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Random Hardware Errors Make a Quantum Computing Future Unlikely

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Google announced this fall to much fanfare that it had demonstrated “quantum supremacy” – that is, it performed a specific quantum computation far faster than... The post Random Hardware Errors Make a Quantum Computing Future Unlikely appeared fi...

Dec 5, 2019

Graphene takes off in composites for planes and cars

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The Graphene Flagship brought together top European researchers and companies to discuss the most disruptive ways graphene could enhance composites used in the aerospace, automotive and energy industries.

Dec 5, 2019

First as Artificial Neurons Developed for Medical Implants | NextBigFuture.com

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Artificial neurons on silicon chips that behave just like the real thing have been invented by scientists – a first-of-its-kind achievement with enormous scope for medical devices to cure chronic diseases, such as heart failure, Alzheimer’s, and o...

Dec 4, 2019

Paul McEuen delivers inaugural Dresselhaus Lecture on cell-sized robots

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Cornell University professor and physicist uses nanoscale parts to create smart, active microbots.

Dec 4, 2019

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release:

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An NSF Distinguished Lecture by Professor SHARON GLOTZER (University of Michigan) December 19, 2019 2:00 PM to December 19, 2019 3:00 PM National Science Foundation, Room E3410 (3rd floor), 241...

Dec 4, 2019

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Monitor Nanotechnology Patent Grants

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Cypris' intuitive interface presents over 6 million patent grants across 164 categories. Navigate to the Nanotechnology Category to identify over 500 patented innovations within the Nano-tech field.

Dec 4, 2019

Freeze frame: Scientists capture atomic-scale snapshots of artificial proteins

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Protein-like molecules called "polypeptoids" (or "peptoids," for short) have great promise as precision building blocks for creating a variety of designer nanomaterials, like flexible nanosheets—ultrathin, atomic-scale 2-D mate...

Dec 4, 2019

Chalcogenide Perovskite Energy Transport Mechanism Mapped for Solar Energy Use

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Engineers have characterized the thermal energy conversion mechanism in the lattice of an advanced nanomaterial called chalcogenide perovskite and demonstrated its ‘tunability’ — important for... The post Chalcogenide Perovskite Energy Transport ...

Dec 4, 2019

Quantum dot LEDs go cadmium-free – Physics World

Physics World   -   Nanotechnology Websites

The first highly-efficient quantum-dot light-emitting diodes that do not rely on toxic heavy metals could find applications in next-generation TV displays The post Quantum dot LEDs go cadmium-free appeared first on Physics World.

Dec 4, 2019

Freeze frame: Scientists capture atomic-scale snapshots of artificial proteins

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Scientists adapt microscopy technique to build and image peptoid nanosheets with unprecedented atomic precision.

Dec 4, 2019

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