Rice University nanoscientists have demonstrated a new catalyst that can convert ammonia into hydrogen fuel at ambient pressure
Oct 9, 2018
Superconducting quantum microwave circuits can function as qubits, the building blocks of a future quantum computer. A critical component of these circuits, the Josephson junction, is typically made using aluminium oxide. Researchers in the Quantu...
Oct 9, 2018
Biological materials from bone to spider-silk and wood are lightweight fibre composites arranged in a complex hierarchical structure, formed by directed self-assembly to demonstrate outstanding mechanical properties. When such bioinspired stiff an...
Oct 9, 2018
A new study on worldwide graphene production shows unequivocally that the quality of the graphene produced in the world today is rather poor, not optimal for most applications, and most companies are producing graphite microplatelets. This is poss...
Oct 9, 2018
UC Berkeley and Berkeley Lab scientists have placed light-absorbing gold nanoclusters inside a bacterium, creating a biohybrid system that produces a higher yield of chemical products, such as biofuels, than previously demonstrated. The biohybrid ...
Oct 9, 2018
International team of physicists explained anomalous low temperature behavior of 'dirty' superconductors. These materials possess various non-trivial properties which make them necessary for quantum computers with superconductive qubits....
Oct 9, 2018
A RUDN chemist developed a new type of photocatalysts -- nanostructures from titanium dioxide. Hollow nanocubes with ultra-thin walls act like nanoreactors and provide a 28-fold enhancement in promoting organic reactions at room temperature under ...
Oct 9, 2018
Oil pollutions have been generated by the petroleum, steel, and textile industries and the frequent oil spills during oil transportation and have been becoming critical global environmental and economic. Recently, scientists from China introduced ...
Oct 9, 2018
TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor) taped out its first chip in a process making limited use of extreme ultraviolet lithography and will start risk production in April on a 5-nm node with full EUV. The foundry’s update showed that area and power gains con...
Oct 8, 2018
The functionality of devices could be changed simply by changing nanomaterials without impacting the process
Oct 8, 2018
