Big Data, Small Scale: Will Nanotechnology Shift the Computing Paradigm? Information overload? In the age of Big Data, researchers look to the nanoscale to handle it all. By Miranda Hitchens.
COVID-19 Sparks Research Into Modelling Future Pandemics COVID-19 brought instability, shock and grief to all. To some, it provoked questions about its predictability. Can artificial intelligence really forecast pandemics? If so, what does this mean for the future of prevention methods? By Teresa Su.
Quantum Teleportation beyond Neighbouring Nodes: A Step Closer to a New Internet What is quantum teleportation, really? Non-neighbouring nodes, qubit channelling and complex quantum networks. True, but invariably non-Layman. Cue Alice, Bob and Charlie, who might just help us wrap our heads around it. By Teresa Su.
Heating and Cooling our Homes: As Simple as Black and White? Quan Zhang and his team at Nankai University have developed a seemingly obvious, yet elegant thermoregulator that unravels the path to a sustainable future. By Melike Temizturk.