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An economical alloy-based aerogel as electrocatalyst for carbon fixation

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Many industrial processes emit carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Unfortunately, however, current electrochemical separation methods are expensive and consume large amounts of power. They also require expensive and rare metals as catalysts. A stu...

Apr 30, 2021

New Nanomaterials and Processes Could Free Water from Pathogens

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Biology teaches us that water is life. But reality teaches something else: Hundreds of thousands of people die every year due to contaminated water containing pathogens in places where there is a lack or poor functioning of water treatment.

Apr 30, 2021

A Nanoscale Switch for Controlling Magnon Interaction

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers at the University of California, Riverside, have used a nanoscale synthetic antiferromagnet to control the interaction between magnons -- research that could lead to faster and more...

Apr 30, 2021

Researchers analyzed circulating currents inside gold nanoparticles

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers in the Nanoscience Center of University of Jyväskylä in Finland and in the Guadalajara University in Mexico developed a method that allows for simulation and visualization of magnetic-field-induced electron currents inside gold nanopar...

Apr 30, 2021

CO2 catalysis made more accessible

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Many industrial processes emit carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Unfortunately, however, current electrochemical separation methods are expensive and consume large amounts of power. They also require expensive and rare metals as catalysts. A stu...

Apr 30, 2021

Highly efficient photodynamic-immunotherapy by combining AIEgen with Poly(I:C)

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

The study reports the design and preparation of erythrocyte membrane-bound nanoparticles (M@AP), for tumoral photodynamic-immunotherapy. The M@AP is formed by self-assembly of aggregation-induced emission polymer (AIEgens) (named P2-PPh3) and poly...

Apr 30, 2021

World's first fiber-optic ultrasonic imaging probe for future nanoscale disease diagnostics

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Scientists at the University of Nottingham have developed an ultrasonic imaging system, which can be deployed on the tip of a hair-thin optical fibre, and will be insertable into the human body to visualise cell abnormalities in 3D.

Apr 30, 2021

TSMC is Crushing Intel | NextBigFuture.com

NextBigFuture   -   Scientific News Websites

There are claims that Intel’s full 10-nanometer process chip is equal to the TSMC 7N chip. TSMC seems to be 40% better in transistor density with its 5N plus chip and will make more improvements with a 4N chip.

Apr 29, 2021

TSMC Pushing to 2 Nanometers While Intel is at 10 nm and China at 14 nm in Low Volume | NextBigFuture.com

NextBigFuture   -   Scientific News Websites

TSMC evolutionary N4 process will enter risk production later in 2021 and will be used for mass production in 2022. 80% of TSMC’s $30 billion capital budget this year will be spent on expanding capacities for advanced technologies, such as 3nm, 4n...

Apr 29, 2021

Better Commuting Through Quantum Computing

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Startup Q-CTRL teams with Australian transportation agency to test how quantum computing can optimize transportation networks

Apr 29, 2021

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