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Graphene efficiently recovers gold from waste electronics

New Atlas   -   Scientific News Websites

Discarded electronics can be a gold mine – literally. Researchers have developed an efficient new way to use graphene to recover gold from electronic waste, without needing any other chemicals or energy.

Aug 22, 2022

Visualizing nanoscale structures in real time

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

Computer chip designers, materials scientists, biologists and other scientists now have an unprecedented level of access to the world of nanoscale materials thanks to 3D visualization software that connects directly to an electron microscope. It e...

Aug 21, 2022

Graphene enables highly efficient and selective extraction of gold

Graphene Info   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Scientists from The University of Manchester, Tsinghua University in China and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) recently reported that graphene can facilitate gold extraction from waste containing only trace amounts of gold (down to billionth...

Aug 20, 2022

Quantum computing gets down to business – Physics World

Physics World   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Martijn Boerkamp reports how investments into quantum computing have ballooned in the past year, bringing huge expectations for the sector The post Quantum computing gets down to business appeared first on Physics World.

Aug 20, 2022

New nanosheet photocatalyst boosts water splitting efficiency for clean hydrogen production

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

The surface-modified, dye-sensitized nanosheet catalyst shows immense potential, as it can suppress undesirable back electron transfer and improve water splitting activity up to a hundred times.

Aug 20, 2022

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Visualizing nanoscale structures in real time: Open-source software enables researchers to see materials in 3D while they're still on the electron microscope

Nanotechnology Now   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Computer chip designers, materials scientists, biologists and other scientists now have an unprecedented level of access to the world of nanoscale materials thanks to 3D visualization software that connects directly to an electron microscope. It e...

Aug 19, 2022

GMG announces phase 1 expansion project to graphene manufacturing facility

Graphene Info   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Graphene Manufacturing Group (GMG) has announced that the it has taken a Final Investment Decision ("FID") on Phase 1 of its graphene manufacturing expansion project. The expansion project includes an executed 5 year lease to expand tota...

Aug 19, 2022

Compost to computer: Bio-based materials used to salvage rare earth elements

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

What do corncobs and tomato peels have to do with electronics? They both can be used to salvage valuable rare earth elements, like neodymium, from electronic waste. Researchers used micro- and nanoparticles created from the organic materials to ca...

Aug 19, 2022

“Quantum-Safe” Crypto Hacked by 10-Year-Old PC

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Future quantum computers may rapidly break modern cryptography. Now researchers find that a promising algorithm designed to protect computers from these advanced attacks could get broken in just 4 minutes. And the catch is that 4-minute time stamp...

Aug 19, 2022

Nanorods overcome tigecycline resistance of Klebsiella pneumonia

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Long-term and excessive use of antibiotics has caused the spread of antibiotic resistance. The time- and cost-consuming process of new antibiotic development results in the much slower emergence of new antibacterial drugs than that of bacterial re...

Aug 19, 2022

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