Physicists Create Prototype Superefficient Memory for Future Computers

Researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and their colleagues from Germany and the Netherlands have achieved material magnetization switching on the shortest timescales, at a minimal energy cost. They have thus developed a...
14-May-2019 12:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Biophysicists Resolve True Structure of Highly Promising Optogenetic Protein KR2 Rhodopsin

A team of biophysicists has discovered and studied the structure of the KR2 rhodopsin under physiological conditions. This pioneering work breaks ground for a future breakthrough in optogenetics, a highly relevant area of biomedicine with...
7-May-2019 11:45 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Ocean’s ‘seasonal memory’ affects Arctic climate change

Researchers found out that the Arctic does not lose ice uniformly. Different seasonal patterns are at play depending on region: From the early 2000s, the ice cover in the Eurasian Arctic has been shrinking even in the winter period, while the...
29-Apr-2019 12:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Astronomers find quasars are not nailed to the sky

Until recently, quasars were thought to have essentially fixed positions in the sky. While near-Earth objects move along complex trajectories, quasars are so remote that they were believed to offer stable and reliable reference points for use in...
25-Apr-2019 7:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Semiconductor Scientists Discover Effect That Was Thought Impossible

Superinjection, the effect used in lasers and LEDs creation can work in "pure" semiconductors, which was previously considered impossible. This opens up new prospects for designing highly efficient blue, violet, ultraviolet, and white LEDs, as well...
22-Apr-2019 11:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology gets bronze medal at ICPC

The world finals of this year’s International Collegiate Programming Championship ended today in Porto, Portugal. MIPT team Shock Content featuring Andrey Sergunin, Ilya Stepanov, and Evgeny Belykh took 10th place and earned a bronze medal by...
5-Apr-2019 11:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology will host 2020 ICPC finals

Moscow has been selected as the venue for the International Collegiate Programming Contest in June 2020. ICPC is the oldest and most prestigious competitive programming event worldwide. Next year’s finals will be organized by the Moscow Institute...
3-Apr-2019 4:30 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Open-source solution: Researchers 3D-print system for optical cardiography

Researchers from the George Washington University and the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology have developed a solution for multiparametric optical mapping of the heart’s electrical activity. This technique is a useful tool for enhancing...
21-Mar-2019 5:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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