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Microscopy image of a developing zebrafish retina, with cell nuclei (blue) and membranes (yellow) shown.
Science

Cell nuclei control eye and brain tissues during embryonic development

Amit Malewar

How cell nuclei organize eyes and brain.

Artistic representation of a helical peptide polymer electrolyte with the macrodipole indicated by an arrow with positive and negative charges.
Technology

Helical structure improves solid-state electrolyte conductivity and stability

Amit Malewar

Longer helices lead to higher conductivity.

Business woman and pregnant pain by desk for contractions muscle ache and tension in lower stomach for hard kick
Health

Innovative methods to examine embryonic spinal cord defects

Dr. Prajakta Banik

Measuring mechanical forces in vertebrate development.

Bald mature man smiling in cancer hospital bed
Health

Overcoming chemotherapy resistance in pancreatic cancer

Dr. Prajakta Banik

Matrix stiffness and chemoresistance in pancreatic cancer organoids.

The new technique allows scientists to see each particle that makes up colloidal crystals and to create dynamic three-dimensional models.
Chemistry

New technique sheds light on never-before-seen interiors of crystals

Ashwini Sakharkar

The "X-ray vision" technique is used to see inside crystals.

Magnetic monopoles in hematite
Physics

‘Impossible’ quasi-particles in a material related to rust

Amit Malewar

This is the first time that naturally occurring emergent monopoles have been observed experimentally.

Hands washing gesture with bar soap.
Technology

Soap-inspired electrolyte for designing longer-lasting batteries

Ashwini Sakharkar

The secret to longer-lasting batteries might be in how soap works, a new study says.

12-fold symmetry of the quasicrystal
Nanotechnology

A quasicrystal from nanoparticles using DNA

Amit Malewar

The breakthrough opens the way for designing and building more complex structures.

direction of electron flow
Invention

A new electrical method for next-gen electronic devices and quantum computers

Pranjal Malewar

For the first time, scientists demonstrate how to electronically alter the direction of electron flow.

monolayer semiconductor and an anti-ferromagnetic crystal
Quantum Technology

A new quantum device generates single photons and encodes information

Amit Malewar

Approach is a step toward using single photons in quantum communication and information processing.

Image showing man plugging in charger into an electric car at charge station
Invention

New battery design exceeds fast-charging goals for EV

Ashwini Sakharkar

It will be impactful for EVs and other applications.

Image showing Hanff grow crystals.
Invention

Laser pulse creates exotic quantum material

Vidya Nagalwade

A minimal distortion of the crystal structure at room temperature.

Image showing superconductivity.
Physics

A new switch discovered for superconductivity

Vidya Nagalwade

The scientists discover a new superconductivity switch.

metal-free, Jell-O-like material
Invention

MIT engineers develop a Jell-O-like electrode

Amit Malewar

A new material could replace metals as electrical interfaces for pacemakers, implants, and other electronic implants.

Image showing Engineer putting the ram memory module in motherboard
AI & Machine Learning

New material could enable more efficient magnet-based computer memory

Vidya Nagalwade

Metallic compounds reduce computing's carbon footprint, speed processing, & enable AI training.

Image showing Curvature of the space fabric.
Science

New material in which electron’s dynamics can be controlled

Vidya Nagalwade

Sculpting quantum materials for the electronics of the future.

atomic structure of GeTE
Technology

New camera with a shutter speed of 1 trillionth of a second

Ashwini Sakharkar

Researchers could now understand how materials move heat.

Quantum fluctuations
Science

Exotic quantum state discovered at room temperature

Amit Malewar

The finding opens up a new range of possibilities for the development of efficient quantum technologies.

molecular beam epitaxy
Science

A new way to combine two materials with special electrical properties

Pranjal Malewar

New hybrid structures could pave the way to more stable quantum computers.

electron spin qubits
Science

A new frontier in quantum science and technology

Amit Malewar

First work showing optical initialization and coherent control of nuclear spins in 2D materials.

superconducting Cooper pairs
Invention

A “family” of robust, superconducting graphene structures found

Ashwini Sakharkar

The findings could inform the design of practical superconducting devices.

holy grail of catalysis
Science

Converting methane into methanol under ambient conditions using light

Pranjal Malewar

The ‘holy grail of catalysis’.

Cuprous oxide
Quantum Computing

An ancient Namibian gemstone could be the key to new light-based quantum computers

Pranjal Malewar

These results pave the way towards realizing strongly interacting exciton-polaritons.

Scientists witnessed the interaction of two time crystals for the first time
Science

Scientists witnessed the interaction of two time crystals for the first time

Amit Malewar

A major achievement.

By applying superconducting electrodes, made of niobium, to a thin crystal flake of bismuth doped with antimony, a superconducting current flows through the material at a temperature of 10 milli Kelvin. In a superconductor, paired electrons, so-called Cooper pairs, are responsible for conduction. This is not the mechanism inside the bismuth: here, Majorana particles are responsible.
Science

Superconductivity where you don’t expect it

Pranjal Malewar

The special properties of 'topological materials' typically occur at their surface. These materials, for instance, insulators that do lead current at their surface, are...

Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) led the invention of a novel organic resistive memory device that is cheaper and has higher enduranceas well asbetter energy efficiencythan commercial flash memories. The overall coordinator for theprojectis ProfessorT Venky Venkatesan, Director of NUS Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Institute (extreme right). Credit: National University of Singapore
Technology

Research team led by NUS scientists breaks new ground in memory technology

Editorial Team

An international research team led by scientists from the National University of Singapore (NUS) pioneered the development of a novel thin, an organic film...

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