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Autonomous Boats Seem More Solvable Than Autonomous Cars

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

It's become painfully obvious over the past few years just how difficult fully autonomous cars are. This isn't a dig at any of the companies developing autonomous cars (unless they're the sort of company who keeps on making ludicrou...

Oct 27, 2021

Quantum Crypto Crams Into System-on-a-Chip

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Scientists at Toshiba have developed a photonic chip system capable of virtually uncrackable quantum communications, with enough performance to secure video calls over metropolitan distances and enough stability to continuously operate for days, a...

Oct 27, 2021

Tuneable catalysis: Solving the particle size puzzle

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Chemical reactions can be studied at different levels: At the level of individual atoms and molecules, new compounds can be designed. At the level of tiny particles on the nano and micrometer scale, one can understand how catalyst materials influe...

Oct 27, 2021

Powerful X-ray technique finds new degradation-inducing materials in British shipwreck

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

In 1545, King Henry VIII's favorite ship, the Mary Rose, capsized and sank in the Battle of the Solent defending England and Portsmouth from a French invasion fleet. The wreck remained on the seabed until 1982 when it was salvaged in a widely...

Oct 27, 2021

Powerful X-ray technique finds new degradation-inducing materials in British shipwreck

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

In 1545, King Henry VIII's favorite ship, the Mary Rose, capsized and sank in the Battle of the Solent defending England and Portsmouth from a French invasion fleet. The wreck remained on the seabed until 1982 when it was salvaged in a widely...

Oct 27, 2021

Flexible device could treat hearing loss without batteries

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Some people are born with hearing loss, while others acquire it with age, infections or long-term noise exposures. In many instances, the tiny hairs in the inner ear's cochlea that allow the brain to recognize electrical pulses as sound are d...

Oct 27, 2021

Novel Carbon Nanotube-Based Sensor can Quickly Detect SARS-CoV-2 Without Any Antibodies

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Using specialized carbon nanotubes, MIT engineers have designed a novel sensor that can detect SARS-CoV-2 without any antibodies, giving a result within minutes. Their new sensor is based on...

Oct 27, 2021

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

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

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 radiation, which can harm or even dest...

Oct 27, 2021

Carbon nanotube-based sensor can detect SARS-CoV-2 proteins

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

The technology could be developed as a rapid diagnostic for Covid-19 or other emerging pathogens.

Oct 27, 2021

Tuneable catalysis: Solving the particle size puzzle

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Chemical reactions can be studied at different levels: At the level of individual atoms and molecules, new compounds can be designed. At the level of tiny particles on the nano and micrometer scale, one can understand how catalyst materials influe...

Oct 27, 2021

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