analysis information ‘Quantum avalanche’ explains how nonconductors flip into conductors UB physics professor Jong Han is lead creator on a brand new examine that helps clear up a longstanding physics thriller on how insulators transition into metals through an electrical area, a course of often called resistive switching. Photograph: Douglas […]

Famend experimental physicist Nadya Mason has been appointed dean of the Pritzker Faculty of Molecular Engineering on the College of Chicago, efficient Oct. 1, 2023. A extremely completed tutorial chief and elected member of the Nationwide Academy of Sciences, Mason is the Rosalyn S. Yalow Professor of Physics on the […]

Stephen Streiffer, Stanford vice chairman and interim lab director for SLAC, has been appointed director of Oak Ridge Nationwide Laboratory (ORNL). Learn Stanford President Marc Tessier-Lavigne’s letter to SLAC employees right here and the press launch from ORNL beneath. Stephen Ok. Streiffer (Picture credit score: Courtesy Oak Ridge Nationwide Laboratory) […]

Newly created Division for Science, Innovation and Expertise (DSIT) will spur stronger development, higher jobs and daring new discoveries, says new Secretary of State Brings accountability for the 5 applied sciences of tomorrow underneath one roof for the primary time Expertise Secretary kicked off her tenure with go to and […]

Highly effective enabling know-how or existential risk to jobs? The Engineer requested a panel of specialists what the continuing and speedy rise of AI may imply for engineering and engineers. The disruptive potential of AI has hardly ever been away from the entrance pages in latest months. And regardless of […]

When contemplating methods to sustainably generate environmentally pleasant merchandise, micro organism may not instantly spring to thoughts. Nevertheless, lately scientists have created microbe-semiconductor biohybrids that merge the biosynthetic energy of dwelling methods with the flexibility of semiconductors to reap gentle. These microorganisms use photo voltaic power to transform carbon dioxide […]