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Researchers toughen glass using nanoparticles

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

UCLA mechanical engineers and materials scientists have developed a process that uses nanoparticles to strengthen the atomic structure of glass. The result is a product that's at least five times tougher than any glass currently available.

Jul 17, 2019

Recent nanobook publications overview

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Here are some interesting books on nanotechnology topics that just got published.

Jul 17, 2019

Science | AAAS

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Triple sheets of carbon atoms may help solve the mystery of high-temperature superconductivity

Jul 17, 2019

A graphene superconductor that plays more than one tune

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers at the US Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have developed a graphene device that's thinner than a human hair but has a depth of special traits. It easily switches from a superconduct...

Jul 17, 2019

High magnetic field of 10T during activated carbon production improves micropore capacity by 35%

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Carbon materials such as nanotubes, graphene, activated carbon and graphite are in high demand. The research team at Shinshu University set out to create more efficient forms of activated carbon by utilizing the superconducting magnets, thus incre...

Jul 17, 2019

200 times faster than ever before: the speediest quantum operation yet

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A group of physicists at UNSW Sydney have built a super-fast version of the central building block of a quantum computer. The research is the milestone result of a vision first outlined by scientists 20 years ago.

Jul 17, 2019

Want to Colonize Mars? Aerogel Could Help

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

Raising crops on Mars is far easier in science fiction than it will be in real life: The

Jul 16, 2019

Researchers build transistor-like gate for quantum information processing – with qudits

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Quantum information processing promises to be much faster and more secure than what today's supercomputers can achieve, but doesn't exist yet because its building blocks, qubits, are notoriously unstable.

Jul 16, 2019

Limitation exposed in promising quantum computing material

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Quantum computers promise to perform operations of great importance believed to be impossible for our technology today. Current computers process information via transistors carrying one of two units of information, either a 1 or a 0. Quantum comp...

Jul 16, 2019

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