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Researchers uncover the mechanism of electric field detection in microscale graphene sensors

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

The ability to sense the magnitude and polarity of an electric field is of great scientific interest. Applications include early prediction of lightning and detection of supersonic aircraft. Presently, field mills are widely used electric field se...

Dec 23, 2021

Researchers make world's thinnest Christmas tree

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A Christmas tree with a thickness of one atom has been made at DTU. It shows how terahertz measurements can be used to ensure the quality of graphene.

Dec 23, 2021

Rice Researchers Quantify the Effects of Cyclic Stress on Nanotubes

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Up here in the macro world, we all feel fatigue now and then. It's the same for bundles of carbon nanotubes, no matter how perfect their individual components are.

Dec 23, 2021

A-list candidate for fault-free quantum computing delivers surprise

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A Rice University-led study is forcing physicists to rethink superconductivity in uranium ditelluride, an A-list material in the worldwide race to create fault-tolerant quantum computers.

Dec 23, 2021

Nanotube fibers stand strong -- but for how long?

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A Rice University study calculates how strains and stresses affect both “perfect” nanotubes and those assembled into fibers and found that while fibers under cyclic loads can fail over time, the tubes themselves may remain perfect. How long the tu...

Dec 23, 2021

Measuring a quantum computer’s power just got faster and more accurate

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Scientists at Sandia National Labs invent new yardstick for benchmarking performance.

Dec 23, 2021

A-List Candidate for Fault-Free Quantum Computing Delivers Puzzling Surprise

SciTechDaily   -   Scientific News Websites

Puzzling result forces physicists to rethink ‘spin-triplet’ superconductivity. A Rice University-led study is forcing physicists to rethink superconductivity in uranium ditelluride, an A-list material in... The post A-List Candidate for Fault-Fre...

Dec 23, 2021

Graphene-based neural probes can accurately detect electrographic signatures of the epileptic brain

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A study published in "Nature Nanotechnology" shows that flexible brain probes made of graphene micro-transistors can be used to record pathological brain signals associated with epilepsy with excellent fidelity and high spatial resolution.

Dec 22, 2021

New graphene-based neural probes improve detection of epileptic brain signals

A new study shows that flexible brain probes made of graphene micro-transistors can be used to record pathological brain signals associated with epilepsy with excellent fidelity and high spatial resolution.

Dec 22, 2021

Scientists calculate how carbon nanotubes and their fibers experience fatigue

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Up here in the macro world, we all feel fatigue now and then. It's the same for bundles of carbon nanotubes, no matter how perfect their individual components are.

Dec 22, 2021

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