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Producing more sustainable hydrogen with composite polymer dots

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Hydrogen for energy use can be extracted in an environmentally friendly way from water and sunlight, using photocatalytic composite polymer nanoparticles developed by researchers at Uppsala University. In laboratory tests, these 'polymer dots...

Feb 12, 2021

Samsung is using quantum computing to research better batteries

Engadget   -   General News Websites

Even the slightest improvement in battery technology could help you decide what gadgets you buy, and Samsung is hoping quantum computing will give it an edge. The tech firm and Imperial College London researchers are using Honeywell&a...

Feb 12, 2021

Producing more sustainable hydrogen with composite polymer nanoparticles

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Hydrogen for energy use can be extracted in an environmentally friendly way from water and sunlight, using photocatalytic composite polymer nanoparticles. In laboratory tests, these 'polymer dots' showed promising performance and stabili...

Feb 12, 2021

Applying quantum computing to a particle process

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

A team of researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) used a quantum computer to successfully simulate an aspect of particle collisions that is typically neglected in high-energy physics experiments, such as those that occu...

Feb 12, 2021

Nanowire could provide a stable, easy-to-make superconducting transistor

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

Inspired by decades-old MIT research, the new technology could boost quantum computers and other superconducting electronics. Superconductors —

Feb 12, 2021

Applying quantum computing to a particle process

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Researchers used a quantum computer to successfully simulate an aspect of particle collisions that is typically neglected in high-energy physics experiments, such as those that occur at CERN's Large Hadron Collider.

Feb 12, 2021

New Superconducting Nanowire Could Advance Superconducting Electronics

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Superconductors are materials that conduct electricity without any resistance. They have excellent potential and offer a macroscopic glimpse into quantum phenomena, which can generally be observed...

Feb 12, 2021

Magnetic Nanoparticles can be Manipulated to Destroy Cancer Cells

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers from the Scientific and Educational Center 'Smart Materials and Biomedical Applications' have performed a joint interdisciplinary research work on the development of a novel...

Feb 12, 2021

Nanospheres measure the forces of cell motors

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Motor proteins generate the forces for essential mechanical processes in our body. On a scale of nanometers—a millionth of a millimeter—motor proteins, for example, power our muscles or transport material within our cells. Such movements, invisibl...

Feb 12, 2021

Compact, Scalable Lidar Design Could Have Applications in Robotics, Health Care

Photonics Media   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers from the University of Southampton, in collaboration with a team from San Francisco-based nanotechnology company PointCloud Inc., developed a scalable 3D lidar imaging system that the collaborators said matches and exceeds the performa...

Feb 12, 2021

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