A molten salt method developed by researchers at UChicago and Argonne could enable more durable materials for printed electronics and flexible devices. Nanocrystals have become so valuable to science and technology that research involving them earned the 2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Yet despite their potential, researchers have only been able to produce these microscopic […]
Earth’s Hidden Thermostat Has Regulated Climate for 60 Million Years
Researchers found that a narrow range of ocean conditions maximized carbon burial for millions of years at a time. For more than 100 million years, Earth has remained within a temperature range suitable for life, as though the planet were regulated by a natural thermostat. Exactly how that system worked has remained difficult to explain. […]
Forgotten for 20 Years, This 240-Million-Year-Old Fossil Reveals a New Reptile Species
Fragmentary bones from Brazil reveal a new Triassic reptile close to the lineage that preceded dinosaurs and crocodiles. Some 240 million years ago, long before dinosaurs dominated the land and modern crocodiles emerged, their distant relatives were undergoing a crucial stage of evolution. Fossils found in Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul state have now revealed […]
Forgotten for 20 Years, This 240-Million-Year-Old Fossil Reveals a New Reptile Species
Fragmentary bones from Brazil reveal a new Triassic reptile close to the lineage that preceded dinosaurs and crocodiles. Some 240 million years ago, long before dinosaurs dominated the land and modern crocodiles emerged, their distant relatives were undergoing a crucial stage of evolution. Fossils found in Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul state have now revealed […]
Forgotten for 20 Years, This 240-Million-Year-Old Fossil Reveals a New Reptile Species
Fragmentary bones from Brazil reveal a new Triassic reptile close to the lineage that preceded dinosaurs and crocodiles. Some 240 million years ago, long before dinosaurs dominated the land and modern crocodiles emerged, their distant relatives were undergoing a crucial stage of evolution. Fossils found in Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul state have now revealed […]
190-Year-Old Museum Specimen Solves a Pangolin Mystery
New DNA analysis and a reconstructed family tree could help protect it from poaching. On a museum shelf in London, a pangolin specimen collected nearly 190 years ago held genetic evidence that could change how conservationists track one of the world’s most heavily trafficked mammals. Pangolins are medium-sized mammals found only in Africa and Asia. […]
Scientists Built a Programmable Chip That Can Slow Light on Command
New technology enables light to be stored, delayed, and controlled within a single photonic chip, with potential applications in low-power optical computing for AI servers and next-generation optical communication systems. Light moves quickly enough to transmit enormous amounts of information, but that speed creates a problem when a computer needs to hold, delay, or synchronize […]
Scientists Built a Programmable Chip That Can Slow Light on Command
New technology enables light to be stored, delayed, and controlled within a single photonic chip, with potential applications in low-power optical computing for AI servers and next-generation optical communication systems. Light moves quickly enough to transmit enormous amounts of information, but that speed creates a problem when a computer needs to hold, delay, or synchronize […]
Scientists Built a Programmable Chip That Can Slow Light on Command
New technology enables light to be stored, delayed, and controlled within a single photonic chip, with potential applications in low-power optical computing for AI servers and next-generation optical communication systems. Light moves quickly enough to transmit enormous amounts of information, but that speed creates a problem when a computer needs to hold, delay, or synchronize […]
Scientists Built a Programmable Chip That Can Slow Light on Command
New technology enables light to be stored, delayed, and controlled within a single photonic chip, with potential applications in low-power optical computing for AI servers and next-generation optical communication systems. Light moves quickly enough to transmit enormous amounts of information, but that speed creates a problem when a computer needs to hold, delay, or synchronize […]