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Left out to dry: A more efficient way to harvest algae biomass

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Researchers at the University of Tsukuba develop a new system for evaporating the water from algae biomass with reusable nanoporous graphene, which can lead to cheaper, more environmentally friendly biofuels and fine chemicals.

Jul 8, 2019

Quantum chemistry on quantum computers

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A new quantum algorithm has been implemented for identifying important physical quantities such as spin quantum numbers relevant to convoluted electronic wave functions on quantum computers, serving as tracking complex chemical reactions without e...

Jul 8, 2019

Producing graphene from carbon dioxide

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The general public knows the chemical compound of carbon dioxide as a greenhouse gas in the atmosphere and because of its global-warming effect. However, carbon dioxide can also be a useful raw material for chemical reactions. A working group at K...

Jul 8, 2019

Honeywell Trapped Ion Quantum Computer | NextBigFuture.com

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Honeywell Quantum Solutions has demonstrated record-breaking high fidelity quantum operations on their trapped-ion qubits. It is a major step towards producing the world’s most powerful quantum computer. Honeywell targets an operational trapped io...

Jul 6, 2019

Quantum Control in Nanodiamonds | NextBigFuture.com

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Quantum coherence control usually requires low temperature environments. Even for nitrogen-vacancy center spins in diamond, a remarkable exception, the coherence signal is limited to about 700 K due to the quench of the spin-dependent fluorescence...

Jul 6, 2019

First observation of native ferroelectric metal

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Researchers describe the first observation of a native ferroelectric metal: a native metal with bistable and electrically switchable spontaneous polarization states -- the hallmark of ferroelectricity. The study found coexistence of native metalli...

Jul 6, 2019

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Black (nano)gold combat climate change

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Global warming is a serious threat to the planet and the living beings. One of the main cause of global warming is the increase in the atmospheric CO2 level. The main source of this CO2 is from the bu...

Jul 6, 2019

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Activity of fuel cell catalysts doubled: Modelling leads to the optimum size for platinum fuel cell catalysts

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An interdisciplinary research team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has built platinum nanoparticles for catalysis in fuel cells: The new size-optimized catalysts are twice as good as the b...

Jul 6, 2019

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: A new way of making complex structures in thin films: Self-assembling materials can form patterns that might be useful in optical devices

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Self-assembling materials called block copolymers, which are known to form a variety of predictable, regular patterns, can now be made into much more complex patterns that may open up new areas of mat...

Jul 6, 2019

A new way of making complex structures in thin films

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Self-assembling materials called block copolymers, which are known to form a variety of predictable, regular patterns, can now

Jul 5, 2019

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