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New nanomaterial to derive clean fuel from the sea

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Hydrogen fuel derived from the sea could be an abundant and sustainable alternative to fossil fuels, but the potential power source has been limited by technical challenges, including how to practically harvest it. Researchers have designed a nano...

Jul 29, 2021

Machine-learning technique used to pinpoint quantum errors

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Researchers at the University of Sydney and quantum control startup Q-CTRL today announced a way to identify sources of error in quantum computers through machine learning, providing hardware developers the ability to pinpoint performance degradat...

Jul 29, 2021

Spin-sonics: Acoustic wave gets the electrons spinning

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Researchers have succeeded in detecting the rolling movement of a nano-acoustic wave predicted by the famous physicist and Nobel prize-winner Lord Rayleigh in 1885.

Jul 29, 2021

Single-phase covalent organic frameworks membranes make CO2-selective separation possible

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A research group led by Prof. Yang Weishen and Dr. Peng Yuan from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) developed a novel strategy to fabricate single-phase CO2-selective covalent organic framewor...

Jul 29, 2021

Alternating magnetic field-responsive nano-platform developed for controlled pesticide release

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Pesticides play a key role in controlling weeds, pests, and diseases in modern agriculture to promote crop yield. As one of the most extensively used neonicotinoid insecticides, imidacloprid can effectively kill insects. However, such pesticides t...

Jul 29, 2021

Acoustoelectronic nanotweezers manoeuvre minute particles – Physics World

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Hybrid nanotweezers can manipulate biological nanoparticles on a microscopic scale The post Acoustoelectronic nanotweezers manoeuvre minute particles appeared first on Physics World.

Jul 29, 2021

New Magnetic, Biodegradable Nanomaterials Could Aid Male Contraception

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In today’s world, women have various options for using long-term and reversible contraceptives, but a majority of the options for men are either single-use, namely condoms or hard to reverse, like vasectomies.

Jul 29, 2021

Is a Completely Mechanical CPU possible?

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We all know that it takes advanced nanometer-scale electronics to build something similar to a CPU, or Central

Jul 28, 2021

Nanostructures Enable Record High-Harmonic Generation From Ultra-Intense Laser Pulses

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Cornell researchers have developed nanostructures that enable record-breaking conversion of laser pulses into high-harmonic generation, paving the way for new scientific tools for high-resolution imaging... The post Nanostructures Enable Record H...

Jul 28, 2021

Magnetically guided particles temporarily lower sperm count in mice

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When it comes to contraceptives, men typically have to remember to use a condom, or get a difficult-to-reverse vasectomy. There may soon be a new option, however, in the form of injected particles that are magnetically guided to the testes.Continu...

Jul 28, 2021

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