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Directa Plus announces grant to develop graphene paints and coverings

Graphene Info   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Directa Plus has been awarded a €136,000 grant from the Italian region of Lombardy to develop paints and coverings with its G+ graphene nano-platelets. “This grant from the Lombardy local government will help fund Directa Plus to develop these pot...

Nov 30, 2022

Graphene oxide could help harvest ocean osmotic energy

Graphene Info   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Researchers from Deakin University's Institute for Frontier Materials (IFM) aim to harness the ocean's potential for renewable and clean energy. In a recent study, they demonstrated how a two-dimensional (2D) nanomaterial membrane techno...

Nov 30, 2022

Transparent Window Coating Can Help Cool the Room, Saving 31% of Electric Cooling Costs

Science Times   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers used a combined machine learning and quantum computing system to create the transparent window coating that lower the temperature inside buildings, without expending energy. Read the article to learn more about it.

Nov 30, 2022

'Extended Landau Free Energy Model': New Physical Theory For Advanced Materials Creates Effective Visualization of Optimal Structure For Nanodevices

Science Times   -   Scientific News Websites

A new physical theory for advanced materials creates effective visualization of optimal structure for nanodevices. Get to know more about the Extended Landau Free Energy Model here. Read now!

Nov 30, 2022

New quantum computing feat is a modern twist on a 150-year-old thought experiment

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

New research demonstrates a 20x improvement in resetting a quantum bit to its '0' state, using a modern version of the 'Maxwell's demon'.

Nov 29, 2022

"Nanopillared" material removes microplastics from water via magnetism

New Atlas   -   Scientific News Websites

While the purification of wastewater once just involved the removal of traditional pollutants, it now also entails the removal of microplastic particles. A new powder reportedly does the job much quicker and more thoroughly than has previously bee...

Nov 29, 2022

Engineers use quantum computing to develop transparent window coating that blocks heat

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Scientists have devised a transparent coating for windows that could help cool the room, use no energy and preserve the view.

Nov 29, 2022

"SuperGPS" Accurate to 10 Centimeters or Better

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Modern life now often depends on GPS (short for Global Positioning System), but it can err by several meters in cities. Now a new study from a team of Dutch researchers reveals a terrestrial positioning system based on existing telecommunications ...

Nov 29, 2022

The Future of the Transistor Is Our Future

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

On the 75th anniversary of the invention of the transistor, a device to which I have devoted my entire career, I’d like to answer two questions: Does the world need better transistors? And if so, what will they be like?

Nov 29, 2022

Engineers use quantum computing to develop transparent window coating that blocks heat, saves energy

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Cooling accounts for about 15 percent of global energy consumption. Conventional clear windows allow the sun to heat up interior spaces, which energy-guzzling air-conditioners must then cool down. But what if a window could help cool the room, use...

Nov 29, 2022

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