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Quantum Random Number Generator Sets Benchmark for Size, Performance

WASHINGTON, June 29, 2021 — As pervasive as they are in everyday uses, like encryption and security, randomly generated digital numbers are seldom truly random. So far, […]

Synthetic Tree Enhances Solar Steam Generation for Harvesting Drinking Water

WASHINGTON , June 22, 2021 — About 2.2 billion people globally lack reliable access to clean drinking water, according to the United Nations, and the growing impacts of […]

Nontoxic, Flexible Energy Converters Could Power Wearable Devices

WASHINGTON, April 27, 2021 — A wide variety of portable and wearable electronics have become a large part of our daily lives, so a group of Stanford […]

Combining Light, Superconductors Could Boost AI Capabilities

WASHINGTON, April 20, 2021 — As artificial intelligence has attracted broad interest, researchers are focused on understanding how the brain accomplishes cognition so they can construct artificial […]

Activated Carbon Increases Cryocooler Efficiency

WASHINGTON, April 6, 2021 — Cryocoolers are ultracold refrigeration units used in surgery and drug development, semiconductor fabrication, and spacecraft. They can be tubes, pumps, tabletop sizes, […]

Thermal Power Nanogenerator Created Without Solid Moving Parts

WASHINGTON, March 31, 2021 — As environmental and energy crises become increasingly more common occurrences around the world, a thermal energy harvester capable of converting abundant thermal […]

Enhanced Ceramics Could Play Pivotal Role in Advancing 5G Technology

WASHINGTON, March 23, 2021 — 5G, or the fifth-generation technology standard for broadband cellular networks, is touted as having finally arrived for ultrafast download speeds, an end […]

Wearable Electronics for Continuous Cardiac, Respiratory Monitoring

WASHINGTON, January 12, 2021 — A highly sensitive wearable sensor for cardiorespiratory monitoring could potentially be worn continuously by cardiac patients or others who require constant monitoring. […]

Singing a Tumor Test Song

WASHINGTON, January 12, 2021 — Singing may be the next-generation, noninvasive approach to determining the health of a patient’s thyroid. Typically, a fine needle is used to […]