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Will Quantum Computers Upend Cryptography as We Know It?

Scientific American   -   Scientific News Websites

Experts are starting to plan for the moment when a quantum computer large enough to crack the backbone of the math that keeps things secret will be turned on.

Jan 31, 2024

Scientists develop antiviral color nanocoating technology

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Since the onset of COVID-19, we've become accustomed to seeing antiviral films attached to elevator buttons and public transportation handles. However, conventional antiviral films are made by mixing antiviral metal particles with polymers. D...

Jan 31, 2024

Nanosheet Material Outperforms Most COF-based Photocatalysts

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers have published a study that outlines a novel strategy for the rational design of an ionic-type covalent organic framework (CoTPP-CoBpy3) that has atomic ultrathin nanosheet morphology, high water-affinity, effective charge separation, ...

Jan 31, 2024

Machine learning guides carbon nanotechnology

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Carbon nanostructures could become easier to design and synthesize thanks to a machine learning method that predicts how they grow on metal surfaces. The new approach, developed by researchers at Japan's Tohoku University and China's Sha...

Jan 31, 2024

Short-Wave Infrared Imaging Reshapes Nanoparticle Research

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A new technique for imaging nanoparticles has been created by a team led by Professors Jinyang Liang and Fiorenzo Vetrone from the Énergie Matériaux Télécommunications Research Centre at the Institut national de la research scientifique (INRS).

Jan 31, 2024

A Novel Method for Producing Small Metal Nanoparticles

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Metal nanoparticles (NPs) in solution can be produced with a dependable and adaptable method called pulsed laser ablation in liquid (PLAL).

Jan 31, 2024

Researchers Scale Up Multipurpose 2D Nanosheets

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Recently, a group at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory of the US Department of Energy (DOE) has created a novel self-assembly technique for creating stacked 2D nanosheets as detailed in Nature.

Jan 31, 2024

Quantum dot solar cells break efficiency record, silicon in its sights

New Atlas   -   Scientific News Websites

One of the most promising, emerging solar cell technologies has received a major efficiency boost. Engineers at UNIST in South Korea have created quantum dot solar cells with a world record efficiency of 18.1%.

Jan 31, 2024

ORCA Acquires Integrated Photonics Division of GXC

Photonics Media   -   Scientific News Websites

Quantum computing technology developer ORCA Computing has acquired the Integrated Photonics Division of GXC, a provider of private cellular network solutions. The division has provided advanced photonics solutions to top U.S. commercial and govern...

Jan 31, 2024

Nano-scale inks could lighten airliners by hundreds of kilograms

New Atlas   -   Scientific News Websites

Kobe University researchers have created a new "structural color ink," just 100-200 nanometers thick, that shows bright colors from wide viewing angles, without fading, while weighing less than half a gram per square meter (0.002 oz per ...

Jan 31, 2024

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