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Using 2D materials on chips without destroying the wiring
2D materials are typically made at temperatures that wreck silicon chips. Believe it or not, this chunk of mineral contains lots of individual layers that are atomically thin. Credit: Kwisky Silicon chip manufacturers like Intel and TSMC are constantly outdoing themselves to make ever smaller features, but they are getting closer to the physical limits
5 most durable materials to choose for you forever home, Lifestyle News
Ever wondered why some renovations can cost up to $100,000 when it looks the same as a $50,000 one that you've seen before? Well, with renovation projects, it's usually more than meets the eye, and a lot of it has to do with material choices. Here's the thing, while most people would definitely have a limited budget
Meta materials: Facebook using AI to design green concrete
Facebook parent company Meta has a new project that's grounded in the physical realm: using artificial intelligence to discover new formulas for green concrete. Concrete is foundational to modern construction, but the manufacturing process is a huge source of carbon emissions. Manufacturing cement, one of the primary ingredients in concrete, is responsible for around 8…
Stronger materials could bloom with new images of plastic flow
Imagine dropping a tennis ball onto a bedroom mattress. The tennis ball will bend the mattress a bit, but not permanently -- pick the ball back up, and the mattress returns to its original position and strength. Scientists call this an elastic state. On the other hand, if you drop something heavy -- like a…
Atomically Thin Materials Significantly Shrink Qubits
While machine learning has been around a long time, deep learning has taken on a life of its own lately. The reason for that has mostly to do with the increasing amounts of computing power that have become widely available—along with the burgeoning quantities of data that can be easily harvested and used to train…
Ultrathin Materials Lead to Big Advance in Quantum Computing
Using ultrathin materials to reduce the size of superconducting qubits may pave the way for personal-sized quantum devices. Like the transistors in a classical computer, superconducting qubits are the building blocks of a quantum computer. While engineers have been able to shrink transistors to nanometer scales, however, superconducting qubits are still measured in millimeters. This…
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