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Innovation leads to new generation of nanotextiles

Innovation in Textiles   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

The development of high value-added products, such as smart fabrics, has increased rapidly in the last decade....

Aug 16, 2019

Researchers Discover What Could Be a New Substrate for Building “Topological” Qubits

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Uranium ditelluride could one day help in the construction of quantum computers

Aug 15, 2019

Chemists have created and imaged a new form of carbon

Science News   -   Scientific News Websites

A new molecule takes its place among buckyballs, carbon nanotubes and other odd forms of carbon.

Aug 15, 2019

Scientists Control Thermal Profiles at the Nanoscale

SciTechDaily   -   Scientific News Websites

At human scale, controlling temperature is a straightforward concept. Turtles sun themselves to keep warm. To cool a pie fresh from the oven, place it... The post Scientists Control Thermal Profiles at the Nanoscale appeared first on SciTechDaily.

Aug 15, 2019

Newfound superconductor material could be the 'silicon of quantum computers': Possible 'topological superconductor' could overcome industry's problem of quantum decoherence

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Newly discovered properties in the compound uranium ditelluride show that it could prove highly resistant to one of the nemeses of quantum computer development -- the difficulty with making such a computer's memory storage switches, called qu...

Aug 15, 2019

Newfound superconductor material could be the 'silicon of quantum computers'

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

A potentially useful material for building quantum computers has been unearthed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), whose scientists have found a superconductor that could sidestep one of the primary obstacles standing in...

Aug 15, 2019

Shining Light Through Bleach Creates Fluorescent Quantum Defects

Photonics Media   -   Scientific News Websites

Using household bleach and light, MIT researchers have created fluorescent quantum defects in carbon nanotubes. The defects can be synthesized quickly and at large scale, the researchers said. The researchers treated carbon nanotubes at room tem...

Aug 15, 2019

Nanoscale 'glass' bottles could enable targeted drug delivery

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Tiny silica bottles filled with medicine and a special temperature-sensitive material could be used for drug delivery to kill malignant cells only in certain parts of the body, according to a new study.

Aug 15, 2019

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Damaged hearts rewired with nanotube fibers: Texas Heart doctors confirm Rice-made, conductive carbon threads are electrical bridges

Nanotechnology Now   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Thin, flexible fibers made of carbon nanotubes have now proven able to bridge damaged heart tissues and deliver the electrical signals needed to keep those hearts beating.

Aug 15, 2019

Scientists discover new state of matter

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

A team of physicists has uncovered a new state of matter—a breakthrough that offers promise for increasing storage capabilities in electronic devices and enhancing quantum computing.

Aug 15, 2019

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