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Scientists develop 2D nanosheets for sustainable carbon capture

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Global warming has been attributed to the sharp increase in heat-trapping greenhouse gas emissions, in particular CO2 emissions. Carbon capture technology, such as using adsorbents to capture and store CO2 from ambient air, is a promising solution...

Jul 6, 2023

Human lung-inspired sensor monitors nitrogen dioxide in real-time

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A research team has developed a human lung-inspired graphene-metal organic framework hybrid gas sensor, which can monitor extremely low concentrations of nitrogen dioxide at the level of one billionth in real-time. This study was published online ...

Jul 6, 2023

Scientists find a better way to capture carbon from industrial emissions

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Researchers in the Oregon State University College of Science have demonstrated the potential of an inexpensive nanomaterial to scrub carbon dioxide from industrial emissions.

Jul 6, 2023

Using an inexpensive nanomaterial to scrub carbon dioxide from industrial emissions

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Researchers synthesized a a cost-effective and water-stable aluminum-based metal-organic framwork (MOF).

Jul 6, 2023

CEA-Leti and Intel Report on Hybrid Direct-Bonding Self-Assembly Process

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CEA-Leti and Intel have optimized a hybrid direct-bonding, self-assembly process that increases alignment accuracy as well as fabrication throughput by several thousand dies per hour. The approach uses capillary forces of a water droplet to align ...

Jul 6, 2023

Researchers grow precise arrays of nanoscale LEDs

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Halide perovskites are a family of materials that have attracted attention for their superior optoelectronic properties and potential applications in devices such as high-performance solar cells, light-emitting diodes, and lasers.

Jul 6, 2023

Researchers grow precise arrays of nanoLEDs

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A new technique produces perovskite nanocrystals right where they're needed, so the exceedingly delicate materials can be integrated into nanoscale devices.

Jul 6, 2023

A New Kind of Quantum Computer Could Be Built on The Strange Physics of Sound Waves

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When you turn on a lamp to brighten a room, you are experiencing light energy transmitted as photons, which are small, discrete quantum packets of energy. These photons must obey the sometimes strange laws of quantum mechanics, which, for instance...

Jul 6, 2023

Anti-Gravity Transport of Water Droplets: Material Channels Mechanical Energy in a Preferred Direction

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A research group led by scientists from the RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science have developed a unique material, based on nanofillers embedded in a hydrogel, that can channel mechanical energy in one direction but not the other, acting in a ...

Jul 6, 2023

Fluxonium Qubit Retains Information For 1.43 Milliseconds – 10x Longer Than Before

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Superconducting quantum technology has long promised to bridge the divide between existing electronic devices and the delicate quantum landscape beyond. Unfortunately progress in making critical processes stable has stagnated over the past decade.

Jul 6, 2023

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