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VTT to Build Finland’s First Quantum Computer

Photonics Media   -   Scientific News Websites

o help position Finland and Europe at the forefront of quantum computing technologies, VTT Technical Research Centre is undertaking a three-phase project to build Finland’s first quantum computer. The goal of phase one is to build a computer that ...

May 14, 2020

Graphene: Making a wonder material more wonderful

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Graphene is a form of the chemical element carbon. Well-known forms of carbon include the world's hardest material, diamond, and the soft black material known as the "lead" in a pencil, which is graphite. Graphite can be visualized ...

May 14, 2020

Hybrid multi-chip assembly of optical communication engines via 3-D nanolithography

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Three-dimensional (3-D) nanoprinting of freeform optical waveguides also known as photonic wire bonding can efficiently couple between photonic chips to greatly simplify optical system assembly. The shape and trajectory of photonic wire bonds offe...

May 14, 2020

New Bioelectronic Ammonia Gas Sensor Uses Protein Nanowires

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Writing in the journal NanoResearch, a team at the University of Massachusetts Amherst reports this week that they have developed bioelectronic ammonia gas sensors that are among the most sensitive...

May 14, 2020

Novel Magnetic Nanotechnology Removes Haze-Forming Proteins in White Wine

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon, or Chardonnay - when you reach for your favourite white, it's the clean, clear sparkle that first catches your eye. Or does it- When white wines look cloudy it's a...

May 14, 2020

Nanofibers linked to a red wine chemical could help prevent oxidation

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

Spoiling foods, souring wine and worsening wounds have a common culprit — a chemical reaction called oxidation. Although

May 14, 2020

Nanomaterial significantly enhances potential COVID-19 therapy

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Niclosamide, a drug used to treat tapeworms, has been found to have strong antiviral effect against SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing the COVID-19 pandemic. But the drug itself has limited potential because its structure makes it difficult to dissolve...

May 14, 2020

Noble Metal Aerogels Enabled by Freezing

chemeurope.com   -   Scientific News Websites

TU Dresden chemists developed a freeze-thaw method, capable of synthesising various noble metal aerogels (NMAs) with clean surfaces and multiscale structure. In virtue of their hierarchical structures and unique optical properties, outstanding pe...

May 14, 2020

Researchers develop the most sensitive bioelectronic ammonia gas sensors

News Medical   -   Scientific News Websites

Writing in the journal NanoResearch, a team at the University of Massachusetts Amherst reports this week that they have developed bioelectronic ammonia gas sensors that are among the most sensitive ever made.

May 14, 2020

A new, highly sensitive chemical sensor uses protein nanowires

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Scientists have developed bioelectronic ammonia gas sensors that are among the most sensitive ever made. It uses electric-charge-conducting protein nanowires derived from the bacterium Geobacter to provide biomaterials for electrical devices.

May 14, 2020

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