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Machine learning opens new possibilities for quantum devices

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Scientists from the University of Oxford, in collaboration with University of Basel and Lancaster University, have developed an algorithm that can be used to measure quantum dots automatically.

Sep 26, 2019

'Safe-by-Design' - On the road to safe nanomedicine

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

An international research consortium has developed guidelines that should enable the safe development of nanoparticles for medical use.

Sep 26, 2019

Breakthrough in electrocatalysts reported

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Recently, the group of Professor Guo Shaojun in College of Engineering at Peking University developed a novel type of sub-nanometer, highly curved PdMo nanosheet—due to its structural analogy with graphene, it was denoted as PdMo bimetallene, and ...

Sep 26, 2019

Development of highly sensitive diode, converts microwaves to electricity: Aiming to create sensor networks that do not require dedicated power sources

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

A group of researchers developed a highly sensitive rectifying element in the form of a nanowire backward diode, which can covert low-power microwaves into electricity. The new technology is expected that the newly-developed nanowire backward diod...

Sep 26, 2019

Study finds EU regulatory framework ready for the next generation of nanomaterials

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A study commissioned by the EU nanomaterials observatory has found that the current EU regulatory framework for characterising and identifying 'next generation' nanomaterials is able to address the majority of them and that no significan...

Sep 26, 2019

Graphene Terahertz Telescopes Will be Thousands of Times Better Than Current Thz Telescopes | NextBigFuture.com

NextBigFuture   -   Scientific News Websites

Currently superconductors are used for Terahertz telescope detects but new graphene terahertz detectors will use less than 0.1% of the power. Instead of microwatts, the graphene detectors could use 0.1 nanowatts. If a superconducting detector coul...

Sep 26, 2019

Graphene is 3D as well as 2D

chemeurope.com   -   Scientific News Websites

Graphene is actually a 3D material as well as a 2D material, according to a new study from Queen Mary University of London. Realising that it is a 3D material is important for understanding its mechanical properties and for developing novel graph...

Sep 26, 2019

Graphene is 3D as well as 2D

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

Graphene is actually a 3D material as well as a 2D material, according to a new study from

Sep 26, 2019

A lint roller for superclean graphene

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers demonstrate that the amorphous carbon contaminants on CVD-produced graphene, which could greatly degrade its properties, can be removed by an activated carbon-coated lint roller, relying on the strong interactions between the amorphous...

Sep 26, 2019

Nanotechnology improves chemotherapy delivery

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Scientists have invented a new way to monitor chemotherapy concentrations, which is more effective in keeping patients' treatments within the crucial therapeutic window.

Sep 25, 2019

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