Earlier this year, Intel announced they were planning to retake the CPU manufacturing lead and "unquestioned leadership" in the PC world. These were impressive goals, but what was missing was any sense of how they'd actually achieve...
Aug 4, 2021
Since receiving a $25 million grant in 2019 to become the first National Science Foundation (NSF) Quantum Foundry, UC Santa Barbara researchers affiliated with the foundry have been working to develop materials that can enable quantum information-...
Aug 4, 2021
Some kinds of water pollution, such as algal blooms and plastics that foul rivers, lakes, and marine environments, lie in plain sight. But other contaminants are not so readily apparent, which makes their impact potentially more dangerous. Among t...
Aug 4, 2021
MIT-led research team fashions graphene foam into device that can extract uranium and other heavy metals from tap water.
Aug 4, 2021
Traditional power generation is not ideal for marine exploration challenges, but the solution may be in the water’s motion. To find a power source for... The post Triboelectric Nanogenerators: Harvesting Energy From Ocean Waves appeared first on ...
Aug 4, 2021
The human brain holds the secret to our unique personalities. But did you know that it can also form the basis of highly efficient computing devices? Researchers recently showed how to do this, through graphene-diamond junctions that mimic some of...
Aug 4, 2021
Small electronics, including smartwatches and fitness trackers, aren't easily dismantled and recycled. So when a new model comes out, most users send the old devices into hazardous waste streams. To simplify small electronics recycling, resea...
Aug 4, 2021
Since its isolation in 2004 by Geim and Novoselov from the University of Manchester (Nobel Prize in Physics in 2010), graphene has been termed a 'wonder material' due to its exceptional properties, which have already been exploited in ma...
Aug 4, 2021
The use of graphene nanotubes in fingerstalls made of electrically conductive silicones allowed young scientists from Motorica to make functional prosthetic hands that can interact with touc...
Aug 4, 2021
A new study discusses the development of photosensitized electrospun nanofibrous membranes capable of capturing and inactivating SARS-CoV-2 aerosols.
Aug 4, 2021
