In a paper published in Science Bulletin, Researchers discovered a unique signature of the planar Hall effect (PHE) in magnetic Weyl semimetals, where PHE conductivity is determined by a global quantity: the Chern number of Weyl point. Due to the robustness of the Chern number, the PHE conductivity here is independent of many material details, leading to a planar Hall plateau, which is rare and has great potential applications. By revealing completely new physical signatures, their work significantly advances the field of Hall transport.

Quantum technology jointly developed at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) and the National University of Singapore (NUS) has now been spun off into a new deep tech startup, AQSolotl.

 

The startup’s flagship product, CHRONOS-Q, is a quantum controller that acts as a translator between conventional computing systems and quantum computers.

 

Developed by university researchers affiliated with Singapore’s Centre for Quantum Technologies (CQT), it enables users to control quantum computers easily and efficiently using their laptops and desktop computers.

 

Unlike traditional computers that operate on a binary system of 1s and 0s, quantum computers utilise the principles of quantum mechanics to achieve vastly superior computational capabilities.

 

Quantum computers will solve problems once considered unsolvable by conventional computers, opening new possibilities in fields like cryptography, advanced simulations and AI. They are theorised to be many thousands of times more powerful than today’s fastest silicon processors for some complex computational tasks.

 

The proprietary quantum controller technology, developed and refined over three years, is currently being piloted at CQT as part of the hardware setup for the National Quantum Computing Hub and NTU’s Nanyang Quantum Hub.

A research team from the Department of Mechanical Systems Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology has developed an explainable AI method to observe the splashing drops of different liquids while impacting a solid surface. This achievement provides important insights into the phenomenon of splash, which is important for various applications, such as aeronautics, biology, chemical and mechanical engineering, materials, acoustics, and combustion.

Floating wind power offers enormous potential for deepwater offshore energy development. However, the management and secure exchange of data between stakeholders represents a key challenge for its evolution. A new cryptographic framework, proposed by researchers Claudia Bartoli (IMDEA Software) and Irene Rivera-Arreba (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NTNU) tries to solve this problem with a data sharing scheme that guarantees data integrity without compromising privacy. This breakthrough seeks to foster collaboration between industries and academia, driving innovation in floating wind technologies.