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Graphene Oxide membranes could reduce paper industry energy costs

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Paper industry wastewater recycling is among the most energy-intensive chemical processes in the world. Georgia Tech researchers have found a method to engineer membranes made from graphene oxide that allow water to get through it much faster than...

Feb 22, 2021

Polymer film protects from electromagnetic radiation, signal interference

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In a breakthrough report published in Advanced Materials engineers at the University of California, Riverside describe a flexible film using a quasi-one-dimensional nanomaterial filler that combines excellent electromagnetic shielding with ease of...

Feb 22, 2021

Lack of symmetry in qubits can't fix errors in quantum computing, might explain matter/antimatter

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A team of quantum theorists seeking to cure a basic problem with quantum annealing computers--they have to run at a relatively slow pace to operate properly--found something intriguing instead.

Feb 22, 2021

Silver and gold nanowires open the way to better electrochromic devices

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A Canadian team from the Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS) developed a new approach for foldable and solid devices.

Feb 22, 2021

Encrypted Quantum Computing: When Ignorance Is Wanted

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Quantum technologies for computers open up new concepts of preserving the privacy of input and output data of a computation. Scientists from the University of... The post Encrypted Quantum Computing: When Ignorance Is Wanted appeared first on Sci...

Feb 21, 2021

Gold nanoparticles investigated as part of in vitro tool for SARS-CoV-2 drug screening

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Scientists have measured the interaction of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) spike (S) protein with nano-gold colloids. These nanoparticles functionalized with the S protein have different spectroscopic signals allo...

Feb 21, 2021

Billion Euro Quantum Research Adds 15 Million Euro Large Scale Quantum Computing Project | NextBigFuture.com

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A European consortium was launched with the goal of scaling silicon quantum technologies. This will be a four-year 15 million euro projecte named QLSI (Quantum Large-Scale Integration with Silicon). It will be coordinated by CEA-Leti and will lay ...

Feb 21, 2021

Path to Large Scale Qubits and Super Quantum Computers | NextBigFuture.com

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CEA-Leti scientists have opened a pathway to large-scale integration of Si-spin qubits using existing flip-chip processes with die-to-wafer 3D-interconnect technologies developed in-house. They determined electrical characterizations at cryogenic ...

Feb 21, 2021

Engineers Place Thousands of Nanoscale Molecular Devices in Precise Orientation

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Proof-of-concept project paves the way for the integration of molecules with computer chips. Engineers have developed a technique that allows them to precisely place microscopic... The post Engineers Place Thousands of Nanoscale Molecular Devices...

Feb 21, 2021

Bacteria-Synthesized Magnetic Nanoparticles Could Soon Find Biomedical Applications

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Researchers have developed a novel process for isolating and purifying magnetic nanoparticles biosynthesized by bacteria.

Feb 20, 2021

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