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Steel foil coated with nanowires does backflips out of water

New Scientist   -   Scientific News Websites

Extremely thin and water-repellent steel wafers not only float when submerged, they harvest power from surface tension and leap out of water

Jun 29, 2021

Steel foil coated with nanowires does backflips out of water

New Scientist   -   Scientific News Websites

Extremely thin and water-repellent steel wafers not only float when submerged, they harvest power from surface tension and leap out of water

Jun 29, 2021

How and When the Chip Shortage Will End, in 4 Charts

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Historians will probably spend decades picking apart the consequences of the COVID-19 epidemic. But the shortage of chips that it's caused will be long over by then. A variety of analysts agree that the most problematic shortages will begi...

Jun 29, 2021

Speedy nanorobots could someday clean up soil and water, deliver drugs

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

University of Colorado Boulder researchers have discovered that minuscule, self-propelled particles called "nanoswimmers" can escape from mazes as much as 20 times faster than other passive particles, paving the way for their use in ever...

Jun 29, 2021

A new piece of the quantum computing puzzle: An efficient two-bit quantum logic gate has been out of reach, until now

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Scientists have developed a groundbreaking quantum logic gate that brings quantum computing closer to reality.

Jun 29, 2021

Speedy nanorobots could someday clean up soil and water, deliver drugs

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Researchers have discovered that minuscule, self-propelled particles called 'nanoswimmers' can escape from mazes as much as 20 times faster than other, passive particles, paving the way for their use in everything from industrial clean-u...

Jun 29, 2021

Striking Gold: Synthesizing Green Gold Nanoparticles for Cancer Therapy with Biomolecules

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) have designed an eco-friendly protocol for synthesizing gold nanoparticles with

Jun 29, 2021

This Quantum Computer Is Sized for Server Rooms

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

A new 24-qubit trapped-ion option can fit in two server racks

Jun 29, 2021

This Quantum Computer Is Sized for Server Rooms

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Usually quantum computers are devices that can fill entire laboratories. Now a compact prototype quantum computer can fit in two 19-inch server racks like those found in data centers throughout the world, which could help improve battery designs ...

Jun 29, 2021

A new method for the production of protonated hydrogen

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

A research group led by Prof. Matthias Kling of the Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics (MPQ) and the Ludwig-Maximilian University in Munich (LMU), in cooperation with the American University in Sharjah, has discovered a new method for the pro...

Jun 29, 2021

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