A Russian-Belorussian research team has developed a new tungsten oxide–based gas sensing material that shows high sensitivity to carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide and acetone. The new material's gas sensing response was nine times higher than...
May 27, 2022
Structures may host Majorana zero modes, the core ingredient of topological qubits The post Ultrathin nanowires could be a boon for error-resistant quantum computing appeared first on Physics World.
May 27, 2022
Brain tumors are particularly difficult to treat because they secrete cytokines that block off the immune system. Read on to find out how a newly developed nanoparticle-carrying inhibitor is able to defeat cancer cells and delay their progression.
May 27, 2022
Researchers at Tokyo Tech invent a flexible patch containing carbon nanotubes and stretchable conductors that can fit inside a pipe to detect real-time changes in water temperature or the presence of contaminants, which may improve sanitation duri...
May 27, 2022
Teledyne FLIR Defense, part of Teledyne Technologies Inc., secured a $14 million contract to deliver its Black Hornet 3 Personal Reconnaissance Systems to the U.S. Army. The advanced nano-UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) are being used to augment s...
May 27, 2022
Scientists in the Netherlands have made a major step towards quantum computer networks by teleporting quantum information between two nodes that didn’t have a direct link to each other. The breakthrough heralds a faster and more secure communicati...
May 27, 2022
Gama, a French space startup, has contracted mission integrator NanoAvionics for a demonstration of Gama's solar sails propulsion system in low Earth orbit (LEO). Under the mission agreement, NanoAvionics will provide its 6U nanosatellite bus...
May 27, 2022
Scientists have found a new, nanoscale link between superconductivity - the flow of electric current without a loss of energy - and a phenomenon known as charge density waves.
May 27, 2022
The average US car now contains hundreds of kilograms of plastic that end up in landfill when the vehicle has outlived its use, but a new process could convert those waste plastics into graphene that can be used to create new car parts
May 26, 2022
The average US car now contains hundreds of kilograms of plastic that end up in landfill when the vehicle has outlived its use, but a new process could convert those waste plastics into graphene that can be used to create new car parts
May 26, 2022
