Fuel cells and water electrolyzers that are cheap and efficient will form the cornerstone of a hydrogen fuel based economy, which is one of the most promising clean and sustainable alternatives to fossil fuels. These devices rely on materials called electrocatalysts to work, so the development of efficient and low-cost catalysts is essential to make
Month: March 2020
The unique structures of biological vision systems in nature inspired scientists to design ultracompact imaging systems. A research group led by Professor Ki-Hun Jeong have made an ultracompact camera that captures high-contrast and high-resolution images. Fully packaged with micro-optical elements such as inverted micro-lenses, multilayered pinhole arrays, and gap spacers on the image sensor, the
Markus Koch, head of the research group Femtosecond Dynamics at the Institute of Experimental Physics at TU Graz, and his team develop new methods for time-resolved femtosecond laser spectroscopy to investigate ultrafast processes in molecular systems. In 2018 the group demonstrated for the first time that photo-induced processes can be observed inside a helium nanodroplet,
KAIST researchers have developed a novel wearable strain sensor based on the modulation of optical transmittance of a carbon nanotube (CNT)-embedded elastomer. The sensor is capable of sensitive, stable, and continuous measurement of physical signals. This technology, featured in the March 4th issue of ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces as a front cover article, shows
IMAGE: Clemson Physics Professor Apparao Rao was selected as a 2020 Fellow of the Materials Research Society view more Credit: Pete Martin/Clemson College of Science CLEMSON, S.C. — Clemson University Department of Physics and Astronomy faculty member Apparao Rao was selected as a 2020 Fellow of the Materials Research Society (MRS) for developing liquid-based scalable synthesis
IMAGE: Mikhail Lukin, The George Vasmer Leverett Professor of Physics (not pictured) and GSAS students, David Levonian, (left) and Mihir Bhaskar are Harvard researchers who have built the missing link for… view more Credit: (Kris Snibbe/Harvard Staff Photographer) A quantum internet could be used to send unhackable messages, improve the accuracy of GPS, and enable cloud-based
Alex’s joy at being suddenly able to wield superpowers, fly, and beat the crap out of bad guys is tremendously fun to watch, as is her mini-quest to bring down Hank Henshaw, complete with over the top sidekick routines from J’onn and Brainy at DEO Headquarters. While she revels in the adulation that seems to
The organizers of the Game Developers Conference have announced their intentions to host a special three-day event called GDC Summer which is currently set to run from August 4-6 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. “GDC Summer’s conference program will consist of high-quality technical content, mixed with valuable roundtable discussions to foster conversation and
IMAGE: This image shows bacterial cells trapped in a 3D microbead matrix. view more Credit: Wenrong He/Rochester Institute of Technology. Engineers have created a tiny device that can rapidly detect harmful bacteria in blood, allowing health care professionals to pinpoint the cause of potentially deadly infections and fight them with drugs. The Rutgers coauthored study, led
IMAGE: A movie of lithium ions quickly moving along “easy pathways ” in intermediate configurations of LTO (lithium titanate). view more Credit: Brookhaven National Laboratory X-ray Imaging Reveals Insights into a Natural Mosquito-Killing Compound Study of a mosquito-targeting toxin produced by bacteria could lead to safer and more effective anti-mosquito products Many of the chemicals used
The Walking Dead Season 10 Episode 8: The World Before A fight causes tensions in Oceanside; The Alexandrians set out on a high-stakes mission. air date: 11/24/19 Read our review of “The World Before” here. The Walking Dead Season 10 Episode 9: Squeeze The collected communities are reluctantly respecting the new borderlines being imposed on
Sabotage Studio, the studio responsible for the brilliant 8/16-bit throwback action title, The Messenger, has announced that their next game will be an old-school RPG called Sea of Stars. Sea of Stars will tell the story two children of destiny who must battle a great evil known as the fleshmancer in order to save their
In these days of coronavirus quarantine, one day can feel exactly like the next, and it reminded our Sci Fi Fidelity podcast hosts of the many repeating days that appear in time loop episodes of some current and classic TV shows. Bill Murray in Groundhog Day may have set the standard in cinema, but imitators
GameStop has vowed to give 80 hours of extra paid time off to employees of closed stores who are eligible for PTO. Those who aren’t will be given two weeks extra pay based on the average hours they’ve worked in the last 10 weeks. This comes after Kotaku received reports that GameStop had informed employees
