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Experimental Observations of Majorana Particles Produced in Arrays of Fractional Josephson Junctions in An Organo-metallic Superconductive Device

Chen E.T., Thornton J.T., Duh S-H, Advanced Biomimetic Sensors, Inc., US

Majorana particle or Majorana fermion (MF) at its exotic state is its anti-particle may be beneficial as a qubit for topological quantum computing. We report experimental observations of Majorana fermions at their zero-energy bound state [...]

Using Robotics to Assemble Graphene Supercapacitor

Wu C., Wu S., Kim J., Magluyan D., Kawamoto-Kindred D., Zhou Y.H., Cao N., Zhao H., Kuang Z., Kidd T., Wu C., Wu S., Dobbs S., California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, US

Robotics is a field that seeks to use more precise and accurate mechanical manipulation to improve the speed, efficiency, and safety of certain tasks where human actions would be more of a liability than a [...]

Preventing Elderly Falling Through Machine Learning

Hardigan P., Nova Southeastern University, US

Using a machine-learning approach, we created, tested, and patented an algorithm that accurately predicts elderly falling. Additionally, using the algorithm our research in a community-based environment we demonstrated the ability to prevent injurious falls. Our [...]

Gamma-Ray Raster Imaging with Robotic Data Collection

Aucott T., Wells W., Siddiqi M., Savannah River National Laboratory, US

Currently, in order to create gamma-ray images, some form of collimation is required. The foremost imaging techniques either require physical collimation (such as the heavy shielding required for a pinhole imager) or restrictive algorithms (such [...]

Machine Learning for Automated Hepatic Fat Quantification

Sagreiya H., Akhbardeh A., Durot I., Rubin D.L., University of Pennsylvania, US

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease is a global pandemic. This study investigated whether ultrasound point shear wave elastography measurements could predict hepatic fat quantification using a machine larning (ML) algorithm trained with fat quantification on MRI. [...]

Phase Change Materials for Applications in Building Thermal Energy Storage

Habib M.A., Rahman M.M., Wichita State University, US

Phase change materials (PCMs) have excellent thermal energy storage (TES) potential to provide thermal comfort in buildings by lowering the cooling and heating energy demands. The primary grid benefit of thermal energy storage is load [...]

Research and Application of Polymeric Gel Dam Technology to Control Water Channeling in Horizontal Wells of Tight Fractured Sandstone Reservoir

Yang H., Wei K., Qiu X., Zhou C.C., University of Wyoming, US

To address the challenge of water channeling in water flooding of Honghe oilfield, a tight fractured sandstone reservoir characterized by extensive fractures, experimental study on polymeric gel and field trial of constructing a polymeric gel [...]

Conductive Coatings Eliminate Static Discharge Risk on Aircraft

Christensen G., Lou D., Grablander T., Younes H., Bailey C., Hong H., Novum Nano, US

Electrically insulating aircraft materials and coatings increase the likelihood of dangerous charge buildup due to static electricity accumulation and cannot protect from lightning strikes. An electrically conductive coating that will prevent static charge buildup and [...]

Hydrogen bonding enhanced thermally conductive carbon nano grease for enhanced CPU performance

Bailey C., Grablander T., Lou D., Christensen G., Younes H., Hong H., Novum Nano, US

Thermal greases are vital for electronic temperature regulation and overall performance. Improved thermally conductive greases have been made utilizing hyrdogen bonding of carbon nanotubes (CNT) and hexagonal boron nitride (hBN). Nanomaterial fabricated greases have similar [...]

A breakthrough in High Temperature Superconductors

Lau W.C.W., LAU Superconductors Inc., US

There has been a breakthrough in using long continuous fibers to reinforce High Temperature Superconductors (HTS) [1]. This has led to two innovations: a) Cosmic Ray Magnetic Shields protecting satellites and b) a Dipole Coilgun [...]