A search-and-rescue operation was taking place Sunday evening on a lake north of Gananoque, Ont., for two people who fell through the ice, Ontario Provincial Police say.
Feb 11, 2024
Scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed the world’s first world’s first functional semiconductor made from graphene. Graphene, characterized by a single layer of carbon atoms linked by the strongest bonds available, serves...
Feb 11, 2024
Plastic household items and clothing made of synthetic fibers release microplastics: particles less than five millimetres in size that can enter the environment unnoticed. A small proportion of these particles are so small that they are measured i...
Feb 11, 2024
Janus nanosheets bring unprecedented control to preparation of nanoscrolls. Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have come up with a new way of rolling atomically thin sheets of atoms into “nanoscrolls.” Their unique approach uses transi...
Feb 11, 2024
Levidian and Strategic Resources have announced the execution of a collaboration agreement to study supplying the BlackRock Project's metallurgical facility (owned by Strategic), located in Saguenay, Québec, Canada with Levidian's patent...
Feb 11, 2024
A team led by Professor Wang Hui at the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, part of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, has developed a metal-free nanozyme using graphene quantum dots (GQDs). This innovation is aimed at enhancing the effectiveness ...
Feb 10, 2024
Janus nanosheets bring unprecedented control to preparation of nanoscrolls.
Feb 10, 2024
Samuel K. Moore Hi. I’m Samuel K. Moore for IEEE Spectrum‘s Fixing the Future podcast. Before we start, I want to tell you that you can get the latest coverage from some of Spectrum‘s most important beats, including AI, climate change, and robotic...
Feb 9, 2024
Hydrogen stored in hydrogen boride sheets can be efficiently released electrochemically, report scientists at Tokyo Tech, Osaka Univ., and Univ. Tsukuba. Through a series of experiments, they demonstrated that dispersing these sheets in an organic...
Feb 9, 2024
A team of scientists has devised means for classical computing to mimic a quantum computing with far fewer resources than previously thought. The scientists' results show that classical computing can be reconfigured to perform faster and more...
Feb 9, 2024
