Science, Technology and Space

Physicists have built a 53-interacting quantum magnets, making quadrillion magnet configuration possible. It’s a restricted type quantum computer using atomic qubits to mimic complicated quantum matter. They measured each qubit with an efficiency of about 99 percent. Physicists at the University of Maryland and the National Institute of Standards and Technology have used 53 interacting ... [ ... Continue reading ]

Une équipe de chercheurs de l'Université de Washington (Etats-Unis) a développé un mécanisme plastique simple, imprimé en 3D, qui permet de connecter des objets à; internet. Et la grande innovation, ... [ ... Continuer la lecture ]

> To make delays and losses as minimum as possible, NASA is working on a reliable solar system internet connection, Delay/Disruption Tolerant Networking (DTN) ... [ More ]

Image showing where scientists believe dark matter resides in the galaxy cluster Abell 520 – near the hot gas in the middle, coloured green. Chandra X-ray Observatory Center, CC BY-SA

Controversial new study challenges contemporary thinking about what the universe is made of...
Dark matter and dark energy are mysterious, unknown substances that are thought to make up more than 96% of the universe. While we may have never directly seen them, they beautifully explain how stars and galaxies move and how the universe is expanding. But a new study, published in The Astrophysical Journal, suggests they may not exist after all. [ ... Continue reading ]

---暗物质，一个人类追寻多年的宇宙魅影，最近被中国“悟空”发现了疑似踪迹。 [ ... 继续阅读 ]

_On December 4th, NASA and SpaceX will be sending a new instrument, the Total and Spectral solar Irradiance Sensor (TSIS-1), to the International Space Station (ISS) to continue forty years of _ [ ... Read more ]

_Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University have developed a variety of origami-inspired artificial muscles that can lift up to a thousand times their own weight — and yet be dexterous enough to grip and raise a delicate flower.The devices, described in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, offer a new way to give soft robots super strength, which could be used everywhere from inside our bodies to outer space.Historically, _ [ ... Read more ]

Aucune tache n’est plus visible à la surface du Soleil. Selon des chercheurs, elles ont également disparu du côté non visible de la Terre de ce corps céleste. Ainsi, le Soleil, plus que jamais, est un «objet parfait». [ ... Continuer la lecture ]

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Non content de rendre ses véhicules connectés, le constructeur automobile Ford s’attaque désormais au mobilier urbain. À Londres, une vingtaine de bancs [ ... Continuer la lecture ]

Ford is forging a new partnership with the Chinese automaker Zotye. They will create a new line of electric vehicles (EV) specifically for Chinese citizens. [ ... Continue reading ]

En rachetant la startup InVisage, Apple met la main sur une technologie unique de capteur. Et espère sans doute se démarquer avec des modules caméra enfin différents de la concurrence, dans un domaine où tout le monde se fournit chez Sony. [ ... Continuer la lecture ]

Researchers at Dracula Technologies have devised a method to charge cell phones with ambient light. They have created thin, flexible solar cells that can be printed in any shape or color using an inkjet printer. [ ... Continue reading ]

This exoskeleton is both easy and comfortable to use. Image Credit: Ford

Working in a car factory in this current era isn’t too physically demanding, with robots doing pretty much all of the heavy-lifting. Yet, despite not having to carry so much weight, factory workers in Ford’s car manufacturing plants still do tedious and difficult work, considering how they have to perform overhead tasks repeatedly, up to 4,600 times a day or one million times a year.
To ease this burden and lessen the chances of injury, Ford has partnered with California-based exoskeleton maker Ekso Bionics to trial a non-powered upper body exoskeletal tool called EksoVest in two of the carmaker’s U.S. plants.
Designed to fit workers from [ ... Continue reading ]

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_ Researchers propose a technique to transfer data between memory and processors in quantum computers_ [ ... Continue reading ]

_ L'énergie est l'enjeu majeur du futur. Tous les moyens sont bons pour la générer et la stocker. Les mégots de cigarettes pourraient s'avérer utiles._ [ ... Continuer la lecture ]

Microsoft believes its HoloLens headset initially will catch on with corporate trainers, designers and repair technicians in its bid for commanding position in the budding market for augmented and virtual reality. [ ... Read more ]

Artist's rendition of the Van Allen Probes within Earth’s radiation belts. Credit: NASA/Goddard

A new analysis of three space storms reveals the mechanisms of particle loss from the Van Allen belts. [ ... Read more ]

#Researchers based on #Purdue #University have designed an #intrachip #cooling #technology, which will likely pave the way for future generations of high performance 3D microprocessors. The research was part of a DARPA-funded commission for Purdue University's Birck #Nanotechnology Center; a fundamental [ ... Read more ]

_Un dispositif de lévitation acoustique, réalisable par impression 3D, permet l’observation d’échantillons sans les défauts du microscope [... Continuer la lecture]
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#LG et #Qualcomm s’associent pour développer la #technologie #5G et de nouvelles solutions #V2x à destination de la voiture autonome. Cette collaboration prendra la forme d’un laboratoire commun ouvert à #Séoul, fief de LG. L'une des composantes primordiales au bon fonctionnement de la voiture autonome ... [Lire la suite]

_#Researchers from #RMIT #University in #Melbourne, #Australia have used liquid metal to create two-dimensional materials no thicker than a few atoms that have never before been seen in #nature _ [...]

A newly-developed ultra-thin material tricks the human eye into perceiving highly detailed 3D images without the need for special glasses. [...]

#Batteries have emerged as a critical front in #China’s campaign to be the global leader in electric vehicles, but foreign auto makers and experts say it has set up the market to favor domestic suppliers [...]

Solar panels are one of the most intriguing aspects of #technology today. More specifically, researchers and scientists all over the world are looking for new ways to make existing solar panels more efficient, cheaper, and appealing to the masses. As it turns out, there is a new type of solar cell which was primarily inspired by the wings of a butterfly. It’s an interesting thing to think about, to say the very least [...]

Life's Good for Europe's electric vehicle battery production, with LG building a new EV battery factory [...]