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More efficient conversion of heat into electricity by tinkering with nanostructure

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Scientists have not only been able to explain how nanostructures in thermoelectric materials can improve energy efficiency but they also propose a commercially more attractive way to manufacture nanostructured thermoelectric materials, increasing ...

Nov 16, 2020

No losses: Scientists stuff graphene with light

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Physicists from MIPT and Vladimir State University, Russia, have converted light energy into surface waves on graphene with nearly 90% efficiency. They relied on a laser-like energy conversion scheme and collective resonances. The paper was publis...

Nov 16, 2020

Quantum algorithm breakthrough

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Physicists report the development of a quantum algorithm with the potential to study a class of many-electron quantums system using quantum computers

Nov 16, 2020

More efficient conversion of heat into electricity by tinkering with nanostructure

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Thermoelectric materials convert heat into electricity, which makes them extremely attractive for sustainable energy production, especially given that industry can waste more than two-thirds of its energy as heat. But mass production of thermoelec...

Nov 16, 2020

Biologically Controlled Lasing Could Lead to Nanoscale Functionality

Photonics Media   -   Scientific News Websites

An international research team at Nanyang Technological University has demonstrated the concept of a switchable microlaser controlled by the organic biomolecule DNA hybridization process. The study could lead to the development of programmable pho...

Nov 16, 2020

What do EU Citizens Think About Nanomaterials?

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A study, commissioned by the EU Observatory for Nanomaterials (EUON), measured and analysed how citizens in Austria, Bulgaria, Finland, France and Poland perceive nanomaterials and their potential...

Nov 16, 2020

GPU Clusters Accelerate Quantum Computer Simulator

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

New method improves error investigations in deep quantum circuits Before quantum computers begin to be deployed, how will we

Nov 16, 2020

No Losses: Scientists Stuff Graphene with Light

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Credit: Daria Sokol/MIPT Press Office Physicists from MIPT and Vladimir State University, Russia, have achieved a nearly 90% efficiency converting light energy into surface waves on graphene....

Nov 16, 2020

Scientists achieve 90% efficiency converting light energy into surface waves on graphene

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers have achieved a nearly 90% efficiency converting light energy into surface waves on graphene. They relied on a laser-like energy conversion scheme and collective resonances.

Nov 16, 2020

Tomocube’s HT-2 microscope quantifies therapeutic effects of targeted nanodrugs against atherosclerosis

News Medical   -   Scientific News Websites

Treatment of Atherosclerosis, the disease responsible for approximately half of all deaths in westernized societies, is a step closer following correlative studies using Tomocube’s HT-2 microscope.

Nov 16, 2020

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