3D-printed surfaces help atoms play ball to improve quantum sensors

Scientists have created 3D printed surfaces featuring intricate textures that can be used to bounce unwanted gas particles away from quantum sensors, allowing useful particles like atoms to be ...
EDN

Sensing and power-generation circuits for a batteryless mobile PM2.5 monitoring system

Tommy Liu builds a vehicle-mounted particulate matter monitoring system powered from harvested wind energy and an integrated ...

First direct evidence of Migdal effect opens new path for dark matter search

In a landmark discovery that bridges nearly a century of theoretical physics, a Chinese research team has successfully ...
IEEE

Noise Processing Method of MEMS Tilt Sensor Using Improved Kalman Filter Based on Quantum Particle Swarm Optimization

Abstract: This paper introduces a novel approach combining quantum particle swarm optimization (QPSO) and Kalman filter to enhance the anti-noise performance of micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) ...
IEEE

Investigation Into the Detection of Polyvinyl Chloride Pyrolysis Particles in 10-kV Switchgear Using a Laser Particle Sensor

Abstract: Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) is extensively used in medium-voltage (MV) switchgear and is recognized as a fundamental material that contributes to switchgear fires. Currently, there is a notable ...
Berkshire Eagle

Lenox installs state-supplied air quality sensors to track pollution

LENOX — Air quality hazards from wildfire smoke and other pollution sources often are warm-weather phenomena. But with memories of recent pollution events from Canadian and South Berkshire wildfires ...