US government researchers are asking industry to develop a small computer based on superconducting logic and cryogenic memory that is energy-efficient, scalable, and able to solve interesting problems—particularly those that involve intelligence gathering and analysis.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced a competition to create an Advanced Materials Center of Excellence to foster interdisciplinary collaborations between NIST researchers and scientists and engineers from academia and industry. The new center will focus on accelerating the discovery and development of advanced materials through...

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and the president of the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI), Seung Jo Kim, met in Washington on July 29 to discuss collaboration in aeronautics research and space exploration, including KARI's robotic lunar mission and NASA's asteroid initiative.

On Friday, July 26, a month-long journey came to an end, as the 3200-mile transport of a fragile, 50-foot-wide electromagnet was successfully completed.

Superconductor Technologies Inc. (STI) has announced the successful shipment of Conductus® 2G HTS wire against previously announced purchase orders from three industry leading, multinational industrial companies.

Omni Circuit Boards has successfully designed and built an aluminum monometal wire-bonded circuit board. The prototype, designed and manufactured for use in a D-Wave Systems quantum supercomputer, reportedly permits superconductivity and operation in low temperatures just above absolute zero.