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China to promote industrialization of graphene and superconducting materials

Graphene Info   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

It was reported that China aims to accelerate the industrialization of materials like graphene and liquid metals, and so the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission jointly r...

Aug 30, 2023

Overcoming the challenges to synthesising iron–sulfur proteins outside the glovebox

Tokyo Institute of Technology   -   Organizations and Universities Websites

Fe–S clusters, which are a part of Fe–S proteins, are found across all forms of life. They play a significant role as biological cofactors—helper molecules that assist these proteins in different biochemical transformations—that are involved in re...

Aug 29, 2023

Liver-targeting drug delivered via nanogel carrier reverses obesity, lowers cholesterol in mice

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

A University of Massachusetts Amherst biomedical engineer has used a nanogel-based carrier designed in his lab to deliver a drug exclusively to the liver of obese mice, effectively reversing their diet-induced disease.

Aug 29, 2023

IBM makes major leap in quantum computing error-detection

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Quantum computing is on the verge of catapulting the digital revolution to new heights.

Aug 29, 2023

Google Develops Quantum-Safe Security Keys

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

There’s a race on to update the cybersecurity infrastructure before quantum computers become capable of cracking the current standards. Now Google has developed a quantum-resilient way of implementing the FIDO2 security key standard, an increasing...

Aug 29, 2023

Graphene: Perfection is futile

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

It has long been known that graphene has excellent electronic properties. However, it was unclear until now how stable these properties are. Are they destroyed by disturbances and additional effects, which are unavoidable in practice, or do they r...

Aug 29, 2023

Nano-based Approach to Eco-Friendly De-icing and Defrosting

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers at the Dalian University of Technology have constructed a design of copper nanowire assemblies that can considerably improve the defrosting and de-icing efficiency with no predictable energy input. Specifically, the defrosting efficien...

Aug 29, 2023

Artificial Intelligence Used in High-Performance Graphene Sensor Detects Bacteria and Toxins in Drinking Water

Science Times   -   Scientific News Websites

A team of researchers developed a reliable, high-performance graphene-based sensor which can detect the presence of toxins in water at low levels in just a small amount of time. Learn more about it in this article.

Aug 29, 2023

Overcoming challenges in electron transport through graphene nanostructures

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Nothing in the world is perfect. This is also true in materials research. In computer simulations, one often represents a system in a highly idealized way; for example, one calculates the properties that an absolutely perfect crystal would have. I...

Aug 29, 2023

X-photon 3D nanolithography

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Multiphoton lithography (MPL) is a technique that uses ultra-short laser pulses to create complex three-dimensional (3D) structures at the micro- and nanoscale. It is based on the principle of multiphoton absorption (MPA), which occurs when two or...

Aug 29, 2023

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