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Photonic chip that isolates light could end size limitations in quantum computing and devices

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Researchers at the University of Illinois used readily available materials to create a small photonic circuit that uses sound waves

Nov 10, 2021

Aircraft can get higher and greener from doped fuels

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Okanagan, Canada (SPX) Nov 03, 2021 The goal of creating a cleaner fuel for aircraft engines is creating a spark at UBC Okanagan. A team of researchers studying the burning rate of nanomaterials in liquid fuels believe they have created a recip...

Nov 10, 2021

Synergistic effect of solvent and solid additives on morphology optimization of organic solar cells

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Suzhou, China (SPX) Nov 08, 2021 Controlling the morphology of photoactive layers towards nanoscale bi-continuous donor/acceptor interpenetrating networks is a key issue to build high-performance organic solar cells (OSCs). Due to the distinc...

Nov 10, 2021

Using nanowires to make ultra efficient low-cost solar cells

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Trondheim, Norway (SPX) Nov 08, 2021 A research group at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) has developed a method for making an ultra-high material efficient solar cell using semiconductor nanowires. If this is placed on...

Nov 10, 2021

Bio-inspired autonomous materials

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Santa Barbara CA (SPX) Oct 28, 2021 Megan Valentine, a professor of mechanical engineering and co-director of the California NanoSystems Institute at UC Santa Barbara, has been awarded a $1.8 million collaborative grant by the National Science ...

Nov 10, 2021

Carbon nanotubes could help electronics withstand outer space's harsh conditions

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Washington DC (SPX) Oct 28, 2021 Space missions, such as NASA's Orion that will take astronauts to Mars, are pushing the limits of human exploration. But during their transit, spacecrafts encounter a continuous stream of damaging cosmic ra...

Nov 10, 2021

Towards the detection of the nanohertz gravitational-wave background

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Munich, Germany (SPX) Oct 28, 2021 The European Pulsar Timing Array (EPTA) is a scientific collaboration bringing together teams of astronomers around the largest European radio telescopes, as well as groups specialized in data analysis and mod...

Nov 10, 2021

The secret of ultralight but stiff sandwich nanotubes

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Groningen, Netherlands (SPX) Oct 27, 2021 It is an intuitive rule of thumb: if you reduce the density of a material, its stiffness will also be reduced. But scientists from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in the US noticed that mater...

Nov 10, 2021

Nanoracks, Voyager Space, and Lockheed Martin to develop commercial space module

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Washington DC (SPX) Oct 25, 2021 Nanoracks, in collaboration with Voyager Space and Lockheed Martin, has formed a team to develop the first-ever free flying commercial space station. The space station, known as Starlab, will be a continuously c...

Nov 10, 2021

AFRL Nano Team takes lead in building stronger ties with India

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Wright-Patterson AFB OH (SPX) Oct 25, 2021 The Air Force Research Laboratory is working to increase availability of rare nanomaterials and strengthen U.S. scientific and manufacturing ties with India. Nanomaterials are thin - about 1/100,000t...

Nov 10, 2021

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