Do more pores in a sieve allow more liquid to flow through it? As material scientists have uncovered, this seemingly simple question may have an unexpected answer at the nanoscale—and it could have important implications in the development of wate...
Aug 5, 2022
A team of researchers at Quantinuum, working with a colleague at the University of Texas, Austin, has developed a way to simulate infinitely many chaotic particles using a quantum computer running with a limited number of qubits. In their paper pu...
Aug 5, 2022
A player using a quantum algorithm will win the codebreaking game Mastermind, which has the same underlying principles as Wordle, more often and in fewer moves than someone using a classical algorithm
Aug 5, 2022
A player using a quantum algorithm will win the codebreaking game Mastermind, which has the same underlying principles as Wordle, more often and in fewer moves than someone using a classical algorithm
Aug 5, 2022
Piezoelectric materials can convert mechanical energy to electrical energy, and vice versa. In recent years, there has been growing interest in the search for two-dimensional (2D) layered piezoelectrics. Such layered van der Waals piezoelectrics a...
Aug 5, 2022
Engineers at the University of Vienna have developed a new composite material that makes an efficient filter for removing organic pollutants from water. The system uses super-porous “nano-sponges” embedded on a sheet of graphene.
Aug 5, 2022
Nanothermites are a new realm of nano-energetic materials and are used in systems that need a fast energy release rate at low ignition temperature. However, conventional ignition methods are based on hot spots, posing the risk of unwanted ignition.
Aug 5, 2022
Portable electronic devices raised the demand for supercapacitors with high power density and mechanical flexibility within a finite area. However, currently commercialized devices come with in-plane interdigital configuration and thickness-confin...
Aug 5, 2022
In the era of biomedical applications of nanoparticles, it is imperative to determine how they affect biological functions and the fate of nanomedicine. This analysis would positively help optimize nanomedicine, reducing side effects, improving cl...
Aug 5, 2022
One of the challenges of realizing smart dust concepts, as well as nano- and microrobotics in general, is a lack of equally small on-chip power sources for ubiquitous anytime anywhere operation. Now, researchers have created an on-chip micro-Swiss...
Aug 5, 2022
