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Nanotechnology Now - News Story: Graphene ink may be used to fight coronavirus

Nanotechnology Now   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Zen Graphene Solutions (TSXV: ZEN) announced that it has launched an international collaboration with UK-based Graphene Composites to fight the covid-19 pandemic.

May 1, 2020

Quantum computers vastly outperform supercomputers when it comes to energy efficiency – Physics World

Physics World   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers in the US have created a new energy-based benchmark for quantum advantage and have used it to show that noisy intermediate-scale quantum (NISQ) computers use several orders of magnitude less energy than the world’s most powerful superc...

May 1, 2020

Nanostimulators boost stem cells for muscle repair

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

In regenerative medicine, an ideal treatment for patients whose muscles are damaged from lack of oxygen would be to invigorate them with an injection of their own stem cells.

May 1, 2020

Nanostimulators boost stem cells for muscle repair

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Scientists demonstrated that 'nanostimulators' - nanoparticles seeded with a molecule the body naturally produces to prompt stem cells to heal wounds - can amp up stem cells' regenerative powers in a targeted limb in mice.

May 1, 2020

New study reveals unexpected softness of bilayer graphene

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Research has found that bilayer graphene is much softer than multi-layered graphite.

May 1, 2020

Twisting 2D materials uncovers their superpowers

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Researchers can now grow twistronic material at sizes large enough to be useful. While an exciting potential area of nanotechnology, twistronics until now has mostly been explored on samples smaller than human hairs. Now researchers can produce sa...

May 1, 2020

News story: New study reveals unexpected softness of bilayer graphene

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

In the study, published in the journal Physical Review B, the researchers showed that bilayer graphene, consisting of two layers of graphene, was noticeably softer than both two-dimensional (2-D) graphene and three-dimensional (3-D) graphite along...

May 1, 2020

Twisting 2-D materials uncover their superpowers

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Two-dimensional (2-D) materials, which consist of a single layer of atoms, have attracted a lot of attention since the isolation of graphene in 2004. They have unique electrical, optical, and mechanical properties, like high conductivity, flexibil...

May 1, 2020

A flexible piezoresistive pressure sensor with zero standby power consumption

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

This work showed a new way to fabricate flexible graphene-based pressure sensors with comprehensive performance via a low-cost process.

May 1, 2020

Army researchers see path to quantum computing at room temperature

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Army researchers predict quantum computer circuits that will no longer need extremely cold temperatures to function could become a reality after about a decade.

May 1, 2020

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