has been developed at The University of Glasgow that can predict viral reservoirs in the animal kingdom.Viruses circulate in animal and insect communities long before spreading...

Draw-your-own electrodes speed up microdetection

November 28, 2018
A new rapid prototyping method could speed up development of microdetection devices for sensing biological molecules.The method, developed by researchers at Imperial College London, allows intricate electrode patterns to be...

NASA’s InSight spacecraft lands on Mars

November 27, 2018
NASA’s InSight robot lander has successfully touched down on the surface of Mars.The spacecraft touched down on Monday, November 26, near Mars’ equator on the western side of a flat...

Drug design collaboration

November 27, 2018
Optibrium – a developer of software for drug discovery – has entered into a collaboration with the University of Nottingham to provide students with the opportunity to design new drugs.Optibrium’s...

Galactic fountain

November 27, 2018
An international team of scientists has observed plumes of cold molecular gas sprayed out by a black hole a billion light-years from Earth. The team say this is the first...

AI could reduce gadolinium dose in MRI

November 26, 2018
AI is being used to reduce the dose of a contrast agent that is often left in the body after an magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) exam.A team at Stanford University...

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