Month: March 2020

IMAGE: Fabrication procedures of various gold nanostructures through proximity-field nanopatterning (PnP) and electroplating techniques. view more  Credit: Professor Seokwoo Jeon and Professor Jihun Oh, KAIST KAIST researchers developed a three-dimensional (3D) hierarchically porous nanostructured catalyst with carbon dioxide (CO2) to carbon monoxide (CO) conversion rate up to 3.96 times higher than that of conventional nanoporous gold
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We previously reported that fans were working on a way to restore the classic PC adventure title, Blade Runner. Now, Alcon Entertainment and Nightdive Studios have confirmed that they have acquired the rights to develop an official restoration of the game. That project, which is known as Blade Runner: Enhanced Edition, will be based on
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LEGO and Nintendo have shared more about that mysterious project they recently teased, and it’s not exactly what many people were guessing it would be. Yes, LEGO and Nintendo are teaming up to make LEGO Super Mario as some fans had previously guessed. However, this project is neither a video game or a LEGO set.
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IMAGE: UC San Diego nanoengineers developed a separator that could make lithium metal batteries fail safely so that they do not rapidly overheat, catch fire or explode. view more  Credit: David Baillot/UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering Nanoengineers at the University of California San Diego developed a safety feature that prevents lithium metal batteries from
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Katherine Reis (Claws, Rise) will star as Lily Stevens, “the youngest of the three Brides of Dracula, Lily is a striving singer in New York City whose relationship to a news reporter threatens to tear apart her marriage to her ‘sisters.’ In her former life, she braved the streets of Jack the Ripper’s London, until
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IMAGE: Dr Arne Grimsmo is an ARC DECRA Fellow at the University of Sydney Nano Institute and School of Physics at the University of Sydney. view more  Credit: Stephanie Zingsheim/University of Sydney Scientists in Australia have developed a new approach to reducing the errors that plague experimental quantum computers; a step that could remove a critical
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IMAGE: Pyrochlore lattice without/with distortions (left/right panels). As the result of the distortions, ferromagnetic coupling (blue line) and anti-ferromagnetic coupling (red line) emerge. The ferromagnetic/anti-ferromagnetic couplings tend to make spins parallel/anti-parallel…. view more  Credit: Osaka University Osaka, Japan – A joint research group from Osaka University and the University of Tokyo uncovered the mechanism of the
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IMAGE: Sound waves illustration. view more  Credit: Mary Theresa McLean/Pixabay Just over 15 years since a couple of researchers in the U.K. used adhesive tape to isolate single atomic layers of carbon, known as graphene, from a chunk of graphite, their Nobel Prize-winning discovery has fueled a revolution in ultrathin materials R&D. Graphene and other atomically
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IMAGE: This is a schematic illustration of the Kondo cloud detection. view more  Credit: Jeongmin Shim Physicists have been trying to observe the quantum phenomenon Kondo cloud for many decades. An international research team comprising a scientist from City University of Hong Kong (CityU) has recently developed a novel device which successfully measures the length of
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E3 2020 follows a long line of canceled gaming events. The annual Game Developers Conference in San Francisco was canceled in February. The Taipei Game Show was canceled earlier this year, and CCP’s EVE Fanfest event in Reykjavik, Iceland, which was set to take place in April, was also shuttered. Earlier this month, Capcom canceled several Street
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The membrane surrounding cells acts as a selective barrier, cradling and protecting the cell’s contents from the external surroundings and choosing which substances to allow in or out of the cell. Scientists have therefore struggled to engineer efficient methods of delivering nanomaterials, such as DNA, proteins and drugs, into cells. Now, researchers from Korea University,
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This is in no way a confirmation that Soma is set to appear in the animated series, but it’s impossible to ignore the Sorrow games as a possible influence on this futuristic setting. Of course, this could just be an elaborate easter egg since Castlevania has remained a pretty self-contained series through its first three
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IMAGE: Photonic inverse design produces an assortment of nonintuitive designs that can achieve better performance in smaller footprints than their traditionally designed counterparts can. Despite the multitude of possible designs for… view more  Credit: Logan Su WASHINGTON, March 10, 2020 — Stanford University researchers created an inverse design codebase called SPINS that can help researchers explore
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NOW TV subscribers often get the cream of the entertainment crop without signing up for a contract, and this is where we’ll be compiling everything intriguing coming to the service monthly, for you fine people to have a look through at your leisure. If you like what you see in the list below, you can
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Mariko Tamaki, co-writer of critical darlings and Eisner-lauded books like This One Summer and Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me, and solo writer of books that more people should be talking about, like Supergirl: Being Super, was announced as the new regular writer of Wonder Woman. “Wonder Woman was the hero I grew up
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IMAGE: The new composites are related to the multiferroic-class materials which have mutually controlled magnetic and electric properties. The effects observed in the compositions are considered to be a perspective platform… view more  Credit: Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University IKBFU Physicists have successfully tested the new magnetic micro wire-based concept of “smart” composites production. The new
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Natalie Dormer will play Magda, a character Showtime describes as “a supernatural demon who can take the appearance of anyone she chooses and manifests in a number of guises throughout the story. Charismatic, clever and chameleonic, Magda is a dangerous enemy and an invaluable ally.” While Dormer has been featured on numerous high-profile platforms, she’s
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