Abstract: According to various embodiments, a power conversion circuit is disclosed. The power conversion circuit includes at least one DC bus. The power conversion circuit further includes a plurality of DC-AC conversion units coupled to the DC bus and configured to convert a DC voltage into an AC voltage. The power conversion circuit also includes a multi-winding transformer comprising a magnetic core and a plurality of windings, where each DC-AC conversion unit is coupled to a corresponding winding of the multi-winding transformer.

Abstract: A first product may be provided that comprises a substrate having a first surface, a first side, and a first edge where the first surface meets the first side; and a device disposed over the substrate, the device having a second side, where at least a first portion of the second side is disposed within 3 mm from the first edge of the substrate. The first product may further comprise a first barrier film that covers at least a portion of the first edge of the substrate, at least a portion of the first side of the substrate, and at least the first portion of the second side of the device.

Abstract: Transparent UV-absorbing solar cells are promising for the applications of powering electrochromic windows that regulate the transmission of visible and near-infrared photons for natural lighting and heating purposes, respectively. Current technologies focus on using organic solar cells for the application due to their narrow excitonic absorption and tunable bandgaps. However, transparent organic solar cells have drawbacks including the stability issue and thickness-induced problems, such as low yield rate and limited power conversion efficiency. Disclosed herein is the co-deposition of two or more materials by thermal evaporation to make visibly transparent inorganic perovskite films. By tuning the halide compositions, the inorganic perovskite films show absorption range in UV and near-UV region, which is well-suited to the application. Its high conductivity and absorbance enable it to be around 400 nm thick for devices, which is critical to improve the yield rate and efficiency.

Abstract: A system and method for controlling metabolic enzymes or pathways in cells to produce a chemical above the levels of a wild-type strain is disclosed. The system utilizes cells, including yeasts, bacteria, and molds, having at least two genes capable of being controlled bi-directionally with light, where one gene is turned from off to on when exposed to light and another gene is turned from on to off when exposed to light, the two genes reversing when the light is turned off. Cells may utilize any number of sequences that benefit chemical production, including sequences that: encode for constitutive transcription of light-activated transcription factor fusions; encode for a metabolic enzyme; encode for a repressor; induce expression of metabolic enzymes; and an endogenous or exogenous activator expressed by a constitutive promoter, inducible promoter, or gene circuit.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates, in general, to a method for generating chimeric DNA derived from RNase L cleavage products in a sample, and detection of such RNase L cleavage products for diagnosis and treatment of inflammation and infection in a subject.

Abstract: Systems and methods herein provide for Multi-Input/Multi-Output (MIMO) processing. In one embodiment, a MIMO system comprises a receiver operable to receive a plurality of spatially multiplexed data streams. The system also comprises a processor operable to embed a maximum likelihood (ML) detection algorithm onto a quantum annealer, and to decode the spatially multiplexed data streams via the embedded ML to detect data bits of a plurality of users.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an all-in-one methodology for the fabrication and the programming of soft machines. Instead of relying on the assembly of individual parts, the disclosed approach harnesses interfacial flows in elastomers that progressively cure to robustly produce monolithic pneumatic actuators whose shape can easily be tailored to suit applications ranging from artificial muscles to grippers. Rationalized herein are the fluid mechanics at play in the assembly of the disclosed actuators and modeled herein are their subsequent morphing. This quantitative knowledge was leveraged to program these soft machines and produce complex functionalities, for example sequential motion obtained from a monotonic stimulus.

Abstract: According to various embodiments, a method for detecting security vulnerabilities in a fifth generation core network (5GCN) is disclosed. The method includes constructing an attack graph from a plurality of regular expressions. Each regular expression corresponds to a sequence of system level operations for a known 5GCN attack. The method further includes performing a linear search on the attack graph to determine unexploited 5GCN attack vectors where path in the attack graph that does not represent a known 5GCN attack vector represents an unexploited 5GCN attack vector. The method also includes applying a trained machine learning module to the attack graph to predict new 5GCN attacks. The trained machine learning module is configured to determine a feasibility of linking unconnected nodes in the attack graph to create a new branch representing a new 5GCN vulnerability exploit.

Abstract: Waveguides and electromagnetic cavities fabricated in hyperuniform disordered materials with complete photonic bandgaps are provided. Devices comprising electromagnetic cavities fabricated in hyperuniform disordered materials with complete photonic bandgaps are provided. Devices comprising waveguides fabricated in hyperuniform disordered materials with complete photonic bandgaps are provided. The devices include electromagnetic splitters, filters, and sensors.

