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AOL founder on how pandemic is changing spread of tech jobs

Tech Xplore   -   Scientific News Websites

Most people questioned AOL co-founder Steve Case's judgment when he joined the online company then known as Quantum Computer Services in 1985—a time when the World Wide Web didn't even exist.

Feb 28, 2022

Ginger and Curcumin Enhance Bone Tissue Nanocomposite Scaffold

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Novel research involving the use of nanocomposite scaffolds supplied with ginger extract and curcumin has emerged for the field of bone tissue engineering through an article available as a journal pre-proof in Materials Today Communications.

Feb 28, 2022

Discovering the universal relationship between physical properties and fractal dimensions

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

It has been known that nanoparticles, for example, exhibit quite different properties from the bulk samples of the same materials. Yet nobody knows why. Ehime University researchers discovered a control method of the fractal dimensions of any soli...

Feb 28, 2022

Improved fuel cell performance using semiconductor manufacturing technology

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

A research team in Korea has synthesized metal nanoparticles that can drastically improve the performance of hydrogen fuel cell catalysts by using semiconductor manufacturing technology. The Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) announc...

Feb 28, 2022

Punching Holes into Graphene to Advance Biosensor Sensitivity

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A team of researchers recently published a paper in the journal ACS Applied Nano Materials that demonstrated the effectiveness of specific chemically-modified nanohole edges in reduced graphene oxide (rGO) in binding proteins.

Feb 28, 2022

A Graphene Centered Shift in Supercapacitor Design

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A review published in Materials Today: Proceedings describes graphene-based nanocomposite fabrication methods, morphological layouts, and mechanistic aspects of electrochemical energy storage (EES) tools derived from graphene-based nanocomposites.

Feb 28, 2022

NASA’s New Shortcut to Fusion Power

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Physicists first suspected more than a century ago that the fusing of hydrogen into helium powers the sun. It took researchers many years to unravel the secrets by which lighter elements are smashed together into heavier ones inside stars, releasi...

Feb 27, 2022

Researchers design a graphene-based sensor that can detect opioids in wastewater

Graphene Info   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Researchers from Boston College, Boston University, and Giner Labs have designed a small graphene-based multiplexed bio-sensor that detects opioid byproducts in wastewater.

Feb 27, 2022

Researchers demonstrate control of the optical properties of graphene

Graphene Info   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

An international team of scientists from the CNR-IFN, Politecnico di Milano, the University of Pisa, the Graphene Center of Cambridge (UK) and the Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2, Barcelona) has shown that the relaxation ...

Feb 27, 2022

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Cutting through the noise: Berkeley Lab error mitigation approach helps quantum computers level up

Nanotechnology Now   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A collaboration between Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratorys (Berkeley Labs) Applied Mathematics and Computational Research Division (AMCRD) and Physics Division has yielded a new approach to erro...

Feb 26, 2022

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