Scientists are working hard to engineer the properties of nanostructures, such as atoms and molecules, to realize efficient logic devices that can operate at the fundamental scale of matter - the scale of atoms. To make “engineering” possible at t...
Sep 25, 2021
A 2013 study by Pérez et al. reported a very high accumulation of the industrial chemical perfluorobutanoic acid (PFBA) in human lungs and kidneys. The German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) checked these results using a more precise q...
Sep 25, 2021
A new, 3D-printable polymer nanocomposite ink developed by engineers has incredible properties like conducting electricity and high tensile strength -- and many applications in aerospace, medicine and electronics.
Sep 24, 2021
IonQ’s quantum computers are now powerful enough to demonstrate a state-of-the-art quantum algorithm from Goldman Sachs and QC Ware that could one day speed up Monte Carlo simulations. These simulations are key for problem solving in many industri...
Sep 24, 2021
Recently, adiabatic quantum computing has been successfully used in machine learning tasks. One specific type of machine learning, Reinforcement Learning (RL), usually runs efficiently on classical computers.
Sep 24, 2021
In a new publication from Opto-Electronic Advances, researchers led by Professor Xu Chunxiang, Southeast University, Nanjing, China discuss nano-buffer controlled electron tunneling to regulate heterojunctional interface emission.
Sep 24, 2021
Particle accelerators are important tools in research areas such as materials science, biology and particle physics. Scientists are continually seeking stronger ways of accelerating particles to enhance existing equipment and boost capacities for ...
Sep 24, 2021
Georgia Tech ECE Assistant Professor Shaolan Li is part of a team of engineers, data scientists, and medical clinicians led by the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin that has been awarded a grant from the ...
Sep 24, 2021
Ion separation using membrane separation technology is of great importance in the fields including energy conversion and storage, environmental detection and resource reuse. Membranes with sub-2-nanometer channels have high ion transport rates but...
Sep 24, 2021
Physicists at the University of Bath in the UK observe a new physical effect in chiral (twisted) nanoparticles.
Sep 24, 2021