This article contains spoilers for THE LETTER FOR THE KING. Read our spoiler-free review here. Letter For the King just premiered on Netflix. The six-part fantasy adventure series follows the adventures of knight-in-training Tiuri (Amir Wilson), as he is unwittingly pulled into a high-stakes mission to, yes, deliver a letter to the king. Along the
Echo has been revealed as Overwatch‘s 32nd hero in a new trailer that teases her arrival to Blizzard’s competitive first-person shooter. Blizzard didn’t share any details regarding the hero’s abilities or stats, but it’s expected the developer will roll out that information in the coming weeks. The omnic — the Overwatch universe’s version of a
For so long Steven thought he had it all figured out and that included his problems. He believed his biggest issue was dealing with his, as he once called them, “complicated” feelings about his mom but now that we’re well past that? Steven isn’t sure who he is. He doesn’t know what he wants or
The creative team behind Archie Meets Flash Gordon is writer Jeff Parker (who tackled the latter character in a recent ongoing series for Dynamite) and Dan Parent, the Archie vet who created the Kevin Keller character. The pair previously worked together on the Archie Meets Batman ‘66 crossover, and there’s no reason that this latest
5. Hitmonchan Here we go! And now we’ve arrived to the collection of cards we’ve all been waiting for. One deck archetype in retro Pokémon towers over the rest. We’re referring to Haymaker, of course. Haymaker simply collected the three basic Pokémon with reasonable 70 HP and cheap, effective attacks and unleashed them upon the
Why is this all happening now? Why is Steven feeling these things when nothing major is happening in his life and not when he was under constant attack? Well there are many reasons but one I’m going to focus on is that Steven is older now. When we’re younger we don’t have the ability to
This is a tough one. My favorites have changed through the years, as I’ve grown. I definitely wouldn’t have said it years ago, but the characters I’m loving most today are the Sterlings – Max, Miriya, and even Dana Sterling! There’s always been an underlying complexity to them that I’m getting a chance to bring
The moment you step off the train platform in 2001’s Animal Crossing, you are greeted by Tom Nook, who identifies himself as the town store owner and then immediately proceeds to mock you for being homeless. So far as neighborhood welcome wagons go, this little fellow ranks slightly below closed blinds, awkward stares, and hushed
IMAGE: SEM of Silica used to manufacture the colloidal glasses. view more Credit: @GiulioMonaco UniTrento Glasses used for camera lenses or reading glasses are not like those used to make windshields. They have a different degree of transparency and they break in a different way (the former break in large pieces, the latter in a multitude
IMAGE: Near-infrared image of nanosheets taken from a plant. view more Credit: University of Goettingen Egyptian blue is one of the oldest manmade colour pigments. It adorns, for instance, the crown of the world famous bust of Nefertiti. But the pigment can do even more. An international research team led by Dr Sebastian Kruss from the
In an interesting addition to the anti-Jedi sentiment displayed by some members of the public at the end of season six, Trace lays out her concerns. Jedi “start wars, police people,” and don’t bother to help the people suffering right under their feet on Coruscant. This has been on display throughout the show, with Jedi
Diamond Comic Distributors announced on Thursday that it would push Free Comic Book Day, the annual celebration of comic books and the local shops that sell them, back to an undetermined point in the summer because of the COVID-19 epidemic. “The severity and timing of the impact of the COVID-19 virus can’t be predicted with
Evo’s statement resembles one made by the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) two weeks ago before it decided to cancel E3 2020, gaming’s biggest trade show, last week. The 2020 Game Developers Conference was also postponed from March to the summer, although it remains to be seen if the organizers will actually be able to put
Down in Grenoble, Durrand put her science head on and did some complicated algorithm-signal-array-bounce business to track down the alien HQ. They was near, she discovered, and they were listening in. It’s far from comfort viewing, this lugubrious story, but there are the odd flashes of warmth amid all the grief and graveness. Emily’s droll
Ram V had been announced some time ago as taking over solo writing duties as of Justice League Dark #21. He is, if you’ll remember, the writer behind one of my favorite surprises of 2019, These Savage Shores. He’s an inventive and thoughtful storyteller, making him an ideal match for DC’s supernatural world. I was
You can also move your units in any order you want rather than follow a rigid turn order determined by the initiative queue. Wasteland 2 fans will recognize this as a big change to the combat. In Wasteland 3, the turn-based system feels fluid, dynamic, and balanced. Range of movement and attack is displayed clearly
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