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NanoAvionics to supply Constellr with two satellites to help saving 60 billion tons of water globally

NanoDaily   -   Scientific News Websites

Kongsberg NanoAvionics has signed a contract with thermal data provider Constellr to supply it with two of its flagship MP42 microsatellite buses. Having recently raised 10 million euros, Germany-based Constellr will use the two satellites to deve...

Dec 18, 2022

A New, Faster Type of Quantum Computer

SciTechDaily   -   Scientific News Websites

Parity quantum computers make complicated algorithms easier to implement.

Dec 17, 2022

Graphene transistor enables high-speed, high-sensitivity terahertz detection

Graphene Info   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Researchers from Japan's Tohoku University and RIKEN have successfully detected terahertz waves with fast response and high sensitivity at room temperature.

Dec 17, 2022

SomaSleep mask brings REM analysis out of the lab and into your bed

New Atlas   -   Scientific News Websites

The REM (rapid eye movement) stage of sleep plays an important role in learning, memory and brain development. Currently, lab-based tests are required to directly gauge how much REM sleep a person is getting. The SomaSleep mask, however, is claime...

Dec 16, 2022

IEEE Honors Iconic Engineers

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Meet the recipients of the 2023 IEEE Medals and Recognitions. The awards are presented on behalf of the IEEE Board of Directors.

Dec 16, 2022

Charging up with carbon nanotubes

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Scientists have created vertically aligned single-walled carbon nanotubes on metal foils that could be a boon for energy storage and the electronics industry.

Dec 16, 2022

Printing atom by atom: Lab explores nanoscale 3D printing

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

It takes chemist Liaisan Khasanova less than a minute to turn an ordinary silica glass tube into a printing nozzle for a very special 3D printer. The chemist inserts the capillary tube—which is just one millimeter thick—into a blue device, closes ...

Dec 16, 2022

‘World’s smallest photon’ confined in dielectric nanocavity

Physics World   -   Nanotechnology Websites

New research could help in the development of optical chip architectures that consume less energy than their electrical counterparts The post ‘World’s smallest photon’ confined in dielectric nanocavity appeared first on Physics World.

Dec 16, 2022

Physicists create the first two-dimensional ferrimagnetism in graphene

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Scientists from St. Petersburg University together with their foreign colleagues have created the world's first two-dimensional ferromagnetism in graphene. Use of the obtained magnetic state of graphene can become the basis of a new approach ...

Dec 16, 2022

Vertically aligned single-walled carbon nanotubes for energy storage and the electronics industry

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) scientists have created vertically aligned single-walled carbon nanotubes on metal foils that could be a boon for energy storage and the electronics industry.

Dec 16, 2022

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