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Double element co-doped carbon quantum dots enhance photocatalytic efficiency

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

In a paper published in NANO, researchers from Nanjing Tech University proposed a theory which attributes the photocatalytic efficiency enhancement of Phosphorus and Nitrogen co-doped CQDs (PNCQDs)/TiO2 nanosheets composite photocatalyst to the qu...

Dec 10, 2020

Photonic Quantum Computer Displays “Supremacy” Over Supercomputers

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

A milestone Chinese demonstration with photonic quantum computing comes just a year after Google's quantum advantage claim

Dec 9, 2020

Tiny Ultralight Insulators, At the Push of a Button

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Materials researchers in Switzerland are using 3D printing to make tiny components from aerogel

Dec 9, 2020

'Sparkling' clean water from nanodiamond-embedded membrane filters

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers have embedded amine-enhanced nanodiamond particles into membranes to purify water.

Dec 9, 2020

Bacterial nanopores open the future of data storage

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

In 2020, each person in the world is producing about 1.7 megabytes of data every second. In just a single year, that amounts to 418 zettabytes—or 418 billion one-terabyte hard drives.

Dec 9, 2020

Nanochip Team Aims for Quantum Advantage with Photons

Photonics Media   -   Scientific News Websites

Collaborating researchers from the University of Copenhagen’s Niels Bohr Institute and the University of Bochum (Germany) have developed a chip with scale-up potential that they say will serve as a core component of a quantum simulator. The resear...

Dec 9, 2020

'Sparkling' clean water from nanodiamond-embedded membrane filters

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Although most of the planet is covered by water, only a fraction of it is clean enough for humans to use. Therefore, it is important to recycle this resource whenever possible. Current purification techniques cannot adequately handle the very hot ...

Dec 9, 2020

Hunting out hidden hydrogen: Novel holey nanosheets for detecting hydrogen gas leaks: Scientists develop hydrogen sensors with holey zinc oxide

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Although touted as the best clean energy carrier, the explosive nature of hydrogen (H2) warrants highly sensitive gas sensors for detecting H2 leaks. Currently used gas sensors either require high operating temperatures or have low sensitivity. No...

Dec 9, 2020

'Sparkling' clean water from nanodiamond-embedded membrane filters

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Although most of the planet is covered by water, only a fraction of it is clean enough for humans to use. Therefore, it is important to recycle this resource whenever possible. Current purification techniques cannot adequately handle the very hot ...

Dec 9, 2020

New tools 'turn on' quantum gases of ultracold molecules

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Researchers have developed tools to 'turn on' quantum gases of ultracold molecules, gaining control of long-distance molecular interactions for potential applications such as encoding data for quantum computing and simulations.

Dec 9, 2020

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