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Nearterm 10X Aerogel Fission Fragment Rocket Will Lead to Interstellar Capability | NextBigFuture.com

NextBigFuture   -   Scientific News Websites

A nuclear fission fragment rocket engine (FFRE) that is exponentially more propellent efficient than rocket engines currently used to power today’s space vehicles and could eventually achieve very high specific impulse (>100,000 sec) at hig...

Nov 15, 2023

As microscopic materials proliferate, ensuring they are safe is a priority

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers in Europe are working to counter potential risks from nanomaterials used by a range of industries for technological advances.

Nov 15, 2023

Engineering Bacteria to Biosynthesize Intricate Protein Complexes

Tokyo Institute of Technology   -   Organizations and Universities Websites

Protein cages found in nature within microbes help weather its contents from the harsh intracellular environment—an observation with many bioengineering applications. Tokyo Tech researchers recently developed an innovative bioengineering approach ...

Nov 15, 2023

Better Machine Learning Models With Quantum Computers

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Researchers at the quantum-computing company Terra Quantum have demonstrated improved training of machine-learning models by using a new method that combines the best features of classical and quantum computers. These results are a promising sign ...

Nov 15, 2023

SmartDope: The “Self-Driving Lab” That Unlocks Quantum Dot Secrets in Hours – Instead of Years

SciTechDaily   -   Scientific News Websites

SmartDope, an autonomous system, accelerates material synthesis for electronic devices, achieving a quantum yield record within a day, demonstrating its potential to revolutionize material science.

Nov 15, 2023

Engineering bacteria to biosynthesize intricate protein complexes

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Protein cages found in nature within microbes help weather its contents from the harsh intracellular environment -- an observation with many bioengineering applications. Researchers recently developed an innovative bioengineering approach using ge...

Nov 15, 2023

Nanoparticles for optimized cancer therapy

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest types of cancers in humans. It is the fourth leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the western world. The early stages of the disease often progress without symptoms, so diagnosis is usually very late.

Nov 15, 2023

Riddle of Kondo effect solved in ultimately thin wires

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

A research team has now directly measured the so-called Kondo effect, which governs the behavior of magnetic atoms surrounded by a sea of electrons: New observations with a scanning tunneling microscope reveal the effect in one-dimensional wires f...

Nov 15, 2023

Researchers engineer nanoparticles using ion irradiation to advance clean energy, fuel conversion

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

MIT researchers and colleagues have demonstrated a way to precisely control the size, composition, and other properties of nanoparticles key to the reactions involved in a variety of clean energy and environmental technologies. They did so by leve...

Nov 15, 2023

Researchers precisely control nanoparticle growth using ion radiation

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers use ion beam irradiation during exsolution to precisely engineer nanoparticle catalysts for clean energy apps. Controlling size, composition and placement, the engineered nanoparticles have superior catalytic activity.

Nov 15, 2023

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