Light Hype, Crystal Prediction, and Cerebral Diamonoids

Energy-free superfast computing invented by scientists using light pulses
May 2019, phys.org

Researchers demonstrate all-optical neural network for deep learning
Sep 2019, phys.org

Researchers teleport information within a diamond
June 2019, phys.org

Diamonds in your devices - Powering the next generation of energy storage
Dec 2019, phys.org

Boron-doped nanodiamond to be specific.

Crystal with a twist - scientists grow spiraling new material
Jun 2019, phys.org

"No one expected 2-D materials to grow in such a way. It's like a surprise gift," said Jie Yao, an assistant professor of materials science and engineering at UC Berkeley.

"While the shape of the crystals may resemble that of DNA, whose helical structure is critical to its job of carrying genetic information, their underlying structure is actually quite different. Unlike "organic" DNA, which is primarily built of familiar atoms like carbon, oxygen and hydrogen, these "inorganic" crystals are built of more far-flung elements of the periodic table, in this case, sulfur and germanium. And while organic molecules often take all sorts of zany shapes, due to unique properties of their primary component, carbon, inorganic molecules tend more toward the straight and narrow."

Cyborg organoids offer rare view into early stages of development
Aug 2019, phys.org

"If we can develop nanoelectronics that are so flexible, stretchable, and soft that they can grow together with developing tissue through their natural development process, the embedded sensors can measure the entire activity of this developmental process," said Jia Liu, Assistant Professor of Bioengineering at SEAS and senior author of the study. "

Brain waves detected in mini-brains grown in a dish
Sep 2019, phys.org

World first as artificial neurons developed to cure chronic diseases
Dec 2019, phys.org

Optimal solid state neurons, Nature Communications (2019).
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-13177-3 

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We will all live inside diamonds.
Optical intelligentities in neuromorphic cerebral organoid diamonds, to be specific.

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Scientists create a 'crystal within a crystal' for new electronic devices
Dec 2019, phys.org

Storing data in everyday objects
Dec 2019, phys.org

A method for marking products with a DNA "barcode" embedded in miniscule glass beads -- These nanobeads are used in industry as tracers for geological tests or as markers for high-quality food products, thus distinguishing them from counterfeits using a relatively short barcode consisting of a 100-bit code. This technology has now been commercialized by ETH spin-off Haelixa. 

They call the storage-form "DNA of Things" 

"All other known forms of storage have a fixed geometry: A hard drive has to look like a hard drive, a CD like a CD. You can't change the form without losing information," Erlich says. "DNA is currently the only data storage medium that can also exist as a liquid, which allows us to insert it into objects of any shape." 

A further application of the technology would be to conceal information in everyday objects, a technique experts refer to as steganography. 

Grass, Erlich and their colleagues used the technology to store a short film about this archive (1.4 megabytes) in glass beads, which they then poured into the lenses of ordinary glasses. "It would be no problem to take a pair of glasses like this through airport security and thus transport information from one place to another undetected," Erlich says. In theory, it should be possible to hide the glass beads in any plastic objects that do not reach too high a temperature during the manufacturing process.

Substance found in fossil fuels can transform into pure diamond
Mar 2020, phy.org