The University of Osaka researcher shows that solid-state hysteresis can be described using thermodynamic state variables When the input variable X is changed as X0→X1→X0, the response Y of the system varies as A→B→C →D→A.…
Faster parallel computing
New programming language delivers fourfold speedups on problems common in the age of big data. [caption id="attachment_10011" align="alignnone" width="639"] Researchers have designed a new programming language that lets application developers manage memory more efficiently in…
The significance of seaweed
Carbon storage by coastal macroalgae is a significant, but neglected, aspect of the global carbon budget. [caption id="attachment_10008" align="alignright" width="392"] Intertidal macroalgae on the coast of Greenland. © 2016 KAUST[/caption] Our understanding of the global…
One-pot synthesis towards sulfur-based organic semiconductors
Scientists at Nagoya University have developed a short route to form various thiophene-fused polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) by simply heating mono-functionalized PAHs with sulfur. [caption id="attachment_10004" align="alignright" width="394"] Yellow and gray colors on the molecule…
Reading closed books
New computational imaging method identifies letters printed on first nine pages of a stack of paper. [caption id="attachment_10001" align="alignnone" width="639"] A new imaging system can read closed books. “The Metropolitan Museum in New York showed…