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11.04.
2018

Watch the First Knitted Concrete Structure Take Shape

Soon, we might be able to knit entire buildings.

11.01.
2018

This Simulation Based On Observations Of The Supermassive Black Hole At The Center Of Our Galaxy Is Mind-Boggling

Based on observations by the European Souther Observatory’s GRAVITY instrument, this simulation shows gases swirling around the black hole at the center of the Milky Way — at just 30% the speed of light — “the first time material has been observed orbiting close to the point of no return.”

ESO/Gravity Consortium/L. Calçada

11.01.
2018

Graphene Computing & 3D Integrated Circuits

This video is the fourth in a multi-part series discussing computing. In this video, weíll be discussing computing performance and efficiency as well as how the computer industry plans on maximizing them.

[0:25–1:55] Starting off we’ll look at, how computing performance is measured and its rate of increase since the mid-1900s.

[1:55–8:05] Following that we’ll discuss, new classical computing paradigms that will push the computer industry forward past 2020. These paradigm shifts are 3D integrated circuits and the use of new materials such as graphene.

[8:05–10:15] To conclude we’ll summarize and wrap up many of the concepts we’ve discussed over this and the past few videos in this series!

10.28.
2018

Scientists Say New Material Could Hold up an Actual Space Elevator

This is a breakthrough.

10.25.
2018

SodaStream deploys an ocean-sweeper to clean up plastic waste in the Caribbean Sea

SodaStream and NGO Plastic Soup are battling plastics in the Caribbean Sea armed with a unique vessel, the “Holy Turtle,” and a coalition of local schoolkids.

10.23.
2018

People Are Living Inside Landfills As The World Drowns In Its Own Trash

If it floats, is it a ‘lifeboat’?

While the oceans fill up with plastic waste, a horrifying crisis unfolds on land.

10.22.
2018

Researchers switch material from one state to another with a single flash of light

Scientists from the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have demonstrated a surprisingly simple way of flipping a material from one state into another, and then back again, with single flashes of laser light.

10.21.
2018

Scientists Create Artificial Wood That Is Water- and Fire-Resistant

The synthetic material is faster to make than natural wood.

10.16.
2018

Molecular semiconductors could be the future of electronics, and this new technique offers a way to mass produce them

Visions for what we can do with future electronics depend on finding ways to go beyond the capabilities of silicon conductors. The experimental field of molecular electronics is thought to represent a way forward, and recent work at KTH may enable scalable production of the nanoscale electrodes that are needed in order to explore molecules and exploit their behavior as potentially valuable electronic materials.

10.12.
2018

Researchers quickly harvest 2-D materials, bringing them closer to commercialization

Since the 2003 discovery of the single-atom-thick carbon material known as graphene, there has been significant interest in other types of 2-D materials as well.