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Artificial atoms create stable qubits for quantum computing

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Quantum computing researchers have made improved qubits by exploiting concepts from high school chemistry.

Feb 11, 2020

VR Classroom Immerses Students in Nanotechnology

Photonics Media   -   Scientific News Websites

In a custom-developed virtual reality (VR) classroom at the University of Arizona, students can pick up and examine scaled-up versions of nanosize objects. The classroom is part of Nano 2020, a University of Arizona-led initiative to develop curri...

Feb 11, 2020

The shape of water: what water molecules look like on the surface of graphene

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Scientists combine data analysis techniques with molecular dynamics simulations to understand the structure of water on material surfaces.

Feb 11, 2020

3D-printing of perovskite nanostructures

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Organic-inorganic metal halide perovskites have emerged as a promising optoelectronic material with exceptional structure and property tunability. This new generation of functional materials possess excellent properties such as large optical absor...

Feb 11, 2020

New threads: Nanowires made of tellurium and nanotubes hold promise for wearable tech

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Wearable tech and electronic cloth may be the way of the future, but to get there the wiring needs to be strong, flexible and efficient.

Feb 11, 2020

A novel formulation to explain heat propagation

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers at EPFL and MARVEL have developed a novel formulation that describes how heat spreads within crystalline materials. This can explain why and under which conditions heat propagation becomes fluid-like rather than diffusive. Their equati...

Feb 11, 2020

Blood-based multiplexed diagnostic sensor helps to accurately detect Alzheimer's disease

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

A research team at KAIST reported clinically accurate multiplexed electrical biosensor for detecting Alzheimer's disease by measuring its core biomarkers using densely aligned carbon nanotubes.

Feb 11, 2020

Artificial atoms create stable qubits for quantum computing

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Quantum computing researchers at UNSW Sydney have made improved qubits by exploiting concepts from high school chemistry.

Feb 11, 2020

Study Shows Sub-Nanoscale Copper Oxide Particles are More Powerful Catalysts

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

At the Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech), researchers have demonstrated that sub-nanoscale copper oxide particles are more potent catalysts compared to those on the nanoscale. A research...

Feb 10, 2020

New threads: Nanowires made of tellurium and nanotubes hold promise for wearable tech

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Wearable tech requires both strength and flexibility. A new nanowire design -- a boron nitride nanotube (BNNT) filled with tellurium atomic chains -- holds promise for electronics triggered by light and pressure. Physicists have now created and te...

Feb 10, 2020

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