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Graphene acts like a charge mirror to nearby water droplets

A water droplet placed on a sheet of graphene appears to ignore it entirely, spreading as though the carbon layer were ...
IEEE

Adaptive Machine Learning-Enabled Evolutionary Optimization for Reliability-Based Design of Through Silicon Via (TSV) Structures Under Uncertainty

Abstract: Through silicon via (TSV) technology has been widely employed as a promising 3-D packaging technology to achieve significant reduction in device dimensions. Due to the existence of ...
Donga Science

[Sci-Tech NOW] New milling process turns solar panel waste into high-purity hydrogen.

Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) announced on the 6th that a team led by Professor Jong-Beom Baek of the Department of Energy and Chemical Engineering has developed a high- ...
Donga Science

Scientists cool a nanoparticle's rotation to its quantum ground state

Scientists have successfully controlled and measured the rotational motion of an object at cryogenic temperatures near ...
AlphaGalileo

Intrinsic Diatom Resonators Enable Enhanced Microwave Absorption via Engineered Hierarchical Porosity

A novel bio-inspired strategy combining natural diatom biochar with ZIF-67-derived electromagnetic absorbers is developed to ...
IEEE

Silicon Dioxide Ring Innovations in TSV Structures: Analysis of Thermal-Mechanical and Signal Integrity for 3-D Chip Applications

Abstract: Through-silicon via (TSV) as a crucial interconnection microstructure in three-dimensional (3D) chip, have significantly enhanced device performance and reliability. However, the increasing ...
siliconcanals

I asked a retirement counselor why men fall apart within two years of retiring — she said it’s not boredom, it’s the first time their nervous system has no structure to ...

The conversation stopped me cold. A retirement counselor I’d met at a conference was explaining something that cut through every assumption I’d made about why retirement breaks so many men. “It’s not ...
SciTech Daily

This Tiny Plant Could Help Crops Turn Sunlight Into Food Faster

Scientists have uncovered an unexpected strategy used by hornworts, a rare type of land plant, that could one day help crops grow more efficiently. Credit: SciTechDaily.com A tiny plant’s molecular ...
siliconcanals

Psychologists explain that the loneliest part of retirement isn’t being alone — it’s realizing that your relationships were scaffolded by routine and proximity, and ...

When I left corporate life in my mid-thirties to start my own consultancy, something strange happened. The people I’d spent years sitting next to in meetings, grabbing lunch with, complaining about ...