Kavli Affiliate: Simon Groblacher | First 5 Authors: Zizheng Li, Zizheng Li, , , | Summary: Amorphous silicon carbide (a-SiC) has emerged as a compelling candidate for applications in integrated photonics, known for its high refractive index, high optical quality, high thermo-optic coefficient, and strong third-order nonlinearities. Furthermore, a-SiC can be easily deposited via CMOS-compatible […]
Kavli Affiliate: Wei Gao | First 5 Authors: Xiangyu Yin, Xiangyu Yin, , , | Summary: Prosthetic legs play a pivotal role in clinical rehabilitation, allowing individuals with lower-limb amputations the ability to regain mobility and improve their quality of life. Gait analysis is fundamental for optimizing prosthesis design and alignment, directly impacting the mobility […]
Kavli Affiliate: Eliska Greplova | First 5 Authors: Christian Kraglund Andersen, Christian Kraglund Andersen, , , | Summary: It is widely accepted that quantum error correction is essential for realizing large-scale fault-tolerant quantum computing. Recent experiments have demonstrated error correction codes operating below threshold, primarily using local planar codes such as the surface code and […]
Kavli Affiliate: Chiara Daraio | First 5 Authors: Alexander C. Ogren, Alexander C. Ogren, , , | Summary: Wave propagation on the surface of a material contains information about physical properties beneath its surface. We propose a method for inferring the thickness and stiffness of a structure from just a video of waves on its […]
Kavli Affiliate: Scott K. Cushing | First 5 Authors: Ayantika Sengupta, Ayantika Sengupta, , , | Summary: Compact, scalable, and multiplexed fluorescence lifetime sensors are of great interest for point-of-care diagnostics. However, current solutions either lack broad-range wavelength-tuning capabilities or involve complex optical setups that hinder miniaturization. On-chip entangled photon sources offer a promising alternative […]
Kavli Affiliate: Xiang Zhang | First 5 Authors: Shijun Yang, Shijun Yang, , , | Summary: Prompt learning facilitates the efficient adaptation of Vision-Language Models (VLMs) to various downstream tasks. However, it faces two significant challenges: (1) inadequate modeling of class embedding distributions for unseen instances, leading to suboptimal generalization on novel classes; (2) prevailing […]
Kavli Affiliate: David A. Muller | First 5 Authors: Shake Karapetyan, Shake Karapetyan, , , | Summary: To improve transistor density and electronic performance, next-generation semiconductor devices are adopting three-dimensional architectures and feature sizes down to the few-nm regime, which require atomic-scale metrology to identify and resolve performance-limiting fabrication challenges. X-ray methods deliver three-dimensional imaging […]
Kavli Affiliate: Lihong V. Wang | First 5 Authors: Yushen Zuo, Yushen Zuo, , , | Summary: We present 4KAgent, a unified agentic super-resolution generalist system designed to universally upscale any image to 4K resolution (and even higher, if applied iteratively). Our system can transform images from extremely low resolutions with severe degradations, for example, […]
Kavli Affiliate: Xiang Zhang | First 5 Authors: Duolin Wang, Duolin Wang, , , | Summary: In the past two decades, enormous efforts have been made to search for possible platforms and schemes to implement topological quantum computation (TQC). In exploring the Fu-Kane scheme of TQC based on Josephson trijunctions constructed on topological insulators, the […]
Kavli Affiliate: Feng Wang | First 5 Authors: Baojiao Xiong, Baojiao Xiong, , , | Summary: We present BlueLM-2.5-3B, a compact and unified dense Multimodal Large Language Model (MLLM) designed for efficient edge-device deployment, offering strong general-purpose and reasoning capabilities. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first 3B-scale MLLM to support both […]