Kavli Affiliate: Carlos Bustamante | First 5 Authors: Martin Selin, Antonio Ciarlo, Giuseppe Pesce, Lars Bengtsson, Joan Camunas-Soler | Summary: There is a trend in research towards more automation using smart systems powered by artificial intelligence. While experiments are often challenging to automate, they can greatly benefit from automation by reducing labor and increasing reproducibility. […]
Kavli Affiliate: Xiang Zhang | First 5 Authors: Divyansh Srivastava, Xiang Zhang, He Wen, Chenru Wen, Zhuowen Tu | Summary: We present Lay-Your-Scene (shorthand LayouSyn), a novel text-to-layout generation pipeline for natural scenes. Prior scene layout generation methods are either closed-vocabulary or use proprietary large language models for open-vocabulary generation, limiting their modeling capabilities and […]
Kavli Affiliate: Michael L. Roukes | First 5 Authors: Andrew N. Cleland, Michael L. Roukes, , , | Summary: We describe a method with which to fabricate sub-micron mechanical structures from silicon-on-insulator substrates. We believe this is the first reported method for such fabrication, and our technique allows for complex, multilayer electron beam lithography to […]
Kavli Affiliate: Harry A. Atwater | First 5 Authors: Prachi Thureja, Andrew W. Nyholm, Martin Thomaschewski, Phillip R. Jahelka, Julie Belleville | Summary: We report a scalable approach for fabricating single-crystal barium titanate (BTO) thin films through spalling from bulk substrates. Conventional thin film growth techniques often face challenges in achieving high-quality single crystal microstructure […]
Kavli Affiliate: Feng Wang | First 5 Authors: Zilong Chen, Yikai Wang, Wenqiang Sun, Feng Wang, Yiwen Chen | Summary: In this paper, we introduce MeshGen, an advanced image-to-3D pipeline that generates high-quality 3D meshes with detailed geometry and physically based rendering (PBR) textures. Addressing the challenges faced by existing 3D native diffusion models, such […]
Kavli Affiliate: David Charbonneau | First 5 Authors: Patrick Tamburo, Samuel W. Yee, Juliana García-Mejía, Gudmundur Stefánsson, David Charbonneau | Summary: We measure the true obliquity of TOI-2364, a K dwarf with a sub-Saturn-mass ($M_p = 0.18,M_J$) transiting planet on the upper edge of the hot Neptune desert. We used new Rossiter-McLaughlin observations gathered with […]
Kavli Affiliate: Xiang Zhang | First 5 Authors: Shuqi Zhao, Ke Yang, Yuxin Chen, Chenran Li, Yichen Xie | Summary: Dexterous manipulation has seen remarkable progress in recent years, with policies capable of executing many complex and contact-rich tasks in simulation. However, transferring these policies from simulation to real world remains a significant challenge. One […]
Kavli Affiliate: Debanjan Chowdhury | First 5 Authors: Haoyu Guo, Debanjan Chowdhury, , , | Summary: Metals at the brink of electronic quantum phase transitions display high-temperature superconductivity, competing orders, and unconventional charge transport, revealing strong departures from conventional Fermi liquid behavior. Investigation of these fascinating intertwined phenomena has been at the center of research […]
Kavli Affiliate: Zhiting Tian | First 5 Authors: Masato Ohnishi, Tianqi Deng, Pol Torres, Zhihao Xu, Terumasa Tadano | Summary: Understanding the anharmonic phonon properties of crystal compounds — such as phonon lifetimes and thermal conductivities — is essential for investigating and optimizing their thermal transport behaviors. These properties also impact optical, electronic, and magnetic […]
Kavli Affiliate: Morteza Gharib | First 5 Authors: Scott A. Bollt, Samuel H. Foxman, Morteza Gharib, , | Summary: We present a novel architecture for accelerating PIV calculations. An optical flow hardware accelerator does the brunt of the work, with cross-correlation only providing quick corrections. The result is RapidPIV: a free-to-download software program for real-time […]