The LUX Dark Matter Experiment operates a mile underground at the Sanford Underground Research Facility. It’s location helps shield the detector from background radiation that could confound a dark matter signal.
Month: July 2016
Researchers demonstrate room-temperature ferroelectric states in thin (2D) tin-tellurium film
Just as magnetic materials have opposing North and South poles, ferroelectric materials have opposing positive charges and negative charges that exhibit measurable differences in electric potential. MIT Researchers recently demonstrated this ferroelectric…
Building Lab Instruments One Block at a Time. 3D-printed Lego-like Science Tools
A team of researchers and students at the University of California, Riverside has created a Lego-like system of blocks that enables users to custom make chemical and biological research instruments quickly, easily…
DeepMind AI reduces energy used for cooling Google Data Centers by 40%
From smartphone assistants to image recognition and translation, machine learning already helps us in our everyday lives. But it can also help us to tackle some of the world’s most challenging physical…
Scientists create new thin material that mimics Cell Membranes
Materials scientists have created a new material that performs like a cell membrane found in nature. Such a material has long been sought for applications as varied as water purification and drug…