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'Bionic mushrooms' fuse nanotech, bacteria and fungi

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers from Stevens Institute of Technology have taken an ordinary white button mushroom from a grocery store and made it bionic, supercharging it with 3D-printed clusters of cyanobacteria that generate electricity and swirls of graphene nano...

Nov 7, 2018

Nanotechnology-based immunotherapy promoting transplant acceptance

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Study could transform care for organ transplant recipients.

Nov 6, 2018

AMD launches the first 7nm GPUs, but they're not for you

Engadget   -   General News Websites

AMD is following through on its promise of releasing 7-nanometer GPUs -- not that you can use one yet. The company has formally launched Radeon Instinct MI50 and MI60 cards that use the denser, more efficient chip technology to accelerat...

Nov 6, 2018

Why a stream of plasma makes chemical reactions more efficient

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

A whiff of plasma, when combined with a nanosized catalyst, can cause chemical reactions to proceed faster, more selectively, at lower temperatures, or at lower voltages than without plasma—and nobody really knows why.

Nov 6, 2018

Why a stream of plasma makes chemical reactions more efficient: Modeling shows that plasmas may activate the metal catalyst in a packed bed reactor, resulting in faster chemical reactions

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

A whiff of plasma, when combined with a nanosized catalyst, can cause chemical reactions to proceed faster, more selectively, at lower temperatures, or at lower voltages than without plasma. Using computer modeling, researchers investigated the in...

Nov 6, 2018

Engineers develop ultrathin, ultralight 'nanocardboard'

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Engineers have demonstrated a new material they call 'nanocardboard', an ultrathin equivalent of corrugated paper cardboard. A square centimeter of nanocardboard weighs less than a thousandth of a gram and can spring back into shape afte...

Nov 6, 2018

DOE Announces Quantum Information Grants

Photonics Media   -   Scientific News Websites

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced $218 million in funding for 85 research awards in the field of quantum information science (QIS). The awards were made in conjunction with the White House Summit on Advancing American Leadership ...

Nov 6, 2018

2018 Developments in Nanomaterials - Significant Breakthroughs for Applications in Energy Storage, Gas Sensing, and Materials for Hindering Microbial Growth - ResearchAndMarkets.com

Business Wire   -   General News Websites

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Developments in Nanomaterials" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. Significant breakthroughs in nanomaterials for applications in energy storage, gas sensing, and materials for h...

Nov 6, 2018

Global Quantum Computing Market Report 2018: Services, Companies, Solutions, Market Outlook and Forecasts to 2023 - ResearchAndMarkets.com

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DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Quantum Computing Market: Companies, Solutions, Market Outlook and Forecasts 2018 - 2023" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. This report assesses the technology, companies/organ...

Nov 6, 2018

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Nanotech Artisans Sculpt with DNA

Nanotechnology Now   -   Nanotechnology Websites

It loops, folds, sticks to itself, and contorts into shapes as intricate as a smiley faceall within the confines of a region one-thousandth the diameter of a human cell. DNA is the stuff of life but...

Nov 6, 2018

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