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D-Wave Provides Free Quantum Cloud for COVID-19 Response

03/31/2020

D-Wave Systems Inc., the leader in quantum computing systems, software, and services, today announced the immediate availability of free access to its quantum systems via the Leap quantum cloud service for anyone working on responses to the COVID-19 crisis. Joining the effort are partners and customers

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AI can Help Some Businesses but may not Work for Others

03/31/2020

The temptation for businesses to use artificial intelligence and other technology to improve performance, drive down labor costs, and better the bottom line is understandable. But before pursuing automation that could put the jobs of human employees at risk, it is important that business owners

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EPC Launches Update of Popular Video Podcast Series on GaN

03/30/2020

Efficient Power Conversion (EPC) Corporation has posted an update to its popular “How to GaN” video podcast series, These updated videos are based on the recently published third edition textbook, GaN Transistors for Efficient Power Conversion.This 14-part educational video

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Machine Learning Puts a New Spin on Spin Models

03/29/2020

Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have used machine learning to study spin models, used in physics to study phase transitions. Previous work showed that image/handwriting classifying AI could be applied to distinguish states in the simplest models. The team showed the approach

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Double-Walled Nanotubes Have Electro-Optical Advantages

03/29/2020

One nanotube could be great for electronics applications, but there's new evidence that two could be tops. Rice University engineers already knew that size matters when using single-walled carbon nanotubes for their electrical properties. But until now, nobody had studied how electrons

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Data-Based Optimization of Energy Systems

03/27/2020

greenventory brings the energy transition into cities: The startup offers utilities, grid operators, and municipalities highly resolved data and software tools for forward-looking planning of sustainable energy systems. The system for automated inventorying, analysis, and optimization made by greenventory

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Thinner Electrolyte can Improve Solid Oxide Fuel Cells

03/27/2020

In this post-industrialization age, electricity has become the backbone of our society. However, using fossil fuels to generate it is not the best option because of their limited availability and harmful nature. In the last two decades, significant efforts have been made to develop techniques to

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As Electronics Shrink to Nanoscale: Still Good as Gold?

03/27/2020

Deep inside computer chips, tiny wires made of gold and other conductive metals carry the electricity used to process data. But as these interconnected circuits shrink to nanoscale, engineers worry that pressure, such as that caused by thermal expansion when current flows through these

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Würth Elektronik to Host Their First-Ever Virtual Conference

03/27/2020

Würth Elektronik is proud to announce the introduction of their first-ever Virtual Conference. This free Virtual Conference includes easy-access to topics including Robust Design for E-Mobility, EMI Mitigation with Wide Bandgap Devices, Wireless Power Transfer: Advanced Coil Knowledge, and more;

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Lightweight Glass for Efficient Cars, Wind Turbines

03/27/2020

A new machine-learning algorithm for exploring lightweight, very stiff glass compositions can help design next-gen materials for more efficient vehicles and wind turbines. Glasses can reinforce polymers to generate composite materials that provide similar strengths as metals but with less weight. Liang

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