Nanotube artificial muscles pick up the pace
Electrochemically powered actuator is unipolar and contracts more when driven faster, unlike previous devices
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Hollow-core fibre boosts optical gyroscope performance
New device could make its way into next-generation guidance and civil navigation systems
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NASA scientists design a nanoscale complementary vacuum field emission transistor
Device offers immunity to radiation damage
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Silicon qubits find the right position
New work on optimizing the location of phosphorous impurities could help silicon-based quantum processors scale up
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Destructive quantum interference improves single-molecule switch
New technique could allow for faster, smaller and more energy-efficient transistors
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New fuel gauge for spacecraft could keep satellites active for longer
More reliable measurements would help operators decide when to safely retire ageing craft
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Organic photodiodes rival silicon devices
Large-area low-noise structures detect faint visible light
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Terahertz laser leaves the lab
New design reduces electron “leakage” in quantum cascade lasers and could bring terahertz imaging into wider use
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Graphene-based memristor is ideal for artificial neural networks, say researchers
New device offers 16 levels for synaptic connections
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Ultrafast camera breaks 3D speed record
Stereo-polarimetric compressed ultrafast photography device takes up to 100 billion frames per second in 3D
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