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High-efficiency catalyst enhancing the electric reduction performance of CO2

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It provides new ideas for the design of the catalyst nanostructures boosting an efficient reaction.

Apr 16, 2020

Scientists develop high-performance lithium-sulfur batteries

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Recently, research groups led by Prof. LIU Jian and Prof. WU Zhongshuai from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have developed Fe1-xS-decorated mesoporous carbon spheres as the nanoreactor, which can...

Apr 16, 2020

Flatter graphene, faster electrons

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Scientists from the Swiss Nanoscience Institute and the Department of Physics at the University of Basel developed a technique to flatten corrugations in graphene layers. This leads to an improved sample quality and can be applied to other 2-dimen...

Apr 16, 2020

SMART and MIT develop nanosensors for real-time plant health monitoring

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MIT, SMART and TLL researchers have developed a way to study and track the internal communication of living plants using carbon nanotube sensors that can be embedded in plant leaves. The sensors can report on plants' signalling waves to revea...

Apr 16, 2020

New nanocarrier drug delivery technology crosses the blood-brain barrier

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The blood-brain barrier (BBB) makes it more difficult for substances to be delivered from the blood to the brain compared to peripheral organs. Japanese researchers have developed a cyclic peptide that enhances BBB penetration. By putting drugs in...

Apr 16, 2020

Intel's 'hot' qubits could lead to more advanced quantum computers

Engadget   -   General News Websites

Intel has edged one step closer to practical quantum computers. The chipmaker and its partner QuTech have successfully controlled “hot” qubits (that is, at temperatures above 1 kelvin) that are also coherent and dense, making it easier to...

Apr 15, 2020

Quantum computer chips demonstrated at the highest temperatures ever

New Scientist   -   Scientific News Websites

Qubits are often stabilised by being supercooled, which makes quantum computer chips hard to scale up. Now they have been operated at above -272°C for the first time

Apr 15, 2020

Quantum computer chips demonstrated at the highest temperatures ever

New Scientist   -   Scientific News Websites

Qubits are often stabilised by being supercooled, which makes quantum computer chips hard to scale up. Now they have been operated at above -272°C for the first time

Apr 15, 2020

Quantum computer chips demonstrated at the highest temperatures ever

New Scientist   -   Scientific News Websites

Qubits are often stabilised by being supercooled, which makes quantum computer chips hard to scale up. Now they have been operated at above -272°C for the first time

Apr 15, 2020

Quantum Computing Milestone: Researchers Compute With ‘Hot’ Silicon Qubits

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Two teams report silicon spin qubit devices that operate at temperatures above 1 Kelvin

Apr 15, 2020

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