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Highly conductive and elastic nanomembrane for skin electronics: A float assembly method enables the fabrication of highly conductive, stretchable, and ultrathin nanomembranes

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Skin electronics require stretchable conductors that satisfy metal-like conductivity, high stretchability, ultrathin thickness, and ease of patternability, but it is challenging to achieve these characteristics simultaneously. The researchers deve...

Aug 26, 2021

Next-Gen Chips Will Be Powered From Below

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

For a time, each new processor churned out more waste heat than the last. Had these chips kept on the trajectory they were following in the early 2000s, they would soon have packed about 6,400 watts onto each square centimeter—the power flux on ...

Aug 26, 2021

HP's Pavilion Aero 13 deserves a closer look | Engadget

Engadget   -   General News Websites

HP, the world’s second-largest PC vendor by market share, says that the new Pavilion Aero 13 is designed for Generation Z. Youthful, vibrant post-teens who love entertainment, communication and — COVID notwithstanding — travel. It’s ironic, then, ...

Aug 26, 2021

Highly conductive and elastic nanomembrane for skin electronics

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

"Skin electronics" are thin, flexible electronics that could be mounted onto the skin. While it may sound like something out of science fiction, it is anticipated that soon such devices will serve in a wide range of applications such as ...

Aug 26, 2021

How big science failed to unlock the mysteries of the human brain

MIT Technology Review   -   Scientific News Websites

In September 2011, a group of neuroscientists and nanoscientists gathered at a picturesque estate in the English countryside for a symposium meant to bring their two fields together.  At the meeting, Columbia University neurobiologist Rafael Yuste...

Aug 26, 2021

Janus Graphene: Asymmetric, Two-Faced Material Could Turn Sodium-Ion Batteries Into Sustainable Energy Storage

Science Times   -   Scientific News Websites

A new nanomaterial, called the Janus Graphene, could further improve sodium-ion batteries as a potentially sustainable energy storage solution.

Aug 26, 2021

Quantum Nanoparticles: Pulled and Compressed

SciTechDaily   -   Scientific News Websites

Very recently, researchers led by Markus Aspelmeyer at the University of Vienna and Lukas Novotny at ETH Zurich cooled a glass nanoparticle into the quantum... The post Quantum Nanoparticles: Pulled and Compressed appeared first on SciTechDaily. ...

Aug 26, 2021

New form of carbon tantalises with prospects for electronics

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

A newly created form of carbon in a mesh just one atom thick is tantalizing scientists with hints that it could sharply improve rechargeable batteries and allow wires so small that they can operate at a scale where metals fail. The material, know...

Aug 26, 2021

Tiny 'Nanojars' Capture Carbonate and Certain Toxic Anions

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Carbon dioxide from the atmosphere can dissolve in oceans, lakes and ponds, forming bicarbonate ions and other compounds that change water chemistry, with possible harmful effects on aquatic...

Aug 26, 2021

Non-magnetic shell coating of magnetic nanoparticles as key factor for cytotoxicity

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Russian scientists have found that coating magnetic nanoparticles with a non-magnetic silica shell coating significantly decreased the viability of cancer cells in a low frequency alternating magnetic field. The coating increases nanoparticles sta...

Aug 26, 2021

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