Abstract: According to various embodiments, a microfluidic bio-sensing system is disclosed. The system includes at least one semiconductor chip configured to control at least one of electrokinetic fluid flow, cell manipulation and sensing, and bio-molecular sensing by utilizing at least one plurality of electrodes in a microfluidic channel. The bio-sensing system is applicable to general bio-molecular and cell-based diagnostics in a battery-powered hand-held ultra-compact packaging without requiring any external instrumentations, allowing for the elimination of pneumatic pumps.

Abstract: A system and method for neurobehavioral testing, including eyeblink conditioning and prepulse inhibition, without air puffs, that utilizes an electronic device with a light source, a camera, and a speaker, and makes assessments based on the degree to which an eyelid is closed after a user is exposed to conditional and unconditional stimuli.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for wet chemical functionalization of single crystal diamond surfaces that involves gentle reaction conditions. This method enables a wide range of functional groups and molecules to be tethered to the diamond surface. The method is compatible with the formation of stable nitrogen vacancy centers with long spin coherence times within nanometers of the diamond surface.

Abstract: Organic-inorganic perovskite nanoparticle compositions are described herein. In some embodiments, a nanoparticle composition comprises a layer of organic-inorganic perovskite nanocrystals, the organic-inorganic perovskite nanocrystals comprising surfaces associated with ligands of size unable to incorporate into octahedral corner sites of the perovskite crystal structure.

Abstract: According to various embodiments, a cellular architecture for enhanced privacy regarding identity and location of a computing device is disclosed. The architecture includes a privacy gateway connected to the core packet forwarding gateway, where the privacy gateway is configured to authenticate the computing device while hiding the identity of the computing device by verifying authentication tokens that represent units of access. The architecture further includes an over-the-air (OTA) gateway configured to select an international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) from a pool of valid IMSIs and deliver the selected IMSI to a subscriber identity module (SIM) card of the computing device, where the SIM card periodically shuffles the pool of valid IMSIs.

Abstract: Various embodiments comprise systems, methods, architectures, mechanisms, apparatus, and improvements thereof for scaling and summing a plurality of weighted-data-representative analog signals provided by columns of in-memory computing bit cells within an N×M array of bit cells such that analog accumulation or summation of the weighted-data-representative analog signals provides a scaled result for further processing.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods for using guanfacine, an analog or derivative of guanfacine, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, to reduce the virulence of a bacterial pathogen. When treating a patient, the method generally involves administering to the patient a therapeutically effective dose of guanfacine, an analog or derivative of guanfacine, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. An alternative method involves contacting the bacterial pathogen with guanfacine, an analog or derivative of guanfacine, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

Abstract: Disclosed are a system and method for active stabilization of parasitic fringes in optical spectrometers, wherein the spectrometer obtains the transmission spectrum, and a signal processor extracts the etalon drift from the spectral signatures of parasitic fringes. The disclosed approach improves spectrometer accuracy, minimizes drift, and increases time between calibrations.

Abstract: Using thermal radiation to supply occupant comfort has long existed in the heating domain, and to a lesser scale in the cooling domain. Cooling power of radiant cooling systems is limited by the risk of condensation on the panel itself, as well as adjacent surfaces. Similarly, convective system losses to the ambient air prevent maintaining a large temperature difference from the surface and the surroundings. The disclosed approach combats these common pitfalls of radiant cooling systems in the building domain, increasing the power and therefore applicability of radiant cooling.

Abstract: Disclosed is an enabling process for high throughput manufacturing of large variety of chemical and biological sensors that utilize well-developed spin-based sensing of analyte binding. A method for producing a nanometer scale analyte specific sensor may be provided, that includes providing a first material (such as a diamond) having a luminescent center (such as an NV center) within predetermined distance (such as 2-5 nm) of a first surface, where the luminescent center configured to emit within an optical emission range, providing photochemically active molecules (such as molecules with a photo-uncaging protective group) where an optical absorption range of the photochemically active molecules at least partially overlaps the optical emission range, coating the first surface of the first material with the photochemically active molecules, and may include placement of the photochemically active surface molecule within a distance smaller than the Forster Resonant Excitation Transfer (i.e.

Abstract: Microbial reactors are provided for ammonium oxidation. Briefly, a reactor comprises a medium including an ammonium component and a Feammox bacterium and/or enzyme(s) thereof capable of oxidizing ammonium with electron transfer to an anode in contact with the medium. As described further herein, use of the anode as an electron acceptor can mitigate or overcome the disadvantages associated Fe(III) acceptor. In some embodiments, for example, ammonium oxidation in the reactor can proceed in the absence of Fe(III) and/or other metal compounds operable to function as an electron acceptor in the medium. Moreover, the medium may further comprise one more contaminants in addition to the ammonium component.