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Quantum computers could simulate a black hole in the next decade

New Scientist   -   Scientific News Websites

Understanding the interactions between quantum physics and gravity within a black hole is one of the thorniest problems in physics, but quantum computers could soon offer an answer

Apr 29, 2023

Quantum computers could simulate a black hole in the next decade

New Scientist   -   Scientific News Websites

Understanding the interactions between quantum physics and gravity within a black hole is one of the thorniest problems in physics, but quantum computers could soon offer an answer

Apr 29, 2023

Timber! The World’s First Wooden Transistor

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Transistors inside modern computer chips are several nanometers across, and switch on and off at hundreds of gigahertz. Organic electrochemical transistors, made for biodegradable applications, are milimeters in size and switch at kilohertz rates....

Apr 29, 2023

Networks of silver nanowires seem to learn and remember, much like our brains

Tech Xplore   -   Scientific News Websites

Over the past year or so, generative AI models such as ChatGPT and DALL-E have made it possible to produce vast quantities of apparently human-like, high-quality creative content from a simple series of prompts.

Apr 29, 2023

A dimensional reduction strategy for enhanced cryopreservation of red blood cells

News Medical   -   Scientific News Websites

Small amounts of nanometer-thin metal-organic layers efficiently protect red blood cells during freezing and thawing, as a team of researchers writing in the journal Angewandte Chemie has discovered. The nanolayers, made from metal-organic framewo...

Apr 29, 2023

Researchers develop graphene-enhanced foam with medical and environmental applications

Graphene Info   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Researchers at the University of Georgia have developed a new graphene-enhanced foam material that could significantly reduce health care-related infections caused by implanted medical devices, as well as drastically improve cleanup efforts follow...

Apr 29, 2023

Multi-functional "superfoam" soaks up oil spills and kills bacteria

New Atlas   -   Scientific News Websites

Scientists at the University of Georgia have created a "superfoam" with two very valuable potential applications. It could be used not only to clean up oil spills, but also to keep infections from occurring at medical implant sites.

Apr 28, 2023

Facile Synthesis of High-Performance Perovskite Oxides for Acid–Base Catalysis

Tokyo Institute of Technology   -   Organizations and Universities Websites

A simple sol—gel method for the synthesis of highly pure bifunctional perovskite-type solid acid—base catalysts has now been developed by Tokyo Tech researchers. Bifunctional acid—base catalysts are important for industrial processes like petroleu...

Apr 28, 2023

Shapeshifting Nano-Devices Slide Into Place

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

The world’s smallest conventional electronics—devices only nanometers in scale—are typically like any other solid object large or small. When they’re manufactured, they’re molded into a shape, and the item retains that same shape over the course o...

Apr 28, 2023

Record Ammonia Production Achieved with Inexpensive Cobalt Catalyst at Low Temperatures

Tokyo Institute of Technology   -   Organizations and Universities Websites

A new barium-containing oxyhydride electride (BaAl2O4-xHy) support material developed by Tokyo Tech researchers boosts the catalytic activity of cobalt catalysts, enabling low-temperature synthesis of ammonia with high efficiency. The material pro...

Apr 28, 2023

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