July 2019

Artificial photosynthesis transforms carbon dioxide into liquefiable fuels

Chemists at the University of Illinois have successfully produced fuels using water, carbon dioxide and visible light through artificial photosynthesis. By converting carbon dioxide into more complex molecules like propane, green energy technology is now one step closer to using excess CO2 to store solar energy -- in the form of chemical bonds -- for use…

July 11, 20194 minRead time

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Discovery of a ‘holy grail’ with the invention of universal computer memory

A new type of computer memory which could solve the digital technology energy crisis has been invented and patented by scientists from Lancaster University in the UK. The electronic memory device -- described in research published in Scientific Reports -- promises to transform daily life with its ultra-low energy consumption. In the home, energy savings from efficient…

July 11, 20193 minRead time

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Quantum chemistry on quantum computers

Quantum computing and quantum information processing technology have attracted attention in recently emerging fields. Among many important and fundamental issues in nowadays science, solving Schroedinger Equation (SE) of atoms and molecules is one of the ultimate goals in chemistry, physics and their related fields. SE is "First Principle" of non-relativistic quantum mechanics, whose solutions termed…

July 10, 20193 minRead time

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Engineers develop chip that converts wasted heat to usable energy

It's estimated that as much as two-thirds of energy consumed in the U.S. each year is wasted as heat. Take for example, car engines, laptop computers, cell phones, even refrigerators, that heat up with overuse. Imagine if you could capture the heat they generate and turn it into more energy. University of Utah mechanical engineering…

July 10, 20194 minRead time

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Characterizing the ‘arrow of time’ in open quantum systems

Even in the strange world of open quantum systems, the arrow of time points steadily forward -- most of the time. New experiments conducted at Washington University in St. Louis compare the forward and reverse trajectories of superconducting circuits called qubits, and find that they follow the second law of thermodynamics. The research is published…

July 10, 20193 minRead time

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Physicists’ finding could revolutionize information transmission

Move aside, electrons; it's time to make way for the trion. A research team led by physicists at the University of California, Riverside, has observed, characterized, and controlled dark trions in a semiconductor -- ultraclean single-layer tungsten diselenide (WSe2) -- a feat that could increase the capacity and alter the form of information transmission. In…

July 10, 20195 minRead time

Research News

Alton Standifer named assistant to the president

Alton M. Standifer will join the staff of the Office of the President on July 15 as assistant to the president. Standifer presently serves as director of new student orientation and associate director of undergraduate admissions. “Alton will be a tremendous addition to our staff,” said President Jere W. Morehead. “He has been a part of the campus…

July 10, 20194 minRead time

Miscellaneous

Producing graphene from carbon dioxide

The general public knows the chemical compound of carbon dioxide as a greenhouse gas in the atmosphere and because of its global-warming effect. However, carbon dioxide can also be a useful raw material for chemical reactions. A working group at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) has now reported on this unusual application in the ChemSusChem journal. They…

July 9, 20194 minRead time

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Supercomputer shows ‘Chameleon Theory’ could change how we think about gravity

Supercomputer simulations of galaxies have shown that Einstein's theory of General Relativity might not be the only way to explain how gravity works or how galaxies form. Physicists at Durham University, UK, simulated the cosmos using an alternative model for gravity -- f(R)-gravity, a so called Chameleon Theory. The resulting images produced by the simulation…

July 9, 20195 minRead time

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Researchers develop superconducting quantum refrigerator

Imagine a refrigerator so cold it could turn atoms into their quantum states, giving them unique properties that defy the rules of classical physics. In a paper published in Physical Review Applied, Andrew Jordan, professor of physics at the University of Rochester, and his graduate student Sreenath Manikandan, along with their colleague Francesco Giazotto from the…

July 9, 20199 minRead time

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Artificial photosynthesis transforms carbon dioxide into liquefiable fuels

Discovery of a ‘holy grail’ with the invention of universal computer memory

Quantum chemistry on quantum computers

Engineers develop chip that converts wasted heat to usable energy

Characterizing the ‘arrow of time’ in open quantum systems

Physicists’ finding could revolutionize information transmission

Alton Standifer named assistant to the president

Producing graphene from carbon dioxide

Supercomputer shows ‘Chameleon Theory’ could change how we think about gravity

Researchers develop superconducting quantum refrigerator

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