The ability to store information has evolved from punch-card looms to modern smartphones. Every technological advancement has ...

From punch card-operated looms in the 1800s to modern cellphones, if an object has an "on" and an "off" state, it can be used ...

University of Chicago researchers develop crystal storage technology that packs terabytes of data into millimeter-sized space ...

Researchers have explored a 'quantum-inspired' technique to make the 'ones' and 'zeroes' for classical computer memory applications out of crystal defects, each the size of an individual atom. This ...

Crystalline semiconductors are the foundation of telecommunications, computing, and many other technologies employed in all aspects of contemporary life. Their physical characteristics are determined ...

Researchers in the lab of Asst. Prof. Tian Zhong of the UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, including postdoctoral researcher and first author Leonardo França (pictured), have explored ...

Data storage has always depended on systems that toggle between "on" and "off" states. However, the physical size of the components storing these binary states has ...

Topological defects are quasiparticles whose topological ... Active emulsions and liquid crystalline shells offer a unique framework for exploring topological matter due to their complex ...

Interfaces between the crystalline HEA and amorphous MG plates act as defect sinks, accelerating defect annihilation and minimizing structural damage. Molecular dynamics simulations revealed that ...

“In solar cells, 1/f noise stems mainly from defects on the surface or interface, such as incomplete lattices, unsaturated dangling bonds, or transmission center capture,” the Chinese group ...