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Combining two cognitive computing nano-elements into one

NanoDaily   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers at Tohoku University and the University of Gothenburg have established a new spintronic technology for brain-inspired computing.

Dec 1, 2020

High-performance nanocatalysts on mission to supply clean hydrogen fuel from water and sunlight

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers constructed semiconductor heterojunctions that harvest sunlight, split water, and evolve hydrogen gas. The heterojunctional composites are composed of primary semiconductors, hetero-sites, and interfacial buffers.

Dec 1, 2020

Skoltech scientists run a 'speed test' to boost production of carbon nanotubes

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Skoltech researchers have investigated the procedure for catalyst delivery used in the most common method of carbon nanotube production, chemical vapor deposition (CVD), offering what they call a "simple and elegant" way to boost product...

Dec 1, 2020

A semiconductor chip detects antigen concentrations at 1 parts per quadrillion molar mass

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

A chip, which can sense antigens at one part per quadrillion molar mass, was created. Antigens derived from diseases and present in blood and saliva were adhered onto the surface of a flexibly deformable nanosheet. The amount of force generated du...

Dec 1, 2020

Tunable rainbow light trapping in ultrathin resonator arrays

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Light squeezed into nanoscale metallic gaps has a myriad of applications in sensing, energy, and nonlinear optics. Recently, scientists at the University of Toronto have developed a new paradigm for the design of ultrathin metallic nanostructures ...

Dec 1, 2020

Pumping a nanoparticle to lase at low power

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

A laser pointer small enough to get inside a cancer cell and stop its 'engine'? The stuff of science fiction? Scientists working at the nanoscale are chipping away at how to build miniature laser devices capable of intracellular bio-imag...

Dec 1, 2020

Virus-like probes could help make rapid COVID-19 testing more accurate, reliable

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Nanoengineers at the University of California San Diego have developed new and improved probes, known as positive controls, that could make it easier to validate rapid, point-of-care diagnostic tests for COVID-19 across the globe. The advance coul...

Dec 1, 2020

Magnetic vortices come full circle

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

The first experimental observation of three-dimensional magnetic ‘vortex rings’ provides fundamental insight into intricate nanoscale structures inside bulk

Nov 30, 2020

Quantum Dot Paint Could Make Airframe Inspection Quick and Easy

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

The paint, when scanned with ultraviolet light, can quickly reveal strains on the surface underneath

Nov 30, 2020

New family of quasiparticles appears in graphene – Physics World

Physics World   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers identify Brown-Zak fermions in superlattices made from the carbon sheet The post New family of quasiparticles appears in graphene appeared first on Physics World.

Nov 30, 2020

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