Researchers at the University of Minnesota have developed a unique 3D-printed transparent skull implant for mice that provides an opportunity to watch activity of the entire brain surface in real time. The device allows fundamental brain research that could provide new insight for human brain conditions such as concussions, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease. The research…
Citizen Science Projects Have a Surprising New Partner — the Computer
For more than a decade, citizen science projects have helped researchers use the power of thousands of volunteers who help sort through datasets that are too large for a small research team. Previously, this data generally couldn’t be processed by computers because the work required skills that only humans could accomplish. Now, computer machine learning…
University to Lead $2.25 Million Grant for Developing Next-generation Quantum Computer
The University of Minnesota announced today that it will lead a $2.25 million grant over the next three years from the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science for developing materials and device knowledge necessary for creating the next-generation of computing—the quantum computer. Today’s computers use transistors that essentially use values of 0 and 1…
New Research Center Based in Minnesota to Explore Spintronics Materials for Advanced Computing
The University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering announced today that it will lead and house a new $10.3 million Center for Spintronic Materials in Advanced Information Technologies (SMART) focused on novel materials for advanced computing systems over the next four years. This center is supported through the Nanoelectronic Computing Research (nCORE) consortium. The…
New Discovery Could Improve Brain-Like Memory and Computing
From various magnetic tapes, floppy disks and computer hard disk drives, magnetic materials have been storing our electronic information along with our valuable knowledge and memories for well over half of a century. In more recent years, the new types phenomena known as magnetoresistance, which is the tendency of a material to change its electrical…
Discovery of New Transparent Thin Film Material Could Improve Electronics and Solar Cells
Researchers Develop Groundbreaking Process for Creating Ultra-Selective Separation Membranes
Nanotechnology Brings Energy-Collecting Windows One Step Closer to Reality
Researchers at the University of Minnesota and University of Milano-Bicocca are bringing the dream of windows that can efficiently collect solar energy one step closer to reality thanks to high tech silicon nanoparticles. The researchers developed technology to embed the silicon nanoparticles into what they call efficient luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs). These LSCs are the…