Quantum computers could make encryption a thing of the past, but 15 contenders are trying to prove they have what it takes to safeguard your data.
Aug 4, 2020
Researchers have been working for decades on improving the anti-icing performance of functional surfaces and new work investigates a unique nanostructure, modeled on moth eyes, that has anti-icing properties. Moth eyes are of interest because they...
Aug 4, 2020
Researchers have been working for decades on improving the anti-icing performance of functional surfaces. Ice accumulation on aircraft wings, for instance, can reduce lifting force, block moving parts and cause disastrous problems.
Aug 4, 2020
Researchers have developed a new noninvasive method of nanoparticle measurement in the bloodstream that boasts a high time resolution. This technique has revealed the basic parameters that affect particle lifetime in the bloodstream, which may pot...
Aug 4, 2020
Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Reliability and Microintegration IZM have joined forces with partners in industry and healthcare to develop a handy graphene oxide-based sensor platform to detect acute infections such as sepsis or the a...
Aug 4, 2020
Evil armies of internet-connected EV chargers, ovens, hot-water heaters, air-conditioners, and other high-wattage appliances could be hijacked to slightly manipulate energy demand, potentially driving price swings and creating financial d...
Aug 4, 2020
Researchers (TU Wien) (Vienna) have developed a nano-structuring method that can be employed to perforate specific layers of a material in a highly precise way, while others are left completely...
Aug 4, 2020
Nobody can shoot a pistol bullet through a banana in such a way that the skin is perforated but the banana remains intact. However, on the level of individual atomic layers, such a feat has now been achieved - a nano-structuring method has been d...
Aug 4, 2020
A team of scientists led by Kenichiro Itami, Professor and Director of the Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (WPI-ITbM), has developed a new method for the synthesis of three-dimensional nanocarbons with the potential to advance materials...
Aug 4, 2020
As part of a project to develop specific traits in cattle that would make them resistant to heat and diseases in tropical regions, researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign developed a phase-imaging technique to determine which...
Aug 4, 2020
