By embedding titanium-based nanosheets in water, scientists have created a material using inorganic materials that can be converted from a hard gel to soft matter using temperature changes.
Nov 30, 2020
With excellent strength, flexibility and electrical conductivity, graphene has a lot of potential in a lot of different areas, and that may extend to the detection of odorless, colorless gases. Scientists have fashioned the nanomaterial into micro...
Nov 30, 2020
The first experimental observation of three-dimensional magnetic 'vortex rings' provides fundamental insight into intricate nanoscale structures inside bulk magnets, and offers fresh perspectives for magnetic devices.
Nov 30, 2020
Australian researchers have located the 'sweet spot' for positioning qubits in silicon to scale up atom-based quantum processors.
Nov 30, 2020
A high-performance sustainable regenerated isotropic wood (RGI-wood) is reported, constructed from surface nanocrystallized wood particles (SNWP) by efficient bottom-up strategy. The obtained RGI-wood exceeds the limitation of the anisotropic, inc...
Nov 30, 2020
KAIST researchers have synthesized a collection of nanoparticles, known as carbon dots, capable of emitting multiple wavelengths of light from a single particle. Additionally, the team discovered that the dispersion of the carbon dots, or the inte...
Nov 29, 2020
Michelle Simmons is director of the Centre of Excellence for Quantum Computation and Communication Technology in Australia The post Ask me anything: Michelle Simmons appeared first on Physics World.
Nov 29, 2020
Imagine shrinking barcodes a million times, from millimetre to nanometre scale, so that they could be used inside living cells to label, identify and track the building blocks of life or, blended into inks to prevent counterfeiting. This is the fr...
Nov 29, 2020
Creating higher energy density lithium-ion batteries with graphene-coated nickel, cobalt, aluminum nanoparticle cathodes.
Nov 28, 2020
Scientists are working on new materials to create neuromorphic computers, with a design based on the human brain. A crucial component is a memristive device, the resistance of which depends on the his...
Nov 28, 2020
