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A comprehensive review of biosynthesis of inorganic nanomaterials using microorganisms and bacteriophages

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

A KAIST bioprocess engineering research team conducted a summary of 146 biosynthesized single and multi-element inorganic nanomaterials covering 55 elements in the periodic table synthesized using wild-type and genetically engineered microorganism...

Dec 7, 2020

Clearing the air: Nanocoating for filters captures SARS-Cov-2

Innovation in Textiles   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

A nanocoating for the filters used in heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems can capture and kill SARS-Cov-2 and could prove to be useful tool in the fight against the human coronavirus pandemic. ...

Dec 7, 2020

Hitting the Quantum “Sweet Spot”: Best Position for Atom Qubits in Silicon to Scale Up Atom-Based Quantum Processors

SciTechDaily   -   Scientific News Websites

Australian researchers have located the ‘sweet spot’ for positioning qubits in silicon to scale up atom-based quantum processors. Researchers from the Centre of Excellence for... The post Hitting the Quantum “Sweet Spot”: Best Position for Atom Q...

Dec 6, 2020

Scanning electron microscope opens new avenues of research

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

With the acquisition of the new instrument and an accompanying nanoindenter, studies at the College of Engineering are

Dec 6, 2020

Scott Aaronson Comments on the Boson Sampling Quantum Supremacy Paper from China | NextBigFuture.com

NextBigFuture   -   Scientific News Websites

Scott Aaronson originated the proposal of Boson Sampling as an area where quantum computers should be better than regular computers. He discusses the new claim from China of Quantum Supremacy where quantum computing systems are 10 trillion times f...

Dec 6, 2020

Quantum Boson Sampling 10 Trillion Times Faster Than Regular Supercomputers | NextBigFuture.com

NextBigFuture   -   Scientific News Websites

Chinese researchers performed Gaussian boson sampling by sending 50 indistinguishable single-mode squeezed states into a 100-mode ultralow-loss interferometer with full connectivity and random matrix—the whole optical setup is phase-locked—and sam...

Dec 6, 2020

Safe space: Improving 'clean' methanol fuel cells using a protective carbon shell: Scientists encapsulate catalyst in a protective molecular sieve that selectively prevents undesired reactions in methanol fuel cells

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs), which produce electricity using methanol, will be an alternative solution in the transition away from fossil fuels and toward a 'hydrogen' economy. However, undesired methanol oxidation on the cathode ...

Dec 5, 2020

Research aids in the development of synthetic materials to mimic bone

News Medical   -   Scientific News Websites

University of Arkansas researchers Marco Fielder and Arun Nair have conducted the first study of the combined nanoscale effects of water and mineral content on the deformation mechanisms and thermal properties of collagen, the essence of bone mate...

Dec 5, 2020

Fine tuning the "twist" between 2-D materials in van der Waals heterostructures to help accelerate next gen electronics

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

A group of international researchers at The University of Manchester have revealed a novel method that could fine tune the angle—"twist"—between atom-thin layers that form exotic manmade nanodevices called van der Waals heterostructures—...

Dec 4, 2020

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Chemists get peek at novel fluorescence: Rice University scientists discover delayed phenomenon in carbon nanotubes

Nanotechnology Now   -   Nanotechnology Websites

That carbon nanotubes fluoresce is no longer a surprise. Finding a second level of fluorescence is surprising and potentially useful.

Dec 4, 2020

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