07/08/2020

Japan: New reconfigurable neuromorphic circuits -US: New radiation-resistant material

Researchers at Nanjing University and the National Institute for Materials Science in Japan have recently designed new reconfigurable circuits with advanced shape-morphing and information processing capabilities.

These logic and neuromorphic circuits, presented in a paper published in Nature Electronics, were fabricated using 2-D tungsten diselenide, an inorganic compound commonly used in the development of electronics.

Read: https://techxplore.com/news/2020-08-reconfigurable-circuits-wide-range-applications.html

Scientists have developed a radiation-resistant material that makes it safer and cheaper to capture radioactive off gases that are generated during the recycling of spent nuclear fuel and the operation of some advanced reactors. Current technologies are expensive, and this new material makes it more efficient to capture noble gasses like xenon and krypton, which are byproducts of nuclear fission. Plus, captured non-radioactive xenon can be repurposed for use in medicine and commercial lighting.

In a recent study funded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Nuclear Energy, researchers found a more inexpensive way to do it. The international team outlined their findings in Nature Communications.

Read: https://techxplore.com/news/2020-08-radiation-resistant-material-safer-cheaper-recycle.html

No comments :

Post a Comment