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At the rim: Mods to nanotubes help filter salt from seawater

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

As the global population continues to climb, the demand for drinkable freshwater is likewise rising. One potential solution to the shortages now threatening one-third of the world's people involves removing salt from seawater and saline aquif...

Feb 12, 2019

Nano drops a million times smaller than a teardrop explodes 19th century theory

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

New theory and understanding of how liquid nano-jets breakup into droplets.

Feb 12, 2019

Questions in quantum computing: How to move electrons with light: To design future quantum technologies, scientists pinpoint how microwaves interact with matter

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

To design future quantum technologies, scientists pinpoint how microwaves interact with matter.

Feb 12, 2019

At the rim: Mods to nanotubes help filter salt from seawater

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

The ability of carbon nanotubes to filter sodium while still allowing water to pass through can depend on many factors, including their diameters and the interactions of electrically charged atoms on their rims.

Feb 12, 2019

Laser snapshots of fullerenes show how they transform in intense infrared light

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Physicists have irradiated buckyballs with infrared femtosecond laser pulses. Under the influence of the intense light the form of the macromolecules was changed from round to elongated.

Feb 12, 2019

Next-generation optics in just two minutes of cooking time

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Optical circuits are set to revolutionize the performance of many devices. Not only are they 10 to 100 times faster than electronic circuits, but they also consume a lot less power. Within these circuits, light waves are controlled by extremely th...

Feb 12, 2019

Questions in quantum computing—how to move electrons with light

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Electronics rely on the movement of negatively-charged electrons. Physicists strive to understand the forces that push these particles into motion, with the goal of harnessing their power in new technologies. Quantum computers, for instance, emplo...

Feb 12, 2019

New Composite Nanomaterial Holds Promise in Instrumentation Engineering, Aviation, and Aerospace

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University scientist, Dmitriy Serebrennikov took out a patent on his invention in physics Composite Invar materials of a new type on January 2019. Materials, which contain...

Feb 12, 2019

Finding chemicals inside a cell

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Chemical and topographical single-cell imaging at nanoscale resolution by near-field desorption mass spectrometry.

Feb 12, 2019

First Graphene Applies for NICNAS Listing of PureGRAPH™

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Advanced materials company, First Graphene Limited (“FGR” or “the Company”) is pleased to announce it has applied to have PureGRAPH™ graphene notified and assessed by The...

Feb 12, 2019

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