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New property revealed in graphene could lead to better performing solar panels

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

An international research team, co-led by a UC Riverside physicist, has discovered a new mechanism for ultra-efficient charge and energy flow in graphene, opening up opportunities for developing new types of light-harvesting devices. The researche...

Dec 17, 2018

Scientists Use Photons to Engineering Interaction Between Qubits

SciTechDaily   -   Scientific News Websites

In the world of quantum computing, interaction is everything. For computers to work at all, bits — the ones and zeros that make up digital... The post Scientists Use Photons to Engineering Interaction Between Qubits appeared first on SciTechDaily...

Dec 16, 2018

Rocket Lab launches NASA's first dedicated cubesat mission

Engadget   -   General News Websites

Rocket Lab isn't quite done establishing firsts. The company has successfully launched ElaNa-19 (Educational Launch of Nanosatellites), NASA's first cubesat mission to get a dedicated ride to space. Until now, the agency's ...

Dec 16, 2018

MIT scientists can now shrink 3D objects down to one thousandth of the size

New Atlas   -   Scientific News Websites

It sounds like a scene from Ant-Man, but this is very much real life: scientists at MIT have devised a super shrinking system that can produce 3D nanoscale versions of much larger, custom-made objects – reducing them to around one thousand...

Dec 16, 2018

Jiggly Jell-O to make powerful new hydrogen fuel catalyst: The inexpensive new material can split water just as efficiently as costly platinum

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

A cheap and effective new catalyst can generate hydrogen fuel from water just as efficiently as platinum, currently the best -- but also most expensive -- water-splitting catalyst out there.The catalyst, which is composed of nanometer-thin sheets ...

Dec 15, 2018

Imploding hydrogel shrinks objects to the nanoscale - Physics World

Physics World   -   Nanotechnology Websites

New nanofabrication technique can print 3D objects of nearly any shape and might be used to make novel optical metamaterials and electronics devices The post Imploding hydrogel shrinks objects to the nanoscale appeared first on Physics World.

Dec 14, 2018

Quantum chemical calculations on quantum computers

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

A new quantum algorithm has been implemented for quantum chemical calculations such as Full-CI on quantum computers without exponential/combinatorial explosion, giving exact solutions of Schroedinger Equations for atoms and molecules, for the firs...

Dec 14, 2018

Graphene catalyzes the reversible formation of a C-C bond between two molecules

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers have demonstrated that graphene deposited on a metal surface promotes an unusual chemical reaction that would hardly take place under noncatalyzed conditions.

Dec 14, 2018

A summary of electrospun nanofibers as drug delivery system

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers demonstrate the use of electrospun polymeric nanofibers as an interesting method for drug delivery systems applications.

Dec 14, 2018

Modification of existing nitrile latex with magnetite nano particle

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

The present invention provides a method to produce black iron oxide nanoparticle slurry having a magnetite structure and homogenously disperse. It can be used as formed or mixed with another medium.

Dec 14, 2018

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