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Tailored Nanopesticides Support Sustainable Agricultural Practice

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Nanotechnology research offers a realistic and efficient method for reducing pesticide waste and enhancing pesticide consumption. A new publication in the journal ACS Agricultural Science &...

Mar 18, 2022

Researchers develop the world's first power-free frequency tuner using nanomaterials

Tech Xplore   -   Scientific News Websites

In a paper published today in Nature Communications, researchers at the University of Oxford and the University of Pennsylvania have found a power-free and ultra-fast way of frequency tuning using functional nanowires.

Mar 18, 2022

Investigating Gold Nanorods for Future "Smart" Nanodrugs

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

In an article recently published in the open-access MDPI journal nanomaterials, researchers investigated the mechanism of interaction between nanoscale materials and specific cells for biomedical...

Mar 18, 2022

Electron powers a weak but significant bond for building complex structures: Chemists use elementary particle to catalyze molecular recognition

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

How do you bring together two molecules that positively repel each other? A research team has developed a simple and versatile solution: Introduce an electron with a jolt of electricity, and resistance between the two is reduced and a bond formed....

Mar 18, 2022

Improving Capabilities of Nanoscale Imaging Instruments

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Chris Own likes to quote Lord Kelvin, one of the fathers of thermodynamics. "When you can measure what you are speaking about, and express it in numbers, you know something about it,"...

Mar 18, 2022

Researchers develop the world's first power-free frequency tuner using nanomaterials | University of Oxford

University of Oxford   -   Organizations and Universities Websites

Phase-change nanowires could serve as the ultimate tunable frequency synthesizers and filters for the future of IoT and 5G networks.

Mar 18, 2022

European Consortiums Advance Quantum Computing Tech: Week in Brief: 3/18/22

Photonics Media   -   Scientific News Websites

Semiconductor materials producer Soitec will establish a fabrication facility at its headquarters in Bernin, France. The facility will be used to produce Soitec’s SmartSic wafers developed at the Substrate Innovation Center at CEA-Leti, using Soit...

Mar 18, 2022

Paving the way to tailor-made carbon nanomaterials and more accurate energetic materials modeling

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

Carbon exhibits a remarkable tendency to form nanomaterials with unusual physical and chemical properties, arising from its ability to engage in different bonding states.

Mar 18, 2022

Stories of the War in Ukraine: Hanna

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Over the past week, The Institute has made contact with some of the 400 members of the IEEE Ukraine Section to help them share their experiences during the war. This personal account, entitled “Real War,” was written by Hanna Porieva, an associat...

Mar 17, 2022

Quantum Computers Getting Smarter at Simulating Chemistry

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Using Google’s Sycamore quantum processor, scientists have performed the largest chemistry simulations that involve quantum computers to date. They employed a new technique that may help resist the noise often seen in quantum circuits.Quantum com...

Mar 17, 2022

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