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Nanotechnology paint provides brilliant colour that doesn't fade

New Scientist   -   Scientific News Websites

A paint that gets its colour from aluminium nanoparticles rather than pigment is also incredibly lightweight and reflective

Mar 8, 2023

Two Oddball Ideas for a Megaqubit Quantum Computer

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

The perpetual problem with scaling up most quantum computers is a seemingly mundane one—too many cables. Experts say quantum computers might need at least a million qubits kept at near absolute zero to do anything computationally noteworthy. But ...

Mar 8, 2023

New kind of transistor could shrink communications devices on smartphones

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

One month after announcing a ferroelectric semiconductor at the nanoscale thinness required for modern computing components, a team has now demonstrated a reconfigurable transistor using that material. Their work paves the way for single amplifier...

Mar 8, 2023

Researchers create world's first energy-saving paint—inspired by butterflies

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

University of Central Florida researcher Debashis Chanda, a professor in UCF's NanoScience Technology Center, has drawn inspiration from butterflies to create the first environmentally friendly, large-scale and multicolor alternative to pigme...

Mar 8, 2023

New Forms of Exotic Superconductivity by Stacking Layers of Graphene

SciTechDaily   -   Scientific News Websites

New topological superconductivity in multilayered graphene sheets. Graphene is a strange material. Understanding its properties is both a fundamental question of science and a promising...

Mar 8, 2023

Evove secures over $6.7 million to advance its graphene-based for its water filtration technology

Graphene Info   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

UK-based Evove, developer of a graphene-based water filtration technology designed to tackle water shortage, has announced that it has secured £5.7 million (around USD$6,750,000) in a round of funding led by One Ventures with participation from A...

Mar 8, 2023

New kind of transistor could shrink communications devices on smartphones

Tech Xplore   -   Scientific News Websites

One month after announcing a ferroelectric semiconductor at the nanoscale thinness required for modern computing components, a team at the University of Michigan has demonstrated a reconfigurable transistor using that material.

Mar 8, 2023

How the EU Chips Act Could Build "Innovation Capacity" in Europe

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

The European Commission wants Europe to boost its share of global semiconductor production to 20 percent by 2030, from 10 percent today. To that end, it is forwarding plans for more than €43 billion in public and private investment through a Euro...

Mar 8, 2023

Perovskite nanocrystal computer components inspired by brain cells

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers at Empa, ETH Zurich and the Politecnico di Milano are developing a new type of computer component that is more powerful and easier to manufacture than its predecessors. Inspired by the human brain, it is designed to process large amoun...

Mar 8, 2023

Oxygen groups key to unlocking graphene's antimicrobial potential, say scientists

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

The amount of surface oxygen in graphene materials is a key factor in how effective they could be in killing bacteria—a discovery which may help to design safer and more effective products to combat antimicrobial resistance.

Mar 8, 2023

